NZ China Council 2016 Media Award Winners
The New Zealand China Council held its annual Media Awards on 27 July. Approximately 80 journalists, business people and community leaders attended the awards at the ANZ Centre, which are held to encourage and celebrate excellence in reporting on the New Zealand China relationship. TVNZ's Corin Dann was named supreme...
Wintec Media Arts students head to China with Prime ...
Six Wintec Media Arts students will head to China in September after being awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia. Students Eliza Webster, Adam Edwards, Mason Holloway, Rosie Stanaway, Christopher Singh and Peter Mark Stevenson – who study a combination of fine arts (painting and sculpture)...
Tai Poutini Polytechnic launches China-based Earthkeepers
Tai Poutini Polytechnic (TPP) has launched a brand new joint venture in Southern China, bringing environmental and outdoor education to urban Chinese children. Earthkeepers is a new programme being delivered from this week by TPP on the ground in China in partnership with a local sports and recreation organisation. The...
Hawkins and China Construction JV signs up for Park Hyatts
Hawkins Group and China Construction will be working in a joint venture to deliver Park Hyatt Auckland in the Wynyard Quarter, following a contract signing with Fu Wah International Group in June.The seven storey hotel will have a total floor area of 29,000 square metres, 195 rooms, food and beverage outlets, event spaces, a...
Education agreement set to boost Chinese student numbers
Dunedin's Mayoral-led delegation to China has signed a major education agreement which has the potential to lift Chinese student numbers into the city considerably. Mayor of Dunedin Dave Cull signed the agreement in Beijing on behalf of the Dunedin City Council with JJL, one of the largest education consulting and service...
Bringing China Home, Chinese stories and objects in ...
Connections between China and Hawke’s Bay go back to the mid-1800s, through art, travel, trade and conflict.This long association is highlighted in a new exhibition, Bringing China Home, which opened on 15 July at MTG Hawke’s Bay.The exhibition has been curated by Associate Professor James Beattie from the...
Auckland Airport photo exhibition on display in Beijing
Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) invited Auckland Airport to display a photo exhibition in its busy international terminal.The exhibition, which ran until mid-July, was officially launched at an event attended by the New Zealand embassy and airline and airport officials.As well as being Auckland Airport’s...
University of Canterbury grows China business connections
Chinese business and culture is increasingly accessible to University of Canterbury (UC) students through an annual study tour to China, reciprocal exchange visits, and other on-campus initiatives. No other university in New Zealand offers the same unique experience as UC’s School of Business and Economics MGMT228...
Tip Top to Trial E-Commerce Sales in China
Tip Top is to trial online sales of New Zealand-made ice cream in China – the world’s biggest ice cream market.Research from Mintel shows the total market value for ice cream sales in China increased by 90% between 2008 and 2014 to reach US$11.4 billion. The take-home ice cream segment, which Tip Top is targeting,...
Rotorua Signs Partnership Agreement With China
Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick says a memorandum of understanding she signed in China, while key-note speaker at a tourism conference, will help Rotorua reach its goal of an annual $1 billion tourism spend in the district by 2030. Mayor Chadwick, pictured on Friday 27 May signing the memorandum of understanding with Wang Fei...
Massey University signs agreement with top Chinese arts ...
A ground-breaking first bilateral exchange agreement between Massey University and a Chinese institution has been signed in Beijing. The student exchange agreement between China’s number one ranked Art and Design School, with a global QS ranking of 23, and Massey was signed on 31 May, the first day of a week-long visit...
James & Wells joins NZ China Innovation Centre
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 24 May at GridAKL, during the Tripartite Economic Summit featuring representatives from Guangzhou and Los Angeles. James & Wells will provide on-the-ground help to businesses at the New Zealand China Innovation Centre, a not-for-profit business support centre being sponsored...