Today, in Wellington, New Zealand, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, met with Deputy Secretary, Americas and Asia Group and ASEAN SOM Leader of New Zealand, H.E. Grahame Morton, and other senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. Both sides discussed progress of ASEAN–New Zealand cooperation, noting the recent convening of the 32^nd ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue and the ongoing preparations for the Commemorative Summit on the 50^th anniversary of ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue Relations in October 2025, in Malaysia.