In this article, Brainbox Institute director Tom Barraclough reflects on his key takeaways from attending the ASEAN Australia New Zealand (AANZ) Roundtable in Kuala Lumpur.
Sports/News
Korfballers KL visit a real eye-opener
In Malaysia to compete at the U21 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship, the New Zealand team found time to get out and about and take in some of the sights and sounds of Kuala Lumpur.
TrackII/News
Opinion: Great power competition requires fine balancing act
NZ could do worse than look to the regionalism of ASEAN to navigate the great power rivalry that is increasingly dominating discourse on the Indo-Pacific, writes Track II participant Jack Smylie.
Arts/News
Artist shares Samoan dance and culture in Malaysia
Dancer Ufitia (Tia) Sagapolutele describes her time at Rimbun Dahan residency in Malaysia, where she shared Samoan dance forms and learned about indigenous practices.
Business/Internship
The Arnott’s Group Asia internship, Malaysia
The Arnott’s Group Asia and the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono are excited to announce an internship at Arnott's Asia Business Unit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Business/News
Intern's insights turning food waste into fly larvae into feed
Massey University graduate Holly Williamson describes her Foundation summer internship with Southeast Asian biotechnology company Nutrition Technologies, a company turning fly larvae into animal feed.
TrackII/News
Foundation visit reveals a resilient Malaysia
Director Research and Engagement Suzannah Jessep reflects on the Foundation's recent visit to Malaysia and what it revealed about the mood of the Southeast Asian nation as it reopens to the world.
TrackII/News
Asia-focused think tank opportunities
With New Zealand's borders opening back up, young New Zealanders will be looking further afield for opportunities to study or progress in their career paths.
Arts/News
IN TOUCH – the faces of Petaling Jaya
NZ artist Paul Timings collaborated with Malaysian artist Lee Ren Xin to create a series of images portraying Xin's neighbourhood in Malaysia for the Foundation's IN TOUCH arts commissions.
Research/News
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.
Entrepreneurship/News
Taking traditional Māori medicine to Asia
Entrepreneur Tama Toki is making tonics and skincare products capturing the healing properties of native plants and finding markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
TrackII/News
Track II done three ways
The Foundation's James To looks back on three very different Track II diplomacy experiences he recently participated in - in the US, Malaysia and New Zealand - where he got a taste of the various ways
