10 Facts About Rosemary Banks

Rosemary Banks was born on 1951 and is a New Zealand diplomat who serves as the Ambassador of New Zealand to the United States.

Rosemary Banks first held that position from 2018 to 2022 and was appointed to a second term in 2024.

Rosemary Banks is the first woman to hold the position.

Rosemary Banks was awarded an honorary doctorate of literature by the University of Canterbury in April 2015.

Rosemary Banks served as New Zealand deputy high commissioner to the Solomon Islands between 1985 and 1987, and to Australia from 1992 until 1995.

Rosemary Banks was New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from June 2005 to June 2009, and Ambassador to France and Permanent Representative to the OECD from 2010 to 2014.

In 2018, Rosemary Banks succeeded Tim Groser as New Zealand ambassador to the United States.

Rosemary Banks served in that capacity until 2022 and was reappointed in 2024, succeeding Bede Corry.

Rosemary Banks has served as a Crown negotiator for the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process from 2016 to 2018.

Rosemary Banks was married to the political journalist and historian Brian Lockstone until his death, aged 77, in December 2021.