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
Talks to strengthen ties between NZ and Timor-Leste
A new Asia New Zealand Foundation initiative aims to build understanding between young people in Timor-Leste and New Zealand.
Arts/News
Art project examines changing face of NZ
An art project looking at the changing face of New Zealand from an Asian/Māori/Pasifika perspective is being developed by curators Emma Ng and Ioana Gordon-Smith.
LeadershipNetwork/News
Learning Mandarin Chinese - a Leadership Network member's story
At the age of eight, Leadership Network member Nathalie Harrington moved with her mother to Liuyang city in the Hunan province of China.
TrackII/News
The South China Sea decision
International law expert Kate Yesberg looks at how affected parties, and New Zealand, have responded to the court ruling on the Philippines' claims in the South China Sea.
Entrepreneurship/News
Southeast Asian entrepreneurs
to gain agribusiness insights
Top Southeast Asian agribusiness leaders and entrepreneurs will be visiting Hamilton agricultural show Fieldays in June as part of a programme run by the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
LeadershipNetwork/News
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.
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
Education/News
Japan Study Grant helps fulfil childhood dream
Abbey Watt describes how an Asia New Zealand Foundation Japan Study Grant helped her fulfil a childhood dream.
Education/News
Upper Hutt College students experience Japan
A group of Year-11-13 Upper Hutt College students put their Japanese language skills to the test and learnt about Japanese culture during the school’s annual Japan field trip in July.
Research/News
Reports: 40 years of ASEAN
The Asia New Zealand Foundation has published two new reports as part of a suite of papers commissioned by the Foundation in 2015 to mark 40 years of diplomatic relations with ASEAN.
News/News
Trustees discuss celebrating
the Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year celebrations are increasingly well known and well attended by New Zealanders across the country, but the Lunar New Year is also celebrated in other Asian countries.
