As Premier Li mentioned that he had been told “the New Zealand people have a strong interest in the Chinese culture and language”. To prove that, some young Kiwis stood up on the podium to send a message of their appreciations at the gala lunch, which was hosted by Prime Minister Bill English in Auckland on 28th March. Miss Bethany Robb, the mandarin teaching assistant from the University of Auckland, made a short speech to Premier Li and Prime Minister English on behalf of thousands of Chinese language learners in New Zealand. “After falling in love with Chinese language, people, and culture, I studied Chinese at the University of Auckland.” Miss Robb said, “I’m very grateful to have received a Confucius Institute Scholarship and the Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia that enabled me to go on exchange to both Fudan and Nanjing Universities. Currently I teach Chinese at the University of Auckland and hope to return to China one day.”