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RSE CONFERENCE 2015 SAMOA

INTRODUCTIONS LIONEL KALUAT VANUATU KALESITA TAUMOEPEAU TONGA JACK O’OI SOL IS TAARI KIRIBATI TEVITA HARO PNG VILIMONE BALEDROKADROKA FIJI MINIVA HARRIS NAURU OIKOUMENE MAUALA SAMOA

NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION – APIA REX HEESTERMAN- AREA MANAGER, PACIFIC REGION ALEKS JOVANOVIC – MARKET MANAGER, APIA BRANCH TEAM IN APIA BRANCH NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION – SUVA GRAYSON ROWSE – MARKET MANAGER, SUVA BRANCH TEAM IN SUVA BRANCH NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION – TONGA ANTONY JURICK – MARKET MANAGER, TONGA BRANCH TEAM IN TONGA BRANCH

ACKNOWELDGMENTS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE – WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONS – FIJI, TONGA, SAMOA, HONIARA, VANUATU, PNG, TUVALU, KIRIBITI

NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION Chief Executive – Nigel Bickle SETTLEMENT, PROTECTION , ATTRACTION DIVISION GM - Steve McGill SKILLS AND INVESTMENT BRANCH National Manager - Matt Hoskin PACIFICA LABOUR AND SKILLS TEAM Manager - George Rarere

PACIFICA LABOUR AND SKILLS TEAM RSE UNIT SAMOAN QUOTA AND PACIFIC ACCESS CATEGORY UNIT SPP UNIT NORTH ISLAND TONY JENSEN SOUTH ISLAND PIP JAMIESON WELLINGTON MICHAEL JONES ALEX COSTAS PACIFIC LAFAELE LUPO WELLINGTON STACEY KWANT MATT GIBBS AUCKLAND JOHN HELLISOE EVA WILLIAM

SNAPSHOT OF RSE SEASON 8 CAP INCREASED TO 9000 REGIONAL GOVERNANCE REALIGNMENT MSD PILOT NZSWP FIJI AND NAURU JOIN THE RSE WHANAU PIPFRUIT RECORD A BUMPER CROP

SNAPSHOT OF RSE SEASON 8 (CONTD) KIWIFRUIT RECOVERY QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED NEW AND RECOMMISSIONED VINES INCREASED OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY HAIL HITS REGIONS CYCLONE PAM SLAMS INTO VANUATU

ANNUAL RSE WORKER ARRIVALS 2013 - 2014 7845 ARRIVALS 2014 - 2015 8483 ARRIVALS JOINT ATRS 2013 - 2014 ---1000 2014 - 2015 ---1396

Pacific – Workers Arrival by Season RSE Arrival numbers by Nationality and Season (1 July to 30 June) Pacific – Workers Arrival by Season 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 Fiji - 30 Kiribati 69 38 48 149 142 138 127 136 Nauru 20 Papua New Guinea 6 31 58 96 Samoa 647 1228 1021 1219 1162 1137 1169 1238 Solomon Islands 238 311 256 252 407 423 491 511 Tuvalu 99 49 54 51 88 56 71 70 Vanuatu 1698 2342 2137 2352 2412 2829 3070 3435 Other 1 1480 Grand Total 4486 6821 6216 7091 7009 7456 7855 8483

STRENGTHENING PACIFIC PARTNERS (SPP) ACTIONS 2014- 15 CAPACITY BUILDING /DOMESTIC AWARENESS VISITS SIGNED GOVT TO GOVT INTERAGENCY UNDERSTANDING (I.A.U) DRAFT WEBSITE AND DATABASE PROJECT REMITTANCE PROJECT

STRENGTHENING PACIFIC PARTNERS (SPP CONTD) SECONDMENTS TO NZ FROM: FIJI NAURU SAMOA VANUATU TONGA VISITS TO: TONGA NAURU FIJI KIRIBATI PNG

ISSUES THIS YEAR QUALITY OF VISA APPLICATIONS HEALTHCARE / MEDICAL TREATMENT INSURANCE

RSE POLICY CHANGES MONEY TRANSFER OPERATORS JOINT ATR TRANSFER COLLECTION OF LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO RSE EMPLOYERS SPONSORSHIP RAISED $15K RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DELIVERED IN SAMOA, TONGA AND FIJI RESOURCES TO THE OTHER RSE PIC STATES DELIVERED BY SEPTEMBER