Monday, March 11, 2019

New Zealand

Government
- The Ministry of Defence (Māori: Manatū Kaupapa Waonga) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on defence policy, as well as overseeing the New Zealand Defence Force. The Defence Act, passed on 17 November 1964, established a new Ministry of Defence. Under the Act the three Service departments were combined into the new Ministry. The central core of the new Ministry of Defence was the central Defence Office.

  • https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12084397Mark recounted the story today during the launch of the Strategic Defence Policy Statement which has highlighted climate change as a challenge for the Defence Force.The Defence document is also unusually explicitly critical of China for a New Zealand policy statement.The paper says that as China had integrated into the international order, it had not consistently adopted the governance and values championed by the order's traditional leaders."Both domestically and as a basis for international engagement, China holds views on human rights and freedom of information that stand in contrast to those that prevail in New Zealand."It says China has set an alternative model of development - a liberalising economy without liberal democracy – challenging conventional wisdom in the West that the two go hand-in-hand.Ron Mark equated its frankness on China to its nuclear-free position and being the first country to give women the vote, rather than it being a "pick-on-China moment".

- Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) 
  • A new inquiry into NZ's electronic surveillance service is being started as the country's intelligence watchdog tries to find out if it makes good decisions about who to spy on, and how it stays politically neutral. The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, Cheryl Gwyn, linked the inquiry to claims the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) spied on foreign diplomats competing against Trade Minister Tim Groser to lead the World Trade Organisation. But she said it was unlikely she would be able to probe the allegations. Instead, she said, the inquiry would study the way the GCSB chose its targets, what its decision-making process was and how it stuck to its duty to be neutral in cases where there might be political advantage. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11448877
- new zealand trade and enterprise https://www.nzte.govt.nz/

  • HK https://www.nzte.govt.nz/en/contact-us/greater-china/hong-kong/
  • Business Development Manager Debbie Au, International Market Manager Maria Gray
- http://archives.govt.nz

  • Public records act 2005 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2005/0040/latest/DLM345529.html
Otago (/əˈtɑːɡoʊ, oʊ-, ɒ-/; New Zealand [əˈtɐːɡɐʉ̯] ) is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. The name "Otago" is an old Māori southern dialect word (the North Island dialect equivalent is "Otakou"), introduced to the south by Europeans in the 1840s. The exact meaning of the term is disputed, with common translations being "isolated village" and "place of red earth", the latter referring to the reddish-ochre clay which is common in the area around Dunedin. "Otago" is also the old name of the European settlement on the Otago Harbour, established by the Weller Brothers in 1831, which lies close to the modern harbourside community of Otakou. The place later became the focus of the Otago Association, an offshoot of the Free Church of Scotland, notable for its high-minded adoption of the principle that ordinary people, not the landowner, should choose the ministers.



The Whanganui River is a major river in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the country's third-longest river, and has special status owing to its importance to the region's Māori people. In March 2017 it became the world's first natural resource to be given its own legal identity, with the rights, duties and liabilities of a legal person. In 1912–13 the French filmmaker Gaston Méliès shot a (now lost) documentary film The River Wanganui about the river, calling it the Rhine of New Zealand. The settlement of Jerusalem is of particular note. Jerusalem was home to two famous New Zealanders, Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, whose Catholic mission is still located at Jerusalem, and New Zealand poet James K. Baxter, who established a commune at the settlement in 1970.

outlying islands
- The Chatham Islands form an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean east of the South Island of New Zealand. The archipelago consists of about ten islands , the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island. Some of these islands, formerly cleared for farming, are now preserved asnature reserves to conserve some of the unique flora and fauna. As of 2013 the islands had a resident population of 600. The local economy depends largely on conservation, tourism, farming, and fishing. The archipelago is called Rēkohu ("Misty Sun") in the indigenous Moriori language, and Wharekauri in Māori. The Moriori people, indigenous to the Chatham Islands, arrived around 1500 and developed a peaceful way of life. In 1835 members of the Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama Māori iwi from the North Island of New Zealand invaded the islands and nearly exterminated the Moriori, enslaving the survivors. The Chatham Islands officially became part of the Colony of New Zealand in 1842; in 1863 the resident magistrate declared the Moriori released from slavery. The Chatham Islands include New Zealand's easternmost point, the Forty-Fours. Waitangi is the main port and settlement. The Chatham Islands Council provides local administration – its powers resemble those of New Zealand's other unitary authorities. The islands constitutionally make up part of the New Zealand Outlying Islands, meaning they are an immediate part of New Zealand, but do not belong to any region or district. Instead, they form an Area Outside Territorial Authority, like all other outlying islands apart from the Solander Islands.
- 懷特島（Te Puia o Whakaari）意指戲劇性的火山。島上在一八八○年代曾有小型硫礦開採業，並有工人居於島上。但一九一四年九月發生了一場滅島的火山爆發，十名礦工罹難，只有一隻被命名為「彼得大帝」的野貓幸存。一九二三年曾嘗試採礦未果。懷特島是三千對澳洲塘鵝的繁殖地。該島已被國際鳥盟確定為重要鳥類棲息地，一九五三年被宣布成為私人風景保護區並受法案保護。它在一九七五年十二月至二○○○年九月，經歷了史上最長的一次火山噴發；在二○一三年八月廿日亦有一次小型噴發，為時十分鐘，噴出的主要是水蒸氣。島上目前已無人居住。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191210/00180_003.html




Association/institution
- food
  • indigenous new zealand cuisine http://www.inzc.maori.nz/
- children
  • plunket https://www.plunket.org.nz/, received Prince George
- franchise association of new zealand
- RITANZ is the professional body for insolvency practitioners and for those working in the field of business reconstruction and turnaround, and corporate and personal insolvency in New Zealand.
- expats 
  • http://www.business.govt.nz/industry-contacts/profiles/kiwi-expat-association
- asia
  • Asia New Zealand Foundation http://www.asianz.org.nz/ a non-partisan, non-profit organisation, set up in 1994 to build New Zealanders' knowledge and understanding of Asia.
- Hong Kong
  • New Zealand Society of HK http://www.nzshk.org/


Company
- building and construction

  • Fletcher Building Limited is one of the largest listed companies in New Zealand, with a market capitalisation of over NZ$4 billion. The company was split from Fletcher Challenge in 2001, formerly New Zealand's largest business and multinational. With around 20,000 employees globally and over 34 business units operating under the Fletcher Building banner, the company is Australasia's largest building materials supplier. Ross Taylor was appointed Group CEO on 22 November 2017.
  • The Fletcher Construction Company Limited is a New Zealand construction company[1] and a subsidiary of Fletcher Building. It and Higgins Contractors Ltd make up the Construction division of Fletcher Building. Fletcher Construction is widely recognised in New Zealand, and has delivered various iconic projects including constructing the Auckland Sky Tower.
  •  In 1908 James Fletcher senior, a builder and stonemason from Scotland, began a building business along with his brother William John Fletcher and Englishman Albert Morris. The firm was known as Fletcher and Morris and later became Fletcher Bros.[2] The first house they built together, in 1909, still stands and is open to the public in Dunedin.[3] The company itself was first registered as a limited liability company in 1919.In 1925 the company headquarters was moved to Auckland, and in 1940 Fletcher Construction became a subsidiary of the Fletcher Holdings group, which listed on the share market that year.[2] In 1942, following the resignation of his father to help New Zealand's war effort, James Fletcher junior became managing director of the company. Fletcher junior placed a greater emphasis on the firms building products manufacturing divisions, with Fletcher Construction retaining the core construction business.In 1981, Fletcher Holdings merged with Challenge Corporation Ltd and Tasman Pulp Paper Ltd to form Fletcher Challenge. Fletcher Building was formed with the split of Fletcher Challenge in 2001.
- food
  • Goodman Fielder, http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1715640/goodman-fielder-takeover-wins-china-nod
  • Fonterra
  • fonterra deal opens door to china formula market http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7564c3ee-2dc9-11e4-8346-00144feabdc0.html, http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-08/28/content_18501126.htm, http://www.financeasia.com/News/389733 
  •  Fonterra chief to resign as China woes erase profits ft 22mar18
  • kkr-buys-into-china8217s-largest-chicken-farmer.aspx
  • synlait milk to buy 25% stake in new hope group unit http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2014-09/25/content_18657349.htm
  • Lee Fish http://www.leefish.com/, one of the exhibitor of seafood expo 2014
- media/communications
  • Media partner of 2015 hktdc franchise show
- guns

