1 The Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Right Honourable Christopher Luxon, welcomed the Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP to New Zealand.
2 Prime Ministers affirmed the unique close bond and alliance between Australia and New Zealand. Our countries' common outlook and deep trust foster strong integration and the free movement of our peoples, facilitating our economic, cultural and community connections.
3 Prime Ministers acknowledged the integral role of Australia's and New Zealand's Māori and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in shaping the identity of both countries, including their rich cultures and languages, and their ancestral, spiritual and continuing connections to land, waters, skies and community.
4 Prime Ministers recognised that more is required of us to ensure our collective security and prosperity as we face an increasingly uncertain geostrategic environment. They affirmed that we are fundamentally aligned and committed to working together as allies to strengthen the fabric of peace in our region.
5 Prime Ministers recommitted to the Trans-Tasman Roadmap to 2035, as the guiding framework to our shared vision for the bilateral relationship.
Our economies
6 In the face of global economic uncertainty, Prime Ministers committed to further advancing trans-Tasman integration and the Single Economic Market (SEM) to enhance resilience, growth and productivity, harness new technologies and address new regulatory challenges.
7 Prime Ministers commended progress over the year in further aligning our regulatory systems and removing remaining trade impediments, including by harmonising trans‑Tasman standards and concluding a new partnership arrangement between our two national standards bodies.
8 Prime Ministers committed to coordinate closely on our respective economic reform programs, including New Zealand's Going for Growth agenda and Australia's productivity agenda. Prime Ministers noted Australia and New Zealand share challenges to ensure our economies continue to grow and innovate and both countries are pursuing reform to enhance competition, harmonise standards, boost skills, deliver more affordable housing, and reduce compliance costs for businesses. Prime Ministers looked forward to the New Zealand Finance Minister and Australian Treasurer discussing priorities for regulatory alignment when they next meet. Prime Ministers also tasked senior officials to identify options for a new phase of economic reform collaboration focused on areas of highest impact by the time of the Central Agency Heads' meeting later in the year. Prime Ministers also agreed on the importance of safeguarding our economic security and to coordinating and sharing lessons on best practice approaches to bolster resilience.
9 Prime Ministers welcomed ongoing coordination in responsibly lifting artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across our economies to boost productivity and enhance economic growth, while managing its risks.
10 Prime Ministers also launched a new phase of work to deliver mutual recognition of accredited digital identity services, and commended the cooperation between New Zealand and Australian States and Territories to facilitate the verification of digital drivers licences across borders.
11 Prime Ministers reaffirmed commitments under the Australia New Zealand Government Procurement Agreement, which include a single competitive procurement market and provides a level playing field for Australian and New Zealand suppliers to tender for government contracts.
12 Looking to the future, acknowledging the success of the SEM in strengthening trans‑Tasman economic resilience, Prime Ministers committed to investigate how Single Economic Market approaches could deepen economic ties, support diversification and provide greater resilience across our region.
13 Prime Ministers acknowledged the importance of ongoing trans-Tasman collaboration to transition our economies to net zero. They acknowledged our shared challenges in energy security and emphasised that closer trans-Tasman regulatory and market alignment will help drive innovative technologies and enable investment that can accelerate our net zero transitions. They looked forward to continuing to work together to align our approaches as our economies navigate the energy transition.
14 Prime Ministers thanked Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) representatives for their engagement in Queenstown and looked forward to the Forum's biennial meeting in Canberra in September as an opportunity for the trans-Tasman business community to deepen collaboration and input into the economic agenda.
Security and resilience
15 Prime Ministers recognised that Australia and New Zealand face the most unpredictable and dangerous strategic environment in decades and affirmed the critical role of our alliance, underpinned by the ANZUS Treaty, in protecting and advancing our shared interests in our region.
16 Prime Ministers welcomed the Joint Statement on Closer Defence Relations (CDR) between Australia and New Zealand, released by the Hon Judith Collins KC, Minister of Defence and the Hon Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence in December 2024. Prime Ministers endorsed the CDR's shared objectives to contribute to collective security through deterrence, enhance interoperability, strengthen defence industry collaboration and enhance Pacific-led security responses.
17 Prime Ministers commended progress over the last year to intensify defence cooperation and move towards an increasingly integrated Anzac force, including star‑ranked officer exchanges and an increased tempo of exercises, operations and presence together in the Indo-Pacific region. Prime Ministers acknowledged the alignment of Australia's National Defence Strategy and New Zealand's recently released Defence Capability Plan, as a basis to drive interoperability, including through combined procurement and co-sustainment of common platforms and systems. This will better position us to promote our shared security, deter actions inimical to our interests, and respond with decisive force if necessary.
18 Prime Ministers affirmed that the AUKUS technology-sharing partnership strengthens regional security and stability and noted consultations with New Zealand are continuing on potential future collaboration opportunities under AUKUS Pillar II.
