The City of Komaki is hoping active exchanges with certain cities in New Zealand in a variety of areas such as culture, education and the arts, will strive to further friendships and deepen their mutual understanding. We firstly would like to give our students some chances to visit abroad, we have 9 junior highs and … Continue reading Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

The following are looking for a New Zealand connection, leading to a Sister City relationship. Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province, South Korea Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Wujiang, Suzhou, China

Presentations from the Mayoral Forum and Conference held in Invercargill in May 2017 can be viewed online using the following links. Japanese Local Governments of today – Shigeki Yamada Education New Zealand – Greg Scott Halswell School Hiromi Morris, President Sister Cities New Zealand P Simmonds, Invercargill City Council NZ Immigration – Judi Altinkaya Palmerston … Continue reading Conference

Presentations from the Mayoral Forum and Conference held in Invercargill in May 2017 can be viewed online using the following links. Japanese Local Governments of today – Shigeki Yamada Education New Zealand – Greg Scott Halswell School Hiromi Morris, President Sister Cities New Zealand P Simmonds, Invercargill City Council NZ Immigration – Judi Altinkaya Palmerston … Continue reading Conference 2017 presentations

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Promoting international exchanges Sister Cities New Zealand (SCNZ) is a volunteer national organisation, bringing together associations throughout New Zealand including kindred organisations, voluntary, local-body and governmental groups, individuals, cultural, sporting, educational and trade  groups involved in people-to-people contact between countries and cultures. Sister Cities New Zealand aims to assist members to: increase global co-operation at a local … Continue reading Join

Wellington to Shanghai, Beijing, and Xiamen 16th to 27th April 2018 The SCNZ Youth Tour is an educational and cultural experience aimed at inspiring young New Zealanders to think and act as global citizens. Led by members of the SCNZ Youth subcommittee, the tour operates on a “by youth for youth” basis, offering young people … Continue reading Youth Tour

Sister Cities programmes foster communications across borders – a mutual exchange of ideas, people and materials in cultural, educational, youth, sports, municipal, professional and technical projects.

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