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Chair’s Annual Report 2019
Annual General Meeting Auckland, 26 November 2019 I am pleased to present my fourth report on the activities and achievements of the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) for 2018-19. NZIBF is now into its twelfth year of operation. It is hard to recall...

REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, July 2019
THIRD MEETING, HANGZHOU, 22-25 JULY 2019 SUMMARY The third meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council for 2019 took place in Hangzhou, China, from 22 to 25 July 2019. ABAC New Zealand members Phil O’Reilly and Tenby Powell and alternate member Stephen...

REPORT TO NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS – APEC Business Advisory Council, April 2019
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL SECOND MEETING, JAKARTA, 23-26 APRIL 2019 SUMMARY The second meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council for this year took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 22 to 26 April 2019. ABAC New Zealand members Phil O’Reilly and Tenby...
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NZIBF releases Brief to the Incoming Minister of Trade
NZIBF releases Brief to the Incoming Minister of Trade
NZIBF 2023 Chair Report
I am pleased to present my third report on the activities and achievements of the NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) for 2023-24, our sixteenth year of operations. I am grateful to all Members and to our executive team for your continuing support. As I...
Of APEC, CPTPP and IPEF
Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director of NZIBF, traveled to San Francisco for APEC Leaders’ week and writes his thoughts on the outcome.
Remarks to Shanghai Forum: “China and CPTPP – New Zealand Expectations and Advice”
NZIBF Executive Director Stephen Jacobi gave an address to the roundtable on CPTPP in Shanghai on 28 October.
ADDRESS TO THE 53rd ONE STOP UPDATE FOR THE ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS – GLOBAL ECONOMIC UPDATE
Stephen Jacobi gives a global economic update at the 53rd One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business.
EYES OPENED DURING INDIA VISIT
Executive Director Stephen Jacobi read out on the recent Delhi business mission, published earlier by Newsroom.
GUEST BLOG: Raewyn Bleakley, Chief Executive, New Zealand Food and Grocery Council
NZIBF Board Member and CEO, NZ Food and Grocery Council, Raewyn Bleakley, shares her thoughts on why trade is important to kiwis.
New Zealand business delegation “over the moon” with Indian trade and investment opportunities
The largest New Zealand business mission ever to visit India has uncovered significant trade and investment opportunities across a host of sectors.
REMARKS TO INDIA NEW ZEALAND TRADE AND ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE
Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director NZIBF, gives his remarks to the India New Zealand Trade and Economic Roundtable in Delhi.
Large business delegation bound for India
Fifty business representatives will leave later this week bound for Delhi, making it one of the largest delegations ever to head for India.