New Zealand Team Welcome
On their first day in China (7 August), the Governor-General Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, attended the New Zealand Team Welcome in Beijing, where it was announced that rower Mahe Drysdale would be New Zealand's flag bearer for opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Governor-General and Mrs Satyanand are pictured with New Zealand gold medal athletes Sarah Ulmer and Hamish Carter.