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Filed by sedaredgar.com - TAG Oil Ltd. - Exhibit 4.17

CONSULTING ARRANGEMENT 

THIS AGREEMENT is dated effective as of the
17th day of July, 2008. 

BETWEEN: 

TRANS-ORIENT PETROLEUM LTD., a
company 
incorporated under the laws of British Columbia and having an

office at 999 Canada Place, World Trade Centre, Suite 404, 
Vancouver,
British Columbia V7C 3E2

(“Trans-Orient”) 

AND: 

TAG OIL LTD., a company
incorporated under the laws of 
British Columbia and having an office at
Suite 1407, 1050 Burrard 
Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2S3 

(“TAG”) 

WHEREAS: 

(A)          
Trans-Orient has a contractual agreement with Drew Cadenhead dated January 1,
2008, under which Mr. Cadenhead provides consulting and advisory services on
business development matters to Trans-Orient in an amount equal to CDN$240,000
per year, which does not restrict Mr. Cadenhead from entering into an
arrangement with TAG to allow for 50% of Mr. Cadenhead’s time to be allocated to
TAG;

(B)          
Trans-Orient and TAG have formally acknowledged in a letter dated May 26, 2008,
which is attached as Exhibit “A” hereto, that Mr. Cadenhead has been providing
consulting and advisory services on business development matters to TAG
(“Consulting Services”) pursuant to a verbal agreement under which TAG
compensates Mr. Cadenhead for 50% of his contracted monthly compensation with
Trans-Orient in the amount of CDN$10,000 per month since January 1, 2008;
and

(C)          
Trans-Orient wishes to allow Mr. Cadenhead to continue to provide Consulting
Services to TAG on the terms and conditions contained herein; 

WITNESSETH that the parties mutually agree as
follows:

Term and Compensation for Consulting Services 

1.1                    
TAG will compensate Mr. Cadenhead in an amount equal to CDN$10,000 per month
(the “Fee”) on an ongoing basis that is effective January 1, 2008, subject to
Section 1.2.

Termination of Compensation for Consulting
Services

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1.2                    
TAG may approve the termination of the Fee for the Consulting Services at any
time for any cause or reason, or without any cause or reason, and TAG will give
Mr. Cadenhead three (3) months prior written notice of such termination. 

1.3                    
In the event of the termination of the Fee for the Consulting Services by TAG,
Mr. Cadenhead will be entitled to payment for the performance of all Consulting
Services provided under this Agreement up to the date of the expiry of the three
(3) month prior written notice of such termination. 

Entire Agreement 

1.4                    
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and
supersedes and replaces all prior negotiations, written or oral understandings
and agreements made between the parties with respect to compensation. 

Counterpart 

1.5                    
This Agreement and any other writing delivered pursuant to this Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all parties to
this Agreement or such other writing had signed the same document and all
counterparts will be construed together and will constitute one and the same
instrument. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this
Agreement on the day and year first above written. 

	TRANS-ORIENT PETROLEUM LTD. 	 	  
	 	 	 
	  	 	/s/Dan
      Brown 
	/s/Garth Johnson
    	 	Witness Signature 
	Garth Johnson, President and CEO 	 	  
	  	 	  
	  	 	Name of Witness 
	  	 	  
	TAG OIL LTD. 	 	  
	  	 	/s/Peter Loretto 
	/s/Giuseppe (Pino)
      Perone 	 	Witness Signature 
	Giuseppe (Pino) Perone, Director 	 	  
	  	 	  
	  	 	Name of Witness 

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Exhibit “A” 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

	To: 	Trans-Orient Petroleum, Ltd.
      (the “Company”) 
	  	999 Canada Place 
	  	World Trade Center, Suite 404
  
	  	Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3E2
  

The purpose of this document is to constitute an acknowledgment
(the “Acknowledgement”) made effective this 26th day of May, 2008, by
TAG Oil Ltd. (“TAG”) to the Company. 

TAG hereby acknowledges that Drew Cadenhead has a contractual
arrangement with the Company for CDN$240,000 per year whereby Mr. Cadenhead
provides consulting and advisory services on business development matters to the
Company under a consulting agreement dated January 1, 2008 (the “Consulting
Agreement”), and that the Consulting Agreement does not restrict Mr. Cadenhead
from entering into an arrangement with TAG to allow for 50% of Mr. Cadenhead’s
time to be allocated to TAG, under which TAG will compensate Mr. Cadenhead for
50% of his contracted monthly compensation with the Company in the amount of
CDN$10,000 per month.

TAG and the Company acknowledge that Mr. Cadenhead has been
consulting for TAG since January 2008 pursuant to a verbal agreement and has
been compensated by TAG as described above.

This Acknowledgement, made in the Province of British Columbia,
will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of
British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein. 

