Asia Insight

In this episode , Adam McConnochie speaks with Thai coffee entrepreneur Fuadi Pitsuwan, co-founder of specialty coffee company Beanspire - and Tesh Randall, founder of Raglan Food Co, currently supplying coconut yogurt into over 750 outlets across Asia. It's a breakfast match made in heaven ! Both are hugely successful business-owners, with high quality products, and a strong commitment to sustainability.  

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The Asia New Zealand Foundation's Adam McConnochie continues his conversation with Kiri Nathan and Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, fashion entrepreneurs and collaborators - one in Auckland, one in Manila. Today's discussion picks up on Kiri's experiences in Asian textile and fashion markets, where Reese continues with her "Rags-To-Riches" enterprise, producing hand-made bags, clothing and homewares for international customers.   

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From Aotearoa New Zealand to the Philippines, two talented and inspiring wāhine are weaving indigenous connections through fashion. In the first part of a two-part discussion we talk to Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, of fashion and design house Rags2Riches (R2R), which works with community artisans in the Philippines, and Māori fashion designer, weaver and artist Kiri Nathan, about their remarkable collaboration. 

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It's called "The QUAD" , the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue involving the USA , Australia, India and Japan. The diplomatic arrangement is widely seen as a counter to China in the Indo-Pacific, and brings together nations sharing much in common, but also with significant differences in their strategic outlook. In this episode we discuss the QUAD with Professor Robert Patman, International Relations expert at Otago University, and with Suz Jessep, former Deputy High Commissioner to India, now head of Research and Engagement at the Asia New Zealand Foundation in Wellington.      

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In this edition of "Asia Insight" we take a look at the complex and important relationships between NZ, Australia and China. Tensions have escalated in the last 18 months between China and Australia, while NZ has remained a cautious observer, willing to speak its mind, but wary of any potential souring in the trade relationship. In a post-covid recovery, the three nations will need each other more than ever. We're joined in the studio this week by Dr Bec Strating from La Trobe University in Melbourne, and Dr Jason Young, Director of the Contemporary China Research Centre at Victoria University in Wellington. 

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APEC and ASEAN are acronyms known to many New Zealanders - but maybe not as well understood as they could be. What exactly does APEC do? What do countries get from it? And how does ASEAN shape the geopolitics of the region? In the wake of 2021's APEC Summit in NZ we talk to Alison Mann, former senior official to APEC and ASEAN, and Mitchell Pham, Vietnamese-Kiwi tech entrepreneur about the role both organisations continue to play in the region.    

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The AUKUS agreement between the US, UK, and Australia took many by surprise when it was announced late last year. In this episode of Asia Insight, we're joined by international relations experts Professor Rob Ayson from Victoria University of Wellington and Professor Joanne Wallis from the University of Adelaide to look at the formation of AUKUS, and what it means for Australia, Asia, and New Zealand.   

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Tēnā koutou katoa, hello and welcome. 

I’m excited to let you know the first series of podcast from the Asia Media Centre will be in a podcast feed near you in the very near future .

The Asia Media Centre is part of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono. 

The "Asia Insight” podcast series will highlight important issues across the region, along with discussions over New Zealand’s ongoing role in Asia, and the important work being done by the Asia New Zealand Foundation. 

The first series is dubbed “The Big Picture" and looks at interesting regional issues such as the rise of AUKUS, the relationships between New Zealand, Australia and China, and the QUAD grouping. 

I’m Graeme Acton, and we’ll be back soon with “Asia Insight” .

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