Photo: Charlie (far left) with fellow Leadership Network members (and others) in Beijing circa 2010 New Zealand’s strong connections to Asia are built through people, shared experiences and sustained engagement. As the Asia New Zealand… Read More
This podcast with business leader Wu Zhen (Magna International), in collaboration with the Asia New Zealand Foundation, is for anyone interested in sustainability trends in the China market in 2026: from marketing EVs in China… Read More
The New Zealand China Council Te Kaunihera o Aotearoa me Haina welcomes three leaders who have joined the Council recently, as new representatives of existing body corporate members. Aaron Hockly has joined the Council representing… Read More
New Zealand China Council Chair John McKinnon has announced that Charlie Gao will serve as the Council’s new executive director, succeeding Alistair Crozier. Charlie Gao holds science and arts degrees from the University of Auckland. … Read More
A quick update to our New Zealand China Council stakeholders and website subscribers that our executive director Alistair Crozier is stepping down from his role to take up a new position elsewhere, effective from the… Read More
China is the largest trading partner of both New Zealand and Australia. As an influential power in our shared region, its importance to both countries also extends well beyond trade. Connections with China, including an… Read More
It can be hard making sense of a spectrum of economic indicators in China these days: is the economy firing or spluttering, and what’s the mood amongst New Zealand companies in the thick of things?… Read More
It has been just over a month since the New Zealand China Council joined with AI Forum New Zealand and Tech New Zealand to lead a New Zealand AI sector visit to China. China is… Read More
On 11 June, at the 2026 China Business Awards hosted by the New Zealand China Trade Association (NZCTA), the New Zealand China Council sponsored the award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to the NZ-China Business Relationship. Read More
New Zealand China Council Chair John McKinnon attended the 2026 annual conference of the New Zealand China Friendship Society in Whanganui last month. He made the following remarks at the conference. Photo by Sharon Fraser. Read More
Currently over 33% of New Zealand’s international students are from China, totaling almost 30,000 students in 2024. The lifelong connections these links create have helped to fuel the bilateral relationship in many other ways. But… Read More
This article by New Zealand China Council Executive Director Alistair Crozier was originally published by the Post on 24 March 2026. Photo by Alexander Schimmeck on Unsplash. The annual meeting of the world’s largest… Read More
New Zealand’s education engagement with China produces long-term ‘relationship infrastructure’ that boosts our society and economy in multiple areas beyond the direct export education sector. But as China’s birth rate declines, we are in intense… Read More
This article by New Zealand China Council Executive Director Alistair Crozier was originally published by the Asia Media Centre on 25 Feb 2026. Photo by Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra on Unsplash. Read More
This article by New Zealand China Council Chair John McKinnon was originally published in The Post on 18 Feb 2026. Cover Photo by Vlada Karpovich from Pexels. OPINION: If there is one language everybody… Read More
MENU