  • gun city 
  • 警方證實，槍手塔蘭特的其中四支槍及彈藥，購自當地最大的槍械經銷商「Gun City」。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190319/00180_001.html


industry
- equestrian

  • Ellerslie Racecourse is the main racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand, for thoroughbredracehorses. Horses have raced at Ellerslie since 1857 when Robert Graham hosted a race meeting on his property, on the site which is now Ellerslie Racecourse. The Auckland Racing club then purchased thirty-six hectares of land from Graham in 1872 on which the course is situated. The first race meeting of the Auckland Racing Club was held at Ellerslie on 25 May 1874.[1] At this time the racecourse was a considerable distance outside the city and it took Aucklanders up to several hours to get to the course by carriage. A "platform" station, Ellerslie Racecourse Platform was opened in January 1874. Many went by train, although with the demand created by the event, as late as in 1910 they often had to travel in open cattle trucks because there were not enough normal coaches available for the demand of the extra services.


people
-  Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld GCMG (9 May 1823 – 20 July 1891), was a New Zealand politician and a governor of various British colonies. He was the sixth Premier of New Zealand, and later served as Governor of Western Australia, Governor of Tasmania, and Governor of the Straits Settlements. Weld was born near Bridport, Dorset, England, on 9 May 1823. His mother, Christina Maria Clifford, was the daughter of Baron Clifford of Chudleigh. Both of his parents were from old recusant Catholic families. His father, Humphrey Weld of Chideock, was a member of the Weld-Blundell family. Humphrey's brother Thomas was founder of the Jesuit college at Stonyhurst. Weld's upbringing was strongly grounded in the Catholic faith. His early years were spent with his parents in France. Later, he received a good education, studying at Stonyhurst before attending the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, where he studied philosophy, chemistry, languages and law. He had originally intended to pursue a military career, but was convinced otherwise by his tutor at Fribourg. He instead decided to seek a career in the colonies, and arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, on 22 April 1844. In New Zealand, he entered a partnership with his cousin, Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet of Flaxbourne. The two established a number of sheep stations around the country, and Weld became relatively prosperous. Weld found a life of agricultural management to be too mundane, however, and soon became active in political concerns. One of his more significant campaigns was to ward against any potential discrimination against Catholics in New Zealand. He later became active in lobbying for representative government in New Zealand. In 1848, Weld declined an offer by the governor, Sir George Grey, of a seat on a proposed nominee council. In 1852 he visited England, where he published a pamphlet, Hints to Intending Sheep Farmers in New Zealand, which ran into three editions.
  •  In 1880, Sir Frederick Weld arrived in the Straits Settlements. He began to take personal interest in the development of the Malay States. In the middle of 1881, Weld visited the town of Taiping, in Perak. He found "the revenue increasing and everything going on excellent well..." but "labour for public works and roads and to develop other industries and sources of revenue besides tin-mining," he lamented, "is the great want". he also reported that: "Water supply for Taiping from the hill (Maxwell Hill), the roads to Krian, which will connect Taiping town centre with Province Wellesley, and a rail and tramway from Taiping to the port (Port Weld, which was named after him) are amongst the next most necessary works to be undertaken. the town of Taiping has been much improved since the fire, which took place rather more than a year ago; new streets have been laid out to considerable width, and a better class of houses has been built" The construction of the Taiping - Port Weld railway was the beginning of a major transformation altering radically the landscape of the Malay Peninsula. It also brought the first influx of Indians (mainly Tamils) and Ceylonese to Perak.
- William Ball Sutch (27 June 1907 – 28 September 1975) was a New Zealand economist, historian, writer, public servant, public intellectual and Soviet spy. In 1974, he was charged with trying to pass New Zealand Government information to the Soviet Union. He was acquitted, an outcome that was the subject of much debate since then. Subsequently disclosures from the KGB confirmed he was spying for the Soviet Union, although his daughter continues to dispute this.
  •  Upon returning to New Zealand in 1951, Sutch worked for the Department of Industries and Commerce, eventually in 1958 rising to be its Secretary. There he promoted the development of the New Zealand economy using the policy instruments of the day, including price controls, subsidies and import controls. He concluded that pastoral exports by themselves would not generate enough foreign exchange to maintain full employment, and would continue to make the economy highly vulnerable to fluctuations in international conditions. So he sought import substitution, the further processing of agricultural production for export, and the exporting of non-pastoral agricultural exports, manufacturing and services (such as tourism). As such he foresaw, championed and laid the foundations of the great export diversifications of the 1970s.[citation needed] Sutch's promotion of industrialisation was anathema to much of the farming community, though many in the business community supported him. In March 1965 he was forced to retire after 40 years of public service employment and at the age of 57 he became a consultant. Among his many further publications were the books, Colony or Nation?, The Responsible Society in New Zealand, Takeover New Zealand, and Women with a Cause. His festschrift, Spirit of an Age, was published in 1975. Sutch became active in the arts and architectural communities, including the Wellington Architectural Centre. He was an early and active promoter of New Zealand design, asserting that quality design was central to economic and social development. He helped to set up the Wellington Architectural Centre, provided the intellectual framework that led to the formation of the New Zealand Industrial Design Council and chaired the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council (now Creative New Zealand).
- Sir Edmund Percival "Ed" Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and NepaleseSherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. TIME magazine named Hillary one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.Prior to the 1953 Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. He subsequently reached the North Pole, making him the first person to reach both poles and summit Everest. Following his ascent of Everest, Hillary devoted most of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he founded. Through his efforts, many schools and hospitals were built in Nepal.Hillary was born to Percival Augustus and Gertrude (née Clark) Hillary in Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 July 1919. His family moved to Tuakau (south of Auckland) in 1920, after his father, who served at Gallipoli in the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, was allocated land there.
- Sir Robert David Muldoon GCMG CH PC (/mʌlˈdun/; 25 September 1921 – 5 August 1992), also known as Rob Muldoon, was a New Zealand politician who served as the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, as Leader of the National Party. Serving as a corporal and sergeant in the army in the Second World War,[1] Muldoon completed his training as an accountant and returned to New Zealand as its first fully qualified cost accountant. He was first elected to the House of Representatives at the 1960 general election as the Member of Parliament for Tamaki. Muldoon served successively as Minister of Tourism (1967), Minister of Finance (1967–1972), Deputy Prime Minister (1972), and Leader of the Opposition (1974–1975). He soon led the National Party to a decisive victory in the 1975 general election. Muldoon came to power promising to lead "a Government of the ordinary bloke."[2] He appointed himself Minister of Finance. His tenure as Prime Minister was plagued by an economic pattern of stagnation, high inflation, growing unemployment, and high external debts and borrowing. Economic policies of the Muldoon Government included national superannuation, wage and price freezes, industrial incentives, and the 'Think Big' industrial projects. In foreign policy, Muldoon adopted an anti-Soviet stance, and re-emphasised New Zealand's defence commitments to the United States and Australia under the ANZUS pact. His refusal to stop a Springbok rugby tour of New Zealanddivided the country and led to unprecedented civil disorder in 1981. Muldoon led his party to two additional election victories in 1978 and 1981. He called a snap election in 1984, in which National suffered a significant defeat to Labour. Shortly before leaving office, amid a constitutional crisis, Muldoon was forced by the incoming Government to devalue the New Zealand dollar. In 1984, he was only the second Prime Minister (after Sir Keith Holyoake) to receive a knighthood while still in office. Muldoon was a polarising figure and has been variously described as a "bully",[3] an "enigma,"[4] and "a strong believer in the battler, the little man, the ordinary citizen and his or her rights."

