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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

News / News

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.

News / News

‘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

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

News / News

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

Arts / News

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.

Education / News

Teachers make connections in South Korea

Saint Peter's College teacher Claire Begovic was one of nine New Zealand teachers who travelled to South Korea as part of the Korea Studies Workshop. The one week trip saw the New Zealand teachers mee

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Simon Draper's
March 2018 update

March at the Foundation revolved around our Honorary Advisers meeting – a biennial event that brings together the group of highly respected individuals from Asia and New Zealand that the Foundation tu

Arts / News

Artist exhibits Diamonds and Rust on Xiamen residency

Moniek Schrijer spent three months living and creating jewellery in Xiamen, China, as last year's Wellington Asia Residency Exchange (WARE) artist in residence. Moniek was hosted in Xiamen by the Chin

Business / News

Business intern
wowed by hi-tech Seoul

Having travelled to Asia before and with friends living in Seoul, Pang Suwanaposee says she quickly found her feet in South Korea's capital city. Despite feeling at home, Pang says the three months sh

Media / News

Opinion: In Indonesia’s Pacific neglect, reminders of our own

How Asia and the Pacific interact will define New Zealand’s foreign policy for the foreseeable future, writes Auckland journalist Mackenzie Smith after spending two months in Jakarta. Mackenzie was in

Leadership Network / News

Leadership Network member provides wedding guests 'Tips from the white guy'

Plenty of brides and grooms probably wish they could tell some of their wedding guests how to behave on their special day. Leadership Network member Bradley Scott had no qualms about doing just that.