Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi (pictured right), is in New Zealand this week.
He is attending the New Zealand Recognised Seasonal Employers Scheme (R.S.E) Employers Conference.
Prime Minister Tuilaepa was invited to deliver the keynote address at the Conference.
While there, he will meet with New Zealand’s Prime Minister, To’osavili John Key. Tuilaepa is also scheduled to visit farms in Nelson and Napier where Samoans are employed under the R.S.E scheme.
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He will also meet companies with the potential to offer employment opportunities, under the scheme, in carpentry, fishing and meat processing industries.
Over 1,200 Samoans are employed under the R.S.E programme in New Zealand, and approximately NZ$10 million is remitted annually in to Samoa through the programme.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Vaosa Epa.
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