The Foundation’s Japan study grants assist secondary school classes (Years 9 to 13) to travel to Japan for study tours.
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Taking up the Mandarin challenge
Classrooms around the country rung with the sound of kids practicing Chinese phrases to mark New Zealand Chinese Language Week, which ran from 26 September to 2 October.
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Q&A: Leadership Network member weathers turbulent 2020 in Taiwan
We chat to Leadership Network member Amanda Cundy about living in Taiwan in 2020, studying Chinese and her plans for the future.
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Intern's passion for journalism opens doors in Indonesia
NZME journalist Katie Harris says studying Bahasa Indonesia and interning for global news agency APF was a life changing experience that made her reconsider the way she approaches journalism.
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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.
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Learning Chinese opens doors to wider world
The Asia New Zealand Foundation chats with Leadership Network member Emily Wilby about why she took up studying Mandarin Chinese and the opportunities studying the language have provided her.
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Mandarin on business-skills wish list for Leadership Network Member
Leadership Network member Rasik Makan has been part of a team in Sydney tasked with advising a group of Chinese investors on the acquisition of a solar farm. He says the experience has underlined to h
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Asian language learning in Schools
We promote and collaborate with language learning providers who offer quality, cost-effective programmes for schools.
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Fund helps teachers to upskill in teaching Chinese
Teachers from Tauranga, Rotorua, Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin have undertaken professional development training to improve their Mandarin language skills and learn how to make language learning fu
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Learning Mandarin Chinese - a Leadership Network member's story
At the age of eight, Leadership Network member Nathalie Harrington moved with her mother to Liuyang city in the Hunan province of China.
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Leadership Network members discuss learning an Asian language
Despite growing awareness of the importance of learning a second language, over the past ten years New Zealand has seen a 29 percent drop in secondary school students learning an Asian language.
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Video: Learning Mandarin Chinese
At the age of eight Nathalie Harrington moved with her mother to Liuyang city in the Hunan province of China.
