New Zealand vs Tonga: UN Voting Alignment
How often do New Zealand and Tonga vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
68.7%
of 1,327 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70.3% | 634 |
| 2010 | 67.1% | 693 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 61.8% | 267 |
| Nuclear weapons | 67.2% | 293 |
| Disarmament | 72.8% | 342 |
| Colonialism | 74.6% | 197 |
| Human rights | 50.8% | 311 |
| Economic development | 67.6% | 148 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | New Zealand | Tonga |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | yes | no |
R/63/168 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2008-12-18 | yes | no |
R/62/184 INTERNATIONAL TRADE | 2007-12-19 | no | yes |
R/58/193 Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all hu | 2003-12-22 | no | yes |
R/57/205 HUMAN RIGHTS, GLOBALIZATION | 2002-12-05 | no | yes |
R/55/33N NUCLEAR DANGER | 2000-11-03 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/159 Human rights and cultural diversity | 2019-12-18 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/154 Human rights and unilateral coercive measures | 2019-12-18 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/150 Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | 2019-12-18 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do New Zealand and Tonga vote together at the UN?
New Zealand and Tonga voted the same way in 68.7% of 1,327 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do New Zealand and Tonga agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, New Zealand and Tonga are split: they voted the same way in 50.8% of 311 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did New Zealand and Tonga last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-18 New Zealand voted "no" and Tonga voted "yes" on A/RES/74/159 (Human rights and cultural diversity ).