For 2021, the embassy is organizing Advisory Groups with interested Filipino & Kiwi Community leaders and members on the following:

1. Labour & Employment (coord by POLO)
2. Assistance to Nationals (coord by Embassy-ATN Section)
3. Women & Children (incl action vs Violence Against Women & Children, & White Ribbon NZ)
4. Legal Assistance (Filipino Lawyers & JPs welcome)
5. Emergency Management
6. Filipino Language & Culture
7. Youth & Education
8. Multicultural & Multiethnic Engagement (working w NZ Multicultural, Interfaith, Newcomer, Refugee et al groups)
9. Maori & Pasifika Engagement
10. Political Empowerment (with Party-Specific Sub Groups)
11. Business (promotion of NZ-PH Trade, Investment, Tourism, Tech, Agriculture)
12. Filipino Community Organizations Coordination (incl FilCom NGOs, Orgs, Churches, Businesses, Sports, etc.)

Please send email to: jesus.domingo@dfa.gov.ph if you are interested, specifying which group or groups you are interested in joining).

UPDATE as of 05 March 2021, registered FilCom organisations at the Embassy:

1. Knights of Rizal - Auckland Chapter
2. Knights of Rizal - Wellington Chapter
3. Filipino Association of Coastal Taranaki (FACT Inc.)
4. North Island Filipino Farmers Assoc. - NZ Inc. (NIFFA-NZ Inc.)
5. Waikato Filipino Association (WFA)
6. Scouts Royale Brotherhood - NZ - Alumni Assoc. (SRB-NZAA)
7. Clutha Filipino Society Inc. (CFSI)
8. Philippine Central Association (PCA)
9. Wairarapa Filipino Society (WFS)
10. Kasagip Charitable Trust (Kasagip)
11. Good Heart NZPH Foundation Charitable Trust (GoodHeartNZPH)
12. LeyteSamarNZ Solidarity Foundation Inc. (LeySam)
13. Igorotak New Zealand (Igorotak NZ)
14. Pamanlahi Cultural Ensemble (PCE)
15. New Zealand Filifest Cultural Group Inc. (FiliFest)

Kung nais nyo po na ma-parehistro sa Embassy, kindly submit your basic org details to: wellington.pe@philembassy.org.nz, cc: sharon.primavera@philembassy.org.nz, jesus.domingo@dfa.gov.ph

Maraming Salamat Po!