Increased personal connections and travel to Asia are helping to make New Zealanders feel more knowledgeable about the region, research from the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono finds.
Resources/Report
New Zealanders' Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples - 2018
The Foundation’s latest Perceptions of Asia report shows a marked increase in New Zealanders’ self-assessed knowledge of Asia compared to five years ago.
The Asia New Zealand Foundation is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019.
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Investigating Chinese perspectives on South China Sea issues
Looking to get a Chinese perspective on issues relating to South China Sea dispute, master's student Jack Petterson travelled to China to talk to academics and officials. He was assisted by an Asia Ne
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Master's student researches NZ farming aid to Sri Lanka
Jasmine Edwards describes navigating monsoon rains and flooded roads in Northern Sri Lanka to interview women farmers who have received aid from a New Zealand government programme aimed at increasing
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Thinking Careers? Think Asia
New Zealand employers will increasingly need staff who have Asia-related skills and knowledge, but new research from the Foundation shows most young people aren’t receiving career advice about Asia.
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Foundation announces 2018 postgraduate research grantees
The Asia New Zealand Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Foundation’s postgraduate research grants.
They are Dylan Stent, Jasmine Edwards, and Jack Petterson.
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Perceptions of Asia survey: New Zealanders know little about Asia
Research published today by the Asia New Zealand Foundation — the New Zealanders’ Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples 2017 Annual Survey suggests New Zealanders’ knowledge about Asia is low.
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‘A spiritual connection’: Fate of the SS Ventnor
links Chinese with Māori
In 1902, the SS Ventnor, a ship carrying the remains of hundreds of Chinese gold miners, sank off the coast of Hokianga. In the years after, local communities gathered bones washed onto shore for safe
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PhD student investigates
soft power in the Pacific
With the help of a Foundation postgraduate research grant, Ashalyna Noa travelled to Samoa and China to conduct fieldwork for her PhD, which examines New Zealand and China’s foreign aid and soft power
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Time flies - Dr James To reflects on 18 months with the Foundation
The Foundation's senior adviser (research) Dr James To reflects on the 18 months he's spent in the role and looks at the future of the Foundation's Track II and research programmes.
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Philippine prison visit inspires research thesis
Daniel Kleinsman describes how visiting a prison while living in the Philippines as a Catholic seminarian inspired him to return to New Zealand to undertake studies in international human rights law.
