Consul General MINOYA Pays a Courtesy Call on Her Worship Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell (10 November 2026)
2026/11/11
On 10 November, Consul General MINOYA Suguru paid a courtesy call on Her Worship Mayor Tania Tapsell, Mayor of Rotorua, at the Rotorua Lakes Council offices.
Consul General MINOYA expressed his appreciation for the longstanding and active exchanges between Rotorua and its sister city, Beppu in Oita Prefecture, Japan. He noted that the two cities share many common features, including tourism, hot springs and geothermal power generation, and welcomed their wide-ranging exchanges, including recent reciprocal visits by Mayor Tapsell and Mayor NAGANO Yasuhiro of Beppu, as well as longstanding student and sporting exchanges.
Looking ahead to 2027, which will mark the 40th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Rotorua and Beppu and the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and New Zealand, both sides agreed to continue working together to further strengthen the friendship between the two cities and the broader Japan–New Zealand relationship.
Consul General MINOYA expressed his appreciation for the longstanding and active exchanges between Rotorua and its sister city, Beppu in Oita Prefecture, Japan. He noted that the two cities share many common features, including tourism, hot springs and geothermal power generation, and welcomed their wide-ranging exchanges, including recent reciprocal visits by Mayor Tapsell and Mayor NAGANO Yasuhiro of Beppu, as well as longstanding student and sporting exchanges.
Looking ahead to 2027, which will mark the 40th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Rotorua and Beppu and the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and New Zealand, both sides agreed to continue working together to further strengthen the friendship between the two cities and the broader Japan–New Zealand relationship.