Scholarships New Zealand: 2010 Registration closed

Entries for the awards in New Zealand to help young people of New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna are closed for 2010. See here for details on these awards, with entries for 2011 will reopen in February.

Making tax easier – Government consultation

The Government is consulting on changes to the way you deal with Inland Revenue.

Changes would mean simpler PAYE and tax returns, better online services and reduced business compliance costs. Join the discussion at www.ird.govt.nz/makingtaxeasier.

Anzac Day 2010

This year the New Zealand Consulate-General had the honour of hosting last Sunday’s Anzac Day dawn ceremony with the HMNZS Canterbury berthed alongside in Noumea. The 6am ceremony on board the flight deck was a moving and solemn commemoration of Anzac Day, with participation from over 200 military personnel from the Australian Army and Navy, the New Zealand Navy, Army and Air Force and the French Armed Forces. The ceremony was presided over by the ship’s chaplain Padre Peter Olds and the FANC’s priest Padre Bertrand Lorentz.