India - New Zealand 2025: Investing in the Relationship
Designed by Vritti Parasher
India-New Zealand 2025: Investing in the Relationship sets out a framework for New Zealand Government agencies and partners to grow the relationship with India over the next five years. We will work closely with Māori, our Indian communities, businesses, academics and research institutions to help achieve the strategy’s goals.
Goal 1
A relationship based on mutual trust that advances our shared interests
How will we do this?
• More frequent high-level government engagements to build the trade, economic, political, and security aspects of the relationship.
• Further build our network of New Zealand Honorary Consuls in India.
• More deliberate engagement between government, academics and other organisations.
Goal 2
New Zealanders have improved capability for engaging with India
How will we do this?
• Build a better understanding of India through research and greater sharing of knowledge amongst government, business, academics, and the public.
• Develop a long-term plan to build India skills and capability within New Zealand government agencies.
• Support experts with experience and relationships in India to share their knowledge on India and the relationship.
Goal 3
Goods and services trade grows for shared prosperity
How will we do this?
• Improve market access and remove trade barriers, including through a regional or bilateral Free Trade Agreement.
• Support strong growth in services trade by attracting more high value visitors from India, and enhance education opportunities and experiences for Indian and New Zealand students.
• Improve business council support to New Zealand businesses seeking to operate in India.
• Promote improved flight linkages between India and New Zealand, including direct flights.
Goal 4
New Zealand’s value proposition is known and understood
How will we do this?
• Work with stakeholders to develop and deliver a ‘public diplomacy’ strategy for India that compellingly demonstrates New Zealand creativity, expertise and credentials; positioning New Zealand as a partner to India.
Goal 5
Stronger and broader sporting and cultural connections between New Zealand and India
How will we do this?
• Open up people-to-people links that will enhance the cultural competency and attitudes of young people in both countries.
• Promote cultural exchanges to India that demonstrate the importance of Te Ao Māori to New Zealand identity.
• Give greater recognition and publicity to the success and contributions of New Zealand’s Indian communities.
Goal 6
Shared approaches bilaterally and in international fora
How will we do this?
• Engage regularly with India on defence and security issues of mutual interest.
• Share perspectives on regional security trends and explore opportunities to work more closely together in the Indo-Pacific and Pacific regions.
• Support international initiatives that matter to both nations, such as on renewable energy, trade, and sustainability.
(The content in these pages is a part of New Zealand Government's new Indian strategy titled, India - New Zealand 2025: Investing in the Relationship, which was released by Foreign Minister Winston Peters before his ongoing official trip to India.)