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Free-ticketed entry at this year’s Auckland Lantern Festival
The four-day event will transition to a free-ticketed format for the first time, aiming to manage visitor flow and offering free public transport to and from the festival.
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Asian communities abuzz ahead of Lunar New Year festivities
24 Jan 2025Celebrations kick off this weekend as Asian communities prepare to ring in the Year of the Snake.
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Young Chinese New Zealanders embrace traditional arts to celebrate Lunar New Year
24 Jan 2025Chinese students are learning lion dances, Peking opera and shadow puppetry to preserve their heritage for future generations.
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Room for Asia cherry exports to grow despite Lunar New Year boost
23 Jan 2025Export opportunities exist in China, but producers need to overcome stiff competition from Chile.
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Where have all the Chinese bookstores in Auckland gone?
20 Dec 2024A surge in popularity of digital reading options over the past decade has forced the owners of many physical stores to wind up operations.
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Chinese tourism fails to match pre-Covid levels despite Lunar New Year boost
23 Jan 2025China was New Zealand's second-largest tourism market before the pandemic ripped the heart out of the global travel industry.
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Tattoo artists find inspiration in Chinese culture
3 Jan 2025Tattoo artists in Auckland are integrating traditional Chinese elements into their artwork as interest in East Asian designs grows.
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2024 in review: A challenging year for NZ's Chinese community
3 Jan 2025High-profile criminal cases and concerns about public safety overshadow a parliamentary milestone and some success in expanding business operations.
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Asian psychology students reveal ‘whitewashing’ concerns
17 Jan 2025A new study shows Asian psychology students struggle to secure training opportunities unless they adopt a European outlook.
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What is RedNote, the app TikTok users are flocking to?
A growing number of US social media users are moving to an unlikely TikTok alternative.
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Chinese and Māori artists unite to remember Hokianga wreck
14 Jan 2025Whangārei exhibition explores the shared history of two cultures that has been evolving ever since a cargo steamship carrying the remains of Chinese men sank in 1902.
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Memorial service held for migrant worker Jun Jiang
13 Jan 2025The 37-year-old died after falling from a scissor lift at the aluminium company where he worked.
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HMPV may be spreading in China. Here's what to know about this virus
9 Jan 2025Human metapneumovirus can lead to severe infection but it isn't likely to cause the next pandemic.
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A hidden form of elder abuse in NZ's Chinese community
9 Jan 2025One in 10 people aged 65 and older experience some form of elder abuse in New Zealand.
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Migrant worker dies as workplace fall probed
8 Jan 2025Jun Jiang, 37, had been on life support after falling from a height while using a scissor lift.
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WorkSafe investigating fall that has left migrant worker in a coma
8 Jan 2025Doctors prepare to turn off Chinese worker's life support after his condition fails to improve.
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Former Prolink NZ workers demand open work visas as company liquidated
6 Jan 2025About 50 workers from China and Vietnam claim to have barely received full-time work over the past 18 months despite arriving on accredited employer work visas.
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New Year Honours 2025: Asians recognised for service to community
31 Dec 2024Golf star Lydia Ko heads a list of more than a dozen Asian New Zealanders who have been honoured for their services to the country.
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Chinese families struggle to cover rising school holiday costs
13 Dec 2024Families in Auckland are seeking budget-friendly solutions as the cost of school holiday programmes climbs.
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Asian dessert stores snowball, offering sweet treats amid downturn
25 Dec 2024An increasing number of Asian-style dessert parlours and bakeries have opened in Auckland in the past year.
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The Kiwi musician taking Chinese social media by storm
Levi Patel is a music producer based in Auckland who made a video for Douyin about his visit to a small Chinese city and woke up to find the clip go viral. Audio
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Using AI to bolster Chinese-language learning ability
20 Dec 2024The University of Auckland's Chinese Department launches a project that seeks to integrate Chinese-language education with artificial intelligence.
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Labour hire firm under migrant exploitation investigation in liquidation
19 Dec 2024Almost 200 workers - mostly migrants on work visas - look set to lose their jobs.
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NZ appoints new ambassador to China
18 Dec 2024Jonathan Austin's appointment comes at a crucial time for the country's relationship with China.
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Accredited Employer Work Visa changes welcomed by employers
Removing the median wage requirement from the visa will make it much easier and affordable for businesses to fill skilled and unskilled roles, employers say.
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Alleged Chinese spy with links to Prince Andrew named as Yang Tengbo
18 Dec 2024The businessman was barred from entering the UK in 2023 over what the court found to be "deliberately obscured" links with the Chinese Communist Party.
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'Political tourism': Concerns over NZ police visit to China
17 Dec 2024The SIS has identified China as the major source of foreign interference activities - and the police should take heed, Anne-Marie Brady says.
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Government makes it easier for businesses to hire migrants
17 Dec 2024Cabinet has also agreed in principle to bring in two new seasonal visas from late 2025.
