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New Zealand’s Governor General to visit Barbados

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GOVERNOR GENERAL of New Zealand Dame Patsy Reddy arrives in Barbados Sunday for a two-day visit.

Dame Patsy, a lawyer and a former New Zealand Crown negotiator who was appointed her country’s 21st Governor General last September, is the third woman to hold the position. 

She is coming directly from New Zealand and will call on Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave on Monday.

Dame Patsy is also scheduled to meet members of the West Indies Under-19 Cricket team and representatives of the Barbados Cricket Association at Kensington Oval on the same day.

Barbados is the only island in the Caribbean the New Zealand Head of State will be visiting. (GC)

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