21st August 2024
A Cure for the future
This article by Bruce Munro was originally published on odt.co.nz on 18 Aug 2024. University of Otago’s Prof Ping Liu has been researching ways to detect and treat children whose… Read More
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16th August 2024
PODCAST RELEASE – The big China issues of 2024: An Australian perspective
Like New Zealand, Australia is also tracking China’s economy closely, as well as grappling with increasingly complex regional geopolitics. It’s always helpful for us to swap notes, especially with an acknowledged Australia-China expert. Professor James… Read More
12th August 2024
New Zealand’s China supply chains – mutually beneficial, with room for expansion
On 8 August 2024 the New Zealand China Council again partnered with our colleagues at the China Development Institute (CDI) in Shenzhen, to co-host an online dialogue – our third in as many years, after… Read More
9th August 2024
Shanghai Shanglow
This article by Bruce Munro was originally published on odt.co.nz on 3 Aug 2024. A century ago, Shanghai was the thrumming hub of jazz in Asia. Bruce Munro recently spent time in the Pearl of the… Read More
1st August 2024
China’s green economy navigates speed bumps
This article by Sam Sachdeva was originally published on newsroom.co.nz on 31 July 2024. Cover Photo: Getty Images. EVs on the streets of China are easily spotted, thanks to their green licence plates. As China… Read More
26th July 2024
Experiencing China first-hand: NZ media in China, June 2024
Photo above: Bruce and Sam in Beijing with representatives from CPIFA. Photo by CPIFA Last month the New Zealand China Council launched a new programme, to assist New Zealand journalists to experience… Read More
25th July 2024
The view from Beijing
This article by Bruce Munro was originally published on odt.co.nz on 20 July 2024. Is China friend or foe? Recently returned from a trip to China that gave unusual access to influential foreign affairs experts,… Read More
21st July 2024
Can China’s ‘painful transition’ succeed?
This article by Sam Sachdeva was originally published on newsroom.co.nz on 21 July 2024. Cover Photo: Sam Sachdeva. With China’s economy hitting headwinds, businesses – including those in NZ – are cautiously… Read More
11th July 2024
Presence in China key to successful trade
This article by Bruce Munro was originally published on odt.co.nz on 11 July 2024. Silver Fern Farms chief transformation officer Matt Ballard, pictured near the company’s Shanghai offices, says New Zealand companies will not… Read More
10th July 2024
PODCAST RELEASE – Sourcing from the world’s factory: Our import relationship with China
China is New Zealand’s largest source of imports, whether ready for consumption under NZ or increasingly well-known Chinese brands, or providing materials and components for our domestic manufacturing outputs. Does this leave us exposed –… Read More
7th July 2024
We are family
This article by Bruce Munro was originally published on odt.co.nz on 7 July 2024. Anti-clockwise from above: Dunedin mayor Richard Walls (left) and Shanghai Mayor Huang Ju sign the Dunedin-Shanghai sister city agreement, October 21,… Read More
4th July 2024
NZ China Council member appointment – Sarah Ottrey
The New Zealand China Council welcomes the Chair of Christchurch International Airport Ltd (CIAL) as a new member. The appointment follows the resignation from the Council of Justin Watson, CIAL’s chief executive officer. In addition… Read More
27th June 2024
Diversifying from China imports neither necessary nor feasible, report shows
There are very few strategic risks to New Zealand from our current levels of exposure to imports from China, a new report from the New Zealand China Council concludes. And even if we were to… Read More
20th June 2024
China in 2024 – Chair’s speech to NZIIA Nelson branch
In February 2024 New Zealand China Council Chair John McKinnon gave an address on “China in 2024” to the Hawke’s Bay branch of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA). This speech to the… Read More
15th April 2024
Two leaders join the New Zealand China Council
The New Zealand China Council is pleased to welcome two new members. Nathan Flowerday joins as incoming Chair of Zespri, succeeding Bruce Cameron who has stepped down from his Zespri and Council roles. Nathan is… Read More
20th March 2024
PODCAST RELEASE – Dissecting China’s ‘Two Sessions’ in 2024
Every March, the ‘lianghui’ or ‘Two Sessions’ political meetings in Beijing set the scene and key directions for China’s year ahead: its intended socio-economic goals and strategies, priority sectors, key personnel appointments and foreign policy… Read More
8th February 2024
China in 2024 – Chair’s speech at Hawke’s Bay branch of the NZIIA
I want to approach this subject from three angles – the people, the economy, and the government. And wrap up by saying what all that means for this country’s relations with China in 2024. You… Read More
23rd January 2024
PODCAST RELEASE – Tasting the Future: China’s Sustainable Protein Outlook
‘How to feed 1.4 billion people’ is already a big question. And how to do it sustainably? Answers to these questions are not only crucial for people in China, but also important for New Zealand. … Read More
11th December 2023
NZ China Council member appointments
The New Zealand China Council is pleased to welcome three new members of the New Zealand China Council. Richard Pollock has been nominated by Te Puni Kōkiri to replace its… Read More
7th December 2023
Tiers of joy? 24 hours in China’s Ashburton, and what it taught me
This op-ed by New Zealand China Council Executive Director Alistair Crozier was originally published on asiamediacentre.org.nz on 5 Dec 2023. China is home to some of the world’s supercities – Beijing, Shanghai. But what’s… Read More
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