October 2017 Issue: Who Is Your Nightmare?
When did you last have a nightmarish glimpse into the future? For Duncan Garner, it came at Kmart while he was buying his undies. He […]
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September 2017 Issue: How the Other Quarter Votes
Only two days until the excitement of election night! Policies have been announced, personalities have been dissected, now all that is left is to vote. […]
August 2017 Issue: Election Fever
As the saying goes, “a week is a long time in politics”. In the course of 7 days, Jacinda Ardern became Labour leader and Metiria Turei […]
July 2017 Issue: An Asian’s Place in New Zealand
We recently went to Auckland Museum’s “Being Chinese”, an exhibition about Chinese New Zealanders. It is a whirlwind history. It starts from the very first migrant in 1853 (only […]
June 2017 Issue: Crime and Opportunity
It’s been a relatively mild month for New Zealand China things this time around, but there have been a couple bits of noteworthy news. […]
May 2017 Issue: New Election, Same Old Rhetoric
This year’s an election year, which means immigration and the place of Asians in New Zealand is a hot topic again. Unsurprisingly, Winston Peters […]
April 2017 Issue: From China, With Love
The past month saw the announcement and arrival of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to the country. In a press release before his landing, Li quoted Maori proverbs […]
March 2017 Issue: Year of the Rooster
For us at the NZCTA YA, 2017 is a year of both hope and unpredictability. Hope because (most of us) are young, and each […]