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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Perceptions of Asia
Survey 2017
This year’s Perceptions of Asia survey has made for sobering reading. We learned last year that eight of out 10 New Zealanders thought Asia was important to New Zealand in economic, social and cultura
The Asia New Zealand Foundation inducted 48 talented young New Zealanders into its Leadership Network over the weekend.
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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
Business/News
Foundation intern researches
cancer treatments in Taiwan
Jess Beevis is in the final year of completing a Bachelor of Science majoring in physiology and is also studying chemistry and pharmacology. Here she describes the three months she spent in Taiwan as
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What gold smells like
an artist's impressions of Varanasi, India
Closing in on the half way point of his Foundation residency at Kriti Gallery in Varanasi, India, artist Elliot Collins gives his observations of this city on the banks of the Ganges.
Entrepreneurship/News
Silkworms and catwalks
inspire Kiwi designers on Thailand visit
The Foundation recently took a group of five fashion-focussed Kiwis on a week-long trip to Thailand to delve into the thriving Thai fashion scene and build connections with their local counterparts.
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Leadership Network member
recounts Great Wall trek
A Leadership Network member’s extraordinary exploit in China more than 15 years ago is still turning heads.
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Simon Draper's
April 2018 update
By the time this newsletter goes out, I will be in New Delhi for a Track II (informal diplomacy) dialogue the Foundation is leading in partnership with the New Zealand India Research Institute.
Research/News
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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NZ choreographer collaborates on trans-water art odyssey
We chatted with director of contemporary dance/film production company Daniel Belton about the two weeks he spent in Singapore collaborating with Arts Fission dance company on a new body of work title
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Dialogue important in
NZ’s engagement with India
The Asia New Zealand Foundation, in partnership with the New Zealand India Research Institute, will lead a delegation of experts to New Delhi for talks with officials and leading think tanks. The visi
