Kazakhstan's Ambassador presents his credentials
The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of Kazakhstan, HE Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhatayev, at a ceremony at Government House Wellington on 30 September 2008. Mr Baudarbek-Kozhatayev came from an academic background and joined the Foreign Service in 1992. He has had previous postings to Japan and now as Ambassador to Singapore and non-resident Ambassador to Australia. He is pictured with the Governor-General and Third Secretary Bulat Sugurbayev.