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The retail sector:

The retail sector — and more specifically e-commerce — is one of the few sectors that has truly benefitted from the pandemic, with brands experiencing an unprecedented surge in demand as consumers turned online following store closures. The nation’s top four e-commerce brands — Taobao, Tmall, Alibaba.com and JD.com — have all seen significant brand value growth. Taobao (brand value $53.3 billion) and Tmall (brand value $49.2 billion) have entered the top 10 for the first-time following 44 percent and 60 percent brand value increases, respectively.

WeChat emerges as China’s strongest brand, with a Brand Strength Index (BSI) score of 95.4 out of 100. As one of China’s home-grown tech successes it also enjoyed a rapid boost in brand value, increasing by 25 percent to $67.9 billion and jumping five spots to claim 2nd place among the nation’s most valuable brands. During the pandemic, WeChat ran several government-mandated health code apps to keep track of those traveling or in quarantine, providing access to real-time data on COVID-19, online consultations, and self-diagnosis services powered by artificial intelligence to over 300 million users.

International relations & education:

The Boao Forum for Asia celebrated its 20th Anniversary in April 2021. Governors from 29 countries discussed how to join hands to strengthen global governance and advance the belt and road cooperation at a time of change. During the BFA, an opening ceremony was held in Haikou to celebrate the collaboration of a China Study Center between Massey University and University of Hainan. The Study Center will be open to international students at Massey who cannot return to New Zealand due to closed borders.

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Ciara Liu

Regional Director, China

Kea New Zealand

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The budget outlined continued support for businesses and individuals to take the UK through the remaining stages of the pandemic, with a focus on job retention schemes.  Extensions announced by the Chancellor of the furlough scheme until September has helped to protect 11.2 million jobs since the pandemic began.  Changes to this will see employers asking to put in contributions of 10% from July and 20% from August. 

For the hospitality and tourism sectors, the roadmap to opening is on track. Accommodation providers and indoor dining businesses will be able to operate with guests allowed to return from 17th May, looking towards 21st June when further restrictions should be lifted.  The reopening of businesses is expected to cause a re-balancing of consumer discretionary spend back to cafes, pubs and restaurants. 

The business rate holiday will continue until the end of June and business rates will be discounted for the remaining 9 months of the financial year, whilst the reduced 5% rate on VAT has also been extended for hospitality & tourism sectors.

The easing of lockdowns has seen an increase of store sales up 4.6 percent, as well as a 24 percent increase in store visits, the most stores have seen in 13 months. As we open up, there are plenty of opportunities for our New Zealand exporters to be a part of this continued growth. 

We are beginning a new phase of the “new-normal”.  In person meetings are starting to take place again and there is a trickle back into offices.  This month international travel has been announced with a green light for 12 countries who can enter the UK with no quarantine required on arrival, including New Zealand and Australia.  

We look forward to welcoming back out our friends, whānau and colleagues from home as international travel starts to slowly return.  Please remember to be well organised and sensitive to the changes and challenges that we are still facing here on this side of the world.  We may not want to shake your hand just yet, please don’t take this that we aren’t happy to see you or to do business, it’s been a long time between hugs and we’ll need a bit more time to get used to them again. 

