New Zealand High Commissioner-designate to Trinidad and Tobago pays courtesy call on H.C. Nicholas
Caribbean news. Potential areas for cooperation between Trinidad and Tobago and New Zealand were the centre of discussion when High Commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Garvin Nicholas, received a courtesy call from the High Commissioner-designate for New Zealand to Trinidad and Tobago, Her Excellency Jan Henderson, on Thursday 20th February.
H.C. Henderson will be leading the first New Zealand High Commission in the Caribbean region and brings with her vast experience inclusive of her last posting in Delhi.
During the very cordial meeting, H.C. Nicholas highlighted the need for countries within the Caribbean to move away from traditional fields and explore new opportunities for development and investment. Recognising the potential for increased cooperation between the Caribbean Region and New Zealand, the High Commissioners agreed that possible opportunities existed in areas such as disaster preparedness, agriculture, aquaculture, eco-tourism, sports and education.
H.C. Nicholas and the New Zealand High Commissioner-designate to Trinidad and Tobago, Her Excellency Jan Henderson.
While the High Commission for New Zealand will be based in Bridgetown, Barbados, H.C. Nicholas also encouraged the High Commissioner-designate to visit Trinidad and Tobago within the next two weeks, as this would provide her with an ideal opportunity to experience first-hand Trinidad and Tobago’s main tourism product.
H.C. Nicholas congratulated H.C. Henderson on her appointment, noting that the opening of the first New Zealand Mission in the Caribbean represented an important step in deepening relations between the Caribbean and New Zealand. He assured H.C. Henderson that Trinidad and Tobago would remain seized of the opportunity to strengthen relations between both countries and looked forward to working with her.
