The Asia New Zealand Foundation is pleased to announce the successful applicants for our 2016 round of Asia New Zealand Foundation postgraduate research grants. The $5000 grants will go towards assist
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Japan study trip experience of a lifetime for Christchurch student
Year 13 Burnside High School student Alice Li describes her school trip to Japan, where the students immersed themselves in the local culture and also had a chance to practise their Japanese language
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A Place for New Zealand on China’s New Silk Road?
Chinese president Xi Jinping’s administration has put forward a new vision of regional development and has delivered an open invitation for countries like New Zealand to participate.
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Filipinos celebrate old traditions and new beginnings in Wellington
Each year, thousands of tourists visit towns and cities all over the Philippines to experience famous parades and fiestas like Sinulog in Cebu City, Masskara in Bacolad, Dinagyang in Iloilo City, and
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Untold stories: Anglo-Indians in NZ
In this article, Massey University lecturer Robyn Andrews describes her research examining the history of Anglo-Indians in New Zealand. Linked to at the bottom of this page are vignettes touching upon
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Being Anglo-Indian in NZ - Simon's story
Simon Daisley says he has been fascinated by his Anglo-Indian heritage for many years, gravitating to all things Indian and Anglo-Indian.
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Being Anglo-Indian in NZ - Parvati's story
Parvati Erikson, or Nancy as she was named, was born in Assam state in north-eastern India. The daughter of a British tea planter and a Bengali woman, at the age of two and a half she was left at a Pr
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Being Anglo-Indian in NZ - Frederica's story
As I was beginning this research, a Facebook post made it into my newsfeed: it told of the 1869 arrival of Mrs Frederica Hay to Dunedin, with her husband, Robert Hay.
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Being Anglo-Indian in NZ - Christine's story
Christine Atkinson was born in Dehradun in Northern India and then moved with her family to Mussoorie, a hill station town high on a ridge in the foothills of the Himalayas with its vistas of a distan
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Being Anglo-Indian in NZ - Blossom's story
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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Japan Study Grant helps fulfil childhood dream
Abbey Watt describes how an Asia New Zealand Foundation Japan Study Grant helped her fulfil a childhood dream.
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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.
