Pacific Island NGO Leaders In NZ

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Pacific Island Ngo Leaders In NZ For Piango Council Meeting & Civil Society Forum Auckland, New Zealand (7 August, 2008) − The Sixth Triennial Council Meeting of the Pacific Islands Association of Non Government Organisations (PIANGO) is set to kick off here in Aoteroa this weekend. The meeting, to run for two days from 10-11 August, 2008, will precede the annual gathering of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to take place from 12-14 August. Pacific Island NGO Leaders have begun arriving in Auckland for these two important meetings, both of which are being held at the Rendezvous Hotel in the City. PIANGO’s Executive Director Bakanebo Tamaroa, from Kiribati, says that this particular annual flagship event is opportune, in that, it not only is his first as the organisation’s Executive... [read full story]