The Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono can’t help New Zealanders experience Asia through international travel at the moment, so we are exploring Asia in New Zealand. Our first stop is Dunedin, where we are hosting the Otago Hui: Looking back to move forward. At this hui, we are taking members of our Leadership Network – a group of New Zealand’s best young leaders - down south to explore the history of the Chinese in Otago.

We are exploring the idea that for New Zealand’s future leaders to best engage with Asia, they need to understand the history of their own country. That includes understanding the hardships and discrimination faced by people of Chinese ethnicity during the gold mining era, and the legacy of the contributions of those early settlers.

Join the Foundation and two of our Honorary Advisers, Peter Chin and Manying Ip, to meet our leaders, to share your stories and to ensure that together we are better placed to understand New Zealand’s place in the world and our future relationship with Asia.