The grants and activities made by the Asia Foundation for the period July 2014 to June 2015

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Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.

BUSINESS Grant Amount Grant Summary

ASEAN New Zealand Business Council: $7,800 to bring a keynote speaker from Malaysia for the ASEAN Forum 2015 in in August, 2014.

Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce: $5,500 to bring a keynote speaker from China for the China Connection conference in , March, 2015.

India New Zealand Business Council: $10,000 to bring a keynote speaker from India for the India Business Summit 2015 in Auckland, March.

KPMG: $18,000 for two accounting students to undertake an internship in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, between December 2014 and February 2015.

Jack McAuley: $5,000 to undertake an internship with Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan between November 2015 and February 2016.

Dr JC Wang: $4,869.57 to bring a keynote speaker from Taiwan to participate in the Foundation’s seminars in Auckland and Wellington in July 2015.

Jonathan Glassey: $5,300 to undertake an internship with the Kyushu Railway Company in Fukuoka, Japan, between January and February 2015.

Lemongrass Productions: $10,000 for sponsorship of the annual food festival “Taste of Auckland” in November 2015.

Tina Fu: $7,000 to undertake an internship with the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan between November 2015 and February 2016.

ASEAN Young Business Leaders Initiative: $120,000 for a forum to provide an opportunity for New Zealand business leaders and the Foundation’s Leadership Network members to interact with ASEAN Young Business Leaders Initiative participants in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

ARTS AND COMMUNITY

Ahilan Karunaharan: $2,500 for staging ‘The Mourning After’ in Auckland in June 2015.

Andrea Selwood: $2,000 for attending an artist’s residency at Bamboo Curtain Studios, Taipei, Taiwan.

Artspace: $2,000 for hosting the Thai group Lowcostcosplay exhibition in Auckland in October 2014.

Asian Events Trust $2,000 to host international performers for the annual Chinese New Year festival in Wellington in February 2015.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational Curators Tour: $40,000 for New Zealand curators Charlotte Huddleston, Bruce Phillips and Jamie Hanton to travel to Korea, Japan and Taiwan for a three week tour of arts institutions and events in September 2014.

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Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $38,000 for Adam Hayward, Melanie Hamilton and Carol Brown to attend the inaugural Asia New Zealand Foundation Performing Arts Tour to Singapore and Malaysia in August 2015.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $13,735 for Liyen Chong to undertake a three month residency at Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $16,000 for a New Zealand artist to undertake a residency at I: project space, Beijing, China, in April 2016.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $11,500 for a New Zealand artist to undertake a residency at Rimbun Dahan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2016.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $12,530 for New Zealand artist Xin Cheng to undertake a three month artists residency at SeMA Nanji, Seoul, South Korea in October 2015.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $11,000 for a New Zealand artist to undertake a three month residency at Surface Arts in Bangkok, Thailand in 2016.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $16,500 for a New Zealand dance professional to undertake a residency at T.H.E Dance Company in Singapore in 2016.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $11,100 for New Zealand artist Hayley King to undertake a three month residency in Taiwan for the sixth Asia New Zealand Foundation/Taipei Artist Village artist residency exchange in 2015 and for costs associated with the Taiwanese artist who will undertake a residency at Whitireia Polytechnic, Porirua in August-October 2015.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $15,716 for New Zealand artist Eddie Clemens to undertake a residency at Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan between October and December 2015.

Auckland Art Gallery: $3,000 to host Chinese artist Yang Fudong and Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei for exhibitions in 2015-2016.

Auckland Festival Trust: $3,000 to stage ‘The Kitchen’ as part of the 2015 festival.

Auckland Writers and Readers Festival Charitable Trust: $3,000 to bring Asian writers Xinran and Edwin Thumboo to the 2015 festival in May 2015.

AUT University St Paul St Gallery: $2,000 to stage ‘Invisible Energy’ in February and March 2015.

Bevan Shaw: $2,500 to undertake a residency at Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China for two months between March and April 2015.

Biljana Ciric: $1,500 to stage a collaborative exhibition in China in November 2014.

Christchurch Arts Festival Trust: $2,000 to present ‘The Mooncake’ and ‘The Kumara’ as part of the 2015 festival.

Claudia Arozqueta: $2,000 to undertake a residency at Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China, in March 2015.

Damara Sylvester: $1,500 to attend a Butoh dance course in Japan in August 2015.

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Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.

