The first ever international Pacific literature conference to be held in New Zealand will open Thursday, bringing together some of the Pacific region's most eminent writers. The three-day "Reading and Writing in the Pacific" conference, run by the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (SPACLALS) and hosted at Victoria University, will bring together established and emerging writers and scholars. Participants would include Patricia Grace, who would be a keynote speaker at the conference, Albert Wendt, Karlo Mila and Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua, the university announced Wednesday. "Regionally, the story of Pacific literature is so often about difficulties of distribution and connection, and for three days we will get to be in the same room as each other," said conference organizer Dr Alice Te Punga Somerville, senior lecturer at the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies and Te Kawa a Maui, School of Maori Studies. The conference … [Read more...] about New Zealand to host first int’l Pacific literature forum
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New Zealand world running champion to compete in Vietnam
The race will take place at the tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City, Bitexco Financial Tower on October 30 where competitors will conquer the 1,002 steps of the building to finish at the observation deck on the 49th floor - a height of 178 metres According to the Bitexco Group, the race is designed as a preparatory competition for the 2011 Vertical World Circuit, where top runners participating in the competition will gain crucial points for the championship title. Mr David Shin, Director of the Sporting Republic Company, which will host BVR said that Melissa's presence is an encouragement for the race. She was the winner at the Empire State Building Run-Up in New York last year and became the champion of VWC 2010. They will start at the tower's ground floor lobby and finish at the tower's observation deck, then enjoying the views of Ho Chi Minh City's skyline and the Saigon River. Before flying to the event, runner Melissa Moon said she is looking forward to racing in Vietnam for … [Read more...] about New Zealand world running champion to compete in Vietnam
New Zealand Embassy launches a logo design contest
Cinet)- The New Zealand Embassy in Hanoi and Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh city have launched a logo design contest to brand a series of events, themed "New Zealand - Open to the New", in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between New Zealand ans Vietnam. … [Read more...] about New Zealand Embassy launches a logo design contest
ASEAN Film festival opens in New Zealand
(VOVworld)- The Embassies of Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have jointly organized the ASEAN Film Festival 2015 in Wellington, New Zealand to celebrate their culture, land and peoples. In his address, the Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Nguyen Viet Dung, Head of the ASEAN Committee in Wellington said that the festival is aimed at helping local people and foreign friends better understand ASEAN and its roadmap toward establishing a Community by the end of this year. Dung said the festival would help strengthen solidarity between ASEAN people in New Zealand. The exhibition is being held at the Te Papa National Museum in Wellington. … [Read more...] about ASEAN Film festival opens in New Zealand
New Zealand firm lends helping hand in wood treatment
Binh Nguyen - The Saigon Times Daily Kerry Bloor (R) of Timbalink is seen in discussion with his guests at the inauguration function in HCMC yesterday evening for the company’s wood treatment plant in Dong Nai Province - Photo: Binh Nguyen HCMC - New Zealand-based Timbalink looks set to inaugurate a wood treatment plant in Bien Hoa Industrial Park 1 in Dong Nai Province next month to help process wood products for Vietnamese manufacturers. New Zealand’s consul general and trade commissioner Graham Sims told a function held here on Wednesday to introduce the Timbalink Vietnam that the facility would provide customers with an internationally proven treatment process and system able to significantly enhance the durability of softwoods, including pine. “This greater durability will give Vietnamese wood manufacturers the ability to add value to their wood products,” Sims told the event, which was attended by many specialists in Vietnam’s wood industry. … [Read more...] about New Zealand firm lends helping hand in wood treatment