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Expo 2010 Shanghai China

The World Expo 2010 will be held in Shanghai, China from 1 May - 31 October 2010. The theme, 'Better City - Better Life' signifies Shanghai’s new status in the 21st century as a major economic and cultural player. Expo 2010 is expected to generate the largest number of visitors in the history of world fairs in terms of gross numbers i.e 70 million visitors and over 200 participants over a six-month period. Major sources of international visitors are expected to be from Korea and Japan.

In November 2006 the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), assisted by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat led negotiations with the World Expo 2010 Organising Committee for the construction of a Pacific Pavilion to house individual FICs under one roof, to reflect the cultural diversities of the Pacific region. The objective of the Pacific Pavilion represented by PIFs & SPTO, Vanuatu, PNG, Fiji, Nauru, Palau, FSM, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, NIUE, RMI, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Samoa is to profile the Pacific as an aspirational visitor destination to the burgeoning Chinese market.

Central to the Pacific Pavilion will be a regional retail store. The retail store will operate as a stand-alone business venture with the sole purpose of conducting a retail business. Items for sale will be sourced widely from Pacific Island Countries and must be items that are of origin to a Pacific Island Country e.g handicraft, black pearls, coconut beauty products, kava, noni, coffee, vanilla, pepper, souvenir pins, philatelic products, flags etc.

Air New Zealand new flight times to Niue

Air New Zealand’s weekly flight between Auckland and Niue is proving very successful. It departs 9:50 AM (0950 hrs) every Saturday morning ex Auckland, crossing the date line to land in Niue at 1.30 PM (1330 hrs) Friday.

The return flight departs Niue at 2.30 PM (1430 hrs) Friday and arrives back in Auckland at 6.25 PM (1825 hrs) on Saturday, having crossed the dateline again.

There are 126 seats available per flight.

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