This Acknowledgement has been executed by TAG as of the day and
year first above written. 

Sincerely, 

TAG OIL LTD. 

/s/Garth Johnson 
Garth Johnson, 
CEO 

Accepted and agreed to this 26th day of May, 2008. 

BY:    TRANS-ORIENT PETROLEUM LTD.

            
Per:    /s/Michael
Hart                              

                      
Authorized SignatoryFiled by sedaredgar.com - TAG Oil Ltd. - Exhibit 4.18

DIRECTOR’S COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT 

THIS AGREEMENT dated for reference this 11th
day of June, 2008 (the “Effective Date”). 

BETWEEN: 

TAG OIL LTD., a company
incorporated under the laws of 
British Columbia and having an office at
Suite 1407, 1050 Burrard 
Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2S3 

(the “Company”) 

AND: 

JOHN VACCARO residing at
<>

(the “Indemnitee”) 

(the Company and the Indemnitee may
collectively be referred to 
as the “Parties” and individually as a
“Party”). 

WHEREAS: 

(A)                    
The Indemnitee has been serving as a director of the Company since June 11,
2008; and 

(B)                    
The Company has agreed to provide this indemnity to the Indemnitee. 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the Indemnitee so
acting as a director of the Company, the Company hereby covenants and agrees
with the Indemnitee as follows: 

Definitions 

1.                    
In this Agreement, unless there is something in the subject matter or context
inconsistent therewith, the following terms will have the following meanings
respectively: 

“Act” means the Business
Corporations Act (British Columbia), as amended from time to time;

“Action” means any suit, action
or proceeding, including any appeal, before any court or other tribunal in which
a Claim is made or advanced against the Indemnitee; 

“Claim” means any claim,
liability, loss, damage, cost, charge, expense, fine or penalty;

“Settlement” means an agreement to settle or compromise a Claim or an
  Action; and 

“Subsidiary” means a company that is controlled by: 

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	 	(a) 	
      the Company;

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      the Company and one or more other companies;

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      two or more companies controlled by the Company;
  or

	 	 	 
	 	(d) 	
      a subsidiary of a subsidiary of the
  Company.

Interpretation 

2.                    
For the purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises”
include, without limitation, employee benefit plans; references to
“fines” include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any
employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the
Company” include, without limitation, any service as a director, employee or
agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its
participants or beneficiaries. 

Commencement 

3.                    
Notwithstanding its date of execution and delivery, the term of this Agreement
shall be conclusively deemed to commence as of the Effective Date. 

Confidential Information 

4.                    
The Indemnitee covenants and agrees that all records, material, information and
copies thereof concerning the business affairs of the Company obtained by the
Indemnitee, in the course of acting as a director or officer of the Company,
shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. 

5.                    
During the term of this Agreement and following its termination, except to the
extent required by applicable law or order of any court or governmental
department, body, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, the
Indemnitee shall not divulge the contents of such records or any such material
or information to any person other than to the Company or its qualified
employees, agents and professional advisors and the Indemnitee shall not use the
contents of such records, material and information for any purpose whatsoever,
except to enable the Indemnitee to act as a director of the Company under this
Agreement, until such information is made public by the Company. 

Indemnity 

6.                    
The Company hereby irrevocably agrees, to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, to indemnify and save harmless the Indemnitee: 

(a)          
from and against any and all Claims and Actions, whether civil, criminal,
quasi-criminal or administrative, and whether actually instituted or threatened,
of every nature and kind whatsoever made or brought at any time against the
Indemnitee by reason that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, or
employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, whether made or brought by the Company,
by any shareholder or employee 

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of the Company, by any person, firm,
company or government within or outside Canada, or by any governmental
department, body, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, arising
out of or in any way connected with any act or omission by the Indemnitee, or of
the Company or a Subsidiary or the management, operation or existence of the
Company or a Subsidiary including all proceedings and prosecutions, whether
civil, criminal, quasi-criminal or administrative; and 

(b)          
from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, charges,
expenses, fines and penalties which the Indemnitee sustains or incurs, including
any amount paid to settle a Claim, Action or prosecution or to satisfy a
judgment or verdict, by reason that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer
or employee of the Company or a Subsidiary (including but not limited to
attorneys fees and amounts paid to settle any action, satisfy any judgment or
pay any fines or penalties, and including any costs, charges, expenses and
attorneys fees Indemnitee may incur in enforcing this Agreement (collectively
“Expenses”)). 

Advances of Expenses 

7.                    
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with any Claims and Actions shall be paid by the
Company in advance upon the final disposition of such Claims and Actions,
provided that the Company receives a written undertaking from the director to
repay any amount to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee
is not entitled to indemnity therefor. It shall not be necessary for Indemnitee
to pay such Expenses and then seek reimbursement, but Indemnitee may provide
bills and statements of account to the Company for direct payment by the
Company. 

