Air China Plane with Chinese Vice President visits Wellington

After arriving in New Zealand yesterday, the Chinese Vice President and his entourage arrived in Wellington for a number of official visits. I wasn't there to see the arrival although I did get a couple of photos of the aircraft parked up this evening.

Of particular note for this visit was the "roughing up" of a New Zealand Member of Parliament, Russel Norman, by the Vice President's security detail, on the steps of Parliament! I know that the Green party can be somewhat obnoxious, but this is completely unacceptable! On the other hand, it is not the way to treat guests in this country and if the MP had been in China, he would likely be much worse off...

A few news examples are:
News Com Au, Stuff, NZ Herald, Yahoo News

Shame on the Chinese Government for doing this...

Anyway, on to the pictures. The aircraft is an Air China Boeing B737-800, registration B-5342. Apologies for the image quality. It was night, cold, with a gentle breeze and no tripod! I'll try and get some better photos tomorrow, if I get out to the airport prior to departure.