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NZUS Council chairman Simon Power has welcomed delegates to the sixth United States New Zealand Partnership Forum opening this evening in Auckland. “I would like to formally welcome our guests to New Zealand for this event, and thank them for their attendance and support,” says Power. “This biennial event is an opportunity to bring together senior representatives of Government, academia, business …

The real value of the Future Partners delegation was not so much the tokenism of young faces in the room or additional youthful enthusiasm in the Q&A, but in the real crux of knowledge transfer and succession planning. Being chosen as one of eight under 30 year olds by Fulbright New Zealand and the US NZ Council as a ‘future …

By Brierley Penn Understanding the key differences between the various cultural settings in which they operate has been integral to Mainfreight’s success in an increasingly globalized business environment. With a market capitalization of $1 billion, and 75% of their revenues coming from offshore sources, the company no longer considers themselves to be a purely New Zealand business. The company entered …

By Brierley Penn 5 years ago, 1% of Vista Entertainment’s revenues were generated in US markets. Today, that figure sits at 25%, and the growth in this integral market has assisted Vista in becoming the world’s leading company operating in the cinema exhibition business. Derek Forbes delivered his “Three Do’s and One Don’t” at the NZ Doing Business in LA …

By Brierley Penn When a panel of business leaders in the US-NZ trade relationship took the stage during the second day of the Pacific Partnership Forum, the key takeaway from their discussion was unquestionable. The TPP must be completed as soon as possible, lest we witness the painfully slow crawl to progress that marked the Doha Round of WTO discussions. …

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By Brierley Penn Boarding the bus to Andrew’s Air Base at 7am this morning was a notably jaded delegation. After three days of networking, conferencing, 6am starts and a little bit of sightseeing, the group was understandably looking forward to the relative luxury of a five hour sleep on the plane trip to LA. However, in Washington D.C. a trip …

After both an interesting and thought provoking first day of the Partnership Forum, the second and final session of the program began with an address from our Trade Minister Tim Groser. He set the stage for a day of discussion focused more towards the public sector with trade, security and foreign policy atop the agenda. Two plenary sessions which incited …

“You are not the first people to walk this earth,” that’s how Pulitzer Prize winning author David Hackett Fischer yesterday dealt with (note not ‘dealt to’) clear impatience by some Future Partners’ to have a bigger role in the actions that will determine our combined futures. “You can learn from experienced people as we learn from the experience of the …

newzealandinc.com interviews Johanna Shelton of Google to get her perspective on New Zealand business and the Trans Pacific Partnership.