Philippine Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez presented her credentials to His Excellency Tom Marsters, Queen’s Representative of the Cook Islands at the Government House in Rarotonga on 24 September 2014. She is now the non-resident Philippine Ambassador to Cook Islands based in New Zealand.

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People-to-people interaction and increasingly strong educational linkages between the Philippines and New Zealand took centre stage when Philippine Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez and Honorary Consul General Paulo Garcia met with the officers and members of the Filipino Students Association and...

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As part of the Philippine Embassy’s cultural diplomacy and promotion of people-to-people understanding and interaction, Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez in cooperation with the ZONTA Club in Wellington hosted an “Inspirational Dinner” for fourteen female students from Wellington and Hutt high sc...

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As part of the Philippine Embassy’s public diplomacy initiatives, Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez met Ms. Tess McClure, a young journalist from the Press in Christchurch on 12 September 2014. Ms. McClure received an Asia New Zealand Foundation scholarship to undertake a journalism internship at...

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Upon the invitation of the International Pacific College (IPC) in Palmerston North, New Zealand, Philippine Ambassador Virginia H. Benavidez, accompanied by the Philippine Embassy Team joined the IPC’s International Spring Festival 2014 on 27 September 2014. Ambassador Benavidez and the Embassy...

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