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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó (left) and New Zealand Attorney-General Chris Finlayson open the Hungarian Embassy in Wellington. Photo credit:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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Hungaryʼs Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó officially has opened the Hungarian Embassy in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, on Friday, the Budapest Business Journal reported.

The embassy will help enhance Hungaryʼs presence in the Pacific region, promote trade relations and effectively enforce economic policy objectives, Foreign Minister Szijjártó said.

Hungary is the eighth European Union country to open an embassy in New Zealand, and the second Central European country after Poland.

Mr. Szijjártó noted the potential for cooperation with New Zealand in car and machinery manufacturing, water management and water technology, and thermal water-related infrastructure developments.

He added that Eximbank has opened a USD 720 million credit line to help Hungarian companies enter the New Zealand market.

Hungaryʼs exports to New Zealand increased by 12% last year compared to 2015, to exceed USD 50 million, Szijjártó said.

Mr.Szijjártó added that he also held talks with his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully and Attorney-General Chris Finlayson. 

The Hungarian minister said he started talks on several bilateral agreements including one on avoiding double taxation. 

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó also opened a Hungary-New Zealand business forum in Auckland.

News source: Budapest Business Journal – www.bbj.hu

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Photo taken at the inauguration ceremony of Vietnam’s honorary consulate in New Caledonia

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Vietnam’s honorary consulate was inaugurated in New Caledonia’s capital Noumea on October 5 with Dinh Jean-Pierre as its Honorary Consul General, vietnamnet.vn reported.

At the inauguration ceremony, Vietnam’s Consul General in Sydney Mr Hoang Minh Son said the establishment aims to unite Vietnamese expatriates in New Caledonia.

He said he expects Dinh Jean-Pierre to contribute to boosting Vietnam-France ties and promote Vietnamese language and culture in New Caledonia.

French High Commissioner for New Caledonia Mr Thierry Lataste spoke highly of the Vietnamese community in his speech, describing them as hard-working and contributors to the local economy.

The first Vietnamese reached New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France, in 1891, gradually forming the close-knit community seen today.

Consul General Dinh Jean-Pierre is also head of the Vietnam friendship association on the island.

Other countries that have established honorary consulates in New Caledonia is Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Japan.

News source: www.vietnamnet.vn

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Wellington

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Wellington city is edging closer to gaining a new sister city. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown has proposed Australia’s federal capital city, Canberra, to become New Zealand’s capital’s next sister city, the stuff.co.nz website can report. 

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The city council of Wellington will consider whether to formalise the relationship between the two cities in a full council meeting next week. 

Australian Capital Territory chief minister Andrew Barr is ready to sign the deal when he visits Wellington in early July.

Mayor Wade-Brown, who visited Canberra in April, said the new deal would bring the cities closer together, forging stronger economic, environmental, political, cultural and tourism ties.

“Together the capital cities will be stronger and have more impact on the global stage,” she said. 

“Wellington and Canberra have a lot in common and this relationship will help equip both cities for long-term success.”

Businesses that provided services to the government sector had an obvious opportunity to expand, and the recent agreement with Singapore Airlines to fly from Singapore to Wellington with a stop-over in Canberra, was an example of what had already been achieved. 

From September there will be four flights a week between Wellington and Canberra, connecting to Singapore.

Wellington’s twin cities are Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia; the Chinese capital Beijing, Xiamen in China, Harrogate in England, Hania in Crete, Greece; and Sakai in Japan.

Canberra’s two sister cities are Beijing, and Nara in Japan.

Read the full story here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/79723501/wellington-and-canberra-look-to-become-sister-cities.html

News source: www.stuff.co.nz

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Stillehavsnasjonen Vanuatu ble torsdag rystet av et kraftig jordskjelv, målt til 7,3 på Richters skala meler det amerikanske jordskjelvsenteret USGS, ifølge NRK. 

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Skadeomfanget er så langt ikke kjent, men det er nå sendt ut tsunamivarsel. Det er ikke meldt om omkomne eller skadde.

Jordskjelvet hadde sitt senter på land fem kilometer fra landsbyen Norsup på øya Malakula, melder BNO News og flere andre medier, skriver VG torsdag kveld.

