MANILA, Philippines - Outgoing New Zealand Ambassador Reuben Levermore recently hosted a farewell dinner at his residence in Forbes Park. In attendance were friends and acquaintances from various sectors of Philippine society such as media, business and government whom he had gotten to know in the course of his two and a half years in the Philippines. Ambassador Levermore leaves Manila to take on a new posting in Bangkok as New Zealand’s Ambassador to Thailand, a position that also includes Cambodia and Myanmar.