Chinese New Year celebrations are increasingly well known and well attended by New Zealanders across the country, but the Lunar New Year is also celebrated in other Asian countries.
Business/News
S.Korea's film industry inspires kiwi filmmaker
Benjamin Brooking reflects on his three-week internship in Seoul learning about South Korea's burgeoning film industry.
Business/News
Intern gets behind the scenes insights into S.Korean pop culture
Kate Small says she threw herself into the internship experience and didn’t “use the foreigner card” to excuse herself from fully participating in work life.
News/News
The Foundation welcomes five new honorary advisers from Asia
The Asia New Zealand Foundation has named five prominent and highly respected individuals as new Asia-based honorary advisers. The new advisers are Dr Pavida Pananond and Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak from
TrackII/News
Leadership Network member challenged by track II experience
Leadership Network member Francis Hwang describes being part of the Foundation's track II delegation that visited Thailand and Korea for round table dialogues with the Institute of Security and Intern
Arts/News
Curators tour South Korea and China's "thriving" arts scenes
Curator Balamohan Shingade says he discovered that studios were his “happy place” during the Asia New Zealand Foundation/Creative New Zealand’s recent Curators Tour to South Korea and China.
Business/Internship
CJ Cultural Foundation internship
This is a unique opportunity for a New Zealand student or recent graduate majoring in business, marketing, media and communications, music, or film to gain valuable industry experience.
News/News
Voices from Asia: Seoul during Covid
In the first of the series discussing life in Asia during Covid with Foundation Honorary Advisers, we chat with executive vice president of Korean conglomerate CJ CheilJedang, Heekyung (Jo) Min.
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Korean Kiwis
This unit is designed to provide Year 5 and 6 students with two key learning ideas. Firstly, to understand what cultural practices are and how these are similar across cultures. Secondly, to gain an i
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Discover Korea
This unit is aimed at Year 3 and 4 students independently exploring an area of Korea they’re interested in. There are seven areas to choose from, including art, language, places, food, school, customs
Arts/News
Curators tour: Art connections to help
build understanding of Asia
Three curators are on a tour in China and South Korea where they will gain new perspectives on the contemporary arts scenes and explore ways to strengthen New Zealand’s art links to Asia.
Resources/Resource
Hallyu - The Korean Wave
This unit is an inquiry for Year 7 - 10 students about Korean entertainment and its globalisation. Throughout this unit, there are lessons designed to explore the different art forms encompassed in th