A Ngati Kahungunu leader, part of a New Zealand delegation on tour in the Pacific, says the group is providing ideas about how to develop the region's fishing sector.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully is leading the delegation, which includes Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples, as well as Labour's Phil Goff.
Ngati Kahungunu runanga chair, Ngahiwi Tomoana, who's a member of the Maori Economic Development Taskforce, is also on the trip to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Speaking from the Solomon Islands, he says they have established a fish factory, but they need to set up a processing plant, which would create employment for the locals.
He says New Zealand and Maori could help develop the sector by introducing practices used in Aotearoa.
Mr Tomoana says many international fishing vessels harvest fish from the region and process the catch outside of the Pacific.
