New Zealand’s free trade agreement with the United Kingdom entered into force on 31 May 2023.
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Key information about the NZ-UK FTA
Full text
Text by chapters
To view the full NZ-UK FTA text in chapters and annexes, see the NZ-UK Free Trade Agreement by chapter page.
Side Letters
National Interest Analysis
Agreement in Principle
Prior to concluding the free trade agreement (FTA), New Zealand and the UK reached Agreement in Principle on the key elements of the FTA on 20 October 2021. The Agreement in Principle is available below for reference.
Independent research and reports on the NZ-UK FTA
Ace Consulting reports on Māori interests in the NZ-UK FTA
- Batch report 1, May 2021 [PDF 713 KB]
- Batch report 2, May 2021 [PDF 849 KB]
- Batch Report 3, June 2021 [PDF 814 KB]
- Batch Report 4, June 2021 [PDF 627 KB]
- Batch Report 5, June 2021 [PDF 831 KB]
- Batch report 6, June 2021 [PDF 719 KB]
- Full Research Report - Te ao pakihi: Māori enterprise perspectives on a New Zealand-United Kingdom free trade agreement, July 2021 [PDF 2.4 MB]
NZ-UK FTA Environment Chapter - Guidelines for Public Submissions
Statements
- United Kingdom - New Zealand Minutes from the first Labour Sub-Committee, 11 April 2024 [DOCX, 131 KB]
- United Kingdom - New Zealand Joint Report from the first Environment and Climate Change Sub-Committee, 13 March 2024 [DOCX, 82 KB]
- United Kingdom-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee – Ministerial Joint Statement, 11 June 2024
- New Zealand signs historic free trade deal with the United Kingdom, 28 February 2022(external link)
- New Zealand secures historic free trade deal with the United Kingdom, 21 October 2021 (external link)
- Face to face meeting delivers significant progress on NZ-UK FTA , 19 June 2021(external link)
- Trade Minister to travel to UK and EU to progress free trade agreements, 13 May 2021(external link)
- Press statement: NZ and UK agree to lift the pace of free trade talks, 5 May 2021(external link)
- Joint Statement on the Launch of New Zealand-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
- Press statement: New Zealand and UK launch free trade talks, 17 June, 2020(external link)
- Press statement: Have your say on a United Kingdom-New Zealand trade agreement(external link)
- Press statement: UK launch of public consultations on a FTA welcomed, July 2018(external link)
- Joint statement on meeting of the UK-NZ Trade Policy Dialogue, April 2018 [PDF, 107 KB]
- Press statement by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on trade and international security threats, April 2018(external link)
- Joint press statement by Ministers, March 2017(external link)
- Joint press statement by Ministers establishing Trade Policy Dialogue, October 2016(external link)
Videos
NZ-UK FTA negotiations 'virtual launch'