The Pacific Islands Trade & Investment Commission PITIC (NZ) was set up in 1988 as a trade commission to assist the
Forum
Island countries with the marketing of their products in NZ, both new and existing; to encourage investment in the Pacific and to promote
Pacific
Island tourism.
PITIC (NZ) (formerly the South Pacific Trade Commission), is an agency of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. The Forum Secretariat is a regional government organisation based in
Suva, representing the interests of its member countries.
The 16 Pacific Island Forum members include , Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati,
Republic of
Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and New Caledonia and French Polynesia (
Tahiti ) came under its mandate in 1991.
The office is fully funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
