Vanuatu Dreaming: Aussie Real Estate insights from Richard Butler, Australian and Vanuatu properties compared and Larry Malan joins us from Broadbeach {Issue 10}
Vanuatu Dreaming... Issue #10 Email look weird? Click here to view in your browser. "Plan B" - your south seas lifestyle... * Insights from Richard on the Australian Real Estate Scene this week * Comparison between waterfront property in Australia and Vanuatu...
Vanuatu Dreaming: Aussie Real estate roundup (Sydney-Melbourne combo), Glenda Sterling talks about the Ni-Van people {Issue 21}
Vanuatu Dreaming... Issue #21 Email look weird? Click here to view in your browser. "Plan B" - Warm up to a Tropical Lifestyle... * Aussie real estate round-up with Richard (Sydney-Melbourne combo) * Glenda Sterling talks about the relaxed attitude of the Ni-Vans *...
Vanuatu Dreaming: Dave Watkins talks about The Shire and Ian Adams explains the development rules in Queensland {issue 7}
Vanuatu Dreaming... Email look weird? Click here to view in your browser. "Plan B" makes sense, whatever happens... * Dave Watkins shares insights on The Shire, Sydney, Australia * Town Planner Ian Adams on the new rules for development in Queensland. * ...
Vanuatu Dreaming: Australian Real Estate compared, new Port Villa Terminal and much more {issue 6}
Vanuatu Dreaming... Email look weird? Click here to view in your browser. "Plan B" is very affordable... * Sydney, Australia, Real Estate: then (2009) & now (2014) * North Queensland looking out over the Coral Sea islands: breath-taking! * Diving off...
Vanuatu Dreaming: International golf course designer targets Vanuatu {Issue 2}
Vanuatu Dreaming... Email look weird? Click here to view in your browser. "Plan B" is very affordable... * Richard's broadcast show with Rick Buckton - International Golf Course Architect, now has his sights set on Vanuatu. * Richard advises of limited no...
Dec 17 2014 Show Topic: Meet Dianne Kennedy, CPA, Author
We’re just week away from Christmas 2014, and Lifestyles and Real Estate of the South Pacific has an excellent present. But first: The Aussie real estate market is nothing to snooze through. Richard Butler states the bell has been rung, ending a highly...
Dec 10 2014 Show Topic: A real real estate comparison between two south Pacific islands
As the holidays approach and the shopping season heating up, nothing seems to sizzle like the real estate market in Australia. Developer Richard Butler claims there’s really only 2 more real estate auction weeks left, and that the number of auctions and the sales...
3 Dec 2014 Show Topic: Traveling the South Pacific–a woman’s Perspective
A slight change from the norm on this week. We start off with the usual Real Estate auction news from Richard Butler. Last week, approximately 2,000 properties were sold at auction in Sydney and Melbourne. The real estate market remains robust with the median auction...
Vanuatu: “Survive & Thrive” package for budding expats is released
Have you experienced yet those Winter Blues when the temperatures plunge and the first snow appears? This is when you retreat to the computer's search button as your winter companion, and you enter one of the most searched words on the internet in a personal...
Vanuatu Budget Good for Investors
Recently the 2014 Budget Speech was delivered in the Vanuatu Parliament. Below see some exerpts I have selected for your interest These points auger well for those wanting to invest or retire to a tax-friendly, low-inflation yet progressive and responsible country....
26 Nov 2014 Show Topic: Vanuatu, Looking Ahead to 2015
This week on the Show. Richard provides last week's roundup of the Australian Real Estate Market, Brian is freezing in New England and Randy Mitchell joins Richard and Brian to talk about the future (no, not Mars colonisation: a MUCH better alternative) and how...
President Xi Jinping visits Oceania
Fiji, November, 2014 - Extracts from speech by President Xi Jinping I hope my visit will help strengthen political mutual trust, enhance cooperation in areas such as economy, trade, agriculture, forestry, fishery and tourism, example people-to-people and cultural...
Vanuatu visa waived to Schengen States
The European Commissioner for Home Affairs will be handing out visa waiver agreement for Pacific island countries in order to allow their nationals free access to the Schengen area. It is said to assist people-to-people contracts and business opportunities, the...
19 Nov 2014 Show Topic: Lifestyles and Real Estate of the South Pacific
Richard Butler and Brian Thomas back hosting the Real Estate and Lifestyle of the South Pacific show. This week, Richard explains his amazement at the Australian Real Estate market and with it giving us an overview of last week's property sales figures of major Real...
12 Nov 2014 Show Topic: Look at what the Chinese are doing
Vanuatu trade mission to China Fresh off his trade mission to China, Richard Butler tells us why the Chinese are one for the major economic contributors to the world. During the real estate round up, Butler relates how the Chinese have influenced real estate prices...