  • according to scmp 25may18, a news article dated 23may1978 reported Muldoon's answer to opium problem in thailand - send lily seeds from his own garden to the country


- Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has been the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition since 1 August 2017. She was first elected to parliament as a list MP at the 2008 general election. She has been the MP for Mount Albert since 8 March 2017. Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, Ardern grew up in Morrinsville and Murupara, where her father, Ross Ardern, worked as a police officer. She attended the University of Waikato, graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS) in politics and public relations. Ardern was brought into politics by her aunt, a longstanding member of the Labour Party, who recruited a teenaged Ardern to help her with campaigning for New Plymouth MP Harry Duynhoven during his re-election campaign during the 1999 general election.Ardern joined the Labour Party herself at a young age, and became a senior figure in the Young Labour branch of the party. After graduating from university, she spent time working in the offices of Phil Goff and of Helen Clark as a researcher. She later spent time in London, working as a senior policy advisor to Tony Blair. She was also seconded to the Home Office to help with a review of policing in England and Wales. In early 2008 she won election as the President of the International Union of Socialist Youth, a role which saw her spend time in countries such as Jordan, Israel, Algeria and China.
  • kiv the "kiwi dream"
  • Jacinda Ardern, a former Cabinet Office civil servant, is to become the new prime minister of New Zealand at the head of a coalition government following elections in September.http://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/news/former-cabinet-office-civil-servant-jacinda-ardern-becomes-prime-minister-new-zealand
- early settlers

  • John Plimmer (28 June 1812 – 5 January 1905) was an English settler and entrepreneur in New Zealand who has been called the "Father of Wellington".Plimmer was born at a village called in contemporary accounts "Upton-under-Amon" near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England on 28 June 1812, youngest but one of 12 children of Isaac Plimmer, builder and timber merchant, and his wife Mary (nee Roden). He arrived at Wellington from England on the ship Gertrude in 1841. As an entrepreneur in 1851 he purchased the stranded whaling ship Inconstant and converted the hull into a warehouse and one of the first piers in Wellington. It became known as "Plimmer's Ark", a centre of business in early Wellington, used as an auction house, customs office and lighthouse. He was a member of the Wellington Provincial Council from 1856 to 1857, the first Wellington Town Board (1863) and was on the Wellington City Council from 1870 to 1871. His principal public service was the organisation of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company between 1880 and 1886. The township (now a suburb) of Plimmerton, on the Wellington - Manawatu Line built by the company, was named after him.
  • china daily 13oct18  


National Flag
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/11194486/New-Zealanders-to-vote-on-flag-change-in-2016.html, http://www.chinadailyasia.com/news/2014-03/11/content_15124125.html, http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21629513-john-key-pushes-national-rebranding-clashing-sunset

Tpp
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20160205/00180_001.html TPP部分內容被指對美國等大國有利，損害弱勢國家利益，新西蘭一萬多人在協議簽訂期間示威抗議。

Tax
- tourist related

  • 新西蘭去年公布旅遊稅計劃，國會日前通過開徵遊客稅法案，定於今年七月一日生效。外國旅客除支付簽證費外，亦需繳交三十五新西蘭元（約一百八十港元）的遊客稅。新措施適用於逗留不超過十二個月的外國旅客，香港等免簽證地區及國家，亦需要支付遊客稅，不過澳洲和十六個太平洋島國的遊客，則可獲豁免。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190605/00180_023.html
- online purchases
  • A goods and services tax will be charged on overseas purchases such as music and e-books from October next year, New Zealand's revenue minister said on Monday. Todd McClay said the proposed measures, contained in a tax bill, will apply a GST to cross-border "remote" services supplied by offshore suppliers to New Zealand-resident consumers. The measures will require the offshore supplier to register and return a GST on these supplies. The bill includes products such as e-books, music, videos and software bought from offshore websites. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2015-11/17/content_22468392.htm
fdi
- 新西蘭政府周二宣布，將收緊對外來投資者的投資限制，規定外國人購買新西蘭戰略資產時，必須能證明對新西蘭有利。一旦認為投資有損國家安全或公眾利益時，將有權拒絕交易，新西蘭政府強調新措施並非針對中國投資者。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191121/00178_014.html

foreign owned properties
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2014-12/05/content_19028572.htm The New Zealand government rebuffed moves to start a register of foreign homebuyers on Thursday 
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/new-zealand-foreigners-buy-property-ban-coalition-talks-prime-minister-jacinda-arden-a8017261.html Foreigners are set to be banned from buying houses in New Zealand as part of a phase of new policies outlined by Prime Minister-elect Jacinda Ardern. The 37-year-old, who was elected as part of a coalition government on 23 September, said the new plan was designed to stop rising house prices and will apply to non-residents.
-  新西蘭房屋部長特懷福德（Phil Twyford）周三宣布，新西蘭政府將於今日正式頒布新法例，限制海外買家購買現有房屋，該新法將於明年初實施。根據《海外投資法》新修訂的條例規定，「住宅」將被分類為「敏感」類別，意味海外買家無法購買現房。但若海外買家能證明購房後將在新西蘭長期居住及生活，可獲豁免，惟他們離開新西蘭後，需將房產出售。持有新西蘭居留簽證者，只要能證明購買後能增加住房供應，為新西蘭帶來利益，仍可申請購買住宅用地，但相關申請將由海外投資辦公室進行評估及審批。新西蘭及澳洲公民則不受新立法影響。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171214/00178_017.html

Road safety
- ww.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1720797/new-zealand-presses-road-safety-tourists-after-hong-kong-family-dies

Zealandia?
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39000936 In a paper published in the Geological Society of America's Journal,researchers explain that Zealandia measures five million sq km (1.9m sq miles) which is about two thirds of neighbouring Australia.Some 94% of that area is underwater with only a few islands and three major landmasses sticking out above the surface: New Zealand's North and South Islands and New Caledonia.

folk song
- This ancient canoe-hauling chant is now most often chanted as a 'haka pōwhiri' to symbolically pull the 'canoe' of the visitors safely onto the marae.http://www.folksong.org.nz/toia_mai/index.html

