NZ Honorary Advisers
Professor Manying Ip
CNZM
Dr Ip is Professor Emeritus in Asian Studies at Auckland University and the author of several critically acclaimed books on Chinese in New Zealand.
Dr Ip 叶宋曼瑛 CNZM came to New Zealand in 1974 from Hong Kong. She grew up sharply aware of the challenges of being cross-cultural.
She is a respected advocate for New Zealand’s Chinese communities., and is a sought-after commentator on Asian issues.
She was awarded a Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.
In recognition of her scholarship, she was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2009.. In 1996, Dr Ip received an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) and in 2018 she was named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM).