Path to Market workshops move online

(Picture caption: PTI NZ is facilitating its first online Path to Market workshop for 2020, this month.)  COVID-19 has forced so many of us to reconsider how we work and function – including the team at Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) New Zealand. Keen to continue the successful Path to Market workshops which rolled out throughout…

An essential cup of Tanna Coffee

(Picture caption: Tanna Coffee farmers are paid on a per kilo basis, depending on the quality of the beans.)  An audible sigh of relief resounded when Tanna Coffee was deemed an essential service during the recent alert level four lockdown in New Zealand, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting the tick of approval from the…

Collectively battling adversity in Vanuatu

(Picture caption: Tanna Coffee, Vanuatu Craft and South Pacific Botanicals have joined forces to begin production of a basic range of World Health Organization (WHO) recommended hand-wash sanitisers.)  The global crisis due to COVID-19 has a significant impact on small countries like Vanuatu. With approximately 40 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) coming from the…

COVID-19 forces a change in business as usual

(Picture caption: Zoom online meetings are becoming the norm worldwide.)  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt business as usual, the Tokyo-based Pacific Islands Centre (PIC) has joined the rest of the world in moving their meetings online. On April 28, PIC held a meeting with the Embassy of the Republic of Fiji in Japan…

A strategic reset for Investment Fiji

(Picture caption: Investment Fiji’s newly appointed Chief Executive Officer Craig Strong.)  Investment Fiji is embracing the new normal with a strategic reset. The current COVID-19 pandemic has given a new perspective to world leaders, trading partners and neighbouring countries as measures on limiting travel, quarantining citizens, and cancelling large gatherings such as sporting events, concerts…

Pacific Trade Invest New Zealand responds to COVID-19

(Picture caption: Interfacing with New Zealand-based distribution channels is proving useful. It has helped PTI NZ understand the appetite of New Zealand distributors of fresh and processed goods from the PICs to the types of changes that are likely to occur in the supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.)  As we enter the second week of being…