22nd October 2015

Cathy Quinn on Chinese investment in NZ

Cathy Quinn from the New Zealand China Council was interviewed by CCTV on the topic of Chinese investment in New Zealand.  Watch the full interview here.  … Read More

19th October 2015

China Business Summit 2015

The China Business Summit 2015 is taking place on Monday, 9 November at the Langham Auckland from 8:00am to 5:00pm.  Sponsorded by the New Zealand China Council, this year’s summit will offer insights… Read More

21st September 2015

Sir Don McKinnon: Slowing Chinese economy on agenda at Partnership Forum

Fairfax Business, 17 September 2015 New Zealand business leaders will to try get a handle on China’s stuttering economy at forums being held in Beijing and Shanghai next week. More than 60 business, community and… Read More

21st September 2015

Exports on agenda at Partnership Forum

The New Zealand Herald, 21 September 2015 Regulatory niggles facing exporters and an upgrade to New Zealand’s free trade agreement with China will be among the issues discussed at a trade forum in Beijing this… Read More

14th September 2015

China Watch Autumn 2015

When China’s stock market stumbles, despite its small size and the fact that it does not reflect the core Chinese economy, world markets fall. International stock markets ascribe too great an importance to… Read More

8th September 2015

NZ Chinese Language Week

New Zealand Chinese Language Week (NZCLW) is a Kiwi-driven initiative that aims to increase Chinese language learning in New Zealand. The initiative is the first of its kind in any Western country and emerged in… Read More

31st July 2015

Sir Don McKinnon on enhancing NZ China ties

New Zealand China Council Chair Sir Don McKinnon interviewed on Guangdong TV about enhancing New Zealand China relations Watch the interview here:  http://v.qq.com/boke/page/b/0/j/b0160esp34j.html… Read More

28th July 2015

ANIMATION: CHOOSING A CHINESE CITY

China is not a single market. Beijing offers different opportunities than Shanghai, in turn a different market than the inland city of Chengdu. This animation highlights how two of the main drivers of demand, urban… Read More

22nd July 2015

Cathy Quinn on China New Zealand Ties

Cathy Quinn, Executive Board Member of the New Zealand China Council and Chair of Minter Ellison Rudd Watts discusses current ties between China and New Zealand on CCTV America. Read More

16th July 2015

Global Think Tank Summit held in Beijing

New Zealand China Council Chair Sir Don McKinnon spoke at the Fourth Global Think Tank Summit, hosted by the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges in Beijing last month. Attended by representatives from more than… Read More

16th July 2015

Rodney Jones on NZ property crisis

The debate around what to do about Auckland property, and the role of non-resident buyers in driving up prices, has started to gather considerable heat in recent weeks. In the last few days the focus… Read More

14th July 2015

Sir Don Mckinnon: China will be listening to housing debate

New Zealand is far from alone in having a red hot property market. Headlines in Australia, Britain and Canada paint a strikingly similar picture to our own, and many of the causes are very familiar. Read More

25th June 2015

Carl Worker on China

 New Zealand Ambassador to China from 2009 – 2015, Carl Worker discusses our relationship with China, the collective Chinese psyche and why protocol and business cards are so useful. Read… Read More

22nd June 2015

Cathy Quinn: No room for complacency in our relationship with China

Every time I visit in China I sense energy, positivity and aspiration. I find it invigorating and refreshing, despite the smog, dirt and environmental issues that are unavoidable in a country undergoing rapid… Read More

18th June 2015

China and Australia sign Free Trade Agreement

On 17 June 2015 Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb and Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement in Canberra. In a ceremony held at Parliament House on 17… Read More

16th June 2015

BNZ’s Paul Gestro on pursuing commercial opportunities in China

China is one of New Zealand’s top trading partners, yet it is ranked 96th in the world for overall ‘ease of doing business’, according to the World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report 2014. Whilst… Read More

8th June 2015

2015 NZ China Council Media Awards: Entries now open

Entries for the 2015 New Zealand China Council Media Awards are now open.  Four prizes of $1,000 will be awarded for reporting on the New Zealand China relationship in the following categories:… Read More

6th May 2015

Pat English: New Zealand must boost Chinese language learning

New Zealand China Council Executive Director Pat English was interviewed on WTV about the need for New Zealand to increase Chinese language learning at the secondary school level. Read More

22nd April 2015

China’s economic story a cliff-hanger

Shanghai stock market has soared 68% in the past six months despite the concerns of some economists. ‘Young and fabulous,’ it says on the teenager’s T-shirt, in big gold letters. If it is meant to… Read More

22nd April 2015

China’s growing middle class puts society before GDP

One of the things I love most about China is that whenever you see a traffic jam there’s always an old bloke on an impossibly rickety bicycle picking his way through the chaos. It doesn’t… Read More