Transcript pacifica labour and skills team

RSE CONFERENCE 2015
SAMOA
INTRODUCTIONS
LIONEL KALUAT
KALESITA TAUMOEPEAU
JACK O’OI
TAARI
TEVITA HARO
VILIMONE BALEDROKADROKA
MINIVA HARRIS
OIKOUMENE MAUALA
VANUATU
TONGA
SOL IS
KIRIBATI
PNG
FIJI
NAURU
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
NORTH ISLAND
TONY JENSEN
SOUTH ISLAND
PIP JAMIESON
WELLINGTON
MICHAEL JONES
ALEX COSTAS
SAMOAN QUOTA
AND PACIFIC
ACCESS CATEGORY
UNIT
AUCKLAND
JOHN HELLISOE
EVA WILLIAM
SPP UNIT
PACIFIC
LAFAELE LUPO
WELLINGTON
STACEY KWANT
MATT GIBBS
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
2014 - 2015
7845 ARRIVALS
8483 ARRIVALS
JOINT ATRS
2013 - 2014 ---1000
2014 - 2015 ---1396
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
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30
Kiribati
69
38
48
149
142
138
127
136
Nauru
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
20
Papua New
Guinea
-
-
-
6
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
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1
-
-
-
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:
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FIJI
NAURU
SAMOA
VANUATU
TONGA
VISITS TO:
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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