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Our Pacific Periscope fortnightly newsletter brings you the latest business and investment stories from around the Pacific.
We focus on the region’s hardworking small to medium businesses telling their stories and helping promote their businesses.
Pacific Periscope has an archive of hundreds of stories going back to 2011, which may be useful if you are looking to invest in an industry or business and may want to know the historical context so as to predict trends and anticipate market behaviour.
Business Mentoring Programme Proves Valuable for Aquaculture Business in Fiji
In 2020 Pacific Ocean Culture (Fiji) were selected to be a part of the Pacific Trade Invest NZ’s pilot Business Mentoring Programme. The bespoke Programme is an accelerated 10-week...
Tuvalu’s Focus on Domestic Market Keeps Trade Alive
Tuvalu is one of the many Blue Pacific countries strongly impacted by international border restrictions. Pacific Periscope caught up with Darryl Farshid Ikbal – EIF Support Officer for the...
Trade Mark looking for greater importing opportunities with Blue Pacific
Want to get into the New Caledonia FMCG Market? Keep reading… Trade Mark, a New Caledonia based importer and distributor specialising in FMCG (fast moving consumer goods, like crisps) and HBA (hair and...
Master’s Student in Internship with PIC (Japan)
Mr Eldine Devesi, a Master’s student at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)was welcomed to Pacific Islands Centre (PIC) for a brief internship. Mr Devesi hails from the Solomon Islands as...
PTI Pacific Business Monitor Survey – December
Results are up for the Pacific Business Monitor Wave 8 – November. We were able to create a focussed report for Fiji and Niue this time around. The Pacific...
Covid & the Cook Islands
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global health emergency and an economic slowdown impacting millions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world. Since April, the Pacific Trade...
That’s a Wrap
September through to November has been busy busy with Pacific Trade Invest NZ participating in three events – the NZ Hair and Beauty Summit, The Chocolate and Coffee Show...
PTI NZ’s Newest Team Member
Pacific Trade Invest NZ are thrilled to welcome new team member Rohan Lord into our hardworking, crazy but fun family. Rohan started on the 11th November with us and has...
Better Source, Better Health
For more than a decade, Rhona Mackenzie ran LemonFresh, a successful freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice company while James Sweetbaum was heavily involved with family farming ventures in Fiji through Ranadi Organics. A chance meeting led the successful entrepreneurs to go into partnership,...
Sea What Japan has to Offer
Tis the season for being at trades show. Our Japanese office have been busy participating in the 22nd Japan International Seafood & Technology Expo held from September 30th to October 2nd. This is Japan’s leading international seafood trade fair, with more...
Volcanic Soils Grow Great Coffee
For more than 150 years, Tanna Island has been a prime geographical location for growing and harvesting coffee. Tanna Coffee sources their beans from the deep rich volcanic soils of Tanna Island that are both highly fertile and free draining, with the average amount of rainfall of 2500mm providing the...
Bold Venturing Into New Markets
PTI NZ helps Pacific Island producers enter the New Zealand market by connecting them with distributors. One of the leading distributors in Aotearoa New Zealand of Pacific Island products is Ashon Ventures selected to participate in...
