Relationship dossier
Colombia
New Zealand
Relationship assessment
A generally cooperative relationship supported by a bilateral working holiday arrangement
Colombia toward New Zealand
+15Colombia participates in a bilateral working holiday arrangement with New Zealand, providing an avenue for eligible young New Zealanders to travel and work in Colombia.
New Zealand toward Colombia
+15New Zealand participates in a bilateral working holiday arrangement with Colombia, providing an avenue for eligible young Colombians to travel and work in New Zealand.
Overall relationship
+15The bilateral relationship includes a practical arrangement for youth mobility, supporting people-to-people links. Its broader scope and depth are unclear, and no specific bilateral dispute is identified in this assessment.
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
Colombia and New Zealand maintain a generally cooperative relationship, including a bilateral working holiday arrangement that enables young people from each country to travel and work in the other. The scope of cooperation beyond this arrangement is less clear, and no specific bilateral dispute is identified in this assessment.
Key developments
Colombia and New Zealand established a bilateral working holiday arrangement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond the working holiday arrangement is unclear.
- The arrangement's current implementation and participation levels are uncertain.