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. […]

SOURCE: GLOBAL TIMES New Zealand now has “mature” ties with China that allow for disagreement, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said during a TV interview on Sunday. One day before the opening of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week which Ardern considers as one of the most important international events hosted by New […]

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has suspended mail deliveries to New Zealand due to an unavailability of transportation. The USPS said on its website that it was temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for a number of destinations. It said this was due to “impacts related to the Covid-19 pandemic and other unrelated service disruptions”. […]

Five high schoolers from across New Zealand have been crowned winners in the inaugural BizVenture Programme, a pilot initiative led by Education New Zealand and its Japanese partners to give Kiwi and Japanese students a first-hand experience conceiving business solutions that address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Forty specially selected students* from New Zealand and […]

The Meat Industry Association says concerns about human rights should be kept away from trade, as it welcomes China’s bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Signatories to the trade deal, such as Australia, have previously voiced strong concern about China’s human rights record But a leading export body in New Zealand, the Meat Industry Association, […]

New Zealand is providing a further $3 million in humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced today. “There is a significant humanitarian need in Afghanistan, with the crisis disproportionately affecting women and girls,” said New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta. “New Zealand is providing funding to UNICEF and the UN Population Fund. Both […]

A further NZ$12 million of support for Fiji’s COVID-19 response has been announced by Foreign Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta today. The package builds on previous tranches of assistance New Zealand has provided to Fiji, totalling over NZ$50 million. The new package will support ongoing equipment and supply needs, including testing capacity, oxygen supply and Personal […]