Hon. Sepuloni and part of the delegation at St. Vincent Early Childhood Education Centre [Source: SIBC Online]
New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Carmel Sepuloni with her delegation left the country yesterday after a successful two-day visit to Honiara.
Hon. Sepuloni arrived in Honiara on Sunday with her Minister of Climate Change, Hon. James Shaw, Minister for Pacific Peoples, Hon. Barbara Edmonds and a 50-member delegation consisted of officials in the Ministerial, Humanitarian and Economic streams, supporting officials and the media.
The visit is part of their three-country Pacific Mission which aims at strengthening their relations with Pacific Island Countries.
The delegation visited projects supported by New Zealand including the St. Vincent Early Childhood Education Centre at Burns Creek, Amazing Grace Cocoa Farm at Tenaru and the Multi-Purpose Youth Hall in central Honiara.
New Zealand Minister for Pacific Peoples, Hon. Barbara Edmonds viewing shell moneys at the Multi Purpose Youth Hall. [Source: SIBC Online]
A part of the delegation also visited Bloody ridge community where the Minister for Climate Change, Hon. Shaw unveiled a plaque to remember the location of the New Zealand Air Force base at Henderson Airfield, during the second world war.
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