Chinese New Year celebrations are increasingly well known and well attended by New Zealanders across the country, but the Lunar New Year is also celebrated in other Asian countries.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Young leaders discuss strengthening NZ-Indonesia ties
Tragedy struck Jakarta a little over 12 hours before we were due to begin making our way there for the second 15+15 Dialogue between Indonesia and New Zealand.
Entrepreneurship/News
Social entrepreneurs connect in the Philippines
Social entrepreneurs who visited the Philippines in November and December encountered the breadth of the country’s food chain – from cacao farms to high-end supermarkets in Manila.
News/News
Opinion piece by Simon Draper for Idealog
In my first three months with the Asia New Zealand Foundation, I have been troubled by the way many New Zealanders view Asia.
Education/News
Asia Awareness Day at Paraparaumu College
Year 10 Paraparaumu College students turned their hands to calligraphy, Chinese painting, martial arts, yoga, Bollywood dancing and more during the school’s Asia Awareness Day.
Media/News
Chasing stories in Thailand and Myanmar
Fairfax visual journalist Iain McGregor and feature writer Charles Anderson travelled to Thailand, supported by an Foundation media travel grant, and produced two interactive web features.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Leadership Network members Sri Lanka summit
Top young New Zealand professionals visited Sri Lanka in December to deepen their knowledge of South Asia on an Asia New Zealand Foundation forum.
Business/News
New Zealand students kick-start their careers in a city of 10 million
Two top scholars have chosen to spend their summers working in the hustle and bustle of one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies.
Arts/News
Diwali Festival
of Lights 2015
Indian culture in all its diversity was celebrated last month with Diwali festivals in Auckland and Wellington.
Education/News
Teacher embraces Korean culture
Twelve New Zealand secondary school teachers experienced the contrasts of Korea on the 2015 Korea Studies Workshop in September.
Arts/News
Wellington's wind electric to Thai artist
Current WARE artist Sutthirat Supaparinya has been braving the elements in Makara for a project exploring the relationship between wind and electricity generation.
Entrepreneurship/News
Start-up Secrets – entrepreneurs discuss keys to success
Entrepreneurs from Southeast Asia and New Zealand discussed the keys to succeeding in business at the Foundation’s Start-up Secrets event in Auckland last week.
