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A tenure split in half by the MH17 crash

Dutch Embassy Canberra

Dutch Embassy Canberra Source: Dutch Embassy Canberra

Dutch ambassador Annemieke Ruigrok will soon take up her new post in Hong Kong. Her term in Canberra was marked by events surrounding the MH 17 crash but she also recalls an amusing overnight stay in a sheep shearers hut.



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