As the Philippine Embassy continues to strengthen people-to-people ties with New Zealand, Philippine Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez joined the parishioners of Sts Peter and Paul Church at a commemorative Mass on 29 June 2013 in Johnsonville, Wellington to commemorate the life and 70th death an...

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Upon the invitation of the Wanganui Filipino Association (WFA) of New Zealand, First Secretary and Consul Arlene Gonzales-Macaisa served as the inducting officer and guest speaker for the new set of officers of the WFA on 29 June 2013 in Wanganui, New Zealand.

The WFA came into existence o...

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Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand Virginia H. Benavidez was interviewed by a radio station Generation FM 106.7 MHz in the program “The Morning Rush” anchored by Mr. Elbert Gargar (Happy Lin’zi-Wool’zi) and Mr. Jose Dacdao (Dacky Lucky) on 12 June 2013 in Oamaru, South Island. It provided an e...

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Upon the invitation of the United Nations Association of New Zealand (UNANZ), Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand Virginia H. Benavidez spoke on “The Philippines and the United Nations” at the Rutherford House Lecture 3, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) on 21 June 2013. T...

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As a fitting tribute to Philippines’ National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, on his 152nd Birth Anniversary and in celebration of the 115th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence, the Philippine Embassy in New Zealand launched on 22 June 2013 the Sentro Rizal. It was a cold, rainy and...

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