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Trading Places
A Parliamentary Report into New Zealand’s relationships with South Pacific countries, the first such comprehensive report in the region in two decades, says the size of the public sector among island nations is just one the factors crippling opportunities for the private sector to grow.
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TOURISM Maori
ADRIAN EVANS talks to Maori tourism operators to get the low-down on what makes their brand of tourism unique and asks will it be enough to cash in on the expected RWC windfall?
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True tastes of the Pacific
The Brother International Pacific Wave Conference in Auckland in June 2009, hosted by the Pacific Cooperation Foundation, focused on ideas to help Pacific nations cope with the economic crisis. From it emerged True Pacific, PCF’s quality mark for Pacific products to take to New Zealand and the world.
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RWC 2011: Iwi and Government – a match made in Heaven?
In 2006 the Government and New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) established Rugby New Zealand 2011 Limited (RNZ 2011), a joint venture responsible for planning and delivering the RWC 2011.
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Sharing knowledge for business growth
A new mentoring programme in the Pacific recognises the value of access to practical business advice. It is working to strengthen businesses and provide a sustainable network of mentoring for the future. It is hoped that with increased knowledge of best practice, businesses will grow, generate employment, and contribute more to national economies.
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Exposed to Export
Popular Pacific clothing label Mena may have been named Exporter of the Year at the 2010 MIT Pacific Business Awards in November, but director Agnes Loheni plans on it being just the start of bringing hard-earned foreign currency onto the shores of New Zealand.
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