Kiwi Link Greater China

Kiwi Link Greater China provides a unique opportunity for New Zealand tourism operators and organisations to educate and build relationships with key China wholesale and retail travel companies and airlines. This includes, increasing the product knowledge of these wholesalers and retailers and instilling them with a sense of confidence and motivation to sell New Zealand tourism regions and products. Find out more and register here.

TIA's Discussing Tourism events

These one-day events provide an important forum for you to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities facing tourism businesses.

Discussing Tourism events will be in:

• Rotorua, 26 July
• Auckland, 27 July
• Dunedin, 2 August
• Christchurch, 3 August

See more details and register here.

CL2IMB - Collaborative Leadership 2 Inspire Māori Business

CL2IMB - Collaborative Leadership 2 Inspire Māori Business is the coming together of organisations who provide support and services to Māori businesses, and of Māori business owners. This is a collaboration to accelerate Māori economic development by providing information, connections and access to resources. There is an event in Queenstown on 28 June, and Invercargill on 29 June. Please email missy@poutama.org to register.

Food Import Processes for East Asia

NZTE has released a new report on food import processes in East Asia, designed to help New Zealand food and beverage exporters understand local rules and regulations and get their products into market.  The report includes a regional overview and comparison of food import processes across East Asia, followed by country-by-country breakdowns for Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.  It also includes key contacts by country for further help with import processes, including selected government agencies and regulatory consultants. 

He Tangata: John Barrett of Kāpiti Island Nature Tours

I'm a Kapiti Coast boy and have lived around here for around 50 of my 70 years. I've also lived in Wellington, outback Australia and Europe. Our people came here with Ngati Toa when they migrated in 1820. Te Rauparaha was the chief who led our people down from Kawhia and in doing so he changed the shape of the lower North Island. And a good part of the South Island too.

A conversation on trade

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with partner organisations, will host meetings to discuss New Zealand’s trade negotiations agenda. 

Each event will include brief presentations from New Zealand’s lead trade negotiators for the following processes:

• the proposed European Union-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
• the upgrade of the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement
• the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (also known as RCEP)
• the New Zealand-India Free Trade Agreement
• the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (also known as PACER Plus)

Members of the public and businesses are welcome to attend any of the following sessions:

Auckland

• 20 June 2017 at 5:30pm until 7pm, a public panel discussion hosted by Auckland University of Technology (free);

Christchurch

• 22 June 2017 at 5:30pm until 7pm, a public panel discussion hosted by the University of Canterbury (free);
• 23 June 2017 at 7:30am until 9am, a business breakfast hosted by the Ministry at the Novotel Cathedral Square (free);

Wellington

• 26 June 2017 at 5:30pm until 7pm, a public panel discussion hosted by Victoria University of Wellington, Rutherford House, lecture theatre 2 (free);
• 27 June 2017 at 7:30am until 9am, a business breakfast event hosted by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce (tickets $15).

Please RSVP to fta_outreach@mfat.govt.nz