19 Prime Ministers expressed concern at growing threats to our communities, social cohesion and democratic institutions, including from foreign interference, espionage, economic coercion, malicious cyber activity and transnational crime. They called on agencies to share lessons on best practices to respond to threats, build our resilience and strengthen our democracies. They reaffirmed international law and agreed norms of responsible state behaviour apply in cyberspace and are essential to maintaining peace and stability. They reaffirmed their 2024 statement that a cyber-attack on either nation could constitute an armed attack under the ANZUS Treaty.
Partners in the Pacific
20 Recognising the future peace and prosperity of Australia, New Zealand and all other Pacific countries and territories are deeply intertwined, Prime Ministers reiterated their commitment to working alongside Pacific Leaders to advance our shared vision for an open, stable, peaceful, prosperous and resilient Pacific with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) at its heart. As founding members of the PIF, Australia and New Zealand recognised the importance of supporting PIF unity, including through discussions at the upcoming 54th PIF Leaders' Meeting in Honiara in September. They highlighted the PIF's critical role to unify Pacific nations and advance regional priorities through its blueprints for regional security and prosperity: the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and the Boe Declaration.
21 Prime Ministers recognised that climate change is the single greatest threat to the livelihoods and wellbeing of Pacific peoples. Australia and New Zealand are committed to reducing climate impacts and to amplifying Pacific voices. In this context, New Zealand strongly supports Australia's bid to host COP31 in 2026 in partnership with the Pacific. Prime Ministers noted the Pacific's leadership demonstrated through the request for the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on climate change. Prime Ministers looked forward to the establishment of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) and urged further capital pledges.
22 Prime Ministers commended the rapid establishment of the Pacific Response Group (PRG) to further deeper integration between South Pacific militaries and strengthen Pacific‑led, regional responses. They welcomed cooperation to support disaster preparedness efforts and respond to disasters, including through the Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing Program, the longstanding FRANZ Arrangement (France/Australia/New Zealand) and Pacific Quadrilateral Defence Coordinating Group (Australia/France/New Zealand/United States).
23 Prime Ministers noted significant progress in the design and implementation of the Pacific Policing Initiative (PPI), following endorsement at the 2024 PIF Leaders' Meeting. They welcomed announcements by Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu to host PPI Regional Centres of Excellence. Prime Ministers welcomed successful Pacific Police Support Group (PPSG) deployments to Palau, Vanuatu and Samoa.
24 Prime Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring all Pacific countries have access to safe, secure and stable banking. They welcomed ANZ's announcement of its long‑term commitment to the region, secured by an Australian Government guarantee, and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia stepping in to provide banking services in Nauru. They also welcomed Australia's announcement at the 2025 PIF Economic Ministers' Meeting of further support for secure and inclusive digital identity systems across the Pacific. Prime Ministers noted Australia's and New Zealand's contributions to the Pacific Strengthening Correspondent Banking Relationships Project and recognised the importance of regional action to address the decline of correspondent banking relationships.
25 Prime Ministers welcomed Papua New Guinea's 50th Anniversary of Independence on 16 September 2025 and reflected on Australia and New Zealand's enduring partnership and friendship with Papua New Guinea, and the important contribution the country makes towards a peaceful, prosperous and stable region. Prime Ministers also welcomed the recent 60th anniversary of the Cook Islands' self governing in free association with New Zealand, and congratulated the people of the Cook Islands on this important milestone.
Shared principles and values
26 Prime Ministers discussed regional and global developments of concern to Australia and New Zealand, and exchanged views on the challenges and crises afflicting the world.
27 Prime Ministers reaffirmed the importance of rules-based trade for building robust and modern economies and providing certainty and predictability for business. They expressed their concern at the recent turbulence in global trade and undertook to cooperate to build support for continued trade and investment openness around the world. They agreed to deepen cooperation to reform the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as the foundation of global trade rules, and reposition it to better meet current and emerging trade challenges, advance new rules, and enforce existing trade rules including through restoration of a fully functioning multilateral dispute settlement system.
28 Prime Ministers expressed concern about the deteriorating geostrategic environment, and the emergence of a more contested and volatile international system. They reaffirmed their enduring commitment to multilateralism and international law, including the UN Charter, and agreed norms and standards. They stressed the importance of safeguarding critical functions of the multilateral system in a time of global uncertainty and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen cooperation to support UN, PIF-led and ASEAN-led regional institutions. They agreed to identify new areas of multilateral cooperation including in support of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS).
29 Prime Ministers reaffirmed their steadfast commitment to a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific that is respectful of sovereignty and free from coercion. They reaffirmed their support for ASEAN centrality and the ASEAN-led architecture and their commitment to the principles outlined in the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
30 Prime Ministers expressed grave concern at the worsening humanitarian situation in Myanmar and condemned the military regime's ongoing attacks against civilians. They called for an immediate cessation of violence, the release of all those unjustly detained, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and for the regime to engage in genuine and inclusive political dialogue. They commended the ongoing efforts of ASEAN, including the Special Envoy, to seek a peaceful resolution in line with the ASEAN Five Point Consensus.
