- 7 February 2017
Stephen Jacobi Executive Director of NZ International Business Forum, NZ China Council (Acting), APEC Business Advisory Council (NZ), Jacobi Consulting Ltd
Asia Pacific Integration - with or without the US? - 8 March 2017
H.E. Mario Alzugaray Rodriguez Ambassador of Cuba
Contemporary Cuba and the Asia Pacific Region - 4 April 2017
Hon David Parker MP Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Environment, Water, Regulatory Reform, Entrepreneurship, & Trade and Export Growth. Shadow Attorney General
New Zealand and Asia – the Labour Party perspective - 3 May 2017
H.E. José Gerardo Traslosheros H Ambassador of Mexico
Past, Present, and Future Engagements With Powerful Neighbour and Distant Asia: Mexico's Imperatives - 25 May 2017
Denis Win Thein Managing Director
Aung San Suu Kye and Myanmar; has she stumbled in power? - 27 June 2017
Dr Kate McMillan Senior Lecturer, Politics in the Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington
Asian immigrant and immigration debates and the 2017 New Zealand General Election - 2 August 2017
Emeritus Professor Gary Hawke Senior Fellow at the NZ Institute of Economic Research
The economic of immigration - a discussion led by Emeritus Professor Gary Hawke - 30 August 2017
Professor Toshihiro Nakayama Professor of American Politics and Foreign Policy at the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus
Recent Political Developments in Japan and its Implications on Foreign Policy - 12 September 2017
Mr Andrew Cumpston Deputy High Commissioner, Australian High Commission, Wellington
Australia and ASEAN - 24 October 2017
H.E. Mr Toshihisa Takata Ambassador of Japan
Japanese views on the North Korean issues - 15 November 2017
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Celebrating ASEAN: Lessons from the past for New Zealand's future - 21 November 2017
H.E. Mr. Yeo Seung-bae Ambassador of Korea
South Korea's perspective on the Peninsula issues and the way forward