NEW ZEALAND WEEK IS COMING AGAIN TO KUCHING (21-23 MARCH) AND KUALA LUMPUR (24 TO 28 MARCH)! CHECK THEM OUT!

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NEW ZEALAND WEEK 2014 IS COMING!
New Zealand Week is an annual event organised by the New Zealand Government and the Malaysia New Zealand Chamber of Commerce (MNZCC). This is an opportunity for businesses and educational institutions to partner with us in a series of events to foster relationship and collaboration between the two countries.

This year we want to explore and celebrate the deep historical and cultural linkages that exist between Māori in our part of the world and the various ethnic groups that live in Malaysia. We have called New Zealand Week 2014, Lima Mata Ikan. This phrase - in English it translates as five fish eyes - is almost identical in Māori, Rima Mata Ika.

New Zealand week will be celebrated in Kuching (21-23 March) and Kuala Lumpur (24-28 March). We are preparing to receive a large and multifaceted delegation which will be led by Minister of Māori Affairs the Honourable Dr Pita Sharples. In addition the Chair of the New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group, Melissa Lee MP. There will be large business group in the delegation focusing on food & beverage, tourism, environmental services and education sectors. Most of New Zealand’s major universities and several polytechnic institu-tions will also be with us.

Lima Mata Ikan will be a vibrant programme of events that will include Business matching events in both Kuala Lumpur and Kuching, Gala Nights, NZ Alumni Reunion Dinner, Eco-Tourism seminar at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), retail promotions, a short film making competition in which young Malaysian and New Zealand film makers will be tested on their ability to collaborate, Culinary workshops with Berjaya University College of Hospitality, and NZ film screening.

The annual New Zealand Week will be in full swing later this month. They are calling this year’s festival LIMA MATA IKAN - RIMA MATA IKA because it celebrates the deep cultural linkages between the two countries.

Below is the festival programme. There are still many opportunities to get involved - whether through sponsorship, purchasing tickets for individual events, or buying tee shirts.

David Pine
New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia

FOR ALL NZ WEEK INFO PLEASE CONTACT caroline.jintoni@mfat.govt.nz or +60

NZ Week 2014
OUR PARTICIPANTS
HON DR PITA SHARPLES
Minister for Māori Affairs, Associate
Minister of Education and Associate
Minister of Corrections.
MELISSA LEE MP
Parliamentary Private Secretary for
Ethnic Affairs, Deputy Chair of the
Social Services Select Committee.
Chair of The Malaysian Parliamentary
Friendship Group.
NZ MACI
JGEEKS
CHEF NADIA LIM

KUCHING PROGRAMME
17 March - 14 April
NZ MACI TUKU IHO|LIVING LEGACY

Māori Wood Carving Exhibition
The Sarawak Art Museum
14 - 17 March
NZ MACI Belian Carving Project
20, 21, 22 and 23 March
Te Puia Kapa Haka Performance at Spring Mall
22 March
Business Matching Event
The Hilton Hotel
21 March evening State Banquet,
The Riverside Majestic Hotel
22 March
KIWIS LOVE THE GREAT OUTDOORS!
Waterfront Charity Walk
Touch Rugby at the Padang
BORNEO POST EDUCATION FAIR
22 March evening -
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER,
NZ ALUMNI DINNER The Hilton Hotel Ballroom
KUALA LUMPUR PROGRAMME
13 - 26 March
TASTE OF New Zealand - AEON Food Fair
15 & 18 March
FROM OUR LAND TO YOUR TABLE
NZ Culinary Workshop with Berjaya UCH
19 - 24 March
ON THE BLACK CARPET
A 48 Hour Film Competition
24 March
Business Matching , The Prince Hotel
24 March evening
THE GALA, ONE NIGHT ONLY
The Prince Hotel Ballroom
25 March
ECO TOURISM SEMINAR
with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
25 March evening
A Exclusive screening of NZ feature film
“My Wedding and Other Secrets” at GSC Pavilion
27 March
CAN’T STOP THE FUTURE
A Retail Technology Showcase,
The Concorde Hotel
OUR SPONSORS
OUR PARTNERS
NZ Week 2014
FOR ALL NZ WEEK INFO PLEASE CONTACT
caroline.jintoni@mfat.govt.nz or +60 165877424

FOR ALL NZ WEEK INFO PLEASE CONTACT caroline.jintoni@mfat.govt.nz or +60