17 Aug 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Home-Middle, News, 1 Comments

Kiwi Chamber Hui – August 26th – BBQ @ the Hilton

Dear Members,

The next Kiwi Chamber Hui will be on a Thursday. We will be hosting about 20 ~ 30 guests from Auckland. They are business professionals who are also MBA students and will be in Korea to seek market opportunities for a variety of New Zealand companies, including  Windflow Technology (wind turbine company), Mani Soju (NZ soju made from Kumera J), Esquires Coffee, Airborne Honey, Icebreaker, Cowells Pavlova, Lumber Line (Hardwood timber products), Wot Wots (Weta Digital children’s television programme)

Date: Thursday August 26th

Time: 6:00 ~ 8:30 PM

Price: KRW 42,000 per person.

12 Jul 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in About, Home-Middle, News, 0 Comments

Friday Night Hui_July 23rd

The next monthly Kiwi Chamber Friday Night Hui will be at the COEX Intercontinental Hotel on July the 23rd. Please see attached the information. This event is open to all, so bring your friends and colleagues.

What: The Kiwi Chamber Friday Night Hui.

When: Friday Night of course. July 23rd. 6:00 ~ 9:00 PM

Where: COEX Intercontinental Hotel. Lobby Lounge (not the Grand Intercontinental)

How much: KRW 23,000 for a mini buffet with freely flowing drinks

Why: Catch up and have a casual chin wag with your Kiwi mates.

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05 Jul 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Home-Middle, News, 0 Comments

Event Summary of the Breakfast with John Key

Dear Members,

Please following these links for:

photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/kiwichamber

Media Coverage: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3Z9konc8AKKYjUyYjlmY2QtOTk3Zi00ZWJiLWFkOGMtNTVhYjk3YThhMzAy&hl=en

Arirang TV coverage at 5’38″ into the clip: http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_Vod_Full_Pop.asp?VodURL=1&VodSeq=54498

TBS Radio report: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B3Z9konc8AKKMTQ3ZDI5MTctZjg1Yy00MTk3LWE5NWQtZTE5MmVjNGI0MTky&hl=en

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30 Jun 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Home-Middle, News, 0 Comments

Korea Update: April – June edition

Dear members,

Please follow this link for the April – June edition of Korea Update from the New Zealand Embassy, Seoul. We hope it would be useful for you and feedback is welcome.

Link:  http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B3Z9konc8AKKZTFkYzE2YzUtNjE0Ny00OTg0LTgyYzUtYjllMzE5ZDAwY2Qy&hl=en (more…)

24 Jun 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Home-Middle, News, 0 Comments

Kiwi FTA to help consumers

06-20-2010 19:32

Kiwi FTA to help consumers

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia

Staff Reporter

The New Zealand Chamber of Commerce has high hopes for the free trade agreement (FTA), which is currently being negotiated by New Zealand and Korea.
“The Kiwi Chamber eagerly supports the proposed FTA. Opportunity abounds to deepen a great relationship that has been in place for many decades and to improve market access… Any free trade agreement would benefit the consumers ultimately,’’ Chris Callen, chairman of the Kiwi Chamber, told The Korea Times. (more…)

18 Jun 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Home-Middle, News, 0 Comments

Breakfast with John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand. July 5th

Dear Members,

We are excited to announce the visit of New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key to Korea in early July. (more…)

01 Jun 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Home-Middle, News, 0 Comments

UPDATE: Soccer World Cup _NZ v Italy June 20

The Italian Chamber of Commerce has invited all Kiwis to join them on the 20th to watch the game at the Club Italia in Hannam (as below).  Here’s the map: http://www.clubitalia.or.kr/map.php

The game begins at 23:00 hours.

The event on the 15th was a great success. Thanks for everyone’s attendance.

