Media Advisory
25 May 2007
Her Excellency Gloria Macapagel-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Buckle Street, Wellington on Monday 28 May at 9.10am.
A tri-Service (Navy, Army and Air Force) catafalque guard will support the wreath laying ceremony.
At 9.30am a ceremony of welcome for President Arroyo will take place at Government House. The ceremony will be supported by a tri-Service Royal Guard of Honour and Maori Cultural Group, and the Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It will also feature a 21-gun salute by members of the New Zealand Army’s 16 Field Regiment.
ENDS
For further information please contact Ally Clelland, Defence Public Relations
04 496 0273 or 021 569 130