Dance and Physical Theatre Trust: $1,600 to conduct research in Japan in April 2015.

Deborah Lawler-Dormer: $2,000 to travel to South Korea to visit art events in October 2014

Deirdre Tarrant Dance Theatre: $3,500 to host dancers from Hong Kong for a performance as part of the Chinese New Year Festival in Wellington in February 2015.

Dudley Benson: $720 to record koto player Satomi Fukumra for his new album in Auckland in 2015.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery: $5,000 for Director Cam McCracken to undertake a self-arranged tour of selected Asian countries in 2014/2015.

Eleanor Congreve: $2,000 to attend an Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Gwangju, South Korea, in September 2015.

Elise Bishop: $1,000 to attend the Mungyeong Teabowl Festival in South Korea in October 2014.

Ella Becroft: $2,000 to stage a children's play as part of Chinese New Year celebrations in Auckland and Wellington in 2015.

Fiona Amundsen: $2,000 to undertake a residency at Objectifs Center for Photography and Filmmaking in Singapore in January 2015.

Free Theatre Incorporated: $2,000 to towards hosting Chinese composer Gao Ping for the Christchurch Arts Festival in June 2015.

Good Company Arts: $2,000 to participate in the Sound Island Symposium in Singapore in June 2015.

Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival: $2,000 to present the Japanese Music Series as part of the February 2015 festival.

Indian Ink Theatre Company: $2,000 to assist with the costs of one member of the theatre company in delivering the work ‘The Circus at the End of the Earth’ in Hamilton in December 2015.

InkLink Art Studio: $1,500 to run a series of calligraphy workshops as part of the Wellington Chinese New Year festival in February 2015.

Joko Susilo: $2,000 towards hosting guest performers for 20 years of gamelan in the Otago celebrations in in August 2015.

Katrina Thomson: $1,000 to participate in Art Islands Tokyo, Japan, in September 2014.

Kerry Ann Lee: $1,500 to develop a work for the Asia New Zealand Foundation’s ‘Imagine Asia’ exhibition at Pataka, Porirua in February 2015.

Lani-Rain Feltham: $2,000 to travel to Thailand to undertake research for a film project between January and March 2015.

Lisa Chandler: $1,500 to participate in a residency in Singapore in November 2014.

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Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.

Lopdell House Society Inc: $2,300 to host Japanese ceramicist Takeshi Yasuda to judge the Portage Ceramic Awards in Auckland in October 2014.

Lorene Taurerewa: $3,000 to undertake a residency in Nepal between December 2014 and February 2015.

Mark Pulsford: $2,000 to host dancers from Japan for ‘Pacific Skin’ in 2015.

Mark Williams: $2,000 to attend the founding meeting of the International Artist Moving Image Network in Bangalore, India, in December 2014.

Natraj School of Dance: $1,000 to assist the school with their annual public production

New Zealand Academy of Bharata-Natyam: $1,000 to support the dance school's new production of ‘Samarpana’ and its presentation in Wellington.

New Zealand Academy of Bharata-Natyam: $1,000 to host a dancer from India in 2015.

New Zealand Asia Association: $1,000 to organise the biennial Viva Eclectika fusion dance festival in Auckland in September 2015.

New Zealand School of Dance: $3,300 to bring Singaporean choreographer Kuik Swee Boon to Wellington to teach students his work for their graduation season between June and November 2015.

New Zealand Barok Inc: $1,700 to host Japanese concertmaster Ryo Terakado for their Auckland concert between July and August 2015.

Pretty Asian Theatre Company: $1,400 to conduct a workshop to develop a play "Orientation" in Auckland in January 2015.

RM Project: $2,000 to host an artist from Asia for a residency programme in 2015.

Raewyn Turner and Brian Harris: $2,000 to undertake a residency in Udaipur in November 2014.

Renee Liang: $3,500 to stage a new play ‘Under the Same Moon’ as part of the Chinese New Year Festival in Wellington in February 2015.

Shigeyuki Kihara: $2,000 to travel to Korea to participate in the Daegu Photo Biennale in September-October 2014.

Taranaki International Arts Festival: $6,000 for the Tauranga Arts Festival and the Nelson Arts Festival to present ‘The Mooncake’ and ‘The Kumara’ in 2015.

Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts: $2,000 to stage an exhibition alongside the Taipei International Book Exhibition in February 2015.

The Auckland Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC): $2,500 towards the presentation of the New Works Festival in Auckland between June and July 2015.