Check out the full schedule here: http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html

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29 May 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Kiwi Young Leaders, Misc, 0 Comments

Kiwi Young Leaders: Upcoming Events

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. September 8th: Seoul Global Business Support Center – Seminar
2. September 11th: ANZA, AustCham and Kiwi Chamber Bledisloe Cup BBQ
3. September 16th: Kiwi Chamber Business Breakfast with ANZ Chief Economist Paul Gruenwald
4. September 18th: Kiwi Young Leaders Social Evening
5. Early October: Kiwi Young Leaders Seminar: Starting a Business in Korea

September 8th: Seoul Global Business Support Center – Seminar

What: Seoul Global Business Support Center is holding a seminar covering two topics with two guest speakers.

• Starting a Successful Trading Business
  by Mr. Simon Lee, KITA Trade Consultant
• Cross-cultural Communication and Business Development in Korea
  by Mr. Peter Underwood, Partner of IRC in Seoul

When: September 8th – Wednesday 6.30pm-9.00pm

Where: CEO Conf. Room 404 within KITA Trade Academy, the 4TH Floor at  COEX. Samsung station.

RSVP:  E-mail: youngmi@sba.seoul.kr

Price: Free

Link: http://global.seoul.go.kr/bbs.do?cmd=view&url=/bbs/index.jsp&BOARD_ID=8&BOARD_SEQ=12794 

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September 11th: ANZA, AustCham and Kiwi Chamber Bledisloe Cup BBQ

What: A joint event organised to bring together the Kiwi and Australian communities in Korea. A chance to watch the Bledisloe Cup Rugby match and enjoy a great BBQ.

When: September 11th – Saturday 6pm
(Game kicks off at 7pm)

Where: Hilton Millenium Hotel – Namsan

RSVP: Sign up here: www.anzakorea.com
RSVP is mandatory

Price:  KRW50000

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September 16th: Kiwi Chamber Business Breakfast with ANZ Chief Economist Paul Gruenwald

What: ANZ Chief Economist Paul Gruenwald discussing economic and financial trends and how they impact Asia and Korea.

When: September 16th – Thursday 7.30am-9.30am

Where: Millenium Seoul Hilton – Namsan

RSVP: chamber@kiwichamber.com

Price: 42,000 KRW for members
50,000 KRW for non-members

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29 May 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Kiwi Young Leaders, Misc, 0 Comments

Kiwi Young Leaders: Projects

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 email kiwi.young.leaders@gmail.com

Proposed Projects

1. Managing Kiwi Young Leaders
2. Import Case Studies
3. Creating a New Zealand English Teachers Network
4. Internships
5. Kiwis in Korea Interview Series
6. Helping the promotion of Rugby in Korea

• 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.

• Import Case Study

How many people in Korea have thought about importing something?  

New Zealand faces a range of issues when importing into Korea. Kiwi Young Leaders would like to make members aware of those issues and teach them the basics of importing into Korea (from New Zealand).

Kiwi Young Leaders can use it’s resources and contacts to explore how someone could import something into Korea. What is required? What are the customs regulations? What do you need from the government?…everything a young entrepreneur with a great idea might need to know.

If you are the entrepreneurial type then this information will help you turn your thoughts into action. If you return to New Zealand there could be a number of companies interested in your experience and what you learned.

• 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 would facilitate the forming of this network and it’s initial activities.

• Internships

The Kiwi Young Leaders will be opening a dialog with various organisations regarding setting up internships in the future.

We believe New Zealand needs young leaders in Korea, working inside organisations and experiencing the realities of business here. That is why we have set up the Kiwi Young Leaders and internship creation is a natural extension of this initiative.

• Kiwis in Korea Interview Series

New Zealanders in Korea and people in New Zealand would benefit from hearing about fellow Kiwis experiences in Korea.

The Kiwi Young Leaders proposes a “Kiwis in Korea Interview Series”, exposing people back home in New Zealand to the realities of living and working in Korea.

Korea is not a scary place and we believe that New Zealand exporters shouldn’t be afraid of exploring Korea and it’s opportunities. This interview series is one part of a larger strategy of exposing Korea to New Zealand.

• Rugby in Korea

Rugby in Korea is already organised and managed by people like us. People in Korea working or studying and in their part time they are working to promote rugby throughout Korea, manage tournaments, organise clubs and plan events.

