Credentials – 5 December 2007

  • <span class="title">Credentials Ceremony - Hungary</span><br/><p> The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary, HE Gábor Csaba, at a ceremony at Government House in Wellington on 5 December 2007. Mr Csaba is pictured inspecting the Guard of Honour from the New Zealand Army. For more information about New Zealand's relationship with Hungary, visit: <a href="http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Europe/index.php#papers">www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Europe/index.php#papers</a> </p>
  • <span class="title">Credentials Ceremony - Estonia</span><br/><p> The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, HE Peeter Miller, at a ceremony at Government House in Wellington on 5 December 2007. Mr Miller, the first Ambassador from Estonia to New Zealand, is pictured with the Governor-General in the conservatory after the ceremony. For more information about New Zealand's relationship with Estonia, visit: <a href="http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Europe/index.php#papers">www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Europe/index.php#papers</a> </p>
  • <span class="title">Credentials Ceremony - Afghanistan</span><br/><p> The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, HE Amanullah Jayhoon, at a ceremony at Government House in Wellington on 5 December 2007. Mr Jayhoon is pictured picking up a wooden dart offered by the Māori traditional challenge party. For more information about New Zealand's relationship with Afghanistan, visit: <a href="http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Countries/Middle-East/Afghanistan.php">www.mfat.govt.nz/Countries/Middle-East/Afghanistan.php</a> </p>
  • <span class="title">Credentials Ceremony - Ukraine</span><br/><p> The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of Ukraine, HE Valentyn Adomaytis, at a ceremony at Government House in Wellington on 5 December 2007. Mr Adomaytis, the first Ambassador from Ukraine to New Zealand, is pictured exchanging greetings with a member of the Māori traditional challenge party with a hongi. For more information about New Zealand's relationship with the Ukraine, visit: <a href="http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Europe/index.php#papers">www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Europe/index.php#papers</a> </p>

The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, accepted the credentials of the new Ambassadors to New Zealand at a ceremony at Government House in Wellington on 5 December 2007.