The Physics Room: $3,000 to stage a collaborative exhibition with OCAT China in Christchurch in 2015.

Tiffany Singh: $2,000 to assist with costs of creating a short film to go with her work ‘Sayapatri’, which was exhibited as part of the Asia New Zealand Foundation's 20th Anniversary exhibition at Pataka Musuem + Art, Porirua in February 2015. 5

Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.

UNITEC Institute of Technology: $3,000 to support John Pusateri to participate in the annual Taipei Artist Village Residency/Unitec exchange.

University of Otago: $1,000 to host a Balinese music group in March 2015.

Victoria University Gamelan Club (Gamelan Padhang Moncar): $2,000 to host a group of performers from Indonesia for an event at Capital E in Wellington in February 2015.

Victoria University Gamelan Club (Gamelan Padhang Moncar): $2,000 to host professional puppeteer Dr Joko Susilo for a performance in Wellington in March 2015, as part of Asia New Zealand Foundation’s Southeast Asian Night Market.

Vitamin S: $2,000 to towards hosting Korean performance artist Kim Kyungmi in Auckland and Christchurch in June 2015.

EDUCATION

Abbey Watt: $4,000 to participate in a university exchange programme to Japan for 20 weeks from September 2015 to February 2016.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $64,000 to fund the Indonesia Cultural Connections Trip in 2015.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $45,150.00 for 12 New Zealand teachers to participate in the Korea Studies Workshop Programme in South Korea in 2015.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $24,390 for eight participants to take part in the Shanghai Business Forum from 17 to 23 May 2015.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $8,000 for travel grants to schools to contribute towards the cost of airfares and teacher relief for low decile school, in order for participants to attend the Shanghai Business Forum.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $50,750 for nine participants (eight teachers and one Leadership Network member) to attend the Tokyo Science and Technology Forum, Japan, in March 2015.

Chilton St James School: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package.

Conny Hsu: $3,000 to participate in a university exchange programme to Japan for six months from March 2015 to August 2015.

Mairangi Bay School: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package.

Mangere Central School: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package.

Nathan Urquhart: $4,000 to participate in a university exchange programme to Japan for 12 months in 2015-2016.

Ngaio School: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package.

Oaklands School: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package.

Otonga School: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package.

Paraparaumu College: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package. 6

Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.

Shaun Lawrence: $5,000 to participate in a university exchange programme to Japan for 12 months from April 2015 to March 2016.

St Joseph's School: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package.

Tauranga Intermediate School: $2,000 to support their involvement in the Schools Package.

Taylor Marston: $4,000 to participate in a university exchange programme to Japan for 12 months in 2015-2016.

LEADERSHIP NETWORK

Ajay Ravindran: $2,210 to undertake a two-week study camp at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $56,000 to allow for 32 network members in both North Asia and New Zealand to attend the North Asia Hui in Xi’an, China.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $40,000 to allow for 15 network members to attend the Offshore Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $34,500 to deliver a Social Innovation Hui for network members to attend in Christchurch.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational: $99,000 to allow Liam Fisher (biomedical engineering degree) and Brent Coleman (business degree) to complete their studies at the National University of Singapore during 2016/2017.

Daniel Scott: $1,800 to assist with travel to Jagriti Yatra, India, to participate in a social enterprise programme in December 2015.

Frances Yamada: $3,000 to attend the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Track II dialogue in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November 2014.

Jamie Burford: $1,500 to assist with travel to London to speak at a roundtable hosted by the Institute of Education in his capacity as a PhD student of Mahidol University in Bangkok in December 2014.

Jason Te Brake: $1,000 to assist participation in the Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme, a leadership development programme from May to November 2014.

Jason Te Brake: $4,050 to attend the Asia Pacific Roundtable in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in June 2015.

Jessica Rowe: $1,000 to assist with travel to attend the ‘China and the Pacific: The View from Oceania’ conference in Apia, Samoa in February 2015.

Luke Fitzmaurice: $1,470.18 to assist with travel to travel to Bangkok, Thailand and lead a delegation at the One Young World conference in November 2015.

Nive Sharat Chandran: $1,800 to assist with travel to participate in the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Woman held at the UN headquarters in New York, United States

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Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.

Olivia Boddy and Simon Geenty: $1,000 to assist with the production of a pilot web episode that will showcase the lifestyles, careers and education available to young New Zealanders living in Asian cities.