Vanuatu’s new Port Vila’s Seafront
Who has not walked along the seafront and lamented the huge lost potential of this could-be-lovely promenade and amazing asset? The much-talked-about ‘seafront beautification project’ is on its way to becoming a reality that will forever transform Vanuatu’s capital....
Vanuatu Beachvolley golden girls shocks tournament
Beach Volleyball Media Release 27 October 2014: Vanuatu defeats Australia to win gold at the Hong Kong Open Vanuatu’s golden beach volleyball girls continue to excel on the world stage. On Sunday 26 October, the new pairing of Miller Pata and Linline Mansale defeated...
29 Oct 2014 Show Topic: Australia’s coastline real estate
Fall officially started in the U.S whereas Spring has transcended south of the equator. Host Richard Butler does his usual real estate round of Australia's real estate market from the past week. Richard and Brian talks about Richard's upcoming trade mission to China,...
Vanuatu land is an Aussie expat from distant past
Tiny piece of ancient Australia found beneath Vanuatu The discovery of a fragment of crust, carried up in magma in Vanuatu, raises new questions about how continents are formed Australian Associated Press theguardian.com, Monday 27 October 2014 19.16 AEST Geologists...
22 Oct 2014 Show Topic: Lifestyles and Real Estate of the South Pacific
On this week's Lifestyles and Real Estate of the South Pacific show, we continue with our guest from last week Randy Mitchell, an escape artist in the making. On this second part of the interview with Randy, we talk about his experiences at the recent Dare 2 Escape...
Migration, an interesting view!
Migration statistics: Who's moving where? By GE Look ahead Posted May 14, 2014 EMERGING MARKETS / ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA & TURKEY, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA Global migration statistics, which keep tabs on who’s moving where, reveal...
Vanuatu receives Amax licence, lures Macau VIPs
Hong Kong-listed gaming investor Amax International Holdings Ltd says it has completed the purchase of a 60 percent stake in Forenzia Enterprises Ltd, a firm that has access to an online gaming licence for the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The deal was closed for...
15 Oct 2014 Show Topic: Phillip Island real estate, and Escape Artist-Vanuatu
The Australian real estate round up with Developer Richard Butler. Median Sydney auction prices top AUD1.031M. From the state of Victoria we interview Kristien Formosa – Principal of Ray White Phillip Island just outside Melbourne, voted the most livable city in the...
8 Oct 2014 Show Topic: Mordialloc Waterfront, and Vanuatu Playing
To make a million dollars back in 1995 was to just buy a house in Sydney and wait! On the show this week, Richard reports on the Sydney, Australian property market auctions during the last week of September which hit the $1 million average mark for selling a house....
Vanuatu connects to the world!
Vanuatu Internet Connection Submarine Internet Cable is coming soon Prime Minister Sato Kilman has sat down with Vanuatu’s International Development Partners to source funding for the realization of what is likely the most important infrastructure investment Vanuatu...
Vanuatu Venture Invitation !
Venture into Vanuatu When contemplating a holiday, east coast Australians can feel restricted due to the long distance from most holiday hotspots. And yet too often, holidaymakers overlook their South Pacific neighbours, viewing them as ‘fly and flop’ type...
Vanuatu South Seas Dispatch
South Seas Dispatch by Laura Jernegan - Sep 17, 2014 Island life on Vanuatu. Laura Jernegan was born and raised on Martha’s Vineyard and graduated from MVRHS in 2009. After graduating from American University in Washington, D.C., in 2013, she signed up for the Peace...
Vanuatu eyed for US$1b nickel plant
Vanuatu eyed for US$1b nickel plant Updated at 1:52 pm on 20 September 2014 radio New Zealand A deal has been signed between a New Caledonian and a Chinese company to build a one-billion US dollar nickel plant in Vanuatu. The agreement provides for a joint venture,...
Vanuatu and China keen to increase trade value
China keen to increase trade value for Vanuatu Updated at 3:42 pm on 22 September 2014 New Zealand Radio China and Vanuatu have signed an agreement to allow more Vanuatu exports into China. The exchange of notes was signed by the Vanuatu minister of foreign affairs,...
Vanuatu bolsters cooperation with Vietnam
Vanuatu PM desires closer bonds with Vietnam The Republic of Vanuatu is eager to bolster cooperation with Vietnam in agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, trade and tourism, Prime Minister Joe Natuman told his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung at their talks in...
Vanuatu to have TV on Mobile Phones
The Vanuatu government has approved the VBTC lead digital TV program The program once up and running will provide TV access to mobile phones. The television industry in Vanuatu has steadily undergone dramatic transformation over the years since televisions first...
