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Mon 7 May 2012: Forum Fisheries Agency Seeks Agreement To Cut Illegal FishingReported value of illegal fishing tops $700 million annually.
Read more »Fri 4 May 2012: Forum Ministerial Contact Group statement
The Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group (MCG) concluded its visit to Fiji on Monday.
Read more »Thu 3 May 2012: New Auckland offices officially opened
MPs, board members, Pacific business people and trade representatives were among the special guests packed in an official opening of the Pacific Cooperation Foundation’s Auckland offices at 52 Symonds St in Auckland city.
Read more »Wed 2 May 2012: Samoa strengthen the WTO
The WTO will welcome Samoa as its 155th member on 10 May 2012.
Read more »Mon 30 Apr 2012: Mayor Brown leads Auckland City's first ever Pacific trade mission
Auckland mayor Len Brown will lead the council's first ever trade mission to the Pacific in July.
Read more »Mon 30 Apr 2012: New fund to provide sustainable development opportunities in the Pacific
With its strong historical and cultural ties, New Zealand is in a unique position to play a significant role in helping to consolidate sustainable and long-lasting development successes throughout the Pacific.
Read more »Thu 19 Apr 2012: Solomons Tuna Licensing to Boost Economy
The region's leading tuna management control authority in the Pacific believes the latest move by the Solomon Islands to give priority to fishing companies that invest in the country would influence investment and offer more employment for locals.
Read more »Thu 19 Apr 2012: Hon. John Hayes speaks at the PCF office opening!
PCF recently opened their new offices in style at 52 Symonds Street in Auckland with an official opening for distinguished guests, including National MP for Wairarapa Hon. John Hayes. Read his speech Paddling in one canoe: trade and understanding in the Pacific below.
Read more »Mon 16 Apr 2012: Samoan seasonal workers make beeline for Australia
Following the announcement of the extension of Australia's seasonal worker scheme beyond the end of its four-year-old pilot project due to come to an end in June this year, there is high interest around the region among seasonal workers to apply for work visas in the country.
Read more »Mon 16 Apr 2012: PNG government might pick up stake in gold project
Papua New Guinea's Minister for Mining has this week written to Australian Stock Exchange listed Kula Gold indicating that the PNG government might take up an equity stake in the proposed Woodlark Island Gold Project in the country.
Read more »Mon 16 Apr 2012: Solomon Islands Temotu province to begin trading with Vanuatu
Temotu, the Solomon Islands' easternmost province, is to start trading with Vanuatu soon, further to a trade agreement signed last year.
Read more »Mon 16 Apr 2012: IACT Project calls for expressions of interest for assistance
The European Union funded Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT) Project works to increase Pacific Islands' exports of agriculture, livestock, forestry and aquaculture/mariculture products.
Read more »Mon 16 Apr 2012: Committee to guide islands' deep sea mining mooted
The Applied Geoscience and Technology division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has this week mooted the formation of a committee to facilitate decision making relating to the implementation of in-country deep sea minerals and mining activities
Read more »Mon 16 Apr 2012: Interest in Inaugural regional trade fair builds up
The inaugural Trade Pasifika 2012 event - to be held in Denarau, Fiji in June - is beginning to generate increasing interest among participants and visitors from across the region and beyond
Read more »Mon 16 Apr 2012: NZ creative shop has designs on the Cooks
Having recently received approval from the Cook Islands' Business & Trade Investment Board (BTIB) to operate as a foreign enterprise, Tauranga, New Zealand based design and marketing company Woods the Creative Agency has begun operations in Rarotonga
Read more »Tue 10 Apr 2012: Little Progress on Proposals at Fisheries Meeting
PNA calls for increased tuna conservation efforts
Read more »Fri 6 Apr 2012: World Bank Launches First Partnership Strategy for Samoa
Last week the World Bank Group launched the first Country Partnership Strategy for Samoa.
Read more »Fri 6 Apr 2012: 2,000 Rural Samoan Households to Benefit from Increased Agricultural Productivity
World Bank Board Approves US$13 million Agriculture Competitiveness Enhancement Project in Samoa.
Read more »Thu 5 Apr 2012: NZ to assist Fiji flood victims
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced that New Zealand will make $500,000 immediately available to agencies assisting flood victims in Fiji.
Read more »Wed 4 Apr 2012: Heilala Vanilla to exhibit at the Wellington Food Show
In just over a month the NZ food shows begin for 2012 with Wellington being the first to kick off.
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