  • https://www.facebook.com/NZHCFiji/videos/287161475308270/?t=133



indigenous people
- maori

  • Tongariro National Park stretches around the massif of the three active volcanoes Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Tongariro. There are a number of Māori religious sites within the park, [2] and many of the park's summits, including Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu, are tapu, or sacred.[3] The park includes many towns around its boundary including Ohakune, Waiouru, Horopito, Pokaka, Erua, National Park Village, Whakapapa skifield and Turangi. The mountain summits are of great significance to the local Māori. In 1886 in order to prevent the selling of the mountains to European settlers, the local Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi had the mountains surveyed in the Native Land Court and then set aside (whakatapua) as a reserve in the names of certain chiefs one of whom was Te Heuheu Tukino IV (Horonuku), the most significant chief of the Māori Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi. Later the peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and parts of Mount Ruapehu, were conveyed to The Crown on 23 September 1887, on condition that a protected area was established there.
  • Rewi Alley新西蘭毛利酋長路易．曼尼亞波托 Rewi Maniapoto
  • 十九世纪六十年代，这位英勇善战的酋长，率领毛利人抗击英国殖民军。二十世纪三十年代末至四十年代初，为抵抗日本侵略军，他发起中国工业合作运动（Gung Ho），同样高声喊出：“一起干（Working Together）！”艾黎说，我已经写了许多有关内地发展工业的材料，但我将按照在整个非敌佔区，建立一系列小工业合作社的设想重新改写。那天晚上，艾黎打字到半夜，让办公室人员打出几份拷贝。第二天下午，斯诺夫妇又做了一些改动。斯诺把这份文稿，连同多张上海工厂遭到破坏照片，一起送给《密勒氏评论报》（China Weekly Review）主编鲍威尔（J. B. Powell）印刷。小册子主要内容，包括中国生产问题调查及建立工业合作社总战略。斯诺散发给上海各界人士传阅。一九三八年四月，第一个工业合作社促进委员会在上海成立，成员有梁士纯、胡愈之、卢广绵、银行家徐新六等。艾黎制定徽章时，想出一个名称“工合”，意即“一起干！”英国驻华大使阿奇博尔德．克拉克─克尔爵士（Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr）也收到小册子。斯诺在一次关于“工合”的谈话中，赢得了他的同情。起初，阿奇博尔德对该计划能否得到国共双方贊同这一点没有把握。但是，当谈到宋庆龄百分之百支持，宋子文也答应以私人银行家身份给予帮助时，他被说服了。阿奇博尔德一到武汉，就向宋美龄与澳洲顾问端纳（W.H.Donald），兜售这一设想。这两个人，是国民党抗日派中强而有力人物。显然，这个计划符合宋美龄心意。她说：“把路易．艾黎找来这里，让我们把这个运动搞起来！”那天晚上，艾黎登上去香港的“皇后”号（Empress）轮船。宋庆龄告诉他，宋子文将在香港安排好一架飞机，次日送他去武汉。在武汉，行政院副院长兼财政部长孔祥熙的态度半冷不热。经济部长翁文灏把艾黎叫去，解释说中国当然需要工业，但不需要一个合作社工业运动；中国的老百姓亲共，把经济大权放在他们手里不行。一天，孔祥熙在汉口江边银行董事会会议室召集一次聚会，找来好几位长江下游老实业家，端纳也参加了。孔祥熙的意思是，在江苏实业家穆藕初领导下，组成一个委员会，来考虑敌后安全地区建立哪种工业，才是银行的可靠投资对象。至于战时“工合”的想法，显然丢开不提了。然而，讨论还未开始，宋美龄怒气沖沖地闯了进来，要艾黎与端纳跟她走。下楼来到一间私人会客室，宋美龄让端纳去请孔祥熙下来，冲着他便说：“你已经毁掉我打算进行的每一项计划。但是，这一次你毁不了。”她要求马上给“工合”开绿灯，“明天早上，艾黎必须得到全部授权。”
  • people
  •  新西蘭國家黨國會議員羅斯（Jami-Lee Ross）周二舉行記者會，指控其黨領袖布里奇斯（Simon Bridges）隱瞞從一名華裔富商收取十萬紐元（約五十一萬港元）的政治捐款，以協助更多華人當選國會議員，布里奇斯及該華商均否認事件。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181020/00180_018.html
  • scottish roots
  •  Sir Āpirana Turupa Ngata (3 July 1874 – 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori cultureand language.One of 15 children, Ngata was born in Te Araroa (then called Kawakawa), a small coastal town about 175 km (109 mi) north of Gisborne, New Zealand.[1] His iwi was Ngāti Porou. His father was Paratene Ngata, a tribal leader and expert in traditional lore, and his mother was Katerina Naki, the daughter of an itinerant Scot, Abel Knox.[2] Ngata was greatly influenced both by his father and by his great-uncle Ropata Wahawaha (who had led loyal kupapa Ngāti Porou forces against their Pai Mārire enemy (commonly known as Hauhau) in the East Cape War and later Te Kooti's escapees from the Chatham Islands).[3] Ngata was raised in a Māori environment, speaking the Māori language, but his father also ensured that Ngata learnt about the Pākehā world, believing that this understanding would be of benefit to Ngāti Porou.
  • Maori language
  • Pākehā (or Pakeha; Māori pronunciation: [ˈpɑːkehɑː] or English pronunciation: /ˈpɑːkɪhɑː/) is a Māori language term for New Zealanders who are "of European descent".[1] Recently, the word has been used to refer inclusively either to fair-skinned persons or any non-Māori New Zealander. Papa'a has a similar meaning in Cook Islands Māori.
  •  Tikanga is a Māori concept with a wide range of meanings — culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, mechanism, method, protocol, style. Generally taken to mean "the Māori way of doing things", it is derived from the Māori word tika meaning 'right' or 'correct'.
  •  https://www.quora.com/How-is-the-Maori-language-similar-to-the-Taiwanese-language

  • religion
  • ?!https://www.quora.com/Who-was-the-first-person-on-earth-1 

  • chinese
  • china daily 17jul19 NZ maori boy shares reading chinese joy

History
- New Zealand was not colonised by conquest. In pre-colonial times NZ was a hotbed of tribal warfare. Slavery, killing and cannibalism were rife among the tribes. Early traders introduced rum and muskets and took smoked human heads, flax and sex in exchange. The trading settlement at Kororareka (nowadays Russell) in the Bay of Islands, became known as the “Hell hole of the Pacific”. Under the influence of early missionaries who introduced European crops, trees, animals and farming methods, many Maori realised that there was a greater world out there. Around 1820, one prominent chief, Hongi Hika, travelled to London and actually met King George IV. He also studied British governance and ‘cottoned on’ to the idea of ‘One Country, One King’. No prizes for guessing who the King would be. George showered Hongi with presents, including muskets and a suit of armour. On his trip home, the ship visited Sydney and Hongi traded all his presents except the muskets and armour for more muskets and gunpowder. Hongi’s tribe, the Ngapuhi, the northern-most in NZ, were already one of the most powerful and armed with muskets, set about conquering everyone they could. Hongi styled himself “the Napoleon of the North.” He was fairly successful, until during a battle , he was wearing only the breastplate of the armour and a musket ball struck him in the back, killing him. By this time the “musket wars” as they are known, were widespread and killing, to settle ancient scores, was on an unprecedented scale. Many thousands died. By the late 1830’s the missionaries had persuaded many tribes that their only hope of survival was to join the British Empire, for protection. After some negotiation, the British Government, who didn’t really want the cost of another colony in that vicinity (they already had several in Australia) were persuaded to accept Maori into the Empire as British Subjects. On February 6, 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, between leading tribal chieftains and Capt. William Hobson RN as the Queens Representative and New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire. Slavery and cannibalism were outlawed. (Queen Victoria was not amused by such goings-on.) So, the colonisation of NZ differed from the rest of the world in that Maori asked for permission to join the Empire and under the Treaty of Waitangi were guaranteed equal citizenship as subjects of Queen Victoria. Ultimately, by the 1860’s some dirty work by crooked businessmen and corrupt politicians, backed up by troops, saw many tribes stripped of some land, which they did not take lying down and a series of ‘land wars’ ensued for a decade or so. Ultimately, peace was enforced, but the losses of land rankled within Maoridom and it wasn’t until a protest movement persuaded the Government of the day, in the 1980’s to redress these matters under the “Treaty of Waitangi Commission” and compensation is still on-going today. To the best of my knowledge, Maori seeking colonisation in the British Empire was unique in the era of colonisation, and the modern day Governmental redressing of colonial misdeeds and land seizures, is also unique in the world.https://www.quora.com/Why-was-the-colonization-of-New-Zealand-so-different-from-the-rest-of-the-New-World
- The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs (rangatira) from the North Island of New Zealand. It has become a document of central importance to the history, to the political constitution of the state, and to the national mythos of New Zealand, and has played a major role in framing the political relations between New Zealand's government and the Māori population, especially from the late-20th century.The Treaty was written at a time when the New Zealand Company, acting on behalf of large numbers of settlers and would-be settlers, were establishing a colony in New Zealand, and when some Māori leaders had petitioned the British for protection against French incursions. It was drafted with the intention of establishing a British Governor of New Zealand, recognising Māori ownership of their lands, forests and other possessions, and giving Māori the rights of British subjects. It was intended by the British Crown to ensure that when Lieutenant Governor William Hobson subsequently made the declaration of British sovereignty over New Zealand.

