A 100-person tri-service Guard of Honour from the New Zealand Defence Force welcomed His Excellency Pervez Musharaff, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, at Government House, Auckland on Friday June 17 2005.
The NZDF Maori Cultural Group, numbering more than 35 Defence personnel, conducted a powhiri to welcome the President.
A Presidential 21-gun salute was fired by Navy personnel within Government House grounds as the triservice Guard conducted the general salute.