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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
A 12-member trade and investment delegation of businesspeople from New Zealand that visited Fiji in March this year has said the island nation offers a number of avenues of investment.
Pacific Islands Trade & Invest, the trade commission of the Fiji headquartered Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, which serves 14 Pacific Island countries organised the trade and investment mission along with Fiji’s High Commission in Wellington.
Wenceslaus Anthony, one of the senior members of the delegation, who is the President of the India-New Zealand business council, said they were impressed with presentations made by the Fijian government on investment opportunities in Fiji.
“Our group was very happy with all the information and presentations put to us and we are glad we actually met the people on the ground to get facts first hand,” Mr Anthony said.
The group showed keen interest in the economy of the country’s northern division, which has been earmarked for large-scale tax-free incentives for investors and where the Fijian government is investing heavily in infrastructure and logistics.
The businessmen who have interests in sectors ranging from forestry and real estate to manufacturing, education and information technology, began their Fiji visit with a seminar organised by Investment Fiji and Pacific Islands Trade & Invest. Several meetings were held with stakeholders on agriculture, textile and food processing entities with an eye on investing in these areas in the near future.
The delegates also met several local interested businesspeople, bankers, financial institutions and officials in groups and one-on-one meetings. They dedicated one day to visiting a range of business establishments and manufacturing units in and around Suva to gauge the potential of Fiji’s infrastructure and human resources with respect to a range of industries.
Fiji’s acting head of mission in New Zealand Mrs Mere Tora, who led the team jointly with Pacific Islands Trade & Invest said that according to the trade commission’s estimates the visit could very well result in investments upwards of $40 million over the coming years.
Prominent business people of Indian and Fijian origin comprised the team that formed the mission. Among them were Sameer Handa, Jacob Mannothra, Wenceslaus Anthony, Giri Gupta, Sumnesh Kumar, Deepak Ratti, Arjun Sami, Harish Lodhia, Radhe Nand, Daven Naidu, Deep Singh Giarn and Helen Roderick.
A 12-member trade and investment delegation of businesspeople from New Zealand that visited Fiji in March this year has said the island nation offers a number of avenues of investment.
Pacific Islands Trade & Invest, the trade commission of the Fiji headquartered Pacific Islands Forum...
A 12-member trade and investment delegation of businesspeople from New Zealand that visited Fiji in March this year has said the island nation offers a number of avenues of investment.
Pacific Islands Trade & Invest, the trade commission of the Fiji headquartered Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, which serves 14 Pacific Island countries organised the trade and investment mission along with Fiji’s High Commission in Wellington.
Wenceslaus Anthony, one of the senior members of the delegation, who is the President of the India-New Zealand business council, said they were impressed with presentations made by the Fijian government on investment opportunities in Fiji.
“Our group was very happy with all the information and presentations put to us and we are glad we actually met the people on the ground to get facts first hand,” Mr Anthony said.
The group showed keen interest in the economy of the country’s northern division, which has been earmarked for large-scale tax-free incentives for investors and where the Fijian government is investing heavily in infrastructure and logistics.
The businessmen who have interests in sectors ranging from forestry and real estate to manufacturing, education and information technology, began their Fiji visit with a seminar organised by Investment Fiji and Pacific Islands Trade & Invest. Several meetings were held with stakeholders on agriculture, textile and food processing entities with an eye on investing in these areas in the near future.
The delegates also met several local interested businesspeople, bankers, financial institutions and officials in groups and one-on-one meetings. They dedicated one day to visiting a range of business establishments and manufacturing units in and around Suva to gauge the potential of Fiji’s infrastructure and human resources with respect to a range of industries.
Fiji’s acting head of mission in New Zealand Mrs Mere Tora, who led the team jointly with Pacific Islands Trade & Invest said that according to the trade commission’s estimates the visit could very well result in investments upwards of $40 million over the coming years.
Prominent business people of Indian and Fijian origin comprised the team that formed the mission. Among them were Sameer Handa, Jacob Mannothra, Wenceslaus Anthony, Giri Gupta, Sumnesh Kumar, Deepak Ratti, Arjun Sami, Harish Lodhia, Radhe Nand, Daven Naidu, Deep Singh Giarn and Helen Roderick.
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