It's mid-winter and the normal expectation is that things would slow down, but this month has, in fact, been another busy one at the Foundation.

At the start of the month, at the invitation of Singapore Defence Minister and Asia New Zealand Foundation Honorary Adviser Dr Ng Eng Hen, Foundation Chairman Hon John Luxton and I attended the Shangr

By the time this update is published, I’ll be half way to Singapore where I’ll be spending two days engaged in security and defence discussions at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, and then it’s o

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

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.

Xin nian kuai le! Happy Lunar New Year! Two weeks into the Year of the Dog and the Year of the Monkey is now just a distant memory.

I hope you had a good break and enjoyed a bit of sunshine (for readers in New Zealand). Holidays are always too short, but since there is no stopping the New Year, we need to get back down to business

Last week we released our latest research Starting Strong: Nurturing the potential of our Asian under-fives’, which looks at the changing demographics of our under-five population.