Press Release – Export New Zealand
Wellington export successes will be celebrated at the region’s fourth annual Export Awards in August.
Details of the 2021 ExportNZ ASB Wellington Export Awards were announced today by ExportNZ Wellington Executive Officer Joseph Pagani.
Entrants must be based in the wider Wellington region, which includes Horowhenua, Manawatu, Tararua, and Wairarapa down to Wellington.
They will compete for the Southeast Asia Centre for Asia Pacific Excellence Best Emerging Business Award, the Centreport Best Established Business Award, the WellingtonNZ Excellence in Innovation Award, and the Excellence in Sustainability Award. There is also the Judge’s Choice Award, which is sponsored by the Wellington School of Business and Government.
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Fiji s honorary consul in Auckland, Harish Lodhia, right, outlines travel processes and requirements to business leaders at a Q&A session in Auckland last night. On the left is Radio Tarana managing director Robert Khan.
The Government plans to open a new trade commission in Fiji, with the hope of boosting post-Covid trade between New Zealand and the Pacific. The new trade diplomat will be tasked with helping New Zealand businesses and bolstering trade in Fiji and across the region, Trade Minister Damien O Connor said on Wednesday. “Boosting the more than $3 billion in annual trade and investment flows between New Zealand and the Pacific will be critical for all economies in the region as we work to recover from the devastating economic effects of Covid-19,” O’Connor said, in a statement.
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 1:51 pm
Winning the “brand battle” is the key to success for
New Zealand’s exporters – making sure that consumers
know about their products, and why they should buy
them.
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, the
government’s international business development agency,
has released research that highlights the key challenges
faced by exporters.
The research, ‘Exporting
Challenges and Responses of New Zealand Firms’, is now
available on NZTE’s website.
It
was commissioned to support the Productivity Commission’s
major investigation into ‘frontier
firms’, released today.
The NZTE research
revealed that the five major challenges for New Zealand
exporters were building brand awareness; finding the right
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