Notice of Claim 

8.                    
Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any Claim or Action against
him for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement at
the address set forth on the first page of this Agreement (or such other
addresses as provided by notice given as aforesaid). In addition, Indemnitee
shall give the Company such information and cooperation as it may reasonably
require and as shall be within Indemnitee’s power and at such times and places
are convenient for Indemnitee. 

Defence 

9.                    
Any right to indemnification conferred by the Company pursuant to this Agreement
will include the right to be paid by the Company for the expenses incurred in
defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided,
however, that, if the Act requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by the
Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director (and not in any other capacity
in which service was or is rendered by the Indemnitee while a director,
including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance
of the final disposition of a proceeding, will be made only upon delivery to the
Company of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, to repay all
amounts so advanced if it will ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is
not entitled to be indemnified under this 

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Agreement or otherwise. The Company will also indemnify and
hold harmless as aforesaid the Indemnitee by reason of the fact that he is or
was serving as an agent of the Company. 

10.                    With
respect to a Claim or Action for which the Company is obligated to indemnify the
Indemnitee hereunder, the Company may conduct negotiations toward the Settlement
and, with the written consent of the Indemnitee, make such Settlement as it
deems expedient; provided, however, that the Indemnitee shall not be required,
as part of any post-Settlement, to admit liability or agree to indemnify the
Company in respect of, or make contribution to, any compensation or other
payment for which provision is made under the Settlement. The Company shall pay
any compensation or other payment for which provision is made by such
Settlement. 

11.                    With
respect to a Claim or Action for which the Company is obliged to indemnify the
Indemnitee hereunder, if the Indemnitee shall fail to give his/her consent to
the terms of a proposed Settlement which is otherwise acceptable to the Company
and the claimant and which otherwise meets the requirements of Section 10, the
Company may require the Indemnitee to negotiate or defend the Claim or Action
independently of the Company and in such event any amount recovered by such
claimant in excess of the amount for which Settlement could have been made by
the Company will not be recoverable under this Agreement, it being further
agreed by the Parties that the Company will only be responsible for legal fees
and costs up to the time at which such Settlement could have been made. 

Tax Gross Up 

12.                    If
the Canada Revenue Agency or any provincial taxing authority, or the United
States Internal Revenue Service or any state taxing authority, assesses the
Indemnitee on the basis that any indemnity payment received must be included in
computing the Indemnitee’s income for tax purposes, then, unless the Company
elects to dispute such assessment at its expense and is successful in reversing
the assessment, the Company will make an additional payment or payments from
time to time, at such times in such amounts as will ensure the Indemnitee is not
out-of-pocket, to the Indemnitee to fully ensure that, taking into account any
income inclusion required in respect of any indemnity payment or such additional
payment or payments, the Indemnitee is after receiving such additional payment
or payments, fully compensated for any actual tax liability (including any
interest or penalty), or for the use of losses, deductions, credits or similar
amounts used in offsetting an income inclusion or other assessed amounts
relating to any indemnity payment or to any additional payment made under this
Agreement. 

Enforcement of Claim 

13.                    If
any claim arising from any right to indemnification conferred by the Company
pursuant to §6, §7 and §9 is not paid in full by the Company within thirty (30)
days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the Indemnitee may,
at any time thereafter, bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the Indemnitee will
be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. 

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14.                   
The Company will have no obligation to indemnify or save harmless the Indemnitee
in respect of any liability for which he/she is entitled to be indemnified
pursuant to any valid and collectible policy of insurance. Where partial
indemnity is provided by such policy, the obligation of the Company under §6, §7
and §9 will be limited to that portion of the liability for which
indemnification is not provided by such policy. The foregoing notwithstanding,
to the extent that the Indemnitee has purchased any such insurance and has not
been reimbursed therefor by any person, the obligation of the Company hereunder
shall be primary to such insurance. 

Insurance 

15.                    The
Company may, but is not required, to maintain insurance, at its expense, to
protect itself and the Indemnitee against any expense, liability or loss
referred to in this Agreement, whether or not the Company would have the power
to indemnify the Indemnitee against such expense, liability or loss under the
Act. 

Compensation for Services as a Director 

16.                    The
Company will compensate the Indemnitee for services as a director provided to
the Company by the Indemnitee (the “Services”) for so long as he is a director
of the Company in an amount equal to CDN$1,000 per month (the “Fee”) commencing
June 1, 2008. The Indemnitee hereby acknowledges that he is responsible for
remitting his own taxes and any contributions required by law to be remitted in
connection with the Fee, and the Company, the board of directors of the Company
(the “Board”) and management will have no responsibility in respect of any
failure by the Indemnitee to properly remit such amounts when due, and the
Indemnitee agrees to indemnify and save the Company, its Board and management
harmless from and against assessments, losses or penalties actually incurred by
the Company in this respect.

