“At the Sister Cities conference in Wellington this year, they had a number of overseas delegates participate by Zoom.” The Sister Cities event will be held at the convention centre on April 6 and 7 would welcome more than 100 New Zealand town and city representatives, in collaboration with Marlborough District Council.
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Many New Zealand cities have a sister-city relationship with Japan. Covid restrictions mean representatives from overseas may not be able to travel to Blenheim for a Sister City conference next year. Hope said maintaining relationships with its two Japanese towns, and its Chinese sister region Ningxia was challenging during the pandemic.