Following natural disasters aid and rebuilding initiatives are usually directed at communities and families. It is relatively rare though for affected businesses in disaster-struck regions, particularly in the Pacific Islands, to receive overseas assistance to rebuild damaged business infrastructure.
Month: May 2018
Path to Market in Raro, Papeete this month
Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) NZ’s Path to Market workshops will be conducted for the first ever time in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and Papeete in French Polynesia this month.
Busy months ahead for NZ Tonga Business Council
The New Zealand Tonga Business Council (NZTBC) will be busy with several major activities planned over the upcoming months.
Samoa’s Triple T’s clothing inspired by Pasifika Business Market
The Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) New Zealand Path to Market programme has inspired Samoan clothing company Triple T’s to export to New Zealand.
International Magazines eye Fiji Fashion Week
Fiji Fashion Week has captured some of the world’s biggest fashion magazines who have booked editorial space following the show says Ellen Whippy Knight, Director of Fiji Fashion Week.
EOI for SIAL Paris 2018 invited
Applications are now being accepted for attendance at SIAL (Salon International de l’Alimentation) Paris 2018. The world’s No. 1 food exhibition for the retail trade, food service and catering markets, SIAL Paris offers you the opportunity to directly market your products to over 155,000 trade professionals from more than 190 countries.
PTI NZ helps Solomon Islands Honey step toward market
A recent nutritional content test undertaken by Cawthron Institute in New Zealand confirmed the purity of Solomon Islands honey is on a par with New Zealand’s best.
Samoa’s cocoa company wins Australian Innovators Award
Nora’s Plantation Foods Limited of Samoa is a winner of a Frontiers Innovators Award from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) InnovationXchange.
Four Pacific Island businesses win top Innovator Awards
Four Pacific Island companies were amongst the top 15 of the Frontier Innovator Award handed out by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
PTI NZ welcomes new team member
Meet Shivani Prasad, our new Office Administrator at Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) New Zealand in Auckland.
Business Council announces June Fiji trade mission
The New Zealand Fiji Business Council (NZFBC) has announced this year’s first trade and investment mission into Fiji. The mission will take place between Monday June 25 and Wednesday June 27.
Tokyo marine fair showcases Pacific destinations
The Marine Diving Fair is the largest trade show of its kind in Asia that showcases marine activities and ocean cruises and voyages including island destinations.
Pacific Periscope 