Xenophobic?
- http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11613419 A spate of violent attacks on Asian students in Auckland has raised concerns that offenders see the victims as easy targets. Six young people were left bloodied, battered and terrified after the assaults. Auckland Mayor Len Brown has requested a briefing, and concerns have also been raised with Police Minister Judith Collins. The attacks - all in public places and mainly carried out during daylight hours - came as Thai authorities warned citizens of the dangers of such incidents in New Zealand.
Auckland City Police's Inspector Joe Tipene, who oversees Maori, Pacific and ethnic services, said the attacks were worrying and arrests were made in two of the cases.No further arrests have been made today in relation to the attacks but police said this evening they were following very positive lines of enquiry in both the Oakley Creek incident and the Albert Park incidents.

EU
- fta

  • http://en.cncnews.cn/news/v_show/65372_New_Zealand-EU_FTA_scoping_paper.shtml New Zealand on Sunday released an information paper on the scope of the proposed free trade agreement between New Zealand and the EU.


UK
- http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21716620-how-new-zealand-coped-loss-preferential-access-its-biggest THE future of British trade after Brexit is shrouded in uncertainty. It is an unprecedented process, so it is hard to know where to look for clues as to how it may work out. One possibility is a country whose trading patterns were perhaps more disrupted than any other’s by Britain’s accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973: New Zealand.

afghanistan
- 七十一歲退休工程師哈吉是基督城的阿富汗社區領袖，他不幸在恐襲中身亡。友人表示，哈吉因救他而喪生。哈吉兒子納比及亞馬在法庭外展示亡父的照片，納比悲傷地說：「昨天吃早餐時才見過他，他生前覺得新西蘭是天堂。」https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20190317/00176_012.html

australia
- 新西蘭總理阿德恩與澳洲總理莫里森，昨日在澳洲悉尼召開記者招待會。阿德恩批評澳洲遣返罪犯的政策，指澳洲此舉是在將國內的問題出口。她直指該政策不公平，有損兩國關係；莫里森則指，若外國公民在澳洲被裁定罪名成立，服刑後被送回家是理所當然。阿德恩指，近年約有二千六百名在澳洲居住的新西蘭公民被遣返，當中包括一些罪犯。他們很多自幼已離開新西蘭，在當地沒有家人及住所，以致無法展開新生活。阿德恩促請澳洲只遣返在新西蘭「有家」的人，不要將自己的社會問題及人民出口。但莫里森認為，將服刑後的外國公民送回家，做法沒有問題。新西蘭及澳洲公民可無限期地在兩國生活及工作。但澳洲最高法院近日修例，禁止政府將沒有澳洲公民身份的澳洲原住民罪犯驅逐出境。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200229/00180_034.html

chinese
- migration history

  • https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm A new exhibition, Being Chinese in Aotearoa, has opened at Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi, exploring the stories of Chinese New Zealanders over the last 175 years. Almost 100 rarely seen photographs tell the story, from the first settler, Appo Hocton, who arrived in 1842, to migrants in the 2000s, from pioneering gold miners and merchants to architects and entrepreneurs, from early settlers to established communities.
  • arrowtown in south island of aotearoa, where chinese gold miners arrived in late 1800s https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=822333134834593&
- chinese in nz

  • https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3017692/new-zealand-property-tycoon-ron-hoy-fong-be-prosecuted-bid A company owned by New Zealand property tycoon Ron Hoy Fong, who allegedly encouraged buyers to use fake names and work together to fix prices in Auckland’s residential property market, is facing prosecution from the country’s consumer watchdog in the High Court. New Zealand’s Commerce Commission, in its legal action against Fong’s Ronovation Limited (Ronovationz), accused the company of encouraging real estate price fixing through “bid rigging” and “cartel conduct”. Fong is a third-generation New Zealand-born Chinese, according to his company website. His biography says he first started investing in properties in 1969 and by 2017 had 34 investment properties worth NZ$25 million (US$16.5 million).
  • politicians
  • 新西蘭籍十九歲台裔青年王費雪（Fisher Wang，音譯），近日在羅托魯瓦市（Rotorua）議會選舉中獲得七千零五十八票，成為當地史上最年輕的市議員。新西蘭總理阿德恩上周六晚上更致電王費雪祝賀，與他分享從政經驗。報道指，王費雪的票數於十名市議員中第七，他受訪時透露，上周六下午兩時許剛在麥當勞值完班，便接到市議會秘書長威廉斯來電，威廉斯的口氣冷靜而審慎，他起初還以為自己落選，直到威廉斯說出「恭喜，你當選了」，他才知道自己成為羅托魯瓦市史上最年輕的議員當選人。他形容︰「我接到那通電話時，真的覺得很驚喜。」王費雪又指，自己從小便關心政治，例如看新聞、參與模擬聯合國（model UN）討論等。對於接獲阿德恩來電，王費雪憶述，當時沒有來電顯示，差一點就沒接聽電話。在十五分鐘的通話中，阿德恩詢問他的競選過程，及分享自己從政經驗，建議他不要害怕為自己發聲。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20191017/00178_016.html
  •  該國嚴重詐騙辦公室（SFO）上周一表示，正就總理阿德恩所屬的新西蘭工黨二○一七年收受捐款一事展開調查。紹博當時亦表示，兩名正被起訴的華裔商人、「新西蘭潮屬總會」董事局主席張乙坤及鄭世家曾向該黨捐款。其中張乙坤在該拍賣會上，以購買藝術品的形式，捐出一萬新西蘭元（約五萬港元）；而鄭世家兩年前則捐出一千九百四十新西蘭元（約九千八百六十三港元）。由於兩人捐款低於一萬五千新西蘭元（約七萬六千港元），因此未有作出申報。
    SFO早於二月已針對張乙坤、鄭世家及鄭亨家向反對派國家黨捐款一事，連同國家黨國會議員羅斯提出檢控。眾人涉嫌於二○一七及一八年將兩筆各十萬新西蘭元（約五十萬八千港元）大額捐款拆成小份，藉此避過按選舉條例公開捐款人的身份。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20200721/00180_007.html


China
- http://www.chinadailyasia.com/lifeandart/2016-10/25/content_15515526.html history of chinese migrants
- leaders visit

  • http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/11/21/a08-1121.pdf 國家主席習近平昨日在惠靈頓同新西蘭總理 約 翰 ． 基 舉 行 會談，雙方決定，將中新關係提升為全面戰略夥伴關係，共建中新兩國利益共同體，推動兩國合作不斷邁上新台階。會談後，雙方發表《關於建立全面戰略夥伴關係的聯合聲明》，簽署了氣候變化、電視、教育、南極、金融、旅遊、食品安全等多項雙邊合作文件。據悉，中方將在新西蘭設立中國文化中心，中新還簽署了電視合拍協議，這是中國政府同外國政府簽署的首個電視合拍協議。http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-11/21/content_18951200.htm After a meeting between Xi and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, the two nations signed 10 agreements in areas including climate change, television co-production, Antarctica, education, financing, tourism and food safety., 
  • 中國國家主席習近平周一在北京人民大會堂，會見訪華的新西蘭總理阿德恩。習近平稱雙方要拓展務實合作，中方願支持有實力的企業赴紐投資，並指要加快推進雙邊自貿協定升級的談判，深化兩國經貿關係。同日較早前，阿德恩與國務院總理李克強會晤，雙方就地區問題交換意見，共同見證兩國簽訂稅務、農業、金融，以及科研等領域的多項合作協議。雙方亦同意推動兩國經貿合作升級。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190402/00178_005.html

