China’s economic growth is slowing. By how much and to what extent this will affect New Zealand is not easy to work out. With that in mind I am heading up to Shanghai and Beijing… Read More
Former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley wants New Zealand firms to take advantage of her appointment to the board of the Boao Forum, which is made up of global political and commercial leaders, to seek business… Read More
Chinese language learning in New Zealand secondary schools is out of step with the country’s growing trade and economic relationships with China. The New Zealand China Council has released a … Read More
An important nation denied membership in economic and political alliances will be forced to seek alternative allies or, if it has the means, to develop in itself what it originally sought through… Read More
NZ China Council board member and former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley discusses why the country has signed up to the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Read More
Peter Landon-Lane is the CEO of the NZ Institute for Plant & Food Research, chairman of Science New Zealand and a member of the advisory board of the New Zealand China Council. He writes… Read More
The annual NZ China Council Prime Ministerial Breakfast was held recently at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts in Auckland. The breakfast is an opportunity to review the Council’s activities over the past year and discuss the… Read More
Plant & Food Research has strong tradition of collaboration with China, dating back to the 1940s when esteemed Chinese horticultural scientist Li Lairong first arrived in New Zealand. The Institute is offering scientists… Read More
For the first time, Mandarin is set to overtake Spanish and French, as the most popular foreign language taught in New Zealand primary schools. New Zealand China Council… Read More
On Friday 21 November, the New Zealand China Council Executive met with President Xi Jinping and his senior delegation in Auckland. Council Chairman Sir Don McKinnon introduced the Executive members to the President,… Read More
The New Zealand China Council Executive Board met with President Xi to talk about the NZ/China relationship. Prime Minister John Key tweeted the meeting afterwards, newstalk… Read More
New Zealand China Council Pat English was interviewed by TV3 on the trade agenda this morning. Pat says it’s one of the most important visits from a foreign leader New Zealand will get for… Read More
Prime Minister John Key announced today that President Xi, along with a large delegation, will make a state visit to New Zealand from 19 November to 21 November. Read More
Earlier this week, NZ Herald reporter interviewed NZ China Council’s Executive Director, Pat English on his opinion of NZ’s trade relationship with China. NZ China Council commissioned NZIER… Read More
John McKinnon, an advisory member of the NZ China Council, the executive director of Asia NZ Foundation is soon to leave his post to take up his new position as the NZ ambassador… Read More
New Zealand’s export effort needs to reflect the growing importance of global value chains, writes Stephen Jacobi. “Goods often need to pass several stages of processing across different… Read More
NZ China Council Executive Board member, Arthur Loo, expressed his opinion in the Sunday Star Times on his view of foreign-investment in NZ. He referred to the the political debates in the recent… Read More
NZ China Council is proud to bring to you this much anticipated presentation by Mary Boyd, the director of the Economist Shanghai. It has been a month since the highly successful Macro/Micro China event, and… Read More
NZ China Council is proud to bring to you this much anticipated interview with John McKinnon, NZ Ambassador to China designate. It has been a month since the… Read More
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