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“Relaxed Kiwi hospitality showers Jimmy”

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Description: These images were taken by the Evening Standard on the 11th of February 1984 but were not published. They depict former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn at a luncheon hosted by city officials.

The article “Relaxed Kiwi hospitality showers Jimmy” was written by Warren Barton:

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On Saturday morning the Carters visited Richard and Barbara Walton's sheep farm at Aokautere before attending a civic luncheon in Palmerston North.

They were greeted by Mayor Brian Elwood, who said ‘We welcome you not only as the 39th President of the United States but as the people you are.’ He presented them on behalf of the city and the Alexander Turnbull Endowment Trust, with the first six reprints of paintings found recently New Zealand from early Georgia. The watercolours of insects in the state by John Abbott were brought to New Zealand in 1860.”

Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter jnr) served as the 39th President of the United States of America, between 20 January 1977 and 20 January 1981. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 for his work in conflict resolution and advancing human rights in the decades since serving as president. His wife Rosalynn Carter (nee Smith) spent 5 decades advocating for causes in mental health and caregiving support among many others. Together, they founded the Carter Center – which works today to foster world peace and health programmes. Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 on 24 December 2024. Rosalynn passed a year earlier, on 19 November 2023.