Contemporary Asian arts projects receive funding boost
Six arts projects which will challenge New Zealanders’ perceptions of Asian cultures have been awarded grants by the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
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Strategic Arts Partnership Fund
Our Strategic Arts Partnership Fund is to build long-term partnerships with organisations for arts projects, events or festivals that increase New Zealanders' confidence in engaging with Asia.
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About our arts programme
Our arts programme aims to bring Asia into the mainstream of New Zealand arts by inspiring New Zealand arts professionals to grow their connections and knowledge of Asia. It also supports the presenta
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Foundation farewells festival 'godmother'
After 23 years with the Foundation, Jennifer King, our culture director, retired this year - leaving behind an incredible legacy of bringing Asian arts and culture to the New Zealand public.
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Artists' talk marks ten years of Wellington residency
This year, the Wellington Asia Residency Exchange (WARE) celebrates a decade of bringing artists from Asia to the capital and providing Wellington artists the opportunity to take their practice to Asi
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Foundation research grants
The Foundation invites talented postgraduate students to apply for a scholarship of up to $3000 to help with research into Asia-related themes.
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Nuclear bomb plot inspires research
A spy story with all the ingredients for a best-selling novel provided the inspiration for Paul Winter’s 2018 research project, funded in part by a grant from the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
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Japan trip builds students' confidence, resilience and knowledge
Students from Opihi College in Temuka, near Timaru, spent three weeks in Nihon (Japan), living with host families, involving themselves in community activities, visiting sites and learning about Japan
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Investigating Chinese perspectives on South China Sea issues
Looking to get a Chinese perspective on issues relating to South China Sea dispute, master's student Jack Petterson travelled to China to talk to academics and officials. He was assisted by an Asia Ne
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PhD student investigates
soft power in the Pacific
With the help of a Foundation postgraduate research grant, Ashalyna Noa travelled to Samoa and China to conduct fieldwork for her PhD, which examines New Zealand and China’s foreign aid and soft power
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Philippine prison visit inspires research thesis
Daniel Kleinsman describes how visiting a prison while living in the Philippines as a Catholic seminarian inspired him to return to New Zealand to undertake studies in international human rights law.
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2016 Postgraduate Research Grantees named
The Asia New Zealand Foundation is pleased to announce the successful applicants for our 2016 round of Asia New Zealand Foundation postgraduate research grants. The $5000 grants will go towards assist
