Foreign Relations Of Niue

Niue is an island country in the Pacific Ocean in a state of free association with New Zealand. The King in right of New Zealand is the head of state of Niue - as such Niue is part of the Realm of New Zealand.

The Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs records that in 1988 "New Zealand stated ... that its future participation in international agreements would no longer extend to ... Niue". Niue was granted membership of UNESCO in 1993 and the World Health Organization in 1994. Also in 1994, the United Nations Secretariat "recognized the full treaty-making capacity ... of Niue".

New Zealand retains a constitutional link with Niue in relation to citizenship, with people from Niue being citizens of New Zealand.

Niue conducts bilateral relations with other countries and interacts with the international community as an independent state.

Despite self-rule, New Zealand manages its defence and foreign affairs on Niue's request. Like the Cook Islands, however, Niue has begun to establish formal diplomatic relations with sovereign states. As of September 2016, 20 other states maintain diplomatic relations with Niue. China's ambassador to New Zealand, Zhang Limin, is accredited to Niue, and became the first Chinese ambassador to present his credentials there in October 2008.

List of countries with which Niue maintains diplomatic relations:

#	Country	Date
1	New Zealand	2 August 1993
2	Malaysia	30 January 1996
3	China	12 December 2007
4	Singapore	6 August 2012
5	India	30 August 2012
6	Thailand	27 August 2013
—	Cook Islands	2013
7	Australia	27 February 2014
8	Turkey	7 June 2014
9	Cuba	5 September 2014
10	Papua New Guinea	9 December 2014
—	Kosovo	23 June 2015
11	Japan	4 August 2015
12	Italy	12 September 2015
13	Brazil	2 September 2016
14	Indonesia	13 July 2019
15	Peru	3 July 2020
16	Chile	6 July 2021
17	Tuvalu	11 July 2022
18	Philippines	27 September 2022
19	South Korea	29 May 2023
20	Israel	1 August 2023
21	Switzerland	9 August 2023
22	Canada	12 September 2023
23	United States	25 September 2023
24	Fiji	7 November 2023

Other

Oceania

•   Nauru (9 January 2004 or before)
•   Samoa (June 2014 or before)

Europe

•   France (15 January 2012 or before)

• ACP, AOSIS, ESCAP (associate), FAO, IFAD, OPCW, Pacific Islands Forum, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, WHO, WMO
• Commonwealth of Nations - Niue is a part of the Commonwealth, but is not a member state, being a dependency of New Zealand, whose Commonwealth membership covers Niue, Cook Islands, and Tokelau, as well as New Zealand itself.
• In November 2011, Niue was one of the eight founding members of Polynesian Leaders Group, a regional grouping intended to cooperate on a variety of issues including culture and language, education, responses to climate change, and trade and investment.

• Biodiversity Convention and its Cartagena Protocol, Cotonou Agreement, POPs Project, UNCCD, UNCLOS, UNFCCC and its Kyoto protocol

• List of diplomatic missions of Niue
• List of diplomatic missions in Niue
• Foreign relations of the Cook Islands
• Foreign relations of New Zealand
• Politics of Niue