Topic “Ruth Le Pla” — Exporter Magazine

Direct trading between the Kiwi dollar and Chinese RMB is now a reality. So what’s the advice for our exporters?

NZTE regional director Karlene Davis is advising Kiwi exporters to see beyond top-line economic signals when considering doing business in South America.

For those exporters who play it right, there are huge rewards from hunting in a pack.
Ruth Le Pla joined a recent trade mission to Indonesia to find out first-hand how to make the most of combining forces in international markets.

It’s not easy to get a toehold in the booming South Korean market. But two New Zealand companies are pushing open doors for other Kiwis in very different ways. Ruth Le Pla filed this report from Seoul. S imon Walsh nibbles on Whittaker’s chocolate in his air-conditioned slice of Kiwi-land in sticky Seoul. US soldiers from the nearby military base stroll past the window in search of their mid-morning caffeine fix. To Walsh, it’s just business as usual.