Balgarianovinite.com Outreach consular days are planned to be held in New Zealand by the end of September 2026 at the latest, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said here on Monday in a written reply to a question from Democratic Bulgaria MP Dimitar Naydenov. The reply was published on Parliament’s website.
In his question, Naydenov said Bulgarian citizens living in New Zealand had told him that the most recent consular days in the country were held between August 24 and 26, 2024.
Petrova said that the necessary organizational preparations had begun. She explained that Bulgaria’s diplomatic mission in Canberra has extremely limited staffing. Consular services for the entire district are provided by a single posted officer who heads the Consular Office in Canberra and covers Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific island countries.
Another major factor limiting the more frequent organization of consular days in New Zealand is the diplomatic mission’s insufficient financial resources, Petrova said.
According to the Bulgarian Embassy in Canberra, the Bulgarian community in New Zealand numbers approximately 3,000 Bulgarian citizens and people of Bulgarian origin. The largest communities are in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, she added.
As a result of intensive migration in recent years, New Zealand has become the second-largest centre of Bulgarian emigration in the Asia-Pacific region after Australia, she added.
Despite its limited administrative capacity, Bulgaria’s diplomatic mission has pursued a consistent policy of bringing consular services closer to Bulgarian citizens by organizing monthly outreach consular days in major Australian cities and areas with sizable Bulgarian communities.
Over the past 12 months, 15 such consular days have been held in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, sparing Bulgarian citizens the need to travel to Canberra, Petrova said. Bulgaria Plans Consular Days in New Zealand by End-September 2026, Foreign Minister Says 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-13 13:16:51 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law