- senior officials visit

  • http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2069844/china-nz-pledge-support-free-trade-counter-global China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully met in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, on Friday, the day after Wang met the Pacific nation’s prime minister, Bill English.“We were setting the scene for a range of high-level meetings and engagements,” McCully said on Friday.
- association

  • 新西蘭中國友好協會http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170827/PDF/a16_screen.pdf

- fta
  •  http://www.chinadailyasia.com/business/2016-11/22/content_15529643.html China and New Zealand have agreed to start first round talks to upgrade their bilateral free trade agreement in the first half of 2017, adding service trade, e-commerce and agricultural cooperation, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. Other issues including market competition policies, trade technical barriers, customs procedures, trade facilitation measures and rules of origin will also be negotiated next year, the ministry said in an online statement.
- New Zealand's CG in Chengdu opened http://www.hkcd.com.hk/pdf/201411/1113/Hz18B13CHAA.pdf,
http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2014/11/13/a15-1113.pdf
- military
  •  http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201806/11/WS5b1e64b4a31001b82571f5e0.html China and New Zealand's air forces will conduct a bilateral joint exercise from Monday to June 21 in New Zealand, the People's Liberation Army Air Force announced on Monday.
- movement of natural persons
  •  11月17日开始，新西兰海关将正式对中国公民开放自助通关（eGate）服务，带有电子芯片的中国护照只需要10秒钟就可以出入境新西兰。据介绍，使用eGate自助通关服务只需按照自助通关机屏幕上的提示，将自己带有电子芯片的中国护照个人信息页放入自助通关上，仅两秒钟，机器就能辨认 出护照身份，第一道闸门随之打开。经过第一道闸门之后，自助通关门提示拍照并进行面部识别，过了五秒钟之后，系统对比成功，通关门自动打开。在约十秒的时 间里，就可以通过新西兰海关，正式入境。新西兰自2009年起开始使用自助通关（SmartGate）电子护照及面相识别技术以来，已 经有2400万人享受了自助通关的便利。SmartGate系统经过升级后，成为现在的eGate自助快速通关系统。此前，只有新西兰、澳洲、美国、加拿 大和英国护照持有者，才能够享受eGate自助通关服务。新西兰海关在经过一年多的测试后，从11月17日起，中国护照持有人将成为又一享受该项便利措施 的人群。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20171120/PDF/a7_screen.pdf
- industrial park
  • 新西兰首个“一带一路”产业园14日与中国检验认证集团新西兰公司签署战略合作协议，内容主要包括对园区内的乳品、肉类、水果、海产品等进行检验、鉴定、认证、测试，提供仓储物流监管、跨境交易、产品展示、电子商务等贸易综合服务，帮助入驻园区的企业降低成本、提升效率。产业园项目一期投资1亿美元，分为空港物流园区和海港物流园区。据项目负责人介绍，空港物流园位于奥克兰机场附近，含三座冷库和恆温库，以及筹备建设的新西兰首个无人操作的“智慧仓”，配备无人分拣系统服务跨境电商；海港物流园位于丰盛湾西南陶朗加市，陶朗加港是新西兰最大的出口港。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170816/PDF/a9_screen.pdf
- financial

  • http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-01/11/content_27924595.htm One of the world's biggest asset finance and leasing companies, China-based HNA Group, has purchased its first foothold in New Zealand. ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd, one of New Zealand's biggest commercial banks, said Wednesday that HNA had agreed to buy its asset finance business, UDC Finance, for NZ$660 million($461.47 million).
- technology

  • scmp 2dec18 ban on huawei sour china new zealand ties

- aviation

  • http://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2015-09/17/content_21904627.htm The New Zealand government is to help fund the promotion of a new air service between South China and New Zealand's second largest city of Christchurch as it continues its recovery from the earthquakes five years ago. The government would invest NZ$1.5 million ($956,250) over three years to support Christchurch International Airport's promotion of a new direct air service with Guangzhou, Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key said Thursday.
- agricultural land

  • http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20151013/00178_003.html 上海鵬欣去年下半年申請收購該個位於北島中部小鎮陶波附近、面積約一萬四千公頃的牧場，隨即引起新西蘭各界熱議，新西蘭公眾對外資收購土地資源非常敏感。雖然新西蘭海外投資辦公室已允許相關的Lochinver牧場交易，但新西蘭政府隨後發表聲明稱，對於新西蘭所能獲得的收益不滿意，故否決上海鵬欣收購牧場的申請。上海鵬欣對此感意外。而出售牧場的Stevenson Group稱，不清楚該牧場與其他獲批出售的牧場有何區別。
    上海鵬欣為首個在新西蘭收購農場的中國企業，二○一二年申請收購克拉法（Crafar）集團十六個奶牛農場時，亦曾被叫停。
- frozen meat
  •  The first shipment of frozen meat imported from New Zealand arrived in Central China's Zhengzhou city, Henan province, on Monday. The shipment, 13 tons of nine different types of meat, departed Tauranga Port on Aug 8 and arrived in Qingdao Port on Sept 2 before being transported by refrigerated truck to Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou is home to China's first inland port for imported meat. The port follows a 7-day-24-hour working system, which slashes inspection time to seven to ten days from 30 days in coastal ports.The Chinese government reached an agreement with New Zealand in March on importing frozen meat. The shipment was the first imported by an inland port. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-09/13/content_31932831.htm

- kiwi

  • http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-04/23/content_24778843.htm One of New Zealand's largest producers of kiwifruit is considering the possibility of growing its variety of the fruit in China as part of a plan to source it from local growers and ensure a year-round supply. Zespri International Ltd announced the plan on Thursday in Shanghai at the launch of the 2016 kiwifruit season, which is expected to set a record for sales.
  • http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-04/10/content_28856785.htmDespite the name, kiwifruit is not native to New Zealand, but originally comes from China. Seeds were brought across the Pacific to New Zealand in the early 20th century by Isabel Fraser, principal of Wanganui Girls' College, who had been visiting missionary schools in China. They were planted by a local nurseryman and the vines first fruited in 1910. People thought the fruit had a gooseberry flavor and began to call it the "Chinese gooseberry."The FTA has created mutually beneficial concessions in the trade of goods, services and investment, including lowering of tariffs for fruits. For example, on kiwifruit, China started to gradually lower its 20 percent tariff since 2008 at a rate of about 2 percent each year, before it became tariff-free in 2016.
- dairy
  • New Zealand-based milk producer a2 Milk Company will invest in marketing and improving product quality, in hopes of tapping the tremendous consumer demand for high-quality milk in China. a2 Milk Company currently distributes its a2 Platinum infant formula and a2 Milk through major cross border e-commerce channels and 4,000 mother and baby retail stores in China.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2017-11/22/content_34839270.htm
  • allied faxi new zealand china daily 13may19
- food safety

  • http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-12/12/content_19070476.htm The New Zealand government is hoping for a stronger alignment of food safety approaches with China after a visit by officials from the China Food and Drug Administration. Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew said after meeting the five officials on Thursday that the countries were strengthening their understanding of each other's food safety systems. The CFDA officials are in New Zealand on the last leg of a 10-week scholarship program during which they are interning at quality and research organizations to see "New Zealand's food safety systems at work", Goodhew said in a statement.
  • signing mou with shenzhen food sanitary agency http://www.hkcd.com.hk/pdf/201602/0225/HZ20225CHBB.pdf
  • http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-11/15/content_27378089.htm China signed a landmark agreement with New Zealand on Monday that will see the countries recognize each other's standards for organic products. The deal is the first of its kind for China and will boost development of the domestic organic industry and bilateral trade, according to the Certification and Accreditation Administration. Sun Dawei, head of the administration, and Martyn Dunne, director-general of New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries, inked the agreement in Beijing. According to the agreement, organic products exported from New Zealand will have a certificate from the ministry, while those heading the other way will be certified by the Chinese administration, removing the need for lengthy checks at their destination.

