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New Zealand's Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright lays a wreath at the "Neue Wache" Memorial to the Victims of War and Tyranny in Berlin. Dame Silvia is on an official State Visit to Germany where she is meeting President Johannes Rau and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

Dame Silvia, who will also be visiting aircraft manufacturer Airbus, is in Germany to promote New Zealand trade and tourism and to highlight New Zealand/German co-operation in areas such as education, film making and science and technology. Dame Silvia's visit, on an official invitation from President Rau, is the first-ever State Visit from New Zealand to Germany in over 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

New Zealand's Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright and German President Johannes Rau enter the gates to Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin with Peter Cartwright and Christina Rau (left). Dame Silvia is on an official State Visit to Germany where she is also meeting Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

Dame Silvia, who will also be visiting aircraft manufacturer Airbus, is in Germany to promote New Zealand trade and tourism and to encourage increased New Zealand/German co-operation in areas such as education, film making and science and technology. Dame Silvia's visit, on an official invitation from President Rau, is the first-ever State Visit from New Zealand to Germany in over 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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