The Government has appointed former World Trade Organisation director-general Mike Moore as a special trade envoy.
Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said Mr Moore, a former prime minister, would continue to work in his own personal capacity to promote international trade.
"He will be involved with think-tanks, universities and corporates' research programmes over the next two years."
Mr Moore has offered his services to the Government to help promote New Zealand's position on trade as he travelled around the world, Mr Sutton said.
Appointing Mr Moore as a special trade envoy would give him the status to speak on behalf of the Government.
His work would be co-ordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in liaison with New Zealand posts overseas.
The position would be on an "as required, as planned basis" rather than fulltime.
Mr Moore's work would include giving speeches on New Zealand's trade policy and meeting government and non-government leaders to discuss New Zealand's vision for greater trade liberalisation.
Mr Sutton said in a statement that Mr Moore had won international prestige as WTO director-general over the past three years.
- NZPA
Mike Moore appointed Government trade envoy
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