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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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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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.
Education/News
Student soaks up Japanese culture on exchange
Leanne Hammersley writes about living and studying in the coastal city of Ashiya, half way between Kobe and Osaka, where she is completing her final semester of a Bachelor of Arts.
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A day in the life of a Japanese high school student
This physical education unit explores the differences in lifestyles of students in New Zealand and Japan.
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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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School's Japan trip lays foundations for ongoing friendships
Visiting shrines and markets, eating local delicacies and riding on the shinkansen (bullet train) were all highlights of a visit to Japan for 20 Year-12 and 13 Kapiti College students, but it was stay
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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.
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Japanese Language Week
With upcoming sports events to be held in Japan, it's a great time to promote the learning of Japanese in your school.
The Sasakawa Fellowship Fund for Japanese Language Education have produced this
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Learning Bahasa Indonesia
Asia New Zealand Foundation Leadership Network member Chris Henderson became interested in learning Asian languages after he won an AFS scholarship to live in Malaysia for a year during his final year
