State Welcome for the President of Timor-Leste

  • <span class="title">Guard of Honour</span><br/>The President of Timor-Leste, HE Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, inspects the Guard of Honour as a part of the State Welcome held at Premier House in Thorndon.
  • <span class="title">Māori challenge (2)</span><br/>The President of Timor-Leste, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, picks up the dart offered to him by warriors from the New Zealand Defence Force Māori Cultural Party as a part of his formal State Welcome to New Zealand.
  • <span class="title">Māori challenge (1) </span><br/>Warriors from the New Zealand Defence Force Māori Cultural Party challenge the President of Timor-Leste, HE Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, on his arrival at Premier House for a formal State Welcome.

As a part of a State Visit to New Zealand, the President of Timor-Leste, HE Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, was welcomed to New Zealand with a State Welcome at Premier House in Thorndon, Wellington on 16 February 2009. Later the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, hosted a state luncheon in his honour at Government House Vogel in Lower Hutt.