Key UNESCO offices
UNESCO’s Headquarters Secretariat is based in Paris.
New Zealand is a member of UNESCO’s Asian and Pacific Regional cluster. We are eligible to participate in regional activities organised by UNESCO’s Regional Office for Education in Bangkok and UNESCO’s Regional Office for Science in Jakarta.
New Zealand is also a member of UNESCO’s Pacific sub-regional cluster.
The UNESCO Office for the Pacific represents New Zealand and the other regional Member States, and one associate member.
Members and Associate members
These are government departments, whose core business is relevant to UNESCO’s mandate.
Members list
Ministry of Education/Te Tāhuhu O Te Mātauranga
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade/Manatū Aorere
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment/Hikina Whakatutuki (Science and Innovation Group)
Department of Conservation/Te Papa Atawhai
Ministry for the Environment/Manatū mo te Taiao
Ministry for Culture and Heritage/Te Manatū Taonga
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
Ministry for Women
Te Puni Kokiri
Ministry of Youth Development
Office of Ethnic Affairs
Office for Disability Issues
Official Partners
These are organisations that have formal partnership agreements with us.
Offical Partners list
The Human Rights Commission
United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand (UNYANZ)
We also work closely with the Holocaust Centre.
Cooperating Agencies
These are regional or national organisations whose goals are consistent with the purpose and values of UNESCO.
Cooperating Agencies list
Adult and Community Education ACE Aotearoa
Geoscience Society of NZ (GSNZ)
InternetNZ
Library and Information Association Aotearoa NZ (LIANZA)
Museums Aotearoa
NZ Catholic Education Office/Te Tari Mātauranga Katorika o Aotearoa
NZ Council for Education Research (NZCER)/Te Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa
NZ Esperanto Association/Te Rōpū o Aotearoa mō te Reo o te Ao
NZ Federation of Film Societies
NZ Federation of Graduate Women
NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA)/Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
Royal Society/Te Apārangi
Telecommunications Users Association of NZ (TUANZ)
Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori/Māori Language Commission
Theatre New Zealand
United Nations Association of NZ (UNANZ)/Te Ropu Whakakotahi Whenua o Aotearoa