Relationship dossier
Argentina
New Zealand
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation alongside a history of political strain
Argentina toward New Zealand
+15Argentina participates in a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement with New Zealand, enabling eligible nationals to travel and work temporarily. Argentina and New Zealand also engage on shared international issues, though the scope of direct bilateral cooperation is unclear.
New Zealand toward Argentina
+15New Zealand participates in a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement with Argentina, enabling eligible nationals to travel and work temporarily. During the 1982 Falklands War, New Zealand supported the United Kingdom and interrupted diplomatic relations with Argentina; relations were restored in 1984.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes practical cooperation through reciprocal mobility arrangements, but its history includes a major political rupture during the 1982 Falklands War and subsequent restoration of diplomatic ties in 1984. The relationship is generally cooperative, with limited evidence here of a broader, intensive bilateral partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Argentina and New Zealand maintain cooperative bilateral ties, including a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement. Relations were strained during the 1982 Falklands War, when New Zealand supported the United Kingdom and diplomatic relations with Argentina were interrupted; ties were restored in 1984. The relationship combines practical cooperation with a historical episode of serious political friction.
Areas of tension
- New Zealand's support for the United Kingdom during the 1982 Falklands War and the associated interruption of diplomatic relations with Argentina.
Key developments
Diplomatic relations between Argentina and New Zealand were restored after their interruption during the Falklands War period.
Argentina and New Zealand established a reciprocal working-holiday arrangement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of the working-holiday arrangement are unclear.
- The breadth of recent bilateral government cooperation beyond mobility and multilateral engagement is unclear.