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ANZLF speech – 2 May 2019
By Fiona Cooper, Director, ANZLF New Zealand NZIIA Hawkes Bay, 2nd May 2019 Thank you, Dick, for the kind introduction and for giving me the opportunity to talk to you all today. I am delighted to have this opportunity to talk to you about New Zealand’s...

ADDRESS TO THE CANTERBURY CLUB CHRISTCHURCH, 27 MARCH 2019
By Stephen Jacobi, Executive DirectorNZ International Business Forum Thank you for the kind invitation to be with you today. It’s always good to visit Christchurch but today I am conscious I am doing so just under two weeks since the terrorist attack which resulted in...

ADDRESS TO THE HAWKE’S BAY BRANCH OF THE NZ INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
HAVELOCK NORTH, 19 FEBRUARY 2019Stephen JacobiExecutive Director, NZ International Business Forum BACK TO THE FUTURE? NEW ZEALAND, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND BRITAIN Thanks to my friend Dick Grant for the kind invitation to speak to you today. It’s great to be back...
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Crisis and opportunity – APEC’S relevance to New Zealand Address to APEC Voices of the Future Conference, King’s College Auckland, 16 July 2009 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director NZIBF and NZ US Council, Senior Policy Advisor to ABAC New Zealand
It's great to be with you this evening and I want to extend my congratulations to David Ward and...

New Zealand weathering the storm Address to Greenmeadows Rotary Club, Napier, 18 February 2009 Stephen Jacobi – Executive Director, New Zealand International Business Forum
Thank you for the opportunity to spend some time talking with you this evening about the...

Address to the 35th Annual Joint Meeting of the Japan New Zealand Business Council, 6 October 2008 Graeme Harrison, Chairman, New Zealand International Business Forum Chairman, ANZCO Foods Limited “Progress in the Japan NZ relationship”
Distinguished Chairmen, Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to be with...

“New Zealand and Japan – New thinking, new partnership” Remarks to the Australia-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan Tokyo, 24 September 2008 Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, New Zealand International Business Forum
Thanks for the opportunity to join you this evening to talk about the first ever Partnership Forum...

Address to the Japan New Zealand Commemorative Symposium, Wellington, 22 Feb 2008 Graeme Harrison, Chairman, New Zealand International Business Forum “Future economic and trade relations between Japan and New Zealand”
Ambassador Takahashi, Ladies and Gentlemen It’s a pleasure to be with you today and I appreciate...

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Address to the 34th joint meeting of the Japan New Zealand Business Council, Tokyo, 16 November 2007 Graeme Harrison, Chairman, New Zealand International Business Forum “Strengthening Japan New Zealand Relations”
(Slide 1) It's a pleasure to be with you today and I appreciate the opportunity to address this...

Address to the joint meeting of the Korea New Zealand Business Council, Auckland, 3 September 2007 Graeme Harrison, Chairman, New Zealand International Business Forum “Korea and New Zealand – partners for business development in the 21st century”
It's good to be with you today. Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you about the business...

New Zealand International Business Forum Launch Function 14 June 2007 Opening remarks by the Chairman, Graeme Harrison
Ladies and gentlemen, My name is Graeme Harrison and it's my privilege as Chairman of the...
Address to the 50th One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business
The pandemic is far from over, there is war in Europe (who would have thought we would be using that phrase in the 21st century), global markets are disrupted by supply chain bottlenecks and inflation is taking its toll on the global economy.
Remarks by Rachel Taulelei to APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade, 21 May 2022
The Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) remains the preeminent economic priority for the Asia-Pacific business community.
Deepening ECONOMIC INTEGRATION and EQUIPPING BUSINESS FOR DYNAMIC, INCLUSIVE and SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ARE KEY to ECONOMIC RECOVERY, say business leaders
ABAC Chairman for 2022, Supant Mongkolsuthree, said that a series of grave challenges arising from the lingering effects of the pandemic and recent…
FROM APEC AND CPTPP TO IPEF – SMALL STEP OR GIANT LEAP?
The US idea of an Indo Pacific Framework (IPEF) continues to gain traction but is not without complication.
Remarks to Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
NZIBF brings together a number of larger exporters and the peak business organisations to provide support and input into New Zealand’s trade negotiating efforts.
Submission to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
International Treaty Examination of the New Zealand United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement, March 2022
BUSINESS FORUM COMMENDS RUSSIA SANCTIONS LEGISLATION
The NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) has commended Parliament’s bipartisan Russia Sanctions legislation, targeting those involved in the invasion of Ukraine.
Remarks made by ABAC New Zealand Chair Rachel Taulelei to GS1 Retail Plenary, 25 February 2022
ABAC is convinced that digital is the key enabler for that important goal – and we value our strong partnership with GS1 in helping to put in place the right tools to get the job done.
NZ/EU FTA – BLESSED BE THE CHEESEMAKERS
FTAs should lead to more trade, not less. Cheesemakers can still be blessed but let them keep selling their cheese.
BUSINESS FORUM APPLAUDS “HISTORIC” NZ UK FTA
The conclusion of the NZ UK Free Trade Agreement is a historic moment for NZ’s trade, says the NZ International Business Forum.