The Migrant Perceptions Survey for 2021 is now available. The survey aims to understand how Asian migrants cope in New Zealand and maps what communities do and don’t do well to support their migrants. This year’s survey received around 14,000 responses Overall, 2021 has been challenging for everyone, especially our migrant communities. The survey, which […]

New Zealand is in the COVID-19 Protection Framework, also known as the traffic lights. Key components of the COVID-19 Protection Framework Vaccination High rates of vaccination is New Zealand’s key tool in protecting people and minimising the spread of COVID-19, and central to the settings in the framework. My Vaccine Pass My Vaccine Pass is […]

A new forum is being planned in Invercargill in 2022 to expand Southland’s business connections with the Asian market. Great South Asia market development manager Ella Zhang said there were “significant opportunities” for Southlanders to establish connections with the Asian market –most simply weren’t aware of them. The recent Te Waipounamu and Asia Foundation report, […]

International trade has bounced back from the pandemic, with strong growth over the past year. An annual Trade Trends & Insights publication for 2021 report by legal firm Chapman Tripp indicates global merchandise trade rose nearly 11 percent in 2021, after dropping 5.3 percent in 2020. Trade had been supported by fiscal and monetary stimuli […]

Mounting skills shortages and ongoing supply chain disruptions are among the key challenges creating headaches for company directors. The Institute of Directors (IoD) and the ASB Bank’s annual survey found that nearly 60 percent of its members were still dealing with the negative effects of the pandemic on their organisation’s performance. The key concern for […]

Small firms are ramping up ICT spending as they shift more business online because of Covid-19. Research from accounting software firm Xero shows information and communications technology spending has increased 25 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels. The growth is higher than Australia and the United Kingdom. Xero New Zealand and Pacific Islands managing director Craig […]

New Zealand Post says this Christmas has been its busiest ever with 2.4 million parcels being sent across the country last week, an increase of up to 250,000 parcels on the same time last year. NZ Post chief operating officer Brendon Main said postal volumes started to increase in August when different parts of the […]

Hicks Bay 16-year-old Liam Henderson has been offered a $400,000 rugby scholarship at Yamanashi Gakuin high school in Japan. Liam’s mum Jade Henderson said Liam started playing ripper rugby at age 5, when she was questioned about his age. “He was quite big for his age, so we had to show his birth certificate,” she […]

Hicks Bay 16-year-old Liam Henderson has been offered a $400,000 rugby scholarship at Yamanashi Gakuin high school in Japan. Liam’s mum Jade Henderson said Liam started playing ripper rugby at age 5, when she was questioned about his age. “He was quite big for his age, so we had to show his birth certificate,” she […]

As cases of a new coronavirus variant are confirmed around the world, Japan announced that it will suspend entry of all foreign visitors, joining an increasing number of countries that are tightening their borders as fear spreads of yet another extension of pandemic suffering. Japan, which has yet to detect any cases of the recently […]

This article written for the news organization ‘TheConversation’ and is based on a presentation given at a Sanctuaries of New Zealand workshop earlier this year on the theme of iwi and conservation. As world leaders continue negotiations at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, several agreements reached so far have acknowledged the connection between climate […]

The Maori Party has launched a petition to change the official name of New Zealand to Aotearoa. “It’s well past time that te reo Māori was restored to its rightful place as the first and official language of this country. We are a Polynesian country, we are Aotearoa,” Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi said at […]

This article written for the news organization ‘TheConversation’ and is based on a presentation given at a Sanctuaries of New Zealand workshop earlier this year on the theme of iwi and conservation. As world leaders continue negotiations at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, several agreements reached so far have acknowledged the connection between climate […]

Fifteen New Zealand tertiary students and recent graduates will experience how business is done in Asia while undertaking online and domestic internships this summer. The Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono has been offering business internships since 2009 and is continually growing the pool of businesses we partner with, to keep up with today’s […]

Ōpōtiki District Council is backing calls from iwi leaders to restrict movement into the region to help keep Covid-19 from spreading into the rohe. This comes after a confirmed case of Covid-19 was announced by the Ministry of Health today. Ōpōtiki councillor Louis Rapihana is also a member of the iwi response unit for Te […]

The six-day sale includes seats on five domestic and nine transtasman routes, including Auckland to Wellington from $22 and Auckland to Gold Coast (Coolangatta) from $129. Travel dates vary per route and include mid-January to mid-April and early May to early July 2022. Club Jetstar members will have early access to the sale from midday […]

The Migrant Perceptions Survey for 2021 is now available. The survey aims to understand how Asian migrants cope in New Zealand and maps what communities do and don’t do well to support their migrants. This year’s survey received around 14,000 responses Overall, 2021 has been challenging for everyone, especially our migrant communities. The survey, which […]

Ikea New Zealand has signed a deal to buy 3.2 hectares of land for a store at Auckland’s Sylvia Park shopping mall. Ikea New Zealand chief executive Mirja Viinanen said while the Covid-19 pandemic had presented unforeseen challenges and developments, the intention had always been for it to enter the New Zealand market “in a […]