Floorball team get pre-trip taste of Japanese culture
The New Zealand Men’s Under 19 Floorball Team learnt about Japanese culture and picked up some useful words and phrases at the Foundation’s inaugural Pre-departure Cultural Competency Workshop for spo
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Classroom connections in Singapore
New Zealand teachers will build connections with Singaporean counterparts and improve their understanding of the wider Asia region on an Asia New Zealand Foundation study tour.
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Waikato principals visit Singapore
The Foundation’s education director, Jeff Johnstone, joined 30 school principals from the Waikato on their visit to Singapore in April.
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Leadership Network members discuss learning an Asian language
Despite growing awareness of the importance of learning a second language, over the past ten years New Zealand has seen a 29 percent drop in secondary school students learning an Asian language.
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Teachers cook up a storm at Experience Asia Evening
Woks were sizzling at Wellington High School last week as teachers and principals from around the region cooked Asian cuisine as part of the Foundation's first Experience Asia Evening.
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Shanghai trip to inspire New Zealand teachers
A group of teachers hailing from Invercargill to Whangarei will swap their classrooms for the skyscrapers, bustling streets and traditional alleyways of Shanghai on a Foundation study tour.
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Asia Awareness Day at Paraparaumu College
Year 10 Paraparaumu College students turned their hands to calligraphy, Chinese painting, martial arts, yoga, Bollywood dancing and more during the school’s Asia Awareness Day.
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Teacher embraces Korean culture
Twelve New Zealand secondary school teachers experienced the contrasts of Korea on the 2015 Korea Studies Workshop in September.
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Study trip to bring Korea into New Zealand classrooms
From traditional villages to corporate giants, 12 New Zealand secondary school teachers will experience the contrasts of Korea on a professional development tour this month.
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Community vital to
Asia curriculum
Ngaio School is bringing Asia awareness into its curriculum through building partnerships with local Asian communities.
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Tawa-Jakarta school connections
NZ School principal Bernadette Murfitt and deputy principal Donna McDonald visited Indonesia in April on our Indonesia Cultural Connections Trip. Check out their story!
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Teachers make Indonesian connections
Wellington teacher Mike Kingston was among a group of NZ teachers who participated in our Indonesia Cultural Connections programme in April 2015
