Greetings everyone

Our first edition of 2012.Time really goes fast. We are still awaiting the Agreement to be finalised and now that the election has come and gone in New Zealand maybe just maybe we will finally manage to get this hurdle over.

In this edition we have a couple of articles re the Maltese Living Abroad ,1 from The Maltese High Commission in Canberra which Mr Tabone has already advised us is to be corrected as to the number of representatives from Australia 5 instead of 6 and 1 written by Mr Laurence Dimech about this new grouping which I fully agree with.

This newsletter is being put together by Mr Frank Doherty in the absence of our usual helper Mrs Lucienne Hensell who is enjoying a well merited rest with the family in Malta. We are extremely grateful for the work given by everybody in our effort to keep this newsletter ongoing and on time.

Again we ask those who wish to contribute to post articles to us at 31 Allen Tce. Tawa. Or email us at malta_assn@hotmail.com. We hope you enjoy reading the various articles we have in this edition.

The Editor: Anthony Micallef
ISSN 1179-4828