Timor volunteering leads to earthquake response role
Leadership Network member Dana MacDiarmid says a degree of serendipity played a role in her moving to Timor-Leste to take up a role with Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA).
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Myanmar Matters
Leadership Network member Tim McCready discusses being part of an Asia New Zealand Foundation delegation that travelled to Myanmar in September.
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S.E Asian women
breaking barriers
Kim Bowden chats with four Southeast Asian women breaking barriers in the traditionally male-dominated agribusiness sector, while also helping to develop their communities.
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Timor's tragic past haunts delegate
Journalist Jimmy Ellingham describes his time as a delegate on the Foundation's Timor Talks dialogue.
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Tour to build theatrical ties between New Zealand and Asia
The Asia New Zealand Foundation is pleased to announce the names of three theatre professionals who will take part in the Foundation's first Performing Arts Tour to China and Thailand.
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Harnessing New Zealand’s
connections with Southeast Asia
A new Asia New Zealand Foundation report shines a light on the depth of New Zealand’s relationship with Southeast Asia, particularly the people-to-people links.
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Southeast Asian entrepreneurs visit Fieldays
ASEAN agribusiness entrepreneurs visiting New Zealand see potential for Kiwi farming technology to be adapted to suit Southeast Asia.
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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.
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Appeal for return of missing polar bear lantern
The Asia New Zealand Foundation is appealing for the safe return of a baby polar bear lantern that disappeared at the end of the Auckland Lantern Festival.
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Engineering intern up to the challenge in Jakarta
Engineering graduates Surya Sappa and Derryn Bracey have just returned from spending eight weeks interning at professional services consultancy BECA in Jakarta.
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Perceptions of Asia 2015 survey
An Asia New Zealand Foundation survey finds New Zealand still has a long way to go in its understanding of Asia, despite high recognition of the region’s economic and cultural importance.
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Chinese ANZACs book launched
A book that chronicles the contributions of men of Chinese descent who fought for New Zealand during the First World War was launched at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington in March.