When Blossom Greig arrived in Wellington from Karachi, Pakistan, the immigration officer said, “I wouldn’t tell anybody that you're Pakistani if I were you”. When Blossom asked why, the reply was, “B
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Growing up Lao in Wainuiomata
When Samson Phommachack's parents arrived in New Zealand as refugees from Laos in 1986, the elderly couple who sponsored them gave them a book: Samson and Delilah.
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Refugee family finds welcoming home in 1980s Masterton
In 1980, aged three years old, Nhu Bich (Nikki) Chung arrived in New Zealand as a refugee with her mother and father after a perilous journey from Vietnam.
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Former international student helping the next generation settle in to NZ life
Laila Faisal came to New Zealand from Indonesia as a scholarship student and now works as a learning advisor at Victoria University (VUW). She was profiled as part of the Foundation's report Relations
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Harnessing New Zealand’s
connections with Southeast Asia
A new Asia New Zealand Foundation report shines a light on the depth of New Zealand’s relationship with Southeast Asia, particularly the people-to-people links.
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Reports: 40 years of ASEAN
The Asia New Zealand Foundation has published two new reports as part of a suite of papers commissioned by the Foundation in 2015 to mark 40 years of diplomatic relations with ASEAN.
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Perceptions of Asia 2015 survey
An Asia New Zealand Foundation survey finds New Zealand still has a long way to go in its understanding of Asia, despite high recognition of the region’s economic and cultural importance.
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Beyond the metropoles
From Manila and Mumbai to Invercargill and Tauranga, growing immigration from Asia is transforming small cities around New Zealand, a new report from the Asia New Zealand Foundation finds.
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Christianity, the surprising "Asian religion"
Opinion piece by Dr George Wieland, Director of the Intercultural Practice programme, Carey Baptist College, Auckland.
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New Zealanders’ Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples 2012 Survey
This report presents the results of a survey of the general New Zealand public about their perceptions of Asia and Asian peoples and their knowledge of the Asian region. It was conducted by Colmar Bru
The Foundation has commissioned this research with New Zealand senior secondary school students to benchmark and track their level of Asia Readiness. This research will complement the previous researc
