PNG taro selling in New Zealand

PNG owned taro is now sold in New Zealand.

Wantok Produce Limited [WPL] in partnership with National Agriculture Research Institute [NARI] recently made the first shipment of frozen taro, weighing 30 tonnes.

WPL Managing Director Dr Pulotu Lautofa McCarthy said the New Zealand market with a large population of Pacific Islanders is lucrative. 

"That is why we ventured into exporting PNG taro to New Zealand to meet the needs of Papua New Guineans living there.

"We can also export yams, sweet potatoes, cassavas, bananas, coffee, and other products targeting the 400, 000 Pacific Islanders living in New Zealand.

"I am calling on the PNG Government to seriously give priority to direct flights between PNG and New Zealand because this will enable us to export more of our products into New Zealand market.”