Tag Archives: International students

NZ’s soft power in Southeast Asia

What do sheep, soldiers, sports, sheep and the silver-screen all have in common? They are all aspects of New Zealand’s soft power in Southeast Asia, as I explore in this article, just published in the journal Contemporary Southeast Asia.

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Demography, Diaspora and Diplomacy: NZ’s Challenges in Asia

My recent article, in the latest issue of New Zealand Population Review (Vol.36, pp.137-157), is now online here.

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A sin of omission: NZ’s export education industry & foreign policy

A chapter I co-authored with Terry McGrath called ‘A sin of omission: New Zealand’s export education industry and foreign policy’ was recently published in Social Policy Review 23: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2011, edited by Holden et al … Continue reading

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New Zealand’s new future in Asia

The text Massey University, Albany public lecture I gave There goes the neighbourhood: New Zealand’s new future in Asia is now online. The abstract is below the line:

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Massey University Lecture Series: There goes the neighbourhood: NZ’s new future in Asia

On 11 May at 6pm I am giving the Massey University Albany Asian Hub Lecture on the topic There goes the neighbourhood: New Zealand’s new future in Asia. Further information is available on Eventfinder here or you can respond via Facebook here

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A sin of omission

Coming out in June this year, by Policy Press, is the latest Social Policy Review, in which you will find a chapter I co-authored with Terry McGrath “A sin of omission: New Zealand’s export education industry and foreign policy’. Pre-publication copies … Continue reading

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Christchurch & international students

You can listen here to an interview I gave to Radio New Zealand, broadcast on Monday 4 April, about the impact of the Christchurch earthquake on international students in New Zealand.

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An intercessory prayer for Christchurch

Here is the intercessory prayer I prepared and read at Tawa Baptist Church this morning for those impacted by the Christchurch earthquake. Lord, we come to you this morning Not really knowing what to say We can’t find words to … Continue reading

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PhD online

I have just discovered that Massey University has put my PhD online - it’s the full and final version. It’s a scanned PDF document, so may take a while to download depending on your broadband speed. (I did my PhD before … Continue reading

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International students and New Zealand’s future

Read an article I wrote in 2009 on ‘International students and New Zealand’s future’, just published in the inaugural Journal of International Education and Business. The abstract, written by the journal editors, is below the line.

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