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BUSINESS
ACHIEVERS HONOURED AT PACIFIC AWARDS 2005 |
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Media Release – Pacific Business Trust |
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The 2005 Pacific Business
Awards delighted more than 730 guests with a blend of inspirational
business mentors, traditional Pacific culture and classical music.
Held at the TelstraClear Centre in Manukau, the Awards ceremony had
five categories: Pacific Business Enterprise of the Year, Pacific
Community Enterprise Award, Pacific Business Person of the Year,
Pacific Business Leader of the Year and the premier Pacific Business
Award.
In her keynote speech, Honourable Prime Minister Helen Clark said the
Awards event was a great display of Pacific achievements. She presented
the premier Pacific Business Award to Paul and Sarah Nelson of The
Cleaning Professionals (Christchurch). Previously unemployed for many
years, Paul was determined to be self-employed and joined an unemployed
collective that ventured into market gardening. Today he and his wife
offer a range of cleaning services through their business.
The Pacific Business Person of the Year Award went to Sulia Va’enuku of
Morning Star Freight Limited in Auckland. Morning Star specialises in
freight forwarding of cargoes to Tonga. She will be graduating with a
degree in shipping logistics this year.
The Community Enterprise Award was won by Wellington’s Taeaomanino
Trust. The Trust provides a wide range of services using Pacific models
of care directed at Pacific peoples and their families. In 2004, the
Trust won a Wellington Regional Award in the Educational & Child/Youth
Development Category.
The Business Enterprise Award was awarded to Joe and Amanda Lam of
Scalini’s Restaurant in St Heliers, Auckland. The couple bought their
business three years ago and have built it up into a popular, upmarket
eating place. This year they branched out and bought a second
restaurant – Pastavino. Their future plans are to open another
restaurant in Auckland and one in Samoa.
Isabel Evans of the Ministry of Social Development in Auckland won the
Pacific Business Leader of the Year Award. She is the Regional
Commissioner for Social Development in Auckland and oversees nearly
1000 staff and a total budget of eighty million dollars. Awards
presenters were Dr Geoffrey Page, Chief Executive of Manukau Institute
of Technology Tim
Gibson , Chief Executive of New Zealand |
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Associate Minister of MPIA, Hon. Taito Lemalu Philip Field with
Prime Minister, Rt. Hon Helen Clarke with some of the winners of
this year’s Pacific Business Awards.
(Photo: Seyleck Global Supplies) |
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Toalepai Jesse Lee (Seyleck Global Supplies), Hon. Taito Lemalu
Philip Field (MP), Inoke Vala (Pacific Business Trust), Rt. Hon
Helen Clarke (PM) at Pacific Business Awards.
(Photo: Seyleck Global Supplies)
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The Pacific Business Awards recognises the achievements of
Pacific people in business; this year’s event was held at the
new TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre.
(Photo: Seyleck Global Supplies) |
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Trade and Enterprise; Ian Hines, Executive Director of JR McKenzie
Trust; and Inoke Vala, Acting Chief Executive for the Pacific Business
Trust.
Guest speakers at the prestigious awards dinner included music
entrepreneur, Murray Thom; Manukau City Mayor Sir Barry Curtis, Chief
Pacific Business Awards Judge Nevil Gibson and Mene Su’a Mene, a long
serving ex board member of the Pacific Business Trust.
The Pacific Business Awards was proudly presented by the Pacific
Business Trust, Manukau Institute of Technology and Pacific Sports and
Community Trust with Niu FM, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, ACC, EMA
(Employment Manufactures Association), Ellis Gould Barristers and
Solicitors, and Origin Pacific Airways.
FINALIST 2005 PACIFIC BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AWARD
• ESTHER TOFILAU – TOFILAU FINANCE LTD (AUCKLAND)
• FRANK KOLOI - ETHNIC COMMUNICATIONS (AUCKLAND)
• TOALEPAI JESSE LEE – SEYLECK GLOBAL SUPPLIES LTD (AUCKLAND)
• JOE AND AMANDA LAM – SCALINI’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND PIZZERIA
(AUCKLAND)
• SIUAI AND SERENA FISO - CONNECT GLOBAL (WELLINGTON)
PACIFIC COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE AWARD
• TAEAOMANINO TRUST (WELLINGTON)
• PACIFIC TRUST CANTERBURY (CHRISTCHURCH)
• KAHOA TAULEVA TRUST (PUKEKOHE, AUCKLAND)
• K’AUTE PASIFIKA TRUST (HAMILTON)
• PUKAPUKA COMMUNITY OF NZ INC (AUCKLAND)
PACIFIC BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
• ALLAN KIMIANGATAU – BUYLINK LTD (AUCKLAND)
• RONNIE MATAFEO – MATAFEO GROUP LTD (AUCKLAND)
• SIAOSI GEORGE NIUHULU – PANORAMA PAINTERS AND DECORATORS LTD
(AUCKLAND)
• SULIA NAU – MORNIING STAR FREIGHT LTD
PACIFIC BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
• REUPENA AND ESETA KOVATI - KOVATI TAM YAM (GLENBROOK, AUCKLAND)
• PAUL AND SARAH NELSON – THE CLEANING PROFESSIONALS (CHRISTCHURCH) LTD
PACIFIC BUSINESS LEADER AWARD
• ISABEL EVANS – MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (AUCKLAND)
• HENRY ROPATI – HENRY ROPATI CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (AUCKLAND)
• ROSITA GILBERT – WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION NEW ZEALAND (WELLINGTON)
• WENDY KENNEDY – PILOT CONSULTING GROUP (WELLINGTON)
• KENINA COURT – ACORN SOLUTIONS NZ LTD (AUCKLAND)
• SINA MOORE – NIUFM (AUCKLAND)
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