Relationship dossier
Indonesia
New Zealand
Relationship assessment
A cooperative partnership spanning trade, education and disaster response
Indonesia toward New Zealand
+35Indonesia participates in the bilateral Comprehensive Partnership with New Zealand, which provides a framework for cooperation including trade and education. The scale of Indonesia's specific contributions under the partnership is unclear.
New Zealand toward Indonesia
+40New Zealand provided assistance to Indonesia following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and participates in the bilateral Comprehensive Partnership, including cooperation on trade and education.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is structured around a bilateral Comprehensive Partnership and practical cooperation, with New Zealand's post-tsunami assistance as a notable example. These arrangements support sustained cooperation, while uncertainty about their implementation and breadth limits a stronger characterization.
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
Indonesia and New Zealand maintain a cooperative relationship supported by a Comprehensive Partnership and practical collaboration in areas including trade, education and disaster response. New Zealand also provided assistance to Indonesia following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The partnership is substantive, although its implementation and the breadth of recent cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Indonesia and New Zealand established a Comprehensive Partnership to provide a framework for bilateral cooperation.
New Zealand provided assistance to Indonesia following the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of cooperation under the Comprehensive Partnership are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of recent bilateral programs are uncertain.