– Farlige tsunamibølger fra dette jordskjelvet er mulig innenfor 300 kilometer fra episenteret langs kysten av Vanuatu, lyder det ivarselmeldingen.

Malakula er den nest største øya i Vanuatu, etter Espiritu Santo, og ligger rett nord for øya Efate, der hovedstaden Port Vila ligger.

Hovedstaden ble ødelagt av syklonen “Pam” i mars 2015, les mer om dette her: http://hovedsteder.blogg.no/1426292042_port_vila.html

Kilder: www.nrk.no, www.vg.no, BNO News.

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Stillehavsnasjonen Palau, som har 21,000 innbyggere, frykter total uttørking i kjølvannet av værfenomenet El Niño, skriver NRK.no

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– Hvis forholdene ikke endrer seg er det sannsynlig at det blir total vannmangel i løpet av de neste to til tre ukene, heter det i en rapport fra landets nasjonale kriseråd, melder nyhetsbyrået AFP.

Palau er en av flere øystater som har erklært unntakstilstand etter at El Niño førte til ekstrem tørke. Sist det regnet så lite som det har gjort på Palau over de siste fire månedene var for 65 år siden, skriver NRK.

Rasjonering av vann er satt i gang, og vann fra springen er bare tilgjengelig tre timer daglig i Koror, landets største by og tidligere hovedstad. Skoler har bare åpent halve dagen på grunn av mangel på drikkevann.

Nå har Palau bedt to av sine nærmeste allierte og handelspartnere Japan og Taiwan om krisehjelp. De vil blant annet ha direktleveranser med vann. Japans ambassade i Palau sier de jobber med å finne ut av hvordan de kan hjelpe til.

– Vi har unntakstilstand. Det haster å løse denne krisen, sier en talsperson Palaus regjering til AFP.

El Niño oppstår når av deler av Stillehavet blir unormalt varmt, og kan føre til ekstremvær. El Niño som startet i oktober i fjor blir omtalt som en av de sterkeste i historien. Værmønsteret den førte med seg kommer trolig ikke til å avta før etter sommeren, ifølge det amerikanske forskningsbyrået National Oceanic and Atmostpheric Administration (NOAA), skriver nrk.no

Ngerulmud. Foto: ©Szakacs – www.VisitCapitalCities.com

Hovedstaden Ngerulmud, i delstaten Melekeok og ligger på landets største øy Babeldaob, er med sine 400 innbyggere en av verdens minste hovedsteder. Byen ble hovedstad i 2006, og ligger 20 kilometer nordøst for den tidligere hovedstaden Koror, som har vel 11000 innbyggere.

Capitol-bygningene i Ngerulmud, med kongressen og regjeringskontorer. 

Palau ligger nord for Australia og Papua Ny-Guinea, og vest for Filippinene. Landet består av 250 øyer, og er inndelt i 16 delstater, den minste av delstatene, Sonsorol, har bare 40 innbyggere. 

Les hele saken på NRK.no her: http://www.nrk.no/urix/oystat-kan-ga-tom-for-vann-1.12883693

Kilder / sources: www.nrk.no, AFP,  www.VisitCapitalCities.com, wikipedia.org

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National flag of Cuba.

One more country has opened a diplomatic mission in Papua New Guinea’s capital city Port Moresby, as Cuba recently opened an embassy in the Pacific country.

Papua New Guinea this week officially welcomed Cuba’s new ambassador Mr Jose Manuel Galego Montano.

Acting Governor General of Papua New Guinea Mr Thoedore Zurenuoc said his country is fully aware of Cuba’s continued efforts in providing medical aid to the Pacific and the government is keen to cooperate with Cuba in areas such as education, health, sports, technology, climate change and many more.

Ambassador Galego in his speech said Cuba was ready to work harder and contribute more towards our relationship so that both our countries can continue to prosper.

Read more here: http://news.pngfacts.com/2016/04/cuban-embassy-opens-in-papua-new-guinea.html

Source: www.news.pngfacts.com

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One of the world’s most prestigious airlines could soon be landing in Wellington, with Singapore Airlines expected to launch a new jumbo service between the trans-Tasman capital cities.

