New Zealand–United States relations
New Zealand tours by United States delegates
United States delegations to New Zealand

New Zealand–United States relations

Section Title: New Zealand tours by United States delegates
Table Section Text: United States delegations to New Zealand

Dates	Minister/Delegate	Cities visited	Reason

June 2017	Secretary of State Rex Tillerson	Wellington	Official visit to meet Prime minister Bill English and Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerry Brownlee

November 2016	Secretary of State John Kerry	Christchurch	Official Visit to meet with Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully to discuss bilateral and global issues

November 2010	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton	Wellington	Official Visit to meet with Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully and to sign the Wellington Declaration.

July 2008	Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice	Government House, Auckland	Official Visit to meet with Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and Prime Minister Helen Clark. Held a joint press conference with the Prime Minister.

August 2006	Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Glyn Davies	Wellington	Official Visit

May 2006	Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire	Auckland	Official Visit

April 2006	Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson	Auckland	Official Visit

March 2006	Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill	Wellington	Official Visit

January 2006	General John Abizaid, Commander US Central Command & William J. Fallon, Commander, US Pacific Command	Various	Official Visit

January 2006	Senators John McCain (R-Arizona), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Susan Collins (R-Maine), and John E. Sununu (R-New Hampshire)	Various	Official Visit

January 2006	Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-New York)	Various	Led a House Science Committee delegation –The delegation included: Lincoln Davis (D-Tennessee), Bob Inglis (R-North Carolina), Brad Miller (D-North Carolina), Ben Chandler (D-Kentucky), R (Bud) Cramer (D-Alabama), Phil Gingery (R-Georgia), Darlene Hooley (D-Oregon), Jim Costa (D-California), and Roscoe Bartlett (R-Maryland)

September 2005	Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns	Various	Official Visit

2005	Congressman Jim Kolbe (Republican, Arizona)	Various	Is the co-Chair of the Friends of New Zealand Caucus in the United States House of Representatives

December 2004	US Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)	Wellington	High-level visits to attend Parliamentarians for Global Action Conference

November 2004	US Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana)	Various	Led a business delegation from Montana

November 2004	Delegation of Californian State Senators	Various	Official Visit

August 2004	US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and Congressman Robert E. Cramer (D-Alabama)	Various	Official Visit

March 2004	Governor of Iowa, Thomas Vilsack	Various	Led a biotechnology trade delegation from his state to New Zealand.

January 2004	Led by Senator Don Nickles (R-Oklahoma)	Various	A Congressional Delegation of six Republican Senators

Visits in 2003	Under-Secretary for Regulatory Programs, Bill Hawks, Under-Secretary for Commerce Grant Aldonas and Under-Secretary of State for International Security and Arms Control, John R.	Auckland	US delegation also visited Auckland for the 34th Pacific Islands Forum, where the US was a dialogue partner.

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In November 2010, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited New Zealand to co-sign the Wellington Declaration with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully.

final_sentence: In November 2010, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited New Zealand to co-sign the Wellington Declaration with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully.