AUSTRALIA
Mr David Ingham
Manager FAO and Rest of the
World
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry
COOK ISLANDS
Honourable Tupou Faireka
Minister for
Agriculture
Mr Nga Mataio
Director of Agriculture
Ministry of
Agriculture
Mr Ngatoko Ngatoko
Chief Quarantine
Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr John Akavi
Senior Projects Officer
Ministry of
Agriculture
Mr Noo Tokari
Agricultural Liaison
Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
FIJI ISLANDS
Mr Sakiusa Tubuna
Acting Chief Economist
Ministry
of Agriculture, Sugar and Land Resettlement
Mrs Mere Salusalu
Agricultural Officer
(International Relations)
Ministry of Agriculture, Sugar and Land
Resettlement
KIRIBATI
Honourable Martin P Tofinga
Minister of Environment,
Land and Agricultural Development
Betarim Rimon
Senior Project Officer
Ministry of
Environment, Land and Agricultural Development
Mr Tianeti I Beenna
Senior Agricultural
Officer
Ministry of Environment, Land and Agricultural Development
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Honourable John Silk
Minister for Resources and
Development
NAURU
Honourable Frederick Pitcher
Minister for Island
Development and Industry
NEW ZEALAND
Honourable Damien O’Connor
Associate Minister
of Agriculture and Minister for Rural Affairs
Mr Matthew Paterson
Deputy High Commissioner to the
Cook Islands
Mr Neil Fraser
Manager, International
Liaison
International Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry
Ms Sophie van der Meeren
Sustainable Livelihoods
Advisor
New Zealand Agency for International Development
Mr Ivan Rowe
Private Secretary
Agriculture and
Rural Affairs
Parliament Building
NIUE
Honourable Bill Vakaafi Motufoou
Minister for
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Mr Poimatagi Okesene
Senior Livestock and Crops
Research Officer
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Mr Matthew’wela Kanua
Secretary for Agriculture
and Livestock
Department of Agriculture and Livestock
Mr Andrew Yamenea
Managing Director
National
Agriculture Quarantine Authority
SAMOA
Seumanutafa Malaki Iakopo
Chief Executive
Officer
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Honourable Enele D Kwanairara
Minister for
Agriculture and Livestock
Mr Edward Kingmele (CBE)
Permanent
Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Mr John Harunari
Under Secretary
Ministry of
Agriculture and Livestock
TONGA
Mr Haniteli Fa’anunu
Director of Agriculture
and Food
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
TUVALU
Honourable Samuelu Teo
Minister for Natural
Resources, Energy and Lands
Mr Uatea Vave
Senior Agricultural
Officer
Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy, and Lands
VANUATU
Honourable Barak Sope
Minister of Agriculture,
Quarantine, Forestry and Fisheries
Mr Ruben Markward
Planning and Executive
Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Quarantine, Forestry and Fisheries
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)
Dr Jacques Diouf
Director-General
FAO
Headquarters, Rome
Dr Vili Fuavao
Sub-Regional
Representative
Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
Mr Manase Felemi
Policy Officer
Sub-Regional
Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
Dr Matairangi Purea
Plant Protection
Officer
Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
Mr Heiko Bammann
Farming Systems Development and
Marketing Officer
Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
Mr Dirk Schulz
Food and Nutrition
Officer
Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
Mr Aru Mathias
Forestry Officer
Sub-Regional
Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
Mr Masanami Izumi
Fishery Officer
Sub-Regional
Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
Mr Daniele Salvini
Country Project
Officer
Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
Mr Hans Wagner
Senior Animal Production and Health
Officer
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
Mr Bismarck Crawley
Regional Project Coordinator
(Project GTFS/RAS/198/ITA)
Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands,
Apia
Ms Lynette Kumar
Associate Professional Officer
(Fisheries)
Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific Islands, Apia
OBSERVERS
ITALY
HE Dr Liana Marolla
Ambassador to the Cook Islands,
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu
Italian
Embassy, Wellington, New Zealand
SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY (SPC)
Mr ‘Aleki Sisifa
Director
Land Resources
Division, Suva, Fiji
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC (USP)
Professor Alfred C Ebenebe
Pro-Vice
Chancellor
School of Agriculture, Alafua Campus, Apia, Samoa
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO)
Mr Henry Taiki
Programme Officer
Sub-Regional
Office for the South West Pacific, Apia, Samoa
