By Gail Brown, wife of US Ambassador Scott Brown. For the next blog post in the
Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Niki Rattle – Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament. “It’s the sweetest coconut juice in the world,” says the Speaker of Cook Islands Parliament, Niki Rattle as I sit down to interview her on a ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 9 February, 2018 | Categories:
Connecting with Kiwis, First People's Connect, News, Pacific Women
| Tags: American Red Cross, Cook Islands, Cook Islands Parliament, Gail Brown, Niki Rattle, Pacific Women Leaders, Prime Minister Henry Puna, Rarotonga
By Gail Brown, wife of US Ambassador Scott Brown. For the next blog in the
Pacific Women Leaders series, I met with Ana File-Heather, owner of Red Door Coffee Bar and Unique Island Streetwear. Ana File-Heather is desperately trying to hire a new barista. She owns the Red Door Coffee Bar in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, but, ironically, coffee isn’t ...
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By Mike Cousins | 19 January, 2018 | Categories:
Art & Culture, Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women
| Tags: Ana File-Heather, Gail Brown, Pacific Women Leaders, Red Door Coffee Bar, Unique Island Streetwear
By Gail Brown, wife of US Ambassador Scott Brown. For the next blog in the
Pacific Women Leaders series, I met Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson – Environmentalist and Climate Change Communicator. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson proudly speaks about her culture as the reason why she started her work as first a journalist then as an environmental writer, communicator and ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 15 December, 2017 | Categories:
Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women
| Tags: Climate Change, Environmentalist, Gail Brown, Jacinda Ardern, Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Pacific Women Leaders
By Gail Brown, wife of US Ambassador Scott Brown For the next blog in the
Pacific Women Leaders series I met a fearless young woman, Ema, who has spent her professional career working in the criminal justice system in my new found home of New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington. Ema is serious about delivering justice and she has ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 27 October, 2017 | Categories:
Art & Culture, Connecting with Kiwis, News, Pacific Women
| Tags: #PacificWomen, Breakthrough Centre NZ, Ema Piutau, Gail Brown, New Zealand Department of Corrections, Pacific Women Leaders, Samoa
By Gail Brown, wife of US Ambassador Scott Brown. Welcome to the first in a
series of stories highlighting Pacific women for their contributions to humanity and the communities they serve. Earlier, I traveled to Samoa with my husband, U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown, to present his credentials to the new Head of State, His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II. After having ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 22 September, 2017 | Categories:
Connecting with Kiwis, News
| Tags: #PacificWomen, Fani, Fealofani (Fani) Bruun, Gail Brown, His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, Moana movie, Pacific Women Leaders
By Gail Brown, wife of US Ambassador Scott Brown New Zealand and Samoa, known for their natural beauty, vibrant cultures, and thriving societies, was top of my husband’s list to serve our country as United States Ambassador abroad. New Zealand is home to some of the largest Pacific people’s diasporas, and a gate-way to South ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 15 September, 2017 | Categories:
News, Wahine Toa
| Tags: Gail Brown, Pacific Women Leaders, Samoa
Ambassador Scott Brown’s inaugural 4th of July Independence Day in New Zealand with a packed reception at the Hunter Lounge at the Victoria University of Wellington. Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee, represented the New Zealand government and was joined by hundreds of others including Ministers, members of the New Zealand Parliament, military, cultural and media representatives ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 20 July, 2017 | Categories:
Ambassador, News
| Tags: 4th of July Independence Day, Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee, Gail Brown, Independence Day 2017, U.S. Ambassador Brown
Join us in welcoming Ambassador-Designate Scott Brown and his wife Gail. They are arriving in New Zealand shortly and wanted to introduce themselves. Watch this video to learn more about Ambassador-Designate Brown, his family and career, and why the partnership between the United States and New Zealand is so important.
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By Public Affairs Section | 14 June, 2017 | Categories:
Ambassador, Connecting with Kiwis, News
| Tags: Ambassador, Ambassador-Designate Scott Brown, Gail Brown, Scott Brown
