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WARUNG KONSULER
AN APPROACH TO ENGAGE INDONESIAN COMMUNITY
In Indonesian culture, a shop or stall with a vendor in a village, commonly called
warung, is a small entrepreneur way in selling variety things. In Kiwi culture, this
closely common to a dairy or convenience store. In a warung, Indonesian often meet
their neighbours and having a little chit-chat while buying some daily needs.
The concept of warung are used by the Embassy of Indonesia in Wellington to bring
closer public services of the embassy to Indonesian nationals in New Zealand. During
the tenure of Ambassador Tantowi Yahya, Warung Konsuler or Consular Shop
repeatedly held in a number of cities in New Zealand, to engage Indonesian community
while providing consular service to them.
Mobile consular service in Auckland
