Credentials Ceremony - Ukraine
The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of Ukraine, HE Valentyn Adomaytis, at a ceremony at Government House in Wellington on 5 December 2007. Mr Adomaytis, the first Ambassador from Ukraine to New Zealand, is pictured exchanging greetings with a member of the Māori traditional challenge party with a hongi. For more information about New Zealand's relationship with the Ukraine, visit: www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Europe/index.php#papers