The Tonga New Zealand Business Association and the New Zealand Pacific Business Council have been promoting a joint venture scheme, called JOVE.
Earlier this week, Tonga Prime Minister Feleti Sevele said a committee would look into the merits of the proposal and report back ahead of a visit to Tonga by his New Zealand counterpart in July.
Melino Maka, deputy chair of the Business Council, said one business that could benefit from such a move is whale watching off Tonga’s Vava’u.
“This is a good opportunity to use some of the whale watching initiative in Tonga to hook up with the likes of [New Zealand’s] Kaikoura, with, you known, Kaikoura’s whale watching experience and also right through from the service to the marketing.”
