New Zealanders celebrate ‘Waitangi Day’

Our economic ties now go way beyond the traditional areas, however, with work to expand research collaboration and commercial joint development in a range of science and technological areas too. Active connections between scientists are being developed under a series of joint seminars, launched in November last year with a focus on agricultural technology and to be continued in May this year with a

geoscience focus. Biotechnology—and particularly biofuels—was the core theme of the most recent joint meeting of business council leaders held in Auckland in November.

The creative industries—including film-making, fashion and ICT—are other areas with an expanding profile. New Zealand films screening at Taiwan’s Golden Horse film festival have proved popular with Taiwanese audiences and a program of training exchanges is under way between companies in the areas of digital content and post-

production technology. In the ICT sector, there are New Zealand companies active in the Taiwan market in as diverse a range of applications as software development and touch screen components; specialized medical devices; and crystals and oscillators used in GPS devices and network security systems.

Cultural exchange will continue to feature prominently in the year ahead, with a major New Zealand exhibition, Vaka Moana (about the early voyagers in the Pacific) in Taitung in February and in Taichung in July and a tour by performing arts group Te Vaka in March.

As New Zealand celebrates Waitangi Day—and Taiwanese people prepare for the important Lunar New Year festivities —we are looking forward to an active year ahead to continue to build and develop the economic, social and cultural ties between New Zealand and Taiwan.

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