With the current COVID-19 travel restrictions affecting many of our incoming High Commissioners and Ambassadors, some inventive thinking needed to happen to ensure they could still present their credentials while stationed overseas. The solution was to forgo the usual ceremony on the south lawn and hold them virtually on a zoom call. The exception was the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, HE Mr Sang-jin Lee, as he will reside in New Zealand during his term.
Presenting credentials virtually was High Commissioner of Rwanda HE Mr Jean de Dieu Uwihangye, Ambassador of Nepal HE Mr Mahesh Raj Dahal, Ambassador of Colombia HE Mr Alberto Jose Meija Ferrero and Ambassador of Kazakhstan HE Mr Arken Arystanov.