Rachel Espejo: $1,800 to assist with travel to Manila, Philippines to complete a three month internship with the Asia Society as a Programme Management intern.

Richard Evans and Fiona Natusch: $4,885 to attend the Track II dialogue in Yangon, Myanmar in May 2015.

Sam Wong: $1,800 to assist with travel to Singapore to attend the National University of Singapore's U21 Student Leaders Network Meeting in March 2015.

Scott Pearse-Smith: $3,500 to attend the New Zealand-India Track II dialogue in New Delhi, India, in November 2014.

Vanisa Dhiru: $1,800 to assist with travel to travel to Bangkok, Thailand, to attend the Asia-Pacific Regional Council of the International Council for Women in November of 2014.

Wellington Culinary Events Trust: $16,500 to assist in the delivering of Wellington on a Plate in August of 2015.

MEDIA

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational (Bangkok Post): $5,000 to NZME Auckland journalist Catherine Gaffaney to undertake a six week to two-month work placement with the Bangkok Post in late 2015.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational (ASEAN Media Tour): $40,100 for five New Zealand journalists to participate in a media tour to Indonesia and Malaysia in August 2015 to mark the 40th Anniversary of the dialogue partnership between New Zealand and ASEAN.

Asia New Zealand Foundation Operational (ASEAN Media Tour): $5,000 for five New Zealand journalists to undertake additional independent travel during the ASEAN Media Tour in August 2015.

Eva Corlett: $3,500 for journalism graduate Eva Corlett to participate in the 2015 ACICIS Journalism Professional Practicum in Jakarta.

Business Desk: $5,000 for journalist Pattrick Smellie to travel to India to research stories in November 2014.

Fairfax Media: $7,500 for visual journalist Mike Scott and feature writer Matt Rilkoff to travel to Nepal in April 2015.

Fairfax Media: $11,500 for national business editor Ellen Read to participate in the East-West Center's Spring Jefferson Fellowship in May 2015.

Kirsty Lawrence: $3,500 for Taupo Times reporter Kirsty Lawrence to participate in the 2015 ACICIS Journalism Professional Practicum in Jakarta.

Maori Television: $7,000 for current affairs programme Native Affairs to send journalists Karen Abplanalp and Adrian Stevanon to Papua, Indonesia, in November 2014.

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Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.

NZ Inc: $6,000 for journalist Alexander Speirs to travel to China in January 2015 to research stories for the New Zealand Herald and NZ Inc.

New Zealand China Council: $1,000 for sponsorship of one of the category winner prizes at the New Zealand China Council's Media Awards in July 2015.

Paul Gorman: $5,000 for The Press journalist Paul Gorman, night editor and science journalist to travel to Japan in January 2015 to participate in a programme led by the Foreign Press Center of Japan.

Rachel Graham: $5,000 for Radio New Zealand journalist Rachel Graham to travel to Japan in January 2015 to participate in a programme led by the Foreign Press Center of Japan.

Rhiannon McConnell: $3,000 for Fairfax Media reporter Rhiannon McConnell to travel to Myanmar in September 2014 for a series of stories.

Shanghai Daily: $5,000 to cover expenses incurred by visiting Shanghai Daily journalist Lu Nengneng, to undertake a one month of professional development in New Zealand.

Solbin Kang: $5,000 to support completion of her postgraduate journalism studies at Massey University in Wellington through the Kiwi Asian Journalism Scholarship.

The Press: $6,600 for senior journalist Charles Anderson and photographer Iain McGregor to travel to Thailand and Myanmar in November 2014 for a series of stories.

The Press: $6,000 for journalist Tina Law to travel to China in March 2015, accompanying a delegation of business and education leaders led by Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel.

Tyler Adams: $4,000 for Newstalk ZB journalist Tyler Adams to travel to Japan in March 2015 to report on earthquake and tsunami reconstruction efforts.

RESEARCH

Adrian Athique, University of Waikato: $20,000 to in the comprehensive ethnographic study of India’s ‘soft power’ across the Asia-Pacific region.

Habibie Centre: $10,000 to assist participants travelling from Indonesia to New Zealand for the 15+15 Dialogue held in Martinborough, 2014.

Robyn Andrews: $20,000 to research and write ‘The Invisible Indian: The Anglo-Indian diaspora in New Zealand’ report.

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Disclaimer: The list of grants in this report does not reflect any returned or cancelled grants.