Asia Pacific

Auckland Mayor Len Brown says Korea is a major opportunity for export-focused Auckland businesses and wants Auckland to look to Korea as an example of successful strategic economic development. Len Brown is leading 17 Auckland businesses on a trade mission to Korea and Taiwan. In Korea, the delegation visited Auckland’s partner cities of Busan and Pohang, and the economic powerhouse, …

If New Zealand wants to remain competitive and continue to produce leaders that thrive in a global environment, foreign language studies are imperative, writes Alexander Speirs. New Zealand is certainly a distinctive nation. We’re heralded as resilient people, known for our ingenuity, creativity and individuality. However, when it comes to learning foreign languages, we’re unique for all the wrong reasons. …

By Stephen Jacobi So what was actually decided at the 24th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Vladivostok? Not much if you take a glass-half-empty approach. It’s hard to get past the fact that APEC’s role is to be largely a forum for socialising ideas about economic policy that need to be put into practice elsewhere. That’s because unlike the …

London businessman Tim McCready reports on Vladivostok and Russky Island venue for the 2012 Apec Leaders’ Meeting and CEOs Summit.

Prime Minister Helen Clark believes the impact of the international food crisis is the key reason why the Japanese Government has agreed to a ground-breaking study on the benefits of a bilateral free trade agreement. Japan has been rocked by escalating prices for basic foodstuffs which has led to prime imported products like New Zealand butter being in such short …