New Zealand High Commission Port Vila, Vanuatu

22-05-13
HE Bill Dobbie attends first ever Vanuatu Govt. COM outside of Port Vila

New Zealand High Commissioner to Vanuatu, HE Bill Dobbie attended the first ever Vanuatu Government Council Of Ministers' (COM) meeting to be held outside the capital Port Vila in April 2013. The COM was held at TORBA Province, Vanuatu's most northern provincial group of islands.

08-04-13
Māori roll or general roll? It’s your choice. He aha ō whakāro.

The Māori Electoral Option gives New Zealanders of Māori descent the opportunity to choose whether they want to be on the Māori Electoral Roll or the General Electoral Roll when they vote in the next two General Elections.

15-02-13
Vanuatu confirms support for Groser for WTO Director General

Hon Tim Groser, the New Zealand Minister of Trade and a candidate for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), met today with Prime Minister Sato Kilman and Deputy Prime Minister Ham Lini. They discussed a range of regional and multilateral trade issues.

07-02-13
New Zealand and Vanuatu:Pacific Partners

Speech delivered by New Zealand High Commissioner HE Bill Dobbie, on February 6 to commemorate Waitangi Day 2013.

02-11-12
New online passport service and fee reduction

Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain has announced that from Friday 2 November New Zealanders will pay less for their adult passport and be able to renew their passports online.

24-10-12
Visa application changes

The New Zealand High Commission wishes to inform the public that from Tuesday 28 August 2012, the receiving office for New Zealand visa applications for people applying form Vanuatu is changing.

08-08-12
Mt Tongariro update

Updated 8 August, 9am NZ time: There was a brief eruption from Mt Tongariro in the central North Island just before midnight on 6 August, New Zealand time.

02-05-12
Vanuatu and New Zealand Celebrate 5 Years of RSE Success

The Governments of Vanuatu and New Zealand hosted a small celebration in Port Vila last week to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the Recognised Seasonal Employmer (RSE) scheme.

Since the commencement of the RSE in 2007, over 11,000 RSE job placements have been taken by local Ni Vanuatu workers, who have in turn brought back new skills and their savings.

02-05-12
Saama Receives New Aid Post From New Zealand

The New Zealand High Commissioner, Bill Dobbie, officially opened a newly built aid post for the community of Saama, North Efate on Friday 27 April 2012.

07-02-12
Vanuatu Meteorological Service tropical cyclone warning for TC Jasmine

The Vanuatu Meteorological Service has issued a tropical cyclone warning for Tropical Cyclone Jasmine.

It forecasts that the system is expected to intensify as it tracks east towards Vanuatu. Hurricane force winds, heavy rain and high seas are anticipated.

All New Zealand and British citizens located in Vanuatu are advised to prepare themselves in the event of a tropical cyclone.

For advice on what to do, and to review Vanuatu's Cyclone Safety Procedures, please refer to pages 20-25 of the Vanuatu phone book.

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