New Zealanders and Australians are invited to attend an Anzac Day Dawn Service in Moscow on Thursday 25 April, followed by a Gunfire Breakfast.

The Māori Electoral Option gives New Zealanders of Māori descent the opportunity to choose whether they want to be on the Māori Electoral Roll or the General Electoral Roll when they vote in the next two General Elections.

The New Zealand Ambassador and colleagues from the Embassy met on 13 March with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Victor Khristenko. New Zealand is developing a constructive working relationship with the EEC, as well as with all three of the Customs Union member countries. Though resident in Moscow, the Ambassador is also accredited as the New Zealand Ambassador to the other Customs Union countries – Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain has announced that from Friday 2 November New Zealanders will pay less for their adult passport and be able to renew their passports online.