A new report by the New Zealand China Council and the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) says China’s foreign investment into New Zealand grew by a yearly average of 9% in 2014-2024 –… Read More
This July, following our previous discussion on sustainable life and wellbeing in September, 2024 (more about that event here), the New Zealand China Council’s NextGen Network held our second online dialogue with Ingka Centres’… Read More
This article by New Zealand China Council Chair John McKinnon was published in The Post on 15 July 2025. The original article can be viewed here. Over ten years ago I wrote an article… Read More
What does it take to build a food brand in one of the world’s fastest-changing markets? What food trends are shaping Chinese consumer choices in 2025? How are consumers responding to sustainability when it comes… Read More
One core goal of the New Zealand China Council is to spearhead innovative initiatives that foster cooperation and bring benefits for the New Zealand-China relationship. In that spirit, on 22-27 June we partnered with the… Read More
Cover Image：New Zealand China Council members meeting with Prime Minister Luxon, February 2024 The New Zealand China Council Te Kaunihera o Aotearoa me Haina welcomes Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s announcement that he will travel to… Read More
This month the New Zealand China Council jumped at the chance to partner with our good friends at the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono to co-host a stakeholder event focused on China’s ever-changing… Read More
Calling all New Zealand companies with operations in China or doing significant business with China: The New Zealand Business Roundtable in China (NZBRiC) invites you to share your insights in their third annual Business Outlook… Read More
New Zealand China Council Executive Director Alistair Crozier wrote the following article for The Post, published on 9 April 2025. The original article can be viewed here. Faced with Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day”… Read More
Are China’s annual ‘Two Sessions’ (known in Chinese as ‘lianghui’) in early March the world’s largest political meetings you didn’t hear about? We’re back again for a discussion of these critical political meetings in 2025,… Read More
New Zealand China Council Chair John McKinnon wrote the following article for Stuff / The Post, published on 11 March 2025. The original article can be viewed here. For those with an interest in… Read More
How have instinctive Māori approaches to engagement with China and its people created unique success? How diverse is the range of economic and non-commercial Māori-China ties? What can Aotearoa New Zealand… Read More
Instinctive Māori approaches to engagement with China and its people have generated success for Māori and could hold the key to New Zealand continuing to stand out in a crowded Chinese… Read More
On 24 September 2024 a stakeholders seminar was held in Auckland to reassess the Southern Link concept, five years after a large conference kickstarted focused discussion of the idea (before Covid intervened). This report… Read More
In November 2024 I led a visit by a group of New Zealand China Council members to China. Over five busy days we covered Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing. Our goals over the week were to… Read More
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