Shine Issue 19 August 2007

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Events Calendar

For details of domestic and international events of interest to businesses and exporters visit www.nzte.govt.nz/
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Regional feature: South and South East Asia

Heavy with growth and opportunity, the South and South East Asia region should be attracting New Zealand companies like pavlova attracts sliced kiwifruit. But despite the opportunities, many New Zealand exporters are cautious about doing business in the region, says New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE)'s Regional Director South / South-East Asia, Grant McPherson, who believes strongly in the region's economic opportunities.

Click here to read more about opportunities for New Zealand companies in the Market New Zealand feature on South and South East Asia.

Click here to read more about market entry tips from NZTE’s South East Asia Beachheads Board Chair Chuan Seng Lee.

60 companies push trans-Tasman trade

The recent trade mission by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard across three Australian states has stirred up business interest in engaging more strategically across the Tasman.

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Three Indian export deals for IT companies

CMC Technology Export Centre (CMCTEC), a partnership between Massey University’s e-centre Limited and Indian IT leader CMC, has brokered three new export deals for New Zealand technology firms with its Indian partners.

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Tokyo mission opens doors for Kiwi ICT companies

A recent ICT mission to Tokyo has been successful in helping to develop opportunities in the world’s most sophisticated technology market.

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Educating the educators

Representatives of seven New Zealand polytechnics had the benefit of advice from an in-market expert and dialogue with education officials at a full day workshop co-ordinated by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE)’s Washington office.

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Big fish contract catch in Oman

A New Zealand consortium has beaten competitors from around the world to win a major $10 million contract with the Oman Government to assess that country’s fish stocks.

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The UCLA global access programme (GAP)

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is partnering with the University of California (UCLA) at Los Angeles Graduate School of Business Global Access Programme (GAP) for the fifth consecutive year. The 2007 programme was launched on July 26.

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Cannes Lion - New Zealand captures ad world attention

The New Zealand advertising industry shone at the Cannes Lion advertising festival in July, taking home 22 Lions and two Grand Prix awards (for those of you of a competitive bent, that’s 5th on the international medal table).

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Twenty three meetings helping boost Korea-New Zealand trade

It is relatively remarkable in these days of constantly changing institutional structures that the bilateral business councils of Korea and New Zealand are soon to have their 23rd annual joint meeting – on 3 September in Auckland in fact.

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Business is Booming

The second series of the Business is Booming television programme is now running on TV One. NZTE has supported the production of the second series as part of Export Year 2007.

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Helping businesses grow global

Export Year 2007 aims to improve New Zealand’s long-term export performance by supporting both new and existing exporters and encouraging businesses to globalise their operations.

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Kiwis can fly

Entries for the 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards are now open. The theme of the Awards is ‘Kiwis can fly’ and the event will celebrate New Zealand’s most successful and innovative high tech companies and honour outstanding individual achievements.

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Zenago Emerging Business Award – a chance to win a $50,000 website!

The Zenago Emerging Business Award will be presented to the most promising small to medium size business in New Zealand.

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Three NZ regions rolling out low residue pipfruit programme

New Zealand’s pipfruit industry has a chance to lead the world in the area of growing fruit with no detectable pesticide residues thanks to a groundbreaking new project being rolled out in three regions.

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Get recognised - enter the DuPont Innovation Awards

Entries are open for the 2007/08 DuPont Australia and New Zealand Innovation Awards. The biennial Awards programme is an independently judged competition that recognises innovation in industry, science, the environment and agriculture.

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New aquaculture body

A new industry body representing the aquaculture sector, Aquaculture New Zealand, is one of the key steps identified by the sector strategy last year when the goal of reaching $1billion revenue by 2025 was announced.

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$19 million more in-market assistance for F&B firms

New Zealand’s high-value food and beverage exports will receive a major boost under the Government’s work programme for partnering with industry, announced by Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard on 10 July.

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New website makes life easier for New Zealand businesses

Busy New Zealand business people can log onto a new website that seamlessly steers them to the right place for online information about running their business.

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Hobsonville Marine Precinct a step closer

A $2 million investment from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) will be used to help convert Auckland’s former Air Force base at Hobsonville into a superyacht marine precinct.

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