Equipping New Zealanders to excel in Asia
The Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono is New Zealand's leading provider of Asia insights and experiences that help equip New Zealanders to excel in Asia.
Latest Foundation stories
Read articles about our recent activities and the people we've supported to excel in Asia
Navigating the winds of change
“Answer questions, question answers” was the prevailing theme of the 2026 Institute of Directors Leadership Conference, writes Leadership Network Advisory Board member Johannah Katene-Burge. In this article, Johannah shares her key takeaways from the conference, which she attended with fellow Leadership Network members Claire Achmad and James Bushell with support from the Foundation. The Foundation also supported international business advisor Shai Ganu to speak at the conference.
Lessons from Asia on firearms regulation and emerging technologies
New Zealand could learn from Asian approaches to regulating emerging technologies that could make firearms easier to produce and proliferate, writes Foundation research grant recipient Clementine Annabell. Clementine's grant enabled her to travel to Japan, South Korea, Singapore and India, where she engaged with experts and examined how firearms laws operate in practice. Her findings will contribute to a comparative study of firearms legislation across nine countries and will also form a key part of her Master of Laws research.
Asia Insights
Expert analysis on Asia and New Zealand-Asia relations
Inside Southeast Asia's scam compounds – book review
Scam centres have emerged from shadowy criminal outposts into a vast, industrialised global enterprise that prey on human vulnerability. In our latest article, the Foundation's Alex Smith reviews a recent book examining the inner workings of Southeast Asia's rapidly proliferating scam compounds.
Explainer: APEC comes to China
Ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in China, Asia Media Centre manager Graeme Acton takes a look at what we can expect to see at the November meeting.
Opportunities
Explore opportunities to deepen your understanding of Asia through grants, internships, residencies and more.
Sports internship, Malaysia 2027
This internship is an exciting opportunity for young New Zealanders to intern for three months at Singapore's lead agency tasked with developing sports culture, Sport Singapore.
Sports Leaders Fund
The Asia New Zealand Foundation’s Sports Leaders Fund supports New Zealand sports leaders to build purposeful connections, regional insight and the cultural confidence to engage effectively across Asia’s sporting landscape.
