New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Muanpuii Saiawi, currently serving as the High Commissioner of India to New Zealand, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to Niue, with residence in Wellington.

The Ministry of External Affairs, sharing the update, said that she is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

Saiawi, the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from the 2005 batch, was appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to New Zealand in January this year, according to MEA.

Earlier, she was also concurrently accredited to the Cook Islands in May and the Independent State of Samoa in June.

Niue and the Cook Islands are self-governing in free association with New Zealand, whereas Samoa is a fully independ...