Valerie Morse
mailto:[FYI request #3113 email]
11 September 2015
Dear Valerie
RE: OIA 2015-16-12 OIA - Pacific 2015 (International Maritime Expo)
Thank you for your email of 1 September 2015 received by New Zealand Trade and
Enterprise (NZTE) concerning an Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request. You requested
the following information:
Will NZTE be at Pacific 2015 (International Maritime Exposition, 6-8 October in
Sydney)? If so, what is the nature and extent of that involvement. If it is a trade stall,
please indicate the companies that will be included on that stall. Please include
number of NZTE staff that will be participants, as well as costs of trade stall, staff or
participant travel and any other financial, technical, administrative or other support
given to be involved in this conference.
NZTE is providing assistance to six NZ companies and organisations (Naiad, StabiCraft, ENL
Group, Gallagher Security, NZ Defence Industry Association, and the NZ Defence Force) that
wil be represented at a ‘trade stand’ during the Pacific 2015 expo. The total cost of the ‘trade
stand’ and expo space, which is shared by NZTE and all the exhibitors, is approximately
$50,000.
NZTE will be represented at the expo by one Sydney-based project manager, and NZTE’s
involvement will also include business matching support for the NZ participants at the expo.
This response fully covers the material you requested. You have the right under section 28(3)
of the Act to seek an investigation and review from the Ombudsman. The contact details are:
Office of the Ombudsman
PO Box 10 152
Wellington 6143
Yours sincerely
Fiona Acheson
DIRECTOR – BOARD AND MINISTERIAL
w: nzte.govt.nz
w newzealand.com/business