The Kiwi Young Leaders believes these people deserve some help. Check out the links below for more information about Rugby in Korea.

Seoul Survivors Rugby Club 

Korea Tens Competition

Yellow Sea Cup Competition

Korean Rugby Blog

Korean Touch Association

29 May 2010, Posted by Kiwi Admin in Kiwi Young Leaders, Misc, 0 Comments

Kiwi Young Leaders: About

Kiwi Young Leaders was formed on the premise that the young people, in their 20′s and 30′s, living in Korea now, with ties to New Zealand, are important to the future of Korean-New Zealand relations.

Kiwi Young Leaders helps members develop their personal and professional skills and supports members career objectives.

The most important thing we do is listen to our members and customise activities to best match the goals and objectives of members. This is a group run by young Kiwis in Korea, for young Kiwis in Korea.

Who?

Being a Kiwi is not just about being born in New Zealand, it is something shared by all people who have experienced New Zealand and it’s wonder.

Kiwi Young Leaders welcomes a wide range of people. Students, graduates of New Zealand universities, teachers, young professionals working in Korea, entreprenuers and more. We are all brought together by an active interest in New Zealand.

Members Benefits

Projects: Participation in hands on, practical projects, designed to support member’s career goals and introduce members to organisations and individuals within Korea and without.

Seminars: Access to interactive seminars designed to develop members skills, knowledge and understanding of varous processes within Korea.

Networking: Young Kiwi Leaders brings together Kiwis from all over Korea, with a wide range of skills and contacts. In addition members have access to the Kiwi Chamber of Commerce, New Zealand’s leading network in Korea.

Mentoring: Receive guidance and support from experienced members of the New Zealand-Korea relationship.

The Kiwi Chamber of Commerce

The Kiwi Chamber of Commerce is the leading New Zealand network in Korea. The Kiwi Chamber organises and brings members together for business and social events. It is made up of leading participants in Korea-New Zealand relations.

Website: www.kiwichamber.com

Facebook: Kiwi Chamber

Kiwi Chamber of Commerce: MISSION

“The Chamber shall facilitate business opportunities for New Zealand and Korean companies and individuals by creating support networks that enable them to promote, protect and advance their respective commercial interests in each others’ countries”

Kiwi Chamber of Commerce: PREVIOUS EVENTS

New Zealand Wine Experience – 25 wineries showcased their wines at the Seoul Plaza Hotel. Also included a selection of New Zealand beef, Greenshell mussels and cheeses.

A Night of Rugby with John Kirwan – Rugby legend John Kirwan gave a speech at a dinner at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, featuring a New Zealand themed dinner and New Zealand wine and beer.

Spring BBQ Hui – A BBQ at the Millenium Seoul Hilton with unlimited beverages and meat.

AsiaNZ Young Leaders Network

“An initiative of Asia:NZ, the Young Leaders Network, brings together young and talented people who are forging New Zealand’s future relations with Asia. The network, which has members based in New Zealand as well as throughout Asia and as far afield as the United Kingdom, offers opportunities for further knowledge and connections – for the good of New Zealand-Asia relations.

The purpose of the network is to create a group of outstanding young ambassadors who can inspire fresh thinking on how to build a more integrated and prosperous future between New Zealand and Asia.” – source Young Leaders Network Website

The AsiaNZ Young Leaders Network Seoul: MISSION STATEMENT 

“People of New Zealand and Korea highly value working together in a partnership which is sustained by mutual knowledge and understanding. To build and sustain knowledge and understanding of both countries, peoples, cultures and languages so they can develop more extensive and effective economic and cultural relationships.”

AsiaNZ Young Leaders Network Seoul: MAIN ACTIVITIES:

• Formation of the Junior Kiwi Chamber
• Organising the Asia NZ Young Leaders Offshore Forum 2010 in Seoul
• Working with the Citizen’s Alliance for NK Human Rights
• Attending the Shanghai World Expo in June
• Leadership Development Programme: Programme to foster leadership qualities through discussions with people who play key leadership roles in the Korea -New Zealand relationship