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Oct 2026

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Asia-related issues and perspectives from the Asia Media Centre at the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono in Wellington. The podcast will feature Asia experts from across the region, along with staff from the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

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October 14, 202622 min

Asia Insight : Common Ground - Bryan Waddle

Asia Insight : Common Ground is a special series of interviews looking at the enduring sporting connections between New Zealand and India. In this episode sports journalist Stephen Hewson speaks with cricket commentator Bryan Waddle Widely celebrated as "the voice of New Zealand cricket," Bryan Waddle has commentated on more than 250 Test matches and 400 One-Day Internationals. In 2019, he was appointed a Member of the NZ Order of Merit for his extensive services to sports broadcasting. He remains active in the cricket community, currently co-hosting the popular weekly cricket podcast "On the Front Foot" alongside former New Zealand captain Jeremy Coney. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

October 14, 202618 min

Asia Insight : Common Ground - Ajaz Patel

Asia Insight : Common Ground is a special series of interviews looking at the enduring sporting connections between New Zealand and India. In this episode sports journalist Stephen Hewson speaks with Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel, who was born in Mumbai but raised in New Zealand. In 2021 Ajaz shocked the cricket world by taking all ten wickets in an innings - one of the games rarest feats. Ajaz spoke to Stephen from Leicester in the UK, where he has been playing county cricket. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

October 14, 202621 min

Asia Insight: Common Ground - John Wright

Asia Insight : Common Ground is a special series of interviews looking at the enduring sporting connections between New Zealand and India, recorded as part of new research being released by the Asia New Zealand Foundation. In this episode sports journalist Stephen Hewson speaks with former New Zealand cricket captain John Wright, who was also the first foreigner to coach the Indian Men's side. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

October 14, 202614 min

Asia Insight : Common Ground - Melie Kerr

Asia Insight : Common Ground is a special series of interviews looking at the enduring sporting connections between New Zealand and India. In this episode sports journalist Stephen Hewson speaks with White Ferns captain Melie Kerr, arguably the greatest female cricketer New Zealand has produced. She's also been instrumental in the rise of the Indian Women's Premier League, playing for the Mumbai Indians. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

October 13, 202618 min

Asia Insight: Common Ground - Dipak Patel

Asia Insight : Common Ground is a special series of interviews looking at the enduring sporting connections between New Zealand and India. In this episode sports journalist Stephen Hewson speaks with former New Zealand cricketer Dipak Patel, just the second player of Indian heritage to play for the Black Caps. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

October 6, 202616 min

Asia Insight: Common Ground - Ramesh Patel

Asia Insight : Common Ground is a special series of interviews looking at the enduring sporting connections between New Zealand and India. In this episode sports journalist Stephen Hewson speaks with Ramesh Patel, the first player of Indian decent to represent New Zealand on the hockey field. Patel was a member of the gold medal winning team of 1976, and went on to become CEO of Hockey New Zealand. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

October 6, 202621 min

Asia Insight: Common Ground - Selwyn Maister

Asia Insight : Common Ground is a special series of interviews looking at the enduring sporting connections between New Zealand and India In this episode sports journalist Stephen Hewson speaks with Selwyn Maister, a member of New Zealand's 1976 Montreal Olympics Gold Medal team and hockey historian. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

October 6, 202616 min

Asia Insight : Common Ground - Priya Bhika

In this special series of Asia Insight, sports journalist Stephen Hewson talks with a range of New Zealand sportspeople about what a century of sport has meant for the connection between Aotearoa and India our two countries. It's a story that has grown much bigger than the games themselves: one of community, camaraderie and collaboration. Join us as we celebrate it. We begin this special series with Priya Bhika, the first woman of Indian heritage to play hockey for New Zealand at the national level. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

September 28, 202632 min

Asia Insight : Prof Sumit Ganguly

Few scholars have shaped how the West understands South Asia's strategic rivalries the way today's guest has. Sumit Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations. He's a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Professor Ganguly has written or edited over twenty books on India, Pakistan, and the wider region ..from the Kashmir conflict to nuclear deterrence to India's rise as a global power. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

September 24, 202657 min

Asia Insight : Zhen Wu & Alistair Crozier

Earlier this month the New Zealand China Council and the Asia New Zealand Foundation hosted Zhen Wu, the Vice President International Business Development China at Magna International on her first visit to New Zealand. Magna is a listed automotive technology company that partners with automakers across the globe, including many of China's emerging EV companies. Foundation Business Programme Manager Ethan Jones sat down with Ms Wu, and China Council Executive Director Alistair Crozier, for a chat about business and technology in China, and the transformation of the Chinese auto industry. Website asiamediacentre.org.nz Email us at media@asianz.org.nz Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !