PTI New Zealand facilitates trade and investment between the economies of the Blue Pacific and Aotearoa

Pacific Trade Invest NZ will again be working with Sherrelle Smith, a renowned expert in the New Zealand Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) market, to offer webinars aimed at Pacific Islands produce and packaged-foods exporters, which are filled with valuable insights about product access in stores and supermarkets throughout the country.

PTI NZ are offering a webinar series on three consecutive Tuesdays in April 2026:
1 – Understanding the NZ FMCG Landscape – 14 April, 12.30pm NZ time

2 – Ranging your products in NZ Supermarkets -21 April, 12.30pm 

3 – From ranging to Supermarket presence on shelf – 28 April, 

Register now by clicking here! 

https://form.jotform.com/241118873473864

For more information contact Shahban Ali at PTI NZ shahban.ali@pacifictradeinvest.com

We're doing some research about consumer preferences regarding pineapples.

From supermarket shelves to first bite, we'd like you to tell us about your experience.

We want to know your tastes, your choices, all your pineapple moments.

Please complete this survey

 https://forms.redfiredesign.co.nz/

as soon as you can - and you’ll go in the draw to win a $150 supermarket voucher.

It's a small quiz about big flavour. We'd appreciate your help.

Pacific Trade Invest New Zealand is inviting proposals from qualified marketing consultancies to develop a premium brand and 12-month marketing strategy for Fiji Pineapple in the NZ market. We’re seeking experts in FMCG, brand development, consumer insights, digital marketing and retail activation to help shape this exciting export initiative.
Deadline: 5:30pm, Friday 5 December 2025
Please see here for Terms of Reference for this project
https://lnkd.in/g_i_X8tr or click the button below.

Are you passionate about helping entrepreneurs and social enterprises scale their impact? 

We’re seeking IT specialists to design the online interactive investment readiness toolkit using the newly developed framework. 

What’s the goal? To guide businesses through the investment readiness journey step-by-step.

The Terms of Reference can be accessed here https://shorturl.at/FxAP5  

Deadline for applications is 1 October, 2025 at 5:30 pm NZT.

Pacific Trade Invest NZ has been supporting Pacific FMCG exporters to achieve or expand their retail presence in New Zealand.

In practical terms this has been with an effective FMCG Retail Engagement Programme, working directly with Kiwi supermarket retailing expert Sherrelle Smith.

Three short videos have been produced showing how these companies have benefited from this:

Food Processors Fiji and Ashon Ventures in Auckland.

Down to Earth Fiji - Fiji Fire sauces

Weave Cacao

Building a Commercial Fresh Pineapple Export Industry in Fiji –  title and coverage of report launched in Fiji on 1 August 2025, with a copy handed over by PTI NZ’s Trade Commissioner Glynis Miller, to the Acting Minister of Agriculture and Waterways, Honourable Alitia Bainivalu.

The comprehensive report outlines the current state of pineapple production in Fiji and provides a roadmap for increasing Fiji’s access to the New Zealand market.

“Pineapple production in Fiji dates back to the 1860s and has seen cycles of growth and decline, often competing with sugarcane for land and resources,” says Glynis Miller.

Three days of connection, tasting, and showcasing the best the Pacific has to offer at the Fine Foods Show, Auckland 29 June - 1 July 2025.
Re-live it all in our video of PTI NZ and friends at the Fine Foods Show, Auckland, 2025. Thank you to exhibitors - Cibus Foods, Foods Pacific Ltd, and Inu Cook Islands - for bringing flavour, innovation, and authenticity to the Pacific Trade Invest NZ stand.
And thanks to our wonderful event project manager Natasha Smith.

Pacific Trade Invest New Zealand (PTI NZ) has released a comprehensive report, Transforming Waste into Vale – Investment Opportunities and Strategic Approaches in the Pacific Island Countries Waster Management Sector.

The extensive scope of the report is covered in its explanatory subtitle. The 70-page detailed document was produced for PTI NZ by Jeffrey Lamb and Pablo Lopez Legaretta of Siem Inc. Lamb (who is based in Texas, USA) and Legaretta (Samoa) conducted the research, analysis and completed the writing of the report.

Please contact PTI NZ’s Investment Facilitation manager Rohan Parekh  for more information. rohan.parekh@pacifictradeinvest.com 

The Feasibility Study on Fiji’s Pineapple Export Industry is continuing, with researchers from Samoa IBC (Innovative Business Consultants) now conducting a survey to find out about New Zealand consumers’ habits with regard to buying pineapple products – both fresh and processed.
Please this link
https://lnkd.in/gTjhcm3F
to help us – and the pineapple growers and exporters of Fiji – by completing the survey.
The objective of the study is to explore the development of a sustainable and sustaining commercial-scale fresh pineapple export industry in Fiji.

Pacific Trade Invest NZ has commissioned and had completed a report on the important issue of Gender Lens Investing in Pacific Island Countries. The report has been compiled by KVA consult in Apia, Samoa, and is available as a PDF, or directly from Rohan Parekh, Investment Facilitation manager at PTI NZ rohan.parekh@pacifictradeinvest.com

The report is intended for an audience of progressive international investors who may be looking to invest in any business in any sectors anywhere in the Blue Pacific Continent. The research leading to the document is wide-reaching and covers important subject areas such as Current Gender Dynamics in the Blue Pacific; Opportunities and Challenges for Gender lens Investments; questioning What can Investors Do? and Integration of Gender Lens Analysis into Investment Decision-Making Progress.

SHE LEADS is an inspirational multimedia story-telling project,  where we have made video interviews of women leaders in the Blue Pacific.

In 2024, 44 video interviews were filmed and finished as four-minute Youtube videos, shorter TikTok and Instagram reels, and feature-length stories. The women filmed were gifted their own videos, to use in their own publicity. SHE LEADS film shoots were in Nouvelle-Calédonie, Cook Islands,Tonga and Samoa. 

SHE LEADS  draws on the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and is designed to celebrate women as business leaders; to amplify their stories, their endurance; their voices and their social, cultural and economic footprint. SHE LEADS  serves as an inspiration for women everywhere, and contributes positively to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

SHE LEADS film shoots in Grande Terre and L'Île-des-Pins in Nouvelle-Calédonie in March 2024.
Christiane Waneissi, fashion designer, owner Chateaubriand brand, leader Kanak Women's Enterpreneurs’ Association
Megane Savary, Atoflow self-guided cultural tourism app
Audrey Dang, Photographer
Raphaëlle Danis, CEO Optifluids,shipwrecks and pollution researcher
Danièle Selefen, Lifou Honey
Chérifa Linossier, Lobbyist and leader for women's rights
Sarah Hébert, Film-maker, journalist, professional sailor and environmental campaigner
Mimsy Daly, Furniture retailer, chair chamber of commerce
Laura Lagourgue & Lydiane Mattio, Seaweed researchers, aquaculture applications start-up company
Betty Levanqué, hospitality and cleaning, and low-cost café
Brigitte Kouathe, Sewing dresses; laundry business
Barbara Vlaeminck, CEO Socometals engineering company, shipyard and slip

The PTI NZ SHE LEADS film crew went to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in May 2024, to produce 11 interviews.
Joyana Finch, Mechatronics engineer, children’s books author, entrepreneur
Tessa Vaetoru, Ministry of Finance and Economic Management
Louisa Castledine, Co-Owner Ocean Toa Tours
Liana Scott, General manager, Muri Beach Club and Resort
Anne Tierney, Muri Environmental Group
Ellena Tavioni, CEO owner and founder TAV Design fashion
Alanna Smith, Director of Te Ipukarea Society
Jane Archer, CEO Ariki Adventures and wedding celebrant
Claire Wilson, Co-owner Kia Orana Collective, marketing and communications
Davina Hosking-Ashford, CEO Rarotonga Business Hub, business mentor
Chef Rangi Mitaera-Johnson

Filmed in Tongatapu in the Kingdom of Tonga in June 2024.
Ana Tupou Pānuve, CEO Bunny’s Backyard garden centre, Children’s planting programme
Haitelenisia (Sia) Afemui ‘Uhila, founder of Grace Consultancy and the voice behind the extra-ordinarily successful Facebook community Ordinary Tongan Lives.
Tuna Likiliki, CFO Tōfā Ramsay Shipping
Kate Vallabh, Manager Cowley Bakery, Tonga’s biggest bakery company
'Elisiva Vailea, Owner Siva’s Dream Café, and fire dancer
Henilietta Suliana and Finau Afeaki, Suliana’s Dance Academy Dance co-owners
Kilistina Fehoko, Artist Fehoko Art Studio
Melesisi Vilingia, Owner and founder of Lotopoha Trading, Tonga’s biggest root crops exporter
'Eiko 'Ahokava, Fashion Designer owner of EikoSan fashion brand
Liz Sullivan, Owner of Waterfront Restaurant & Lodge, Founder of    Billfish Bar & Restaurant & Davina House
Katrina Ma'u Fatiaki, Leadership   trainer and consultant. Business mentor.

 At Upolu in Samoa in July 2024, 10 interviews.
Luna-Rossa Lomitusi Ape, Electrical engineer, CEO of Pollinate Samoa beehives rescue business
Sylvie Salanoa, founder Mailelani Samoa skincare products
Lisha Sablan, CEO designer and co-owner Janets Fashion and  Jewellery  boutiques
Agnes Kerslake, CEO SkyEye e-commerce platform
Elizabeth Ah-Hi, Owner and founder Fine Mat Creative Agency
Lagi Felise, Nissi Samoa Designs clothing
Fuimona Sarona Ponifasio, Lawyer, cattle rancher, head of Samoan Women’s Association of Growers
Rosie Vaai, Owner Island Grill Restaurant and Beachfront Resort, Savai’I Island
Filoi Eneliko, Samoan international rugby player, Assistant Coach for Brumbies franchise, Australia
Fiaailetoa Charlotte Brunt, Co-owner and manager, Orator Hotel.

PTI NZ presented Path to Market workshops in Fiji in November 2024.

These participants shared their thoughts on video, about the practical usefulness of the presentations:

Brendan Davies CEO of Farm World Fiji

Hare Parker BDM Cargo Sales   Fiji Airways

Navi Tuivuniwai Country Manager of PhamaPlus Fiji

Rosa Fatiaki Technical Manager of Fiji Crop & Livestock Council

Sheenal Mansi Reddy of Taveuni Kava & Dalo Dealers

Unaisi Remudu  of the Ministry of Agriculture

Vilimone Mateiwai of the Noikoro Farming Cluster, Navosa

Warren Pickering Manager of Joe's Farm Fiji