With a strong interest in Asia and having studied Mandarin for eight years, an online internship at the New Zealand China Council was the perfect fit for University of Auckland student Libby Gane.
TrackII/News
Best Paper Prize – China and Taiwan's divergent paths
How did Taiwan move from an authoritarian state to one of Asia's most democratic, why is China unlikely to follow suit and why does it matter to New Zealand?
Education/News
Short story competition: The case of the missing polar bear lantern
2016 was the year of the monkey in the Chinese zodiac – but it wasn’t a monkey lantern that went missing from the Auckland Lantern Festival.
TrackII/News
Webinar: Kevin Rudd and Helen Clark discuss increasingly assertive China
Former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and the Helen Clark look at the ambitions of contemporary China under the leadership of Xi Jinping.
TrackII/News
Opinion: NZ should speak up for human rights
In this article Vinod Bal looks at Wellington’s response to Beijing’s treatment of the Uyghur people, and explains why a firmer stance might be required.
Arts/News
IN TOUCH - Nothing Is
We chat with choreographer Lucy Marinkovich about her IN TOUCH arts commission dance work Nothing Is.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Looking to the past to inform our future
Leadership Network member Emily Wilby reflects on attending the network's Otago History Hui and looks at how racism and racist policies are impacting Chinese New Zealanders to this day.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Hui sheds light on the lives of first Chinese in Otago
Sixteen Leadership Network members explored the history of Chinese in Otago this month, learning from academics and lived experiences to shed light on this part of New Zealand’s history.
Business/News
NZ-China relations - business summit tackles the big questions
Former business intern Edward Smith outlines some of the key topics discussed at the China Business Summit held in Auckland recently.
Research/News
Research looks at new framework for teaching international students from China
Cultural assumptions may be impacting how international students from China engage at New Zealand tertiary institutions and how they are taught needs to be revised, says educator Jeremy Taylor.
News/News
Voices from Asia - NZ businesses must stay engaged
We talk to NZ's trade commissioner to Shanghai Richard Dunsheath about life in (post-Covid?) Shanghai and how the pandemic has impacted Chinese consumer behaviour and NZ businesses operating there.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Communities unite to remember ancestors lost at sea
Leadership Network member Ben Matthews looks at the sinking of the SS Ventnor off the Hokianga coast in 1902, which set in motion a story of connection between local Māori and the Chinese community.
