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Confucius Institute “Individual Performance Excellence Award“ to Professor Jenny Dixon
Congratulations to Professor Jenny Dixon for receiving an “Individual Performance Excellence Award“ by Confucius Institute Headquarters in Kunming last December.
FLASH-BACK: Auckland Lantern Festival 2017
Enjoy a short video filmed at the Auckland Lantern Festival 2017. Can you find CI Auckland there?
“You’re Ambassadors! ” Welcome 2017 MLAs!
In 2017, 48 MLAs are going to 137 NZ schools for the year to support Chinese programmes in the Auckland and wider Auckland regions. At the welcome ceremony organized by Confucius Institute in Auckland on 10th Feb 2017, they were referred to as "Ambassadors" between China and New Zealand.
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s CNY Greetings in Mandarin
A short speech in Mandarin won fans for Auckland Mayor Phil Goff at a Chinese New Year celebration in Northcote on Auckland's North Shore.
Kiwi teens win international Chinese language competition
At the ninth international Chinese Bridge Competition for secondary school students around the world, held last month in Kunming, in southwest China, the New Zealand team, represented by Macleans College Elisa Moses and Joape Nagera of Rotorua Boy's High School, won the Oceania title and was ranked as one of the world's top five.
Award Winning Children’s Author Visits Confucius Institute
Famous Chinese contemporary children’s literature author and winner of the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen award, Wenxuan Cao, visited Confucius Institute in August.
First MLA professional development workshop a success
Effective teaching methods, as well as the experiences and challenges that come with being a Mandarin Language Assistant, were shared at a national MLA training workshop held at Auckland’s Confucius Institute in July.
Mandarin speaking contest gets out of hand
During the final semester of his Bachelor of Arts in Chinese last year, Tom Nicholls (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Maru) entered a Mandarin speaking contest. After a month of preparation, pronunciation practice, late afternoons and cups of Oolong Tea in the Asian Studies office, he took part in the Chinese Bridge Speech Competition for University Students… and won.
Takapuna Normal Intermediate go Chinese for a day
Takapuna Normal Intermediate students enjoyed a Chinese Cultural day in which almost 600 participated.
Schools Face looming Chinese language teacher shortage
Laura Walters article in Stuff sets out the non-preparedness of secondary schools to cope with students who want to learn Mandarin at that level.
Learning Mandarin set to be the job ticket of the future
Speakers from the tourism, trade and finance sectors who were represented at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Chinese Language Conference last Tuesday 13 October, talked about the importance of Chinese language speakers in their industry.
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The Confucius Institute in Auckland was established and is proudly supported by our three Foundational Partners: Hanban - the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Beijing), Fudan University (Shanghai) and The University of Auckland (New Zealand).
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