New Zealand and Australia - A partnership for a changing world
HE Ms Harinder Sidhu AM, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand
Thursday, 21 March 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Auckland
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Auckland Office, Level 6, 139 Quay Street, Auckland
After an energetic start to 2024 on both sides of the Tasman, Australia’s High Commissioner to New Zealand, Her Excellency Harinder Sidhu AM, will set the scene for the year by taking a fresh look at the evolving links between Australia – New Zealand. She will consider how the many political, strategic and economic challenges we face in our region are impacting Australia and New Zealand, and what this means for the future shape of the Trans-Tasman partnership.
Ms Sidhu was appointed as Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand on 31 March 2022.
Ms Sidhu is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and was most recently Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Secretary. She has previously served overseas as Australia’s High Commissioner to India and in Moscow and Damascus.
In Canberra, she has served in DFAT in senior leadership roles, as well as in the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Office of National Assessments and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Ms Sidhu holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.
6:00pm - 6:15pm - Networking
6:15pm - 7:30pm - Presentation by Australian High Commissioner
Please note that prior to this event is NZIIA Auckland Branch's AGM at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
After an energetic start to 2024 on both sides of the Tasman, Australia’s High Commissioner to New Zealand, Her Excellency Harinder Sidhu AM, will set the scene for the year by taking a fresh look at the evolving links between Australia – New Zealand. She will consider how the many political, strategic and economic challenges we face in our region are impacting Australia and New Zealand, and what this means for the future shape of the Trans-Tasman partnership.
Ms Sidhu was appointed as Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand on 31 March 2022.
Ms Sidhu is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and was most recently Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Secretary. She has previously served overseas as Australia’s High Commissioner to India and in Moscow and Damascus.
In Canberra, she has served in DFAT in senior leadership roles, as well as in the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Office of National Assessments and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Ms Sidhu holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.
6:00pm - 6:15pm - Networking
6:15pm - 7:30pm - Presentation by Australian High Commissioner
Please note that prior to this event is NZIIA Auckland Branch's AGM at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
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