10 years

The Melanesian Indigenous Land Defence Alliance (MILDA) was formed in 2009 by a collective of individuals, who shared a vision and commitment to working together to protect customary land systems and Melanesian values.

Founding member and Foreign Affairs Minister, Ralph Regenvanu said the alliance was purposely formed in response to the increasing threats to customary land systems posed by land reform agendas of international financial institutions and aid agencies such as the World Bank, Asian Development, European Union, AusAID and others.

The RSE scheme was established in 2007 and allows the horticulture and viticulture industries to recruit workers from overseas for seasonal work when there are not enough New Zealand workers.

Over the last ten years, the scheme has grown not only in the number of participant employers and workers, but in economic benefits that have gone beyond New Zealand to the wider Pacific.

"It is absolutely reasonable to ask that question," S&P Global Market Intelligence analyst Scott Kessler says.

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