- ski
  • 黑龍江亞布力滑雪場場長周軼雲說，學校引進新西蘭滑雪教學體系和國際滑雪學校的經營理念，開展國際化專業培訓，創建具有國際水準的滑雪指導員考評體系，同時將為亞布力滑雪場開發更完善、優質的滑雪教學產品體系。王春露表示，中國滑雪協會將大力推動社會滑雪指導員隊伍發展，這也是一個非常巨大的工程。由於我國還沒有屬於自己的滑雪教學體系，所以我們要引進國外先進的教學體系，目前正在規劃當中。黑龍江省體育局產業辦副主任張強介紹，目前黑龍江省體育局已經和新西蘭合作，將新西蘭的聯盟體系借鑒過來，經過兩到三年的磨合，着力為中國滑雪協會建立一個本土體系，再建立一個滑雪指導員聯盟，進而加盟到國際體系當中去。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/02/17/a19-0217.pdf

- investors from china

  • http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20150915/PDF/b4_screen.pdf 上海梅林（600073）昨日公告，擬逾三億新西蘭元（約12.55億元人民幣）收購新西蘭的第二大農產品出口商—Silver Fern Farms Beef Limited及其子公司的全部經營性資產和業務50%權益。上海梅林表示，擬購入的資產與公司的業務相配合，可望將上海梅林打造成集牛羊肉資源、屠宰、加工、批發、零售為一體的綜合性肉類專業平台。　上海梅林透過全資子公司的上海梅林（香港）進行有關收購。收購後將對Silver Fern Farms Beef Limited進行增資，增資後與其原股東Silver Fern Farms Limited將各持50%股份。　本次交易的資金來源為自有資金及銀行貸款，其中自有資金佔比不低於50%。公司已與相關銀行進行洽商並達成了基本融資意向，並將在正式簽署融資協議後及時公告本次融資安排的後續進展情況。　據介紹，上海梅林收購的公司是新西蘭的第二大農產品出口商，僅次於恆天然公司，牛肉業務佔新西蘭市場份額的第一，羊肉業務佔新西蘭市場份額的第二，鹿肉業務佔新西蘭市場份額的第一。　通過是次收購，上海梅林將擁有經營能力良好、優質牛羊肉產業鏈的相關資產，實現控制國外優質牛羊肉上游資源的戰略佈局。　公司將打造成集牛羊肉資源、屠宰、加工、批發、零售為一體的綜合性肉類專業平台。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20151017/PDF/b3_screen.pdf光明集團海外收購再下一城。新西蘭最大肉聯企業銀蕨農場（Silver Fern Farms）股東昨日經過投票，最終同意光明食品（集團）收購該公司半數股權。本次交易金額或達6億美元（約合38.1億元人民幣），並計劃於2016年3月至6月間完成。　　光明食品旗下上海梅林（600073）自今年8月18日起停牌。根據9月8日發佈公告，上海梅林及相關各方正在就重大資產重組事項進行磋商、調查、審計、估值等工作。上海梅林近日正式宣佈，擬投資銀蕨農場50%股份。惟交易仍需獲得中國監管機構，以及新西蘭海外投資辦公室的批准。　　資料顯示，銀蕨農場成立於1948年，為新西蘭最大的綜合性肉類食品加工企業。去年公司營收總額上漲5.4%，達到5.61億美元，屠宰量超過73.5萬頭，創下2004年以來新高。根據公司上月向投資人士披露的資訊，今年税前毛利有望達到7500萬至8500萬紐元（摺合約3.015至3.42億元人民幣）。　　新西蘭為全球重要的肉類食品出口國，超過80%的羊肉和牛肉用於出口，為該國第二大出口產品。與此同時，中國是新西蘭牛羊肉出口重要市場。根據新西蘭牛羊肉協會的統計，2014至2015年中國進口新西蘭牛肉超過四萬噸，僅次於美國；而進口羊肉超過七萬噸，成為最大海外市場。http://www.reuters.com/article/us-silverfern-equity-bright-food-grp-idUSKCN11Q18U
  • http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20160313/PDF/a5_screen.pdf 全國政協港澳台僑委員會副主任、香港富華國際集團董事局主席陳麗華率領集團在新西蘭投資兩億新幣（約十億元人民幣），投資建設五星級酒店，並於三月九日舉行酒店開工儀式，建成後將成為當地的標誌性建築，把“一帶一路”付諸實踐。　陳麗華表示，今年兩會期間，習近平主席在多個場合為企業家們鼓勁，鼓勵企業走出去；李克強總理在政府工作報告中也特別指出要紮實推進“一帶一路”建設，堅持共商共建共享，將“一帶一路”建設成為和平友誼紐帶、共同繁榮之路。作為愛國企業家，有責任也有義務響應國家號召，緊跟國家政策向海外發展，為早日實現“中國夢”不懈努力。　她説，一直以來，中國與新西蘭保持長期友好關係，雙方在政治、經濟、文化、教育等各個方面交往頻繁；另外，新西蘭優美的自然環境、優越的區位優勢，吸引遊客每年快速遞增。綜合考量多個國家和多種因素，富華集團最終決定投資新西蘭。　　陳麗華介紹，這個項目是新西蘭目前最大的一個海外投資基建項目，位於新西蘭最大城市奧克蘭海濱金融區核心位置，由富華國際集團投資開發、中國公司與新西蘭公司共同承建、柏悦國際酒店集團管理經營，2018年酒店建成後將成為當地的標誌性建築，能夠滿足來這座美麗海濱城市高品位商務人士和休閒旅遊人士的需求，併為當地發展創收，帶來可觀的經濟效益。
  • http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2016-03/17/content_23905448.htm City believes the Chinese company is the right partner for high-end hoteldevelopment. The $200 million investment by Beijing-based property developer Fu WahInternational Group in the five-star Park Hyatt Auckland serves as a strong signalthat Chinese investors have growing interest in global hotel property market,industry experts said. It is one of the largest foreign investments in New Zealand's tourism infrastructure.
  • 新西蘭最大城市奧克蘭一間中菜館近日生意大受影響，全因當地議會系統出錯，誤將該餐廳的食品衞生等級由A級變成D級。雖然當局已更正錯誤，但老闆擔心聲譽已受損，就算澄清仍被質疑。市議會目前已向幾間誤評為D級的餐廳道歉，但餐館協會認為單單道歉並不足夠。受害的「一品香上海菜館」於二○一四年開業。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180308/00178_025.html
  • property
  • http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/76749334/chinese-company-buys-waitaki-valley-castle Chinese company Richina has bought heritage-listed buildings and land in the Waitaki Valley for an education business. Affiliate company NZHouseChina's general manager, Rene Bros, confirmed on Wednesday Richina had bought the former Otakekaike Special School, also known as Campbell Park, for an undisclosed sum.  The land includes former owner and sheep runholder the late Robert Campbell's baronial style 1876 house, cottages, stables and a woolshed as well as more than a dozen classrooms, dormitories and other educational buildings.
- culture
  • 中國國家京劇院副院長、藝術指導于魁智和中國國家京劇院一團團長李勝素，隨國務院僑務辦公室「文化中國．四海同春」藝術團，抵達新西蘭第一大城市奧克蘭，開啟了長達20天赴新西蘭、斐濟、澳大利亞3國的慰僑演出。據悉，此行已是兩位藝術家連續第8年放棄春節休假，遠赴海外，向華人華僑送去祖國人民的問候和溫暖。由國務院僑務辦公室黨組成員、中國海外交流協會副會長江岩率領的慰僑藝術團分別在奧克蘭Bruce Mason Center劇場為新西蘭華人華僑奉獻了2場獨具中國傳統文化特色的文藝演出。兩位藝術家連續演唱了四段京劇經典唱段，盡展風采--現代京劇《白毛女》選段《歡歡喜喜過個年》，傳統名段《四郎探母》「坐宮」對唱，交響京劇《我是中國人》以及交響京劇《蝶戀》。淺灰色中山裝、紅底金飾旗袍，于魁智、李勝素一出場便匯聚滿堂華彩；金聲玉振的京腔京韻，或淺吟低唱，或疾風流轉，將中華民族綿延久長的喜慶和祝福傳遍劇場內外，傳遍觀眾心間。台下更是滿坑滿谷，座無虛席，觀眾人數創下奧克蘭有史以來中國演出之最。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/02/17/a28-0217.pdf
  • http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2017-04/05/content_28802801.htm New Zealand Chinese Cultural Center, which has been working to introduce Chinese cultural elements to the local public, signed a memorandum with Wellington's Whitireia New Zealand to open an optional course of Chinese dance in the government-funded tertiary institute of technology.
- spy

