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​Former diplomat and board member of NZTBC, Charles Finny, criticizes New Zealand's failure to support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, expressing shame over the country's absence from a joint statement with other democracies advocating for Taiwan's inclusion. He highlights the inconsistency in New Zealand's foreign policy, especially given its values-based approach and strong ties with Taiwan's indigenous communities

A Māori family-owned company based in Auckland has been announced as one of the twelve finalists in the ‘Taiwan Excellence: Sharing is Caring’ campaign, a global campaign which aims to promote sustainability and community wellbeing using innovative products endorsed by Taiwan Excellence Awards.

Engaging South, Southeast Asian countries, Australia, and New Zealand as a part of Taiwan’s foreign policy has been an important element of President Tsai Ing-Wen’s（蔡英文）agenda, the signs of which were evident even before she assumed the President’s office. Soon after she took charge, these policy priorities started to figure in foreign policy agenda with concrete actions following up quickly.

New Zealand and Taiwanese exporters will benefit from a new arrangement that enables recognition of the authorised economic operator programmes operating in the New Zealand and Taiwan markets. These programmes help exporters minimise Customs delays at international borders and to get priority in recovering from trade disruptions.

Taiwan and New Zealand last month signed an agreement to mutually recognize their authorized economic operators (AEO), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.

The deal is expected to enhance customs cooperation and supply chain safety between the two countries, Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Director General Larry Tseng (曾瑞利) said.