Appendix 1

Vanuatu program

Wednesday 30 April 2014

11.30 pm

Arrive Port Vila

Thursday 1 May 2014

9:00 am

Chartered flight to Luganville, Santo. Greeted by Mr Malon Willion, President, Sanma Provincial Council, and Mr Zachariah Daniel, Secretary-General, Sanma Provincial Council

11:00 – 11:30 am

Visit Sanma Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centre, Luganville

11:40 am – 12:15 pm

Visit Sanma Information Centre

1:15 pm

Lunch with community representatives at Port Olry

2:15 pm

Inspect bungalows owned and operated by beneficiaries of the TVET Program and speak to community representatives

3:45 – 4:15 pm

Visit Luganville Main Wharf and tour the Australian Government funded patrol boat, RVS Tukoro

6:45 pm

Return to Port Vila

Friday 2 May 2014

8:00 am

Meeting with Mr Philip Boedoro, Speaker of Parliament, Parliament House

8:30 am

Observe Parliament

9:45 – 10:50 am

Meeting with the Commissioner of Police

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Meeting with the Hon Moana Carcasses Katokai Kalosil, Prime Minister

12:00 pm

Lunch hosted by the Australian High Commission

1:00 – 1:55 pm

Meeting with the Hon Edward Nipake Natapei, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade

2:00 – 2:55 pm

Visit College of Nursing Education and Vila Central Hospital

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Visit Seaside communities of Paama and Tongoa and speak to community leaders

6:00 – 8:00 pm

Reception hosted by Ms Tanya Parkin, Acting High Commissioner, Australian High Commission

New Zealand program

Saturday 3 May 2014

Sunday 4 May 2014

Morning

Own arrangements

2:00 pm

Meeting with Southern Ngai Tahu Tourism

Monday 5 May 2014

10:00 – 10:50 am

Meeting with Queenstown Lakes District Council

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Meeting with Destination Queenstown

12:05 – 2:00 pm

Briefing and lunch at Queenstown Resort College

3:15 pm

Transfer to Christchurch and tour of Central Business District

Tuesday 6 May 2014

8:30 – 10:30 am

Briefing on the Christchurch rebuild hosted by the Canterbury Employers Chamber of  Commerce

12:00 pm

Meeting with CEO, Christchurch International Airport

12:35 pm

Transfer to Wellington

2:00 – 2:45 pm

Meeting with Tourism New Zealand

3:15 – 4:20 pm

Briefing by Mr Remo Moretta, Acting High Commissioner, Australian High Commission

4:30 pm

Meeting with Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment

Wednesday 7 May 2014

9:00 – 9:45 am

Meeting with Right Honourable David Carter, Speaker of the House of Representatives

10:00 – 10:30 am

Meeting with Ms Jacqui Dean MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary for Tourism

10:30 – 12:00 pm

Meeting with the Hon Jonathan Coleman, Minister for Defence

12:00 – 1:35 pm

Lunch hosted by the New Zealand/Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group

2:00 – 3:00 pm

Observe House of Representatives Question Time

3:00 – 4:00 pm

Tour of Parliament House

4:00 – 4:45 pm

Meeting with John Harper MP, the Hon Maryan Street MP, and Andrew Williams MP to discuss Overseas Development Assistance

7:00 – 9:00 pm

Dinner hosted by The Right Honourable David Carter, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Thursday 8 May 2014

9:30 – 10:15 am

Meeting with the Commerce Select Committee

10:15 – 11:00 am

Meeting with the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Meeting with the Ministry of Transport

1:00 – 3:30 pm

Roundtable with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Ministry of Defence

4:00  – 5:00 pm

Meeting with Council for International Development and Save the Children

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Guided tour of Te Papa Tongarewa – Museum of New Zealand

Friday 9 May 2014 –Wellington

9:00 – 11:00 am

Meeting with Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch hosted by Mr Remo Moretta, Acting High Commissioner, Australian High Commission

3:30 pm

Depart Wellington for Melbourne and Sydney

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