Republic of the Philippines

EMBASSY OF THE PHILIPPINES WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
50 Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zealand 6011

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As the Philippine Embassy continues its mobile consular services for the fourth year for Filipinos in New Zealand and countries under its jurisdiction, the Philippine Embassy Mobile Consular Team composed of Vice Consul Glenn Joseph Q. Obach, Ms. Ma. Victoria Reyes, and Ms. Monette Garcia went t...

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About 30 Filipino rebuild workers have brought a complaint against barred Christchurch recruitment firm Business Immigration.

Philippines authorities this month suspended Business Immigration and its Philippines subsidiary, Sacred Heart International, from bringing migrant workers in from the...

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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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