ADDRESS TO THE ASIA FORUM in Wellington at 7 Feb 2017 It’s good to have this early opportunity, as a new year unfolds, to speak about… Read More
This week almost 300,000 secondary school students will return to the classroom. Of those, around two percent will learn Chinese during the year. Four times more will study French. There’s value in learning any language,… Read More
来自杰珂陛先生的新春祝福 NZ China Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi wishes all our Chinese friends a Happy New year of the Rooster!… Read More
Council Advisory Board Members Jian Yang MP and Naisi Chen, together with Executive Director Stephen Jacobi were delighted to join China’s Consul General Mme Xu Erwen at a celebration of the spring festival in Auckland… Read More
Former Mountainview High School student, now at Canterbury Universtiy, Sam Brosnahan has won a Prime Minister’s Scholarship to Asia for the second time. He won it the first time back in 2014. Former Mountainview High… Read More
When it came to New Zealand and China, John Key was acutely aware of the high stakes. He knew China was an economic lifeline following the Global Financial Crisis, as export growth to our traditional… Read More
Prime Minister Rt Hon John Key on the state of the NZ China relationship in 2016, and the opportunities China presents to young New Zealanders. https://youtu.be/dQPkyxs9dLk https://youtu.be/svyv9JsMcOg… Read More
The NZ China Council was delighted to welcome the Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Key, to a joint meeting of the Executive and Advisory Boards held in Auckland on 25 November. Prime Minister Key spoke… Read More
The New Zealand China Council welcomes the announcement of negotiations to upgrade the New Zealand China Free Trade Agreement. New Zealand China Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi says the news is a vote of confidence… Read More
The NZ China Council joined with the Asia New Zealand Foundation to discuss the ways in which New Zealand could co-operate with China on President Xi Jinping’s “One belt, One road” and “Maritime Silk Road”… Read More
The Chinese are fantastic people. For 20 years I’ve been beating the feet to the most populace place on the planet and it’s changed every visit. But the people remain the same. Stoic, resilient,pumping! Wanting… Read More
The New Zealand China Council is deeply saddened at the news that New Zealand Herald journalist Christopher Adams passed away in Cambodia recently. Council Chairman Sir Don McKinnon says Christopher was an outstanding journalist and… Read More
NZ China Council welcomes Dr Gary Liu October 26, 2016 The distinguished Shanghai-based economist, Dr Gary Liu, is making a short visit to New Zealand as a guest of the New Zealand China Council. Read More
A question for incoming Auckland Mayor Phil Goff: How will you lift the city’s economic relationship with China? One in 12 Aucklanders identifies as Chinese; this is the country’s commercial capital and it’s gateway for… Read More
NZ China Council Board members were out in force to support the launch of the Committee for Auckland’s study “The Auckland-China Relationship: Rhetoric, Reality and Opportunity”. Council Chair Sir Don McKinnon was joined by Board… Read More
WeChat is far more than a messaging app. With more than 700 million monthly active users, it is also a powerful social network, a marketing and ecommerce platform, a digital payments service and a channel… Read More
The rise of Chinese agriculture and implications for New Zealand will be the focus of the NZ Contemporary China Research Centre’s annual conference in Wellington on October 27-28. Hosted by Victoria University and sponsored by… Read More
NZ China Council welcomes Vice-Chairman of Guangxi Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi was honoured to join a welcome dinner hosted by Consul General Mme Xu Erwen for the Vice-Chairman of Guangxi Jiang Autonomous region HE… Read More
New Zealand China Council Chairman Sir Don McKinnon interviewed on China Radio International about New Zealand – China relations, 1 September 2016… Read More
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