Welcome to my first Update for 2022. Entering our third year of the pandemic, we’ve all had our resilience tested — and we’ve all become excellent at rescheduling events.
Entrepreneurship/News
Weaving connections between Aotearoa and Asia
“Separated by ocean, connected by maunga.” From New Zealand Aotearoa to the Philippines, two talented and inspiring wāhine are weaving indigenous connections through fashion.
TrackII/News
Best Paper Prize – China and Taiwan's divergent paths
How did Taiwan move from an authoritarian state to one of Asia's most democratic, why is China unlikely to follow suit and why does it matter to New Zealand?
LeadershipNetwork/News
COP26 - keeping our leaders accountable
Leadership Network member Michelle Too reflects on COP26 – the international climate change conference she attended online late last year.
Education/News
Short story competition: The case of the missing polar bear lantern
2016 was the year of the monkey in the Chinese zodiac – but it wasn’t a monkey lantern that went missing from the Auckland Lantern Festival.
Business/News
South Island Report - Key Findings Discussion
To mark the launch of the Foundation's latest research report, Te Waipounamu and Asia: Now and in the future, director business and South Island manager Alistair Crozier spoke with two South Island bu
LeadershipNetwork/News
Leadership Network Asia Favs - TV Series
Find out what the best TV series with an Asia angle are according to Foundation staff and Leadership Network members.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Driving NZ success in Asia – new members join Leadership Network
More than 40 young leaders from across Aotearoa have been chosen to join the Asia New Zealand Foundation’s Leadership Network to grow their leadership skills and knowledge of Asia.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Leadership Network acknowledges graduating members
The Foundation held events around the country in December to acknowledge the contributions of 10 graduating Leadership Network members, some of whom had been in the network for more than 15 years.
News/News
Simon Draper's December 2021 Update
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete ki a koutou. Here we are, at the end of another tumultuous year. It has been a year of challenges, plan Bs, contingencies and learning to roll with the punches...
LeadershipNetwork/News
Leadership Network member standing up to be heard
Leadership Network member Kii Small was shocked by the overt racism he experienced on moving to Wellington but says the solution is in opening a dialogue with abusers.
Education/News
Olympic sailor wows students with stories of Asia
Olympic sailor Sam Meech Zoomed in on classrooms around the country recently to share his stories about traveling and competing in Asia, including taking part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.