News from nzl.ru

A Very Brief Historical Overview

The idea and structure of the original nzl.ru site was conceived in New Zealand and drafted in pencil in May 2002 after initial negotiations were opened with potential trade Consultants and Partners located in the Leningrad Oblast and St Petersburg City Regions before October 2001.

Final developments and installation were initiated in St Petersburg Russia during the winter of 2002 and design development was halted before completion in January 2003.

A new design was finalised in April 2003 and installation of the new site commenced in August 2003 at http://www.nzlru.spb.ru initially for Beta evaluation, before deciding this location would become a mirror site and eventually replace obsolete content located at http://www.nzl.ru.

The practise of nzl.ru are to act as Consultant, Intermediary and Advisor for travellers and businesspeople from countries including: former CIS countries; Baltic States; Russian Federation; New Zealand; Australia; South Pacific Countries, who wish to engage in cooperative educational, tourism, and business activities; promoting opportunities and sourcing partners for intended enterprises.
Our intention and methodology are outlined in the last paragraph at the foot of the main page of this site.

March 2005 Concluded Boat Dealer meetings in Moscow; met with representatives from Moscow food company seeking Solar Harvested Sea Salt; liaising with a second company in Vladivostok for the same, Extra Virgin Avocado Oil and Sharys, Green Energy distribution in the Russian Far East

February 2005 Commenced contact with St Petersburg and Moscow Boat Dealers and Wholesalers, preparing them to meet and negotiate with a New Zealand Boat Manufacturer seeking to enter the Russian market; continuing redesign of http://www.nzl.ru

January 2005 Continued redesign of http://www.nzl.ru , and discussions with travel agents in St Petersburg; engaged researching yacht candidates for New Zealand builders after receiving requests from Russian buyers; received interest to purchase Solar Harvested Sea Salt from Moscow distributor; planning journey to Moscow, Southern Russia and Ukraine to prepare meetings for a New Zealand Boat Builders' arrival in April 2005

December 2004 Updated nzl.ru News; began redesign of http://www.nzl.ru ; opened discussions with travel agents in St Petersburg

September 2004 Updated nzl.ru News, Sharys russian translation, Natural Salt respective pages; added OLIVIAS Interpreters and Translators site, International currency conversion site; added Confidentiality, Currency conversion, RUSSIAN TOURS pages.

August 2004 Liaising with agents in Moscow who have expressed interest in various natural products listed on this site; liaising with World Pharm SRL locating Russian distributor for Green Energy; liaising with Fisher & Paykel Europe for Russian market entry.

June 2004 Confirmed successful distributor for Sharys and Green Energy in Christchurch New Zealand

May 2004 Liaising with potential distributors in Moscow for Solar Harvested Sea Salt and Olivado Avocado Oil; met with New Zealand Government Trade Delegation in St. Petersburg including: Tim Sheppard — Trade Advisor Trade and Enterprise New Zealand New Zealand Embassy Moscow, John Upton — Horizon Meats, Roger Goulding — Managing Director Mathias International, Neil Cooper — Director Planning and Development Waikato institute of Technology WINTEC, Lieve Deneckere — Market Manager Zespri International Europe NV, Jean-Louis Warnimont — Marketing Services Manager Zespri International Europe NV, Richard Kensington JP — Academic Registrar Academic Colleges Group, Tony Fraser-Jones — Managing Director Ezi-Queen Systems, Catherine Graham — Second Secretary New Zealand Embassy Moscow; Read speech by nzl.ru project Director from the New Zealand Trade Seminar in pdf English or Russian.

April 2004 Engaged in researching distributors in Moscow,
St. Petersburg, New Zealand and Australia and liaison with candidates for World Pharm srl Milan Italy; met with New Zealand Government Delegation in St. Petersburg including:
Dr. Paul Hutchinson — Member of Parliament for Port Waikato, Sean Rota — Private Secretary to the Speaker,
Right Honourable Jonathan Hunt — Speaker of House of Representatives, Murray Smith — Member of Parliament,
Stuart Prior — New Zealand Ambassador Moscow, detailing nzl.ru activities and cooperative opportunities between St Petersburg and New Zealand; commenced page design and production for St. Petersburg tour company to promote their services on nzl.ru; commenced Natural Salt page upgrade

March 2004 Continued negotiations, installed World Pharm srl Milan Italy Green Botanicals Cosmetics page; Guild of Masters page; continued market research for New Zealand based Boat Builder; commenced design & production of new section 'the arts'; entered negotiations with New Music Initiative St Petersburg and colleagues for promotion and co-sponsorship of 'Klassika' St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra; opened discussions with Administration of St. Petersburg External Relations Committee; opened discussions with parties in Estonia.

December 2003 Installed Christchurch Canterbury, IMOP, Educacentre, Aspiring Language School pages; installed updated VEDA Company information; initiated market research and internet development for a New Zealand based International Luxury Boat Builder intending to secure Agents in North West Russia including St. Petersburg and Moscow; successfully concluded negotiations with The Masters Guild Art Gallery for inclusion, and promotion by nzl.ru.

November 2003 Installed AIR, Petersburgcity.com, VEDA pages.

August 2003 Commenced new design installation; initiated market research for New Zealand based company seeking scrap steel located in Russia and neighbouring CIS countries.

April 2003 New design finalised; initiated market research for New Zealand based educational facility specialising in Professional Golf.

January 2003 Site development halted.

November 2002 Commenced production and installation of the original nzl.ru site.

August 2002 Established Partnerships with those interested to develop commercial trade and tourism relationships between St. Petersburg, the North West of Russia and New Zealand in general including:

Olivado New Zealand
Blumenfeld- Marlborough Olives Limited
Athena Olive Groves Limited
Dominion Salt
Torlesse Winery
New Zealand Sock Company
Snowy Peak
Canterbury Development Corporation
Christchurch and Canterbury Marketing Limited
Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce
Christchurch City Council
AIR Agency Information Resources
SPBTDC Trade Information Department and their colleagues
and numerous others.

April 2002 Commenced negotiations with Zespri Europe for access to Kiwi GREEN and GOLD for the Russian market after receiving requests to purchase a number of varieties of fruits by Russian fruit import companies located in St. Petersburg.

March 2002 Commenced negotiations with AIR.

February 2002 Commenced liaison and negotiation with an Italian cosmetic company wishing to market in St. Petersburg.