WARE artist reinterprets
Chinese culture
through jewellery
Acclaimed Chinese artist Bifei Cao – this year’s WARE (Wellington Asia Residency Exchange) artist in residence – uses innovative design to comment on current issues and reinterpret Chinese culture.
Business/News
Intern discovers there's
a lot to 'figure out' about China
Caitlyn Poole says she went to China on a Foundation residency wanting to 'figure out' the country but quickly realised the scale of the task. She describes her experiences.
News/News
Foundation leads
trade policy delegation to China
The Asia New Zealand Foundation will be leading a delegation of trade policy experts to Beijing and Shanghai in early September to speak with Chinese colleagues about the challenges China and New Zeal
LeadershipNetwork/News
Leadership Network member
walks in the footsteps of a giant
Leadership Network member Shannon Goldsmith recounts his recent trek to Mount Everest's Base Camp.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Leadership Network member
recounts Great Wall trek
A Leadership Network member’s extraordinary exploit in China more than 15 years ago is still turning heads.
News/News
‘A spiritual connection’: Fate of the SS Ventnor
links Chinese with Māori
In 1902, the SS Ventnor, a ship carrying the remains of hundreds of Chinese gold miners, sank off the coast of Hokianga. In the years after, local communities gathered bones washed onto shore for safe
Research/News
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
Arts/News
Artist exhibits Diamonds and Rust on Xiamen residency
Moniek Schrijer spent three months living and creating jewellery in Xiamen, China, as last year's Wellington Asia Residency Exchange (WARE) artist in residence. Moniek was hosted in Xiamen by the Chin
Arts/News
Artist delves into
community in Beijing
Half way through his residency at I:Project Space in Beijing, artist Ted Whitaker reports back on his experiences.
Education/News
Te reo and Mandarin – it doesn't have to be either/or
Learning Mandarin, or any other foreign language, does not have to come at the expense of learning te reo Māori, say three principals.
Education/News
Chinese Days help foster "future global citizens"
Kids in schools around the country cooked dumplings, made lanterns, practised tai chi and tried their hands at calligraphy to mark New Zealand Chinese Language Week last month.
TrackII/News
Track II: China's access to Big Data fuelling tech boom
Fairfax National Communities editor Jeremy Rees was struck by the way Chinese tech companies are mining Big Data to make technological leaps when he travelled to China in August as part of an Asia New
