President’s Corner Spring 2013
“We make our own history. The course of history is directed by the choices we make and our choices grow out of the ideas, the beliefs, the values, and the dreams of the people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt 2013 marks the 70th anniversary of Eleanor Roosevelt’s trip to New Zealand – and the first time a First […]
United States | New Zealand Council Welcomes Japan’s Decision to Join TPP Talks
The United States | New Zealand Council today welcomed Japan’s decision to embrace the goals of a comprehensive, high-standard, and commercially-meaningful Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. From World Trade Online
US-NZ 2013 Pacific Partnership Forum To Showcase Shared Interests, Leadership
Press Release January 18, 2013 Major Business and Government Leaders Expected at May 19 – 21 Event in Washington, DC (Washington, DC) The US – NZ 2013 Pacific Partnership Forum will be held in Washington, DC from May 19 – 21 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The Forum will bring together New Zealand and U.S. […]
New Zealand app development company making its mark on US technology scene
Moa Creative’s app development service is being used throughout the States. 04 May 2012 | Another New Zealand technology company is growing its business rapidly in the United States. Moa Creative, an app development company founded in 2010, won a contract with a New York mobile agency in January 2011 to develop apps for their […]
New Zealand on track to outperform world trade growth
Increasing international demand will fuel agricultural exports. 29 February 2012 | Economists for HSBC bank say New Zealand is heading towards outperforming world trade growth as increasing demand from Asia and Latin America fuels agricultural exports. New Zealand’s trade will grow at an annualized rate of 5.9 per cent over the next five years, outperforming […]
A New Zealand Star Greets U.S. Fans in Person
Kimbra, who performed in March at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex., has her first album release in the United States on Tuesday. By James C. McKinley Jr. On her 22nd birthday, Kimbra sashayed onto the stage at Webster Hall, in her first bona fide concert in New York, while her band vamped […]
New Zealand ‘ahead of the curve’ in health IT
New Zealand is ahead of the curve when it comes to health IT 21 March 2012 | Bill Crounse, Senior Director, Worldwide Health, writes in his MSDN Healthblog that he thinks the US could learn from the New Zealand healthcare system, particularly its use of health IT. Calling the digitization of health IT a “perilous […]
Air New Zealand named ‘airline of the year’
Air New Zealand – a uniquely Kiwi experience. Image: Peter Russell 27 March 2012 | Air New Zealand has been named ‘International Airline of the Year’. The Roy Morgan survey questioned nearly 4000 Australians who had used an international airline in the previous 12 months. Air New Zealand was rated the Best International Airline for […]
New Zealand and the United States work together to develop new anti-malaria drug
An anti-malarial compound first synthesized in New Zealand has passed first stage trials. 13 April 2012 | An anti-malarial compound that was first synthesized by New Zealand’s Industrial Research Limited and developed in collaboration with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States has successfully passed the first stage of a preclinical efficacy […]
Icebreaker – the international Kiwi brand
Icebreaker – an international brand that’s close to the land 03 May 2012 | Icebreaker, the New Zealand merino clothing brand popular throughout North America, has a truly international outlook, but is still very much a Kiwi brand. This is shown in the New Zealand Herald’s recent article about Icebreaker and interview with its CEO […]
