I took up the role of Executive Director on 31 August 2015. During the last nine months of the reporting period Adele Mason was the Acting Executive Director.
Resources/Report
Asian Auckland: The multiple meanings of diversity
This report considers Auckland’s increasingly diverse and rapidly growing Asian population. In detailing the history and trends of Asian migration to the city and the ethnicities, locations and demogr
Opinion: The Asian Century Means
Challenges for New Zealand
Vice-chancellor of Massey University and Foundation deputy chairman Hon Steve Maharey discusses the challenges and opportunities that face New Zealand in the 'Asian century'.
Resources/Report
New Zealand trade strategy and evolving
Asian-Pacific regional economic architecture.
This research project set out to answer three questions with regard to the evolution of New Zealand’s preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) in the Asia Pacific.
New Zealanders' Perceptions of Asia and Asian peoples - 2014 Annual Survey
The Foundation's Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples report is an annual survey that looks at how New Zealanders perceive Asia and Asian peoples and how much they know about the region.
Leadership Network members Will Seal and Joshua Pietras were part of the Foundation's Track II delegation that discussed bilateral relations and regional issues with Taiwan's Prospect Foundation.
Education/News
Teacher embraces Korean culture
Twelve New Zealand secondary school teachers experienced the contrasts of Korea on the 2015 Korea Studies Workshop in September.
Arts/News
Wellington's wind electric to Thai artist
Current WARE artist Sutthirat Supaparinya has been braving the elements in Makara for a project exploring the relationship between wind and electricity generation.
Research/News
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.
Media/News
Journalists caught up
in Nepal earthquake
Fairfax journalists Mike Scott and Matt Rilkoff had spent nearly three weeks in Nepal on a Foundation media travel grant before the April 25 earthquake struck.
Leadership/News
Leadership Network members Sri Lanka summit
Top young New Zealand professionals visited Sri Lanka in December to deepen their knowledge of South Asia on an Asia New Zealand Foundation forum.