U.S. Embassy Wellington - The Past Two Years in Pictures (2009-2011)

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American Mission to New Zealand (12/2009 – 12/2011)

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Prime Minister Visit to DC ............................................................................. 1 Secretary of State Visit .................................................................................... 2 Christchurch Earthquake ................................................................................ 6 Marines ......................................................................................................... 11 Rugby World Cup .......................................................................................... 17 Antarctica ...................................................................................................... 31 TS Golden Bear ............................................................................................. 35 Independence Day ......................................................................................... 37 Tokelau .......................................................................................................... 42 Pacific Island Forum .................................................................................... 44 US-NZ Partnership Forum ........................................................................... 45 Student Engagement ...................................................................................... 46 Camperdown ................................................................................................. 55 Kiwiana ......................................................................................................... 57 September 11th ............................................................................................... 58 Art in Embassies ............................................................................................ 62 Embassy Community ..................................................................................... 66

Prime Minister Visit to DC President Obama and Prime Minister Key in the Oval Office AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta July 22, 2011 1

Secretary of State Visit The Secretary is greeted on Parliament forecourt Ola Thorsen November 4, 2010 2

Secretary of State Visit The Secretary at Christchurch town hall event Ola Thorsen November 5, 2010 3

Secretary of State Visit Dominion Post headline Dominion Post November 5, 2010 4

Secretary of State Visit Wellington Declaration signing ceremony Ola Thorsen November 4, 2010 5

Christchurch Earthquake Los Angeles County Fire Dept USAR team arrives USAID/Rebecca Gustafson February 26, 2011 6

Christchurch Earthquake Prime Minister Key with the USAID DART team USAID/Rebecca Gustafson February 26, 2011 7

Christchurch Earthquake Rescuers pause for prayer NZFS March 1, 2011 8

Christchurch Earthquake Mike leaves the city after a hard week Josh Greene February 25, 2011 9

Christchurch Earthquake The Ambassador revs up Ceres' Cat 385c Ultra High Demo unit Duane McWaine July 15, 2011 10

Marines Visit to Waiwhetu Marae Ola Thorsen August 19, 2010 11

Marines 2010 Memorial Day at Paekakariki Ola Thorsen March 31, 2010 12

Marines 2009 Toys for Tots drive Kent Blechynden December 12, 2009 13

Marines 2010 Poppy Day, with New Zealand and Australian colleagues Ola Thorsen April 23, 2010 1

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Marines With friends at Memorial Day 2011, in Paekakariki Holly Forsberg June 29, 2011 15

Marines Comrades at the opening of A Friend in Need exhibition Lise Gagne March 11, 2011 16

Rugby World Cup New Plymouth street party Ola Thorsen September 15, 2011 17

Rugby World Cup Marine Band on TV3 Breakfast, in New Plymouth Ola Thorsen September 15, 2011 18

Rugby World Cup Marine Band on parade in New Plymouth Ola Thorsen September 10, 2011 19

Rugby World Cup Marine Band at Old St. Pauls, Wellington Ola Thorsen September 16, 2011 20

Rugby World Cup Meet the Eagles pep rally at Scots College, Wellington Ola Thorsen September 21, 2011 21

Rugby World Cup Ōtaki Mini Eagles Captain with USA Eagles Captain Todd Clever Ola Thorsen September 21, 2011 22

Rugby World Cup Ōtaki Primary School rippa rugby team represents the USA Rugbyimages.co.nz/Georgie August 7, 2011 23

Rugby World Cup Young Eagles supporters at Richmond street parade Ola Thorsen September 26, 2011 24

Rugby World Cup Young Eagles supporters at Richmond street parade Ola Thorsen September 26, 2011 25

Rugby World Cup Richmond street parade Ola Thorsen September 26, 2011 26

Rugby World Cup Richmond street parade Ola Thorsen September 26, 2011 27

Rugby World Cup USA Eagles Captain Todd Clever plows forward against Italy AP Photo/Rob Griffith September 27, 2011 28

Rugby World Cup Richmond Block Party Ola Thorsen September 27, 2011 29

Rugby World Cup Richmond street parade Ola Thorsen September 26, 2011 30

Antarctica Emperor penguins greet Ambassador Huebner USAF/Mark Doll December 1, 2010 31

