November 25th 2008
Pacific briefs: New Zealand Pacific Business Council
The New Zealand Pacific Business Council brings the latest business, trade and economic news from around the region.
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November 25th 2008
PIPSO Pasifika Business Watch
The Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) brings a summary of private sector news from around the region with the latest edition of PIPSO Pasifika Business Watch newsletter.
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November 24th 2008
Pacific island worker scheme to start in December
The Australian Government has announced a planned scheme similar to New Zealand’s RSE (Recognised Seasonal Employer), will get underway in December, bringing in 100 workers from Kiribati, Tonga and Vanuatu to orchards in New South Wales and Victoria.
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Issue 29 Article
November 19th 2008
Opportunities in Oceania
The slump in the New Zealand housing market has resulted in the building industry looking more at the Pacific Islands for business. Geoff Brown sees ample opportunities and has set up his own business as a consultant.
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Issue 29 Article
November 19th 2008
The Pacific Apprentice
A trade in turf management has seen Samoan Tony Jonas from Rotorua travel the globe working on many of the world’s leading golf courses. His story was among three inspirational stories that launched The Pacific Apprentice at Wellington College, a Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs Initiative aimed at encouraging more Pacific school leavers into trades.
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Issue 29 Article
November 19th 2008
Changing Lives
From humble beginnings in the garage of their Te Atatu home in west Auckland, Sosefo and ‘Uheina Sime have grown Pasifika Consulting into one of the New Zealand’s leading work providers.
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Issue 29 Article
November 19th 2008
A Quantity of Experience
As a member of the Pacific Island Chamber of Commerce, Quantity Surveyor Ronnie Matafeo is working to create business opportunities for more Pacific people in the building industry.
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Issue 29 Article
November 19th 2008
Wiri Pacific 20 years in the Pacific
With more than two decades building homes in the Pacific, the team at Wiri Pacific know what works and what doesn't.
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Issue 29 Article
November 19th 2008
Keeping the home ownership dream alive
Not all is doom and gloom in the housing market, as falling prices and the KiwiSaver scheme opens up opportunities for those to enter for the first time, according to mortgage broker Apa Fatialofa.
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Issue 29 Article
November 19th 2008
Language not lost
An annual Plantation Business Challenge gives Pacific students in the Counties Manukau region, a taste of the business world. TESSA PREBBLE reports.
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November 14th 2008
Good news for Pacific: Europe lifts ban on kava
Pacific kava exporters have won a six year battle to resume trade with Europe after a ban on the traditional beverage which has medicinal qualities was lifted this week.
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November 4th 2008
Asian Devpt Bank advises Pacific nations to trim spending
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said if the Pacific island countries make structural reforms, they will be better placed to cope with the global economic crisis.
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October 24th 2008
Pacific entrepreneurs learn to battle tight economic market
An export workshop aimed at helping Pacific Island exporters learn from New Zealand entrepreneurs to survive in the tough economic climate is on this week in Auckland.
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October 23rd 2008
From Samoa to award winning Wendy’s manager
Samoan Lui Lam, who is the manager of Wendy's Mt Wellington, in Auckland, has won the gold award in the "Every customer counts" Awards. He was flown to Texas, USA for the awards ceremony with his wife Venita.
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October 21st 2008
Samoan women leading the way to increased prosperity
More Samoan coconut oil is being sold to the Body Shop and it’s the women that are leading the way says Ms Sheree Stehlin of Samoa’s Women in Business Development Inc.
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October 20th 2008
Pacific briefs: New Zealand Pacific Business Council
The New Zealand Pacific Business Council brings the latest business, trade and economic news from around the region.
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October 15th 2008
New technology means language will never be lost
This month, the Pacific Business Trust, along with AUT and MIT, held the annual Plantation Business Challenge for Pacific students in the Counties Manukau region. TESSA PREBBLE reports.
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October 13th 2008
Apia hosts PIPSO regional small business forum
Private sector stakeholders from across the Pacific convene in Apia, Samoa, from October 15-16th for the Pacific Regional Small, Medium and Micro-Enterprises (SMME) Forum.
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October 3rd 2008
Pacific apprentice campaign launched
An awareness campaign called The Pacific Apprentice has been launched, promoting the opportunities available in Modern Apprenticeships to Pacific communities.
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October 2nd 2008September 26th 2008
Unsuspecting life experience found in Business Challenge
In light of South Auckland’s current less than admirable reputation comes news of a proactive eye opener for local secondary students. The Plantation Business Challenge. REGION SALANOA-MOELASI reports.
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September 24th 2008
ISSUE 28 ARTICLE
RSE: Picking through the problems
When the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Policy was launched in April 2007 it was promoted as the scheme to boost New Zealand’s horticulture and viticulture industries with labour from the Pacific island nations, boosting those countries with income from remittances. But the scheme has come under fire from media reports of exploitation. INNES LOGAN reports.
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September 24th 2008
ISSUE 28 ARTICLE
Water you waiting for?
Samoa has entered the USD$8 billion global bottled water industry with South Pacific Water Co. Prior to the official launch in August, PETER REES was given a tour of the company’s AUD$8 million state-of-the-art plant in Faleolo by company director Fred Grey.
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September 15th 2008
Pacific trade officials seek better deal with Europe
MAUREEN PENJUELI looks at the David and Goliath battle between the European Union and the smaller African, Caribbean and Pacific nations as Pacific trade officials head to Brussels to finalise a new economic partnership agreement.
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