New Zealand trade delegation to visit on May 19

 A NEW Zealand trade delegation consisting of a range of sectors including infrastructure, food and beverage, business services and Maori enterprise will visit the country from May 19.

For the fifth time in two years, the New Zealand-Papua New Guinea Business Council is leading a trade mission to Papua New Guinea traveling to Port Moresby and Lae. 

The delegation of about 30 people will be here from May 19 to 24. 

Business council chairman Stephen Eagle said from Auckland that he was excited about bringing such a large group to PNG. 

“We’ve had large delegations in the past but it’s great to see this level of interest in the business council’s 20th anniversary trade mission,” he said. 

New Zealand companies on the trade mission span a range of sectors including infrastructure, food and beverage, business services and Maori enterprise. 

Many of them already do business in PNG and are looking to build on those partnerships while others are visiting for the first time. 

Eagle said the frequency and size of New Zealand trade missions reflected the growing commercial relationship between the two countries.