Atty. Paulo Garcia MP assumed office on 21 May 2019 as New Zealand’s first Filipino Member of Parliament. A graduate of the University of the Philippines and a practicing lawyer, Atty. Garcia served as Philippine Honorary Consul General in Auckland from 2012-2017. (Photo courtesy of Paulo Garc...

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“Young Filipino and Kiwi students look on as Vice Consul Feamor Vyn S. Tiosen shows them an interactive video.”

Children aged 5 to 12 years old from St. Benedict’s School in Khandallah, Wellington participated in the first session of the Philippine Embassy to NZ’s Filipino Language and Cultur...

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The Embassy of the Philippines welcomed its first overseas voter for the National Elections 2019. Ms. Florigen Collo, a resident of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand accomplished and dropped off her ballot at the Embassy of the Philippines, making her the first overseas Filipino voter to cast her...

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The result of the Final Testing and Sealing (FTS) of Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) held at the Philippine Embassy last Tuesday was very reassuring. The VCMs will be used for this coming election period from April 13 to May 13 for Senatorial and Party List Representatives. For registered Overseas Fi...

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The Philippine Embassy in Wellington rendered this year’s first mobile consular services in Auckland, the region where there is growing number and largest concentration of Filipinos. Held at the Conference Room of the Independent Living Services Charitable Trust at 14 Erson Avenue, Royal Oak, Auckl...

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