PH Embassy in Wellington Commemorates National Heroes’ Day 2020, Launches PH-NZ-Pacific Fellowship, COVID-19 Frontliner Hero Awards
The Philippine Embassy in Wellington, in partnership with the Knights of Rizal Wellington Chapter, launches the Philippine and New Zealand – Pacific Fellowship (#PHANZPAC). (Wellington PE photo)
WELLINGTON 03 September 2020 – On the occasion of the National Heroes Day 2020, Philippine Embassy in Wellington, in partnership with the Knights of Rizal Wellington Chapter, launched the Philippine and New Zealand – Pacific Fellowship (#PHANZPAC).
The Fellowship brings together Filipinos, Kiwis, and Pasifikans who have served in the Military, Police, and other uniformed and emergency services; are members of Chivalric Orders and Heritage Groups; and are advancing Philippine-New Zealand people-to-people relations.
#PHANZPAC was honored to have Matua 2LT David Ellison NZDF (Ret), Upoko Kati Huirapa Runaka Ki Puketeraki and Kaumatua, Kaitahu Iwi accept his appointment as Advisor.
Ambassador Jesus Domingo and Knights Marcelo M. Esparas (Commander) also presented Certificates of Appreciation to Messrs. Jun Cereno, Ariel Lagazon, Warwick Thorpe and Vincent Stephens, for their support to the Knights, the Embassy, and PHANZPAC.
In honour of Filipinos in NZ and the Pacific who have honourably served their country in uniformed service and who have passed on, the Embassy, in partnership with the Knights of Rizal in Wellington, have initiated the awarding of Certificates of Remembrance. First to be so recognized was late Colonel Pedro S. Hernandez PA (Ret), who passed away in Auckland last February.
Meanwhile, the Embassy also launched its COVID-19 Frontliner Hero Awards on its official Facebook page to honor the dedication of Filipino and Filipino-Kiwi frontliners (doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff) who have volunteered or were on-duty when New Zealand went into lockdown in March 2020.
Nominations for the said award are open starting 31 August 2020 and will be accepted until 30 November 2020. END
(Wellington PE photo)
(Wellington PE photo)
For more information, visit https://www.wellingtonpe.dfa.gov.ph, https://www.philembassy.org.nz, or https://www.facebook.com/PHLinNZ/.