Senior defense officials of South Korea and New Zealand held talks in Seoul on Monday to discuss bilateral cooperation in the arms industry, security and other areas. During the meeting, Vice Defense Minister Park Jae-min met counterpart Andrew Bridgman and discussed regional security issues, along with ways to bolster cooperation in the defense sector, the […]

The Embassy of Japan, in cooperation with the Japan Foundation, are very pleased to announce that the Japan Foundation’s Japanese Film Festival Online will be back in 2022 and accessible to people all over New Zealand for FREE. A selection of 19 different films, from Kurosawa Akira classics through to new releases from 2021 in […]

One of New Zealand’s key performances at the World Trade Expo has been unable to go ahead after members of Parris Goebel’s Royal Family Dance Crew tested positive for Covid-19. The crew are among a contingent of 401 performers, entertainers, leaders and guests granted group allocations to travel to Dubai and return via MIQ for […]

Tourism Industry Aotearoa is urging the Government to update its plans for reopening New Zealand’s borders as Omicron has changed the game. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said last week that Cabinet would be considering changes to the current border settings in the coming weeks, after the phased reopening announced in November was put on hold […]

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 […]

Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island welcomed more than 200 foreign tourists to its shores on Saturday, 20 November. These are the first tourists to visit the country in nearly two years due to the Covid-19 border closure. Tested upon arrival, travellers who are fully vaccinated from South Korea and return negative results can travel to the […]

An all you can eat BBQ buffet restaurant in China’s Changsha City has banned a food bloggers for eating enormous quantities of food. Mr Kang, the food blogger and live streamer has been black-listed from Handadi Seafood BBQ Buffet. On discovering he had been banned, Mr Kang said, “I can eat a lot, is that […]

Along with South Korea several countries, including, Australia and Thailand are allowing international travel. South Korea is also opening some public places as other counties remain shut off due to Covid-19. Although vaccination rates are rising the Delta variant managed to find its way into Australia despite strict border controls. Citizens of the country wanting […]

Using technology a group of teachers from Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea and New Zealand came together to learn and complete the NZGCC [New Zealand Global Competence Certificate & Teacher Training Course for Vietnam] course. To be awarded the certificate teachers were required to attend 10 online sessions and 20 self-directed modules over a five week […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Dame Cindy Kiro on becoming new Governor-General of New Zealand, saying China and New Zealand are important partners of each other. Xi expects more dialogue with Kiro to advance the China-New Zealand comprehensive strategic partnership. In New Zealand the Governor General represents the head of state, the Queen of English. […]