NEWLY APPOINTED HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR MALTA TO NEW ZEALAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

Malta's High Commissioner to Australia, resident in Canberra, Mr Ives De Barro, has presented his Credentials to the New Zealand Governor-General as non-resident High Commissioner to New Zealand on 1^st February 2001. The ceremony was held at Government House, Wellington.

After the presentation of credentials ceremony, the High Commissioner attended a lunch hosted by the Governor-General His Excellency Sir Michael Hardie Boys. During his official visit to New Zealand, High Commissioner De Barro made official calls on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Justice, as well as on other Ministers and high-ranking Government officials in Wellington and Auckland. Mr De Barro also had the opportunity to meet members of the Maltese community in Wellington and in Auckland.