Business intern soaking up Japanese culture in Tokyo
Celia Stokman says she has thrown herself into Japanese culture on her "once in a lifetime" experience developing software for e-commerce company Rakuten on a three-month Asia New Zealand Foundation b
Business/News
Office life "like a family" for Taiwan intern
Coming to the end of a three-month internship at ANZCO Foods in Taiwan, Tom Bone describes the bustle of life in Taipei and the unexpectedly family-like atmosphere of office life.
News/News
Asia OEs on the horizon for many young Kiwis
Young New Zealanders are looking beyond London for their OEs, according to new research commissioned by the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
TrackII/News
Unpacking South China Sea dispute
In November, Kieran Ireland participated in a young leaders programme as part of the 8th South China Sea Conference in Nha Trang City, Vietnam. In this article, he describes the conference and what he
News/News
Simon Draper's December 2016 Update
I have just returned from our Track II (non-official diplomacy) dialogues in two of our current priority countries, Thailand and South Korea, both of which are grappling with significant change.
Education/News
Japan study trip experience of a lifetime for Christchurch student
Year 13 Burnside High School student Alice Li describes her school trip to Japan, where the students immersed themselves in the local culture and also had a chance to practise their Japanese language
Arts/News
Looking for shadows in Bangkok
Artist Paul McLachlan describes his time as an artist in residence at Surface Arts residency in Bangkok.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Leadership Network - forging cultural identity through sport
When he was based in Korea in the early 2000s, Jay Waters skied every winter day he could. He also loved to go running. He reckons sport can be a great way to adapt to life in a new place.
TrackII/News
Track II and its role in diplomacy
Leadership Network member Alice Wang discusses the importance of track II diplomacy and what it takes to make it successful. The Asia New Zealand Foundation coordinates track II engagement, or ‘inform
LeadershipNetwork/News
Life in San Francisco's tech hustle
Leadership Network member Mahoney Turnbull describes herself as biz-dev strategist, lawyer, super-connector, ideator, product nerd and curator of user obsession.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Travel Texts and Moving Cultures
Anita Perkins has been an active member of the Foundation's Leadership Network since joining in 2008. She has written stories for the website and was a member of the Advisory Board from 2010-2012. Mor
Research/News
A Place for New Zealand on China’s New Silk Road?
Chinese president Xi Jinping’s administration has put forward a new vision of regional development and has delivered an open invitation for countries like New Zealand to participate.
