Cebuanos will have the opportunity to sample some of the best food and beverage products that New Zealand has to offer next week, and they’ll be prepared by a visiting celebrity chef.

As we begin 2011, it’s a good time to reflect on New Zealand’s engagement in this region last year.  New Zealand considers itself to be more and more a part of Asia, and our actions in 2010 really backed that up.

The New Zealand Embassy in Manila will be closed from 25 December 2010 until 3 January 2011 inclusive.

New Zealand’s Immigration Act 2009 came into effect on 29 November 2010.  

The new act modernises New Zealand’s immigration laws, though it doesn’t make any major changes to the criteria under which people apply to travel to or stay in New Zealand.

A summary of the changes, and further information, is available here.