  • 英國《金融時報》和新西蘭獨立媒體「Newsroom」報道，五十五歲新西蘭執政國家黨華裔國會議員楊健，已成為當地安全情報局（SIS）的調查目標。他因為在中國出生，並曾在中國解放軍情報學校讀書及任教達十年而受到懷疑。楊健表示，他忠於新西蘭，中國外交部則表示不評論他國內政。楊健在中國出生，畢業於被外界視為中國精英軍事間諜搖籃的解放軍洛陽外語學院，並在該院校擔任講師，為期達十年。楊健於廿三年前入籍新西蘭，二○一一年當選國會議員，多次出訪中國並參與兩國高層外交會議。他被指立場親中，不時提倡與中方建立更緊密夥伴關係。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170914/00178_007.html The allegations stem from a joint investigation by the Financial Times and New Zealand's Newsroom. They say Mr Yang, who was elected in 2011, was investigated for the decade he spent in China, where he received military and intelligence training at so-called "spy schools". The media organisations said he had not disclosed his work as a teacher at China's top linguistics academy for military intelligence officers. But Prime Minister Bill English defended his party's MP, and told reporters he was aware of Jian Yang's background.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41256914 Yang has been a lawmaker with New Zealand’s ruling National Party since 2011. His current portfolio covers ethnic communities, and he previously sat on the select committee for foreign affairs, defence and trade.http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/2110979/new-zealand-politician-says-he-taught-chinese-spies-hes-loyal
- new zealands in china

  • http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20171105/PDF/a18_screen.pdf抗戰結束後，美國援助減少，新西蘭捐款佔整個學 校預算的百分之四十。許多教職人員來自新西蘭，比如 羅伯特．司賓賽夫婦（Dr. Robert and Barbara Spencer ），幫助建起一所農村醫院；喬治．馬森夫婦（ George and Naireen Mason）在運輸組工作；約翰．本 尼特（John Bonnet）指導化學研究；魏米思（Max Wilkinson）是農業專家，他們均由新西蘭海外救濟總署 （CORSO）派遣來到山丹。今年十二月初，路易．艾黎誕辰一百二 十周年紀念活動，將在新西蘭舉行，中國派代表團出席 。四月，中國也舉辦了紀念艾黎系列活動，莫里斯．艾 黎（Maurice Alley）率領家族成員參加。
- cny celebrations

  • 新西蘭今年度的「歡樂春節」活動，周二在惠靈頓揭幕，三百多名來自歐、亞、非各族裔的居民與當地華人一同參與，樂在其中。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180203/00180_033.html
  • 新西蘭奧克蘭於上周四至周日舉辦盛大的元宵燈會，同時慶祝中國農曆新年、西方情人節，及預祝中國元宵節。場內有龍及天鵝等動物的造型花燈，也有身穿漢服的人形花燈。當地政府預料，是次元宵燈會可吸引二十五萬人入場。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190217/00180_036.html


Hong Kong
- leaders visit
  • New zealand pm visit food event hket 20may17 a10
- association
  • hk nz business association inc (founded in 1988)
- delegation from New Zealand
  • http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/11/12/a16-1112.pdf潮屬社團總會日前於潮州會館接 待新西蘭政府官員及新西蘭潮屬 總會一行，訪客包括：新西蘭民 族 事 務 部 部 長 Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga、新西蘭駐港總領事 Gabrielle Rush、新西蘭潮屬總會 會長張乙坤等。潮屬社總主席陳 幼南等熱情迎迓，雙方就經貿、 旅遊、商業等進行討論。
- food
  • On 9 October, Consul-General Carl Worker and Deputy Consul-General Shannon Tau paid an introductory call on the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Miss Vivian Lau Lee-kwan, with the Controller of the Centre for Food Safety, Dr Ho Yuk-yin, who recently visited New Zealand, also present. https://www.facebook.com/NZCGHongKong/photos/a.385608321840412/675280176206557/
- ip event in nz

  • in conjunction with New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) and Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), HKNZBA will be co-hosting a business seminar on the 23rd of October, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm about the NZ Secure Exports Scheme (SES). https://www.facebook.com/hknzba/photos/a.873573749372670/2061087437287956/

- investors from hk

  • 东胜旅游（00265）宣布，已与建筑公司Horncastle Homes订立协议，收购新西兰一幅土地，涉及900万纽元，相等于5131万港元。该土地包括位于新西兰奥克兰Silverdale的三幅毗连空置地皮，总面积约为1.57万平方米，现时计划开发作旅客住宿及住宅物业发展项目用途。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20170814/PDF/a6_screen.pdf
  • 胡康邦移民顧問總裁胡康邦表示，不少人以為移民新西蘭十分容易，但站在投資移民層面上，移民新西蘭其實比澳洲更難，原因是資金要求更高，故能夠成功移民的客戶均比較富有。事實上，現時移民新西蘭主要有以下三種渠道。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20190819/00269_002.html


- hk immigrant in nz

  • Hket 8jun17 c12
  •  http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20180409/00269_002.html育有兩名孩子的Sandy指，香港一四年發生佔領事件，加上教育制度問題，令她與丈夫考慮離開香港。後來他們透過I.T.技術移民，申請到新西蘭定居。
- new zealand people in hk

  • 25歲的新西蘭女Molly卻看準香港樓市成交活躍，無懼與本地薑競爭，決意來港做代理搵銀。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/finance/20180924/00269_003.html
  • 曾於新西蘭乳品局工作、 熱愛中國文化的 「鬼佬」 Andrew，二十 多年前隻身來港扎根發展，曾到北京大 學學習中文。最近，他引入鹿茸等新西 蘭國寶級天然保健產品，以香港作為橋 頭堡，進軍大灣區各城市，鎖定短期內 先開拓澳門市場，並為產品設立專門的 二維碼，以便消費者 鑒定產品真偽。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20190926/PDF/a20_screen.pdf

- education
  • 原新西兰驻华大使伍开文（Carl Worker）上月来港履新，就任驻港总领事。伍开文近日应邀到中华基金中学访问，以“新西兰中国与香港：好朋友和好合作伙伴”为题向300多名初中学生演讲。伍开文分享上次来港就任驻港总领事正值1995年至1998年间，他见证了在九七前，香港由英国政府管治，九七香港回归并实行了“一国两制”的歷史时刻。时至今日，观察所及，香港的制度与法制良好，优势持续保持，实在令人赞嘆！http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20171023/PDF/b9_screen.pdf
- hk festival

  • august 2018

- news supp
  • scmp 22sep17 australia and new zealand special


Event
- Taste of Auckland in Western Springs
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