BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 31 -- New Zealand Ambassador Peter Kell urged young Filipinos who want to pursue masters and doctorate studies to avail of their government's annual scholarship program in select fields.

"This is the perfect time to be with you to relay the opportunities for Filipinos to study in New Zealand," Kell said fluently in Filipino.

Kell was in the city on Monday where he met with select members of the media to talk about the New Zealand Manaaki scholarship program, which he said had been existing for about 50 years.

"An opportunity to study in New Zealand is not just an opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills, and your areas of interest academically speaking but to gain the world view of different people in a different...