1. RSE CONFERENCE 2015 SAMOA

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. ANNUAL RSE WORKER ARRIVALS
7845 ARRIVALS
8483 ARRIVALS
JOINT ATRS

10. 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

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

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

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

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

15. 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