31 Prime Ministers noted with concern the recent conflict and tension between Cambodia and Thailand along their shared border. They welcomed Malaysia's leadership as ASEAN Chair and Cambodia and Thailand's agreement to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire as a first step to de-escalation and restoration of peace and security. They encouraged Cambodia and Thailand to honour the agreement in good faith and work towards a lasting and peaceful resolution.
32 Prime Ministers emphasised the need for competition to be managed responsibly and underscored the importance of continued dialogue between the United States and China. They reaffirmed our collective agency and shared responsibility for the stability of our region and the need to promote open channels of communication, transparency and practical measures to reduce risks of misunderstanding, miscalculation, escalation and conflict.
33 Prime Ministers expressed grave concern about dangerous and provocative behaviour in the South China Sea and the intensification of destabilising activities by coast guard and naval vessels as well as maritime militia. This behaviour has created risks of collision, miscalculation and injury. They reiterated that adherence to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is essential to peace and stability and called on all parties to de-escalate and resolve maritime disputes peacefully in accordance with international law. Prime Ministers also expressed serious concern about the situation in the East China Sea.
34 Prime Ministers underscored the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and called for the peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues through dialogue, without the threat or use of force or coercion and confirmed their shared opposition to unilateral changes to the status quo.
35 Prime Ministers unequivocally condemned Russia's illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine. They strongly condemned deepening Russia-North Korea military cooperation and the deployment of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) troops as a dangerous expansion of Russia's war, with serious consequences for European and Indo-Pacific security. They reaffirmed their steadfast support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and called again for Russia to end its illegal invasion and work constructively towards a just and lasting peace for the people of Ukraine.
36 Prime Ministers discussed the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and called on Israel to immediately comply with its obligations under international law, including allowing the United Nations and NGOs to carry out their lifesaving work safely and unhindered. Any attempt by Israel to escalate hostilities, including by taking control of Gaza City, would be wrong, risk violating international law, and exacerbate the human catastrophe already unfolding inside the Gaza Strip. We urge the Israeli Government to reconsider before it is too late. Any proposals for the permanent forced displacement of the Palestinian population must be abandoned. Prime Ministers condemned the terror and brutality of Hamas and reiterated the call for the immediate release of the remaining hostages. They affirmed their support for all international efforts to facilitate a ceasefire and reiterated their commitment to a two-state solution as a just and lasting peace depends upon it. They remained committed to a future where both Israeli and Palestinian peoples can live in peace and safety, within secure and internationally-recognised borders. Prime Ministers welcomed the ceasefire between Iran and Israel and urged parties to prioritise dialogue and diplomacy.
37 Prime Ministers expressed concern at the risks posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the devastating nuclear bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Eighty years on from the first and only uses of nuclear weapons in war, the Prime Ministers noted their shared commitment to realising a world without nuclear weapons, including as States Parties to the Treaty of Rarotonga, and called for urgent progress on nuclear non-proliferation and strengthening the international disarmament and arms control regime. They committed to cooperate to enhance practical efforts to deny those seeking weapons of mass destruction from accessing the sensitive goods and technology needed for their development.
38 Prime Ministers noted close cooperation on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), with Australia serving as CPTPP chair for 2025. They welcomed Australia and New Zealand working together in the CPTPP to deliver the General Review of the Agreement with a view to updating and enhancing its provisions, to grow the CPTPP through accession negotiations including with Costa Rica, and to advance dialogues with the EU and ASEAN. They also welcomed the entry into force of the Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA Upgrade) in April. Prime Ministers acknowledged the importance ASEAN placed on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) in the current trading environment. They noted Australia and New Zealand's efforts to implement, improve and expand RCEP, including finalising the arrangements for accession of aspiring economies to the Agreement.
39 Prime Ministers reaffirmed the importance of upholding human rights, gender equality, disability equity and social inclusion through collaborative action in the face of growing multilateral disruption, including advancing inclusive trade and women's economic empowerment, ending all forms of gender-based violence and discrimination, the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and the Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration.
Our peoples
40 Prime Ministers celebrated our deep and enduring people-to-people links, which are facilitated by the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement. They commended the Australia Travel Declaration (ATD) pilot at Brisbane International Airport, complementing the New Zealand Traveller Declaration implemented in 2023, and welcomed the recent expansion to Sydney International Airport, marking another step toward a seamless border.
41 Prime Ministers acknowledged the continued positive response to the Pathway to Australian Citizenship for New Zealanders, with over 90,000 applications received since its introduction.