17.                    The
Indemnitee will be reimbursed for all reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket
expenses actually and properly incurred by the Indemnitee from time to time in
connection with carrying out the Services hereunder. For all such expenses the
Indemnitee will supply the Company with appropriate invoices or statements in
respect of which the Indemnitee seeks reimbursement. 

Termination of Compensation for Services as a
Director

18.                   
The Board may approve the termination of the Fee for the Services at any time
for any cause or reason, or without any cause or reason, and the Company will
give the Indemnitee one (1) month prior written notice of such termination. 

19.                    In
the event of the termination of the Fee for the Services by the Company, the
Indemnitee will be entitled to payment for the performance of all Services
provided under this Agreement up to the date of the expiry of the one (1) month
prior written notice of such termination. 

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Indemnification Deemed a Contract 

20.                   
All rights to indemnification under this Agreement will be deemed to be a
contract between the Company and the Indemnitee pursuant to which the Company
and the Indemnitee intend to be legally bound. The Company hereby agrees that it
will not amend its Articles or By-laws in any way that will be inconsistent with
this Agreement. 

Amplification of Rights 

21.                   
The provisions of this Agreement are in amplification of or in addition to, and
not by way of limitation of or substitution for, any rights, immunities or
protection conferred on any director, employee or agent of the Company by the
Act or any other applicable law or statute, the Articles of the Company, or
otherwise. 

Survival; Heirs and Successors 

22.                   
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant
to, this Agreement will continue if the Indemnitee ceases to be a director,
employee or agent of the Company for any Claims or Actions arising out of
Indemnitee’s relationship with the Company and notwithstanding a Claim is made
or Action filed or threatened after the Indemnity terminates such relationship
and will enure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of the
Indemnitee. 

Resignations Will Not Be Prevented 

23.                    Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall prevent the Indemnitee from resigning at any
time from any office that the Indemnitee holds with the Company or otherwise
holds at the request of the Company. 

Amendments and Modifications 

24.                   
No amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing signed by the Parties and
then only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose given. 

Governing Law; Dispute Resolution; Burden of Proof 

	25. 	
      (a)          
      This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with and
      governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada and the
      federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

	 	 
		
      (b)          
      In the event of any dispute regarding the application or interpretation or
      enforcement of this Agreement, the parties hereby submit to the
      non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the Province of
      British Columbia in respect of any suit, action, proceeding or
      counterclaim. Any costs of such litigation, including attorney’s fees and
      expenses for Indemnitee and the Company shall be paid by the
    Company.

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(c)           If
there is any dispute as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnity for any
amount hereunder, the parties agree that the Company shall be required to assume
the burden of proof that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnity hereunder. 

Severability 

26.                    Each
provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable, and the
unenforceability or invalidity of any provision under any applicable law will
not affect the enforceability or validity of the remainder of this Agreement in
so far as such law is applicable, or of this entire Agreement in so far as such
law is not applicable. 

Notice 

27.                    Any
notice, request, direction or other instrument required or permitted to be given
hereunder by any Party to the other will be deemed to be well and sufficiently
given if in writing and delivered by registered mail or by hand (including
commercial courier service) to the applicable Party at the applicable address
set out in the first page of this Agreement or to such other address as is
specified by the particular Party’s notice to the other Party. 

Entire Agreement 

28.                   
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and
supersedes and replaces all prior negotiations, written or oral understandings
and agreements made between the Parties with respect to compensation and
indemnity. 

Counterparts 

29.                    This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts shall
constitute one and the same instrument and notwithstanding the date of execution
shall be deemed to bear that date as first written above. A facsimile copy of
this Agreement signed by any Party in counterpart, shall be deemed to be and
shall constitute a properly executed, delivered and binding document of the
Parties so signing, notwithstanding the actual date of execution. Each of the
Parties further agrees to promptly return an original, duly executed counterpart
of this Agreement following the delivery of the facsimile copy thereof. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by
the Parties as of the day and year first above written. 

TAG OIL LTD. 

Per:     /s/Garth
Johnson                                       

            Garth
Johnson, Director and CEO 

 

	SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED by 	) 	  
	JOHN VACCARO in the presence of: 	) 	  
	  	) 	  
	  	) 	  
	/s/Cheryl D.
      Vaccaro 	) 	/s/John Vaccaro 
	Witness 	) 	JOHN VACCARO 
	  	) 	  
	  	) 	  
	Name 	) 	  
	  	) 	  
	  	) 	  
	  	) 	  
	Address 	) 	  
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