Antarctica The Ambassador and Ola at the South Pole USAF/Mark Doll November 30, 2010 32

Antarctica Emperor penguins on McMurdo Ice Shelf Ola Thorsen December 1, 2010 33

Antarctica Ola on the C-17 Globemaster en route to the Ice Ambassador Huebner November 29, 2010 34

TS Golden Bear In Wellington Harbor Mike Cousins May 29, 2011 35

TS Golden Bear In Auckland Harbor Phil McKenna July 28, 2011 36

Independence Day 2011 Hawaiian performers in Auckland Ola Thorsen August 2, 2011 37

Independence Day 2011 Hawaiian performers in Wellington Ola Thorsen August 4, 2011 38

Independence Day 2011 Hawaiian and Maori performers in Wellington Ola Thorsen August 4, 2011 39

Independence Day 2011 Westpac Stadium, Wellington Ola Thorsen August 4, 2011 40

Pacific Partnership 2011 USS Cleveland with HMNZS Canterbury USN/MC2 Michael Russell May 9, 2011 41

Tokelau USCG Walnut crew and friends after delivering water supplies USCG October 11, 2011 42

Tokelau USCG Walnut arrives at Atafu Atoll to deliver water supplies USCG October 8, 2011 43

Pacific Island Forum 2011 Deputy Secretary Nides and Minister McCully face the press Ola Thorsen September 8, 2011 44

US-NZ Partnership Forum Assistant Secretary Campbell and Prime Minister Key Ola Thorsen February 21, 2011 45

Student Engagement Special Rep. Farah Pandith visits Kilbirnie Mosque Ola Thorsen December 10, 2010 46

Student Engagement DAS Frankie Reed meets with the Ambassador's Victoria U. advisors Ola Thorsen February 19, 2010 47

Student Engagement Connecting Young Leaders Conference, dinner at the CMR Ola Thorsen October 2, 2010 48

Student Engagement Earth Day at the CMR with Hutt Valley High School students Ola Thorsen April 14, 2011 49

Student Engagement Mike and Janine with Massey University students Ola Thorsen June 9, 2011 50

Student Engagement Albany Home School's Free Range team wins a VEX Robotics match S Haim March 21, 2009 51

Student Engagement Space Shuttle Discovery, crew portrait NASA May 6, 2010 52

Student Engagement Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-114 Spacewalk over NZ NASA August 3, 2005 53

Student Engagement First tranche of donated books for Samoa Ola Thorsen May 25, 2010 54

Camperdown Chief of Mission Residence, Lower Hutt Ola Thorsen August 23, 2011 55

Camperdown AmeriCarna Reception at the CMR Ola Thorsen February 22, 2011 56

Kiwiana Ambassador Huebner meets Chelsea at Massey University Murray Wilson August 13, 2010 57

September 11th Final moments of the Twin Towers Joe Owens September 11, 2001 58

September 11th Christchurch 9-11 Memorial Murray Hedwig January 1, 2003 59

September 11th Marine plays at 10th anniversary memorial service in New Plymouth Ola Thorsen September 11, 2011 60

September 11th Situation Room, White House, May 1, 2011 Pete Souza May 1, 2011 61

Art in Embassies Co-Curators Nathan Huff & James Brown James Brown February 24, 2011 62

Art in Embassies Negotiating Place, by Nathan Huff Ola Thorsen July 3, 2005 63

Art in Embassies Back, by James Brown Ola Thorsen July 3, 2005 64

Art in Embassies Mary on art installation day Ola Thorsen June 20, 2011 65

Embassy Community Greely serves at Downtown Community Mission Thanksgiving Ola Thorsen November 24, 2010 66

Embassy Community John supervises at Downtown Community Mission Thanksgiving Ola Thorsen November 24, 2010 67

Embassy Community DCM Bob Clarke departs Post Ola Thorsen July 14, 2011 68

Embassy Community Greasers, Pinky, & Captain America invade Lower Hutt Jodilyn Johnson October 29, 2011 69

Embassy Community Peter working on the haka Ola Thorsen March 15, 2011 70