If you have expertise or stories to tell about Asia and want to build confidence in talking to an audience, this is the opportunity for you! Here at the Asia Media Centre, we’ve got two media training workshops scheduled:

Wellington, Friday, May 31
Auckland, Friday, June 7

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Incredible to be in the Philippines, and once again meet an amazing crew of Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono entrepreneurs and young leaders. PLUS dine at Malacanang Palace with President Marcos and his senior delegates. Filipinos and Kiwis share many things, including humour! Love it 😀

Visit highlight so far: catching up with these amazing Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono entrepreneurs from across SE Asia. Thank you to our Director of Business, Nick Siu, for the introduction. They are wonderful, inspiring, and fun business leaders, doing really cool stuff.

Awesome to see so many wider Foundation whānau together in Singapore from our Track II programme, Young Business Leader's Initiative (YBLI) and Leadership Network - and plenty of new connections forming!

Such a pleasure to meet PM Lee. A former Honorary Adviser to the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono and long time supporter of our work. One of the few leaders globally who has actively helped inform the development of NZ Asia relations, including its current re-energization under Christopher Luxon

Our CE Suz Jessep is in Southeast Asia as part of NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's delegation to deepen Aotearoa's ties with the region🤝

📍First stop: Singapore!

She’s shared some key stats about the Singapore-NZ relationship that you might not know - check it out ⬇

We’re pleased to announce that applications for our Leadership Network are now open to join our 2024 intake! ✅

Check out our website to apply and find out more: asianz.org.nz/leadership/joi…

Find out a bit more about our chief executive, Suz Jessep 💬🌏

In a recent profile with The Post, Suz shared a bit more about her life and career before the Asia New Zealand Foundation and the path that led her to become CEO.

🔗 Read more here: thepost.co.nz/politics/35024…

Wonderful to connect a few of our Asia Honorary Advisers and ASEAN YBLI entrepreneurs with New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs while in Indonesia 🇵🇱🤝🇳🇿

Thank you to Amris Hassan, Helianti Hilman, Tissa Aunilla, Irvan Helmi, and Adi Reza!

Suz Jessep Winston Peters

Asia Media Centre NZ media intern Jack Marshall (Jack Marshall), interviewed the Rt Hon Winston Peters yesterday in New Delhi. Jack is interning at Deccan Herald in #Bangalore and in doing so, learning all about India and building great connections.
Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono Winston Peters

Our CE, Suzannah Jessep, is in India this week with NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters to explore this important relationship. 🤝🌏 She’s shared some key stats about the India-NZ relationship that you might not already know - check out the thread ⬇️

📚 NEW REPORT 📚

Released today, 'New Waves: Meeting the growing hunger for Asian art in Aotearoa' authored by Rosabel Tan, finds increasing interest in Asian arts and cultural experiences among New Zealanders.

Read the full report here: asianz.org.nz/research/repor…

It was pleasure to host a welcome function for our new chief executive, Suzannah Jessep last night 🌟
Wonderful to be joined by Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters, Board Chair Dame Fran Wilde, our board of trustees, alongside so many Foundation friends & whānau.

Thanks to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters Winston Peters for meeting with our Chief Executive Suz Jessep and Board Chair Dame Fran Wilde, this now his third time as our Minister. Enjoyed talking about Aotearoa's connections with Asia and our upcoming work.

All the very best to the outgoing NZ Secretary of Foreign Affairs and our Trustee, Chris Seed. We'd like to acknowledge the many contributions Chris has made to building NZ-Asia relations, and to his active support of the Foundation 🌏🤝