Kiwi Young Leaders Korea is involved in a wide range of activities and events.

We set up seminars, run projects, organise Kiwi Young Leaders social events and attend Kiwi Chamber and other relevant networking events.

Here people can find information on the relevant events coming up in the near future.

Summary:

1. October 26th: Kiwi Chamber "The New Zealand Wine Experience"
2. October 28th: Kiwi Young Leaders Seminar: Starting a Business in Korea
3. November 2nd: Kiwi Chamber Casual Dinner with Weta Digital's Matt Aitken
4. November 7th: "Gyeongbokgung - Unexpected Ways" Photo exhibition by Kiwi, Blair Kitchener 

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October 26th: Kiwi Chamber "The New Zealand Wine Experience"

What: Kiwi Chamber is hosting a wine tasting event with over 20 participating wineries and over 80 premium New Zealand red and white wines.

This is building on the success of last years event, "100% Pure New Zealand", and promises to an evening to remember for wine enthusiasts.

Will also feature New Zealand finger food, including Greenshell mussels and a variety of cheese.

Link: http://kiwichamber.com/?p=2000

When: October 26th - Tuesday 8.00pm-10.30pm

Where: Seoul Plaza Hotel

RSVP: chamber@kiwichamber.com

Cost: Tickets are 80,000 KRW per person
60,000 KRW for Kiwi Chamber Members

October 28th: Kiwi Young Leaders Seminar - Starting a Business in Korea

What: Kiwi Young Leaders has organised a seminar exploring starting a business in Korea. Special thanks to the Seoul Global Business Center for their help.

The seminar will feature speakers and guests with experience in this area, who can answer questions and offer advice.

In addition, the seminar will cover the different options for starting a business in Korea, the initial actions required and visa issues involved.

Guests and speakers include:

Youngju Seo, business counselor from the Seoul Global Center.

Christie Lee, from Hana Tax.

Cody Hunter, fellow Kiwi and owner-operator of Studio X Fitness in Seoul. http://www.studio-x-fitness.com/index.htm

When: October 28th - Thursday 6.30-9.00

Where: New Zealand Embassy Seoul

Map: http://www.nzembassy.com/korea/about-the-embassy/contact-us

RSVP: kiwi.young.leaders@gmail.com

Cost: Free of charge for Kiwi Young Leaders members

 November 2nd: Kiwi Chamber Casual Dinner with Weta Digital's Matt Aitken

What: Kiwi Chamber is hosting Matt Aitken from Weta Digital. Matt is VFX Supervisor and was nominated for an Oscar for his visual effects work on District 9.

In addition to hearing of his experience and knowledge of the New Zealand film industry, expect Matt to comment on New Zealand and Korea's film relationship. A relationship that has played a part in films including “Bungee Jumping of Their Own,” “Old Boy,” “Silmido,” “Antarctic Journal” and “It’s Okay As I Love You?”.

Find more information here: http://kiwichamber.com/?p=2089

When: November 2nd - Tuesday 6.00pm~8.30pm

Where: Oak Room, Level B1, Millennium Hilton Hotel (Namsan)

RSVP: chamber@kiwichamber.com

Cost: KRW 45,000. Includes a casual buffet dinner, wine and beer.

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November 7th: "Gyeongbokgung - Unexpected Ways" Photo exhibition by Kiwi, Blair Kitchener.

What: Blair Kitchener, a fellow Kiwi, is having the opening for his photo exhibition at Le Saint-Ex French Bistro in Itaewon, Seoul.

 The photo exhibition is titled "Gyeongbokgung - Unexpected Ways".

When: November 7th - Sunday 3pm-6pm

Where: Le Saint-Ex - French Bistro. Itaewon, Seoul.

The focus of Kiwi Young Leaders is to give members hands on experience participating in, organising, leading and creating projects and activities, while they are in Korea.  These projects will give Kiwi Young Leaders members an edge over others and provide New Zealand with a future pool of individuals experienced in Korea.

The objective of Kiwi Young Leaders' Projects is to support members career goals. Therefore Kiwi Young Leaders will help members propose and manage projects tailored to their career goals.

If you have an idea for a project and would like some assistance exploring the idea then please contact us.

Current Projects

1. Managing Kiwi Young Leaders
2. Project Import
3. Creating a New Zealand English Teachers Network
4. Kiwis in Korea Interview Series

Kiwi Young Leaders

Kiwi Young Leaders is the first hands on project for Kiwi Young Leaders members.

Managing Kiwi Young Leaders involves forming relationships with a wide range of organisations and individuals both in Korea and without. It requires advertising the initiative through various means and  media, as well as developing and implementing promotional plans.

At Kiwi Chamber events Kiwi Young Leaders will be tasked with ensuring new members are made to feel welcome and included and, most importantly, introducing new members to leading members of the New Zealand-Korea business network. This will require forming relationships with those people.

Project Import

Project Import is a Kiwi Young Leaders project for members that want to explore importing into Korea from New Zealand.

The group is currently working through the stages of importing into Korea with the goal of learning and experiencing the process first-hand. Areas covered include market research, business and exposure to import procedures such as customs requirements, tariff calculations and storage options.

Here you can find out more regarding Project Import, details for team meetings and the latest updates.

Updates

1. We have just started Project Import so we are looking for interested members. If you want to participate in the project or want more information then email us.
2. The next meeting will be towards the start of October.
3. Currently members are working on market research for the chosen product type (email for more information on the product we have chosen)

More about Project Import

Project Import provides a framework and support for members to learn more about the importing process.

For commited members the end result is a case study of how to import a specific New Zealand product into Korea. Knowledge that could then be used practically, for instance bringing a small amount of a product into Korea.

Members benefit from participating in Project Import through:

• Interaction with individuals and organisations with import experience.
• Meeting other individuals interested in trade opportunities.
• Learning the customs processes.
• Learning customs requirements for various New Zealand products,
• Learning the steps a product takes from New Zealand to Korea.
• Exposure to the government organisations (New Zealand and Korean) that oversee import and export
• Researching the costs of importing, in particular the effect of duties and taxes.

If you are interested in this project email us.

New Zealand English Teachers Network

There are a large amount of New Zealand English teachers in Korea and they lack a support network of Kiwis, who can share information, share contacts and share their experience.

Kiwi Young Leaders believes New Zealand English teachers would benefit from a dedicated network.  Kiwi Young Leaders is in the process of forming this network and it's initial activities.

Kiwis in Korea Interview Series

Every Kiwi here in Korea has an interesting story. We have Kiwi teachers, students, business people, business owners, entrepreneurs, some who have lived here for 10 years, some who have just arrived and some who are married and living here with a family. So many stories and Kiwi Young Leaders wants to find them and share them.

We are currently looking for people willing to share their stories. If you would like to share your story or know someone else who does, please email us.