 This is due to New Zealand's refusal to accredit a High Commissioner (or an Ambassador from 1961 to 1994) to South Africa during the Apartheid era as a matter of principle.The High Commissioner to South Africa is concurrently accredited to Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Thus, despite being one of New Zealand's youngest diplomatic missions, diplomatic relations with more countries are within its remit than within any other.