Back to camp - arts producers make connections in Thailand
Three NZ performing arts producers connected with kindred spirits, re-affirmed old connections and built new ones when they took part in workshops and attended an performing arts market in Thailand.
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Arts Project Fund
The Arts Project Fund supports New Zealand professional arts companies, events and organisations to deliver projects that will grow New Zealanders' awareness and knowledge of Asian arts.
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Nuclear bomb plot inspires research
A spy story with all the ingredients for a best-selling novel provided the inspiration for Paul Winter’s 2018 research project, funded in part by a grant from the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
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Investigating Chinese perspectives on South China Sea issues
Looking to get a Chinese perspective on issues relating to South China Sea dispute, master's student Jack Petterson travelled to China to talk to academics and officials. He was assisted by an Asia Ne
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PhD student investigates
soft power in the Pacific
With the help of a Foundation postgraduate research grant, Ashalyna Noa travelled to Samoa and China to conduct fieldwork for her PhD, which examines New Zealand and China’s foreign aid and soft power
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Philippine prison visit inspires research thesis
Daniel Kleinsman describes how visiting a prison while living in the Philippines as a Catholic seminarian inspired him to return to New Zealand to undertake studies in international human rights law.
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2016 Postgraduate Research Grantees named
The Asia New Zealand Foundation is pleased to announce the successful applicants for our 2016 round of Asia New Zealand Foundation postgraduate research grants. The $5000 grants will go towards assist
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Leadership Network member’s life a love letter to Japan
Leadership Network member Marcus Coll grew up habitually curious. His curiosities were directed in particular to understanding everything he could about the big wide world.
Sports/News
Softball tour illuminates Japan to Under 15 girls
A three-week tour of Japan to compete in the Under 15 Women's Softball World Cup saw the New Zealand team grow as players and people, writes Softball NZ's Tania Giles.
Media/News
The Hui follows a daughter's journey to find her Japanese father
The Hui producer Ruwani Perera recounts travelling to Japan with Migoto Eria (Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu) as she embarks on a quest to reunite with her Japanese father after four decades of separation.
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Teaching in Japan a dream come true for Leadership Network member
Wanting to communicate better with exchange students at her high school was the spark that started Leadership Network member Megan Wilson's Japanese language-learning journey.
Media/News
Visit provides insights into Japanese tourism
Journalist Juliet Speedy travelled to Japan recently to investigate why tourist numbers to New Zealand have been steadily falling since the early 2000s and have failed to return to pre-Covid numbers.