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After months of negotiations, the airline is expected to announce a new Airbus A330 service between Canberra and Wellington on January 20, tied to a new Canberra-Singapore service.

Wellington Airport, the Wellington City Council and Singapore Airlines all declined to confirm the new route on Tuesday, after news broke across the Tasman.

See more at http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/75811602/singapore-airlines-could-soon-land-in-wellington-via-australias-Capital

Source: www.stuff.co.nz

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Flere hundre mennesker er evakuert fra hjemmene sine etter at syklonen Ula feide innover øyriket Tonga i Stillehavet lørdag, skriver Nettavisen.

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For å minimere skadene hadde statsminister Akilisi Pohiva erklært unntakstilstand før syklonen Ula rammet. I tillegg til den sterke vinden var det også varslet høy vannstand i de lavtliggende øyene.

Syklonen rammet lørdag først den nordlige øya Vava’u, der den rev tak av hus, ødela avlinger og veltet trær. Flyplassen ved hovedstaden Nuku’alofa ble stengt for innenlandstrafikk.

Det er ventet at uværet vil svekke seg når det søndag fortsetter mot Fiji.

I fjor ble Tonga rammet av syklonen Ian, som tok livet av én person og gjorde 4.000 husløse.

Kongeriket Tonga består av 177 øyer og atoller, 52 av disse er bebodd. Landet har 103,000 innbyggere, rundt 25,000 av dem bor i hovedstaden Nuku’alofa, på øya Tongatapu.

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Photo credit: Radio New Zealand / Michael Cropp

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Wellington’s Lyall Bay has been surfed for more than a century, and locals are worried the airport’s runway extension plans could kill some of the city’s best waves, reports Radio New Zealand.

The airport plans to extend the runway another 350m into the water, and that will affect the peakiness of the waves, cutting the number of surf rides in parts of the bay by nearly a Third.

“This is a very special place for us here in Wellington,” Wellington Boardriders Club president James Whitaker said.

“A lot of people have surfed Lyall Bay, especially the break known as ‘The Corner’, which is the break that runs parallel to the runway. And there’s also a lot of people who on a nice day come down to the beach and watch the spectacle, not just those who take part.

“It would be such a shame if the construction of an extension ruined what’s there, because it’s a very special thing.”

The bay is considered the city’s safest, most reliable break, and the shape of the bay helps focus the waves. At just 15 minutes from the central business district by car, it is undeniably convenient.

But it is also quite a particular beach. In 2014, there were only 125 days where the waves were surfable and only 38 of those days had “very good surf”.

Read the whole article at www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/293132/capital-city-surfers-seek-certainty 

Source: www.radionz.co.nz

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Sir Peter Jackson

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Plans for a film museum and convention centre in the heart of Wellington have been given the go-ahead, Radio New Zealand reports.

Wellington city councillors has voted unanimously to build the $134 million, multi-purpose venue opposite Te Papa. Previous plans for a five-star Hilton hotel on the site have been scrapped.

The convention centre, capable of hosting 1100 people, will be run by the council. It will in turn lease out land to The Movie Museum Ltd, a company formed by New Zealand film director and producer Sir Peter Jackson (director and producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy) and New Zealand filmmaker Sir Richard Taylor.

Museum project director said George Hickton it would showcase movie memorabilia from films and television shows produced within the city.

The council predicted the project would generate about $38 million a year for the capital.

Wellington’s deputy mayor Justin Lester told Morning Report it would be a drawcard for international tourists.

“This project will become synonymous with Wellington, you know for an international tourist coming to New Zealand, I think this will be the most significant man-made attraction so I think it’s going to be really really large, it will put Wellington front and centre on the tourist map, so we’ll see a lot more people coming to Wellington. No one will bypass the city.”

Wellington is not the only city proposing to build a convention centre. Projects are under way or planned for Auckland, Christchurch and Queenstown.

Read the article at www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/291552/lights,-camera,-action-for-movie-museum

Source: Radio New Zealand – www.radionz.co.nz

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