Filipino News Waitangi 2018

Philippine Embassy
WAITANGI DAY 2018 ISSUE 111 | www.filipinonews.nz : www.pinoynzlife.nz | email: filipinonews@xtra.co.nz | tel: 027 495 8477 07
BUHAY
NZ
121st ANNIVERSARY OF THE
MARYTRDOM OF DR. JOSE P. RIZAL
WELLINGTON – To
bring consular services closer
to Pinoys, outreach missions,
including the registration of
overseas Filipino voters, will
be conducted in the following
areas throughout the year
(subject to final confirmation):
15-19 February, Auckland,
9am-6pm at the
Community Action Centre,
766 Sandringham Road
Extension, Mt Roskill.
For the consular services in
Auckland, appointments can
be made online through:
http://philembassynzl.
appointy.com
March, South Island
April, Tauranga
May, South Island
August, Auckland
Consular Services
September, South Island
October, Rotorua
November, South Island
The consular services are
as follows:
• passport issuance/renewal/replacement
• civil registration, i.e.
reports of births and marriages
• authentication and notarisation
of legal documents
• NBI fingerprinting and
certification (recent passportsized
photos required)
• Philippine citizenship
retention/reacquisition and
administering of the oath of
allegiance
• overseas voting registration
Registration of overseas
Filipino voters for the 13
May 2019 National Elections
and subsequent elections is
still ongoing until 30
September 2018.
All citizens of the
Philippines, who are abroad
or will be abroad during the
30-day voting period, commencing
on 13 April 2019
(Philippine time), who are at
least 18 years of age on the
day of the elections and are
not otherwise disqualified by
law may register.
Please note: Consular
Appointment System
In order to deliver more
effective and efficient consular
services the Philippine
Embassy has implemented an
online appointment system
(no walk-in policy).
WELLINGTON -
Ambassador Jesus S.
Domingo led the officers,
staff and families of
the Embassy of the
Philippines in Wellington,
New Zealand, in
commemorating the
121st Anniversary of the
Martyrdom of Dr. Jose P.
Rizal at the Embassy
Chancery on 30 December
2017.
Held at the Sentro
Rizal of the Philippine
Embassy, the occasion
began with the singing of
the national anthem,
'Lupang Hinirang', by
all Embassy personnel
and their families.
Ambassador Domingo
gave his welcome
remarks and discussed
the important role of Dr.
Rizal in shaping the
Filipino nation, underscoring
his achievements
and the ideals that he
stood for as the
Philippines' foremost
nationalist, patriot and
advocate for reforms
through peaceful means
during the Spanish colonial
period.
As the event’s primary
audience were the youth,
Ambassador Domingo
invited the children of the
officers and staff of the
Embassy as well as the
Embassy’s visitors and
applicants to attentively
watch the films José
Rizal, a biographical
movie directed by
Marilou Diaz-Abaya and
starring Cesar Montano
as José Rizal and Pluma:
Si Rizal, Ang Dakilnag
Manunulat, a GMA
News TV Docudrama.
The event culminated
with a simple Filipino
salu-salo.
Credit: Photo and text
from the Philippine
Embassy website: https://
www.philembassy.org.nz/