Sending money to the Pacific

www.sendmoneypacific.org is a joint New Zealand and Australian Government initiative to reduce the cost of sending money and encourage competition among remittance providers.

The website provides important information and tools on the choices Pacific people living in New Zealand have when sending money back to their families and friends in the Pacific nations, including:

• Exchange rates
• Currency converters
• Cost comparisons

When you want to send money back home the important things that you may need to know are:

• How can I send my money?
• If I send an amount in New Zealand dollars, how much will actually be received by my friends or family and in which currency?
• What is the true cost to me to send this money?
• What is the exchange rate?
• What documents/information do I need to provide to send money?
• What documents/information does the person I'm sending to need in order to collect the money
• How long will it take for my money to arrive?
• Will the person I'm sending to have to pay anything as well?
• What protection is in place to make sure the money is received?
• What do I do if things go wrong?
• Where can the money be collected

The www.sendmoneypacific.org website contains the answers to most of these questions but if you need more information, please contact them and they will try to help you.

2011 MoneyPACIFIC Calendar Order Form

Feedback and support from the 2011 MoneyPACIFIC Calendar has been exceptional. The support from Samoa, Tonga and Australia has far exceeded the number of calendars available.  We have a small number of calendars left to distribute within New Zealand. If your group would like to use the distribution of the calendar as a fundraising activity (the calendars will be supplied to your group free of charge), please complete the order form and return to kim.hailwood@mpia.govt.nz.

MoneyPACIFIC is a multi-agency project jointly supported by the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, New Zealand Aid Programme, and Reserve Bank of New Zealand.