Parris Goebel chosen by Jacinda Ardern to represent Aotearoa at the World Expo

Publish Date: Friday, 23 August 2019, 4:38PM

Parris Goebel has been chosen by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to represent the country at the WORLD EXPO 200 in Dubai, as New Zealand's Entertainment and Cultural Curator.

The pair met today at Goebel's dance studio in Auckland, where Parris presented her ideas for the expo, which will showcase New Zealand's talent.

Parris shared a photo of herself and Jacinda Ardern to her social media accounts, to make the announcement.

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I am so honoured and excited to announce that I’ve been chosen by our Prime Minister @jacindaardern as NZ’s Entertainment and cultural curator for the WORLD EXPO 2020 in Dubai. I’m so excited to show the world what we got! 💕

A post shared by PARRI$ (@parrisgoebel) on Aug 22, 2019 at 6:11pm PDT

At today's meeting, Parris spoke to media and said that her programme at the expo would reflect people and places and that she would perform.

"For me, this is it. This is an honour for me," Ms Goebel said. "It's actually one of the things I value more than any other job I've done. To be able to represent my country, to be able to curate something that as a little girl I would've dreamed of." she told 1News.

Expected to perform are her dance crew, the Royal Family as well as a night of music called Sounds of Aotearoa. According to 1News, Parris said that they were in 'conversations' with Kiwi artists Sammy J, Stan Walker and Aaradhna.

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