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Ciara Liu

Regional Director, China

Kea New Zealand

Kea member

  1. To be eligible for entry, a person must be aged 18 years or over, be a New Zealand Citizen, a registered Kea member, and be currently residing in China. Employees of Kea, sponsoring and other partner organisations of Kea, and their immediate families, are ineligible to enter. Kea reserves the right to verify the validity of entries.
  2. Entry into the competition is automatic upon completion of the Kea Future Aspirations online survey. Entries for the prize draw can be made during the period that the Kea Future Aspirations survey is “live” online from 7 May 2021 until 21 May 2021 (NZT). The winner will be drawn randomly and will be awarded one prize valued at NZD 35 consisting of:
    1x Pascal Pineapple lumps
    1x Pascal Milk Shakes
    1x Pascal Minties
    1x Whittaker’s Hokey Pokey mini slabs
    1x Whittaker’s L&P mini slabs
    5x Whittaker’s artisan collection chocolate bars
  3. The prize winner will be randomly drawn from the entry pool at 1pm NZT on 27 May 2021. Kea will check within the Kea CRM whether the winner is a registered user of the keanewzealand.com website. Kea will perform this check by putting the person’s full name into the CRM search. If Kea, having used reasonable efforts, is unable to establish contact with the winner within one working day, or the winner is not a registered user within the CRM, then the prize is forfeited and a further draw will be conducted. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  4. Shipping of each prize is included within China. Once the prize is accepted, the prize will be shipped to an address within China specified by the winner.
  5. The prize cannot be converted into cash and is not transferable.
  6. Acceptance of the prize is deemed consent for Kea to use the winner’s details for promotional and media purposes without any further reference, payment or other compensation.
  7. Neither Kea nor any other person or party associated with this survey will be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with either participation in this survey or with the prize offered.
  8. If you have any questions about the terms and conditions above, please contact us at [email protected]
  1. To be eligible for entry, a person must be aged 18 years or over, be a New Zealand Citizen, a registered Kea member, and be currently residing in China. Employees of Kea, sponsoring and other partner organisations of Kea, and their immediate families, are ineligible to enter. Kea reserves the right to verify the validity of entries.
  2. Entry into the competition is automatic upon completion of the Kea Future Aspirations online survey. Entries for the prize draw can be made during the period that the Kea Future Aspirations survey is “live” online from 7 May 2021 until 21 May 2021 (NZT). Five winners will be drawn randomly and each will be awarded one prize valued at NZD 27.50 consisting of:
    1x Grin Natural Toothpaste
    1x Grin Natural Toothbrush
  3. Each prize winner will be randomly drawn from the entry pool at 1pm NZT on 27 May 2021. Kea will check within the Kea CRM whether the winner is a registered user of the keanewzealand.com website. Kea will perform this check by putting the person’s full name into the CRM search. If Kea, having used reasonable efforts, is unable to establish contact with the winner within one working day, or the winner is not a registered user within the CRM, then the prize is forfeited and a further draw will be conducted. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  4. Shipping of each prize is included within China. Once the prize is accepted, the prize will be shipped to an address within China specified by the winner.
  5. The prize cannot be converted into cash and is not transferable.
  6. Acceptance of the prize is deemed consent for Kea to use the winner’s details for promotional and media purposes without any further reference, payment or other compensation.
  7. Neither Kea nor any other person or party associated with this survey will be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with either participation in this survey or with the prize offered.
  8. If you have any questions about the terms and conditions above, please contact us at [email protected]
  1. To be eligible for entry, a person must be aged 18 years or over, be a New Zealand Citizen, a registered Kea member, and be currently residing in the United Kingdom. Employees of Kea, sponsoring and other partner organisations of Kea, and their immediate families, are ineligible to enter. Kea reserves the right to verify the validity of entries.
  2. Entry into the competition is automatic upon completion of the Kea Future Aspirations online survey. Entries for the prize draw can be made during the period that the Kea Future Aspirations survey is “live” online from 7 May 2021 until 21 May 2021 (NZT). One winner will be drawn randomly and will be awarded one prize valued at ~NZD 50 consisting of:
  • 1x Sanza gift voucher
  1. The prize winner will be randomly drawn from the entry pool at 1pm NZT on 27 May 2021. Kea will check within the Kea CRM whether the winner is a registered user of the keanewzealand.com website. Kea will perform this check by putting the person’s full name into the CRM search. If Kea, having used reasonable efforts, is unable to establish contact with the winner within one working day, or the winner is not a registered user within the CRM, then the prize is forfeited and a further draw will be conducted. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  2. Shipping of the prize is included within the United Kingdom. Once the prize is accepted, the prize will be shipped to an address within the United Kingdom specified by the winner.
  3. The prize cannot be converted into cash and is not transferable.
  4. Acceptance of the prize is deemed consent for Kea to use the winner’s details for promotional and media purposes without any further reference, payment or other compensation.
  5. Neither Kea nor any other person or party associated with this survey will be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with either participation in this survey or with the prize offered.

If you have any questions about the terms and conditions above, please contact us at [email protected]

  1. To be eligible for entry, a person must be aged 18 years or over, be a New Zealand Citizen, a registered Kea member, and be currently residing in Australia. Employees of Kea, sponsoring and other partner organisations of Kea, and their immediate families, are ineligible to enter. Kea reserves the right to verify the validity of entries.
  2. Entry into the competition is automatic upon completion of the Kea Future Aspirations online survey. Entries for the prize draw can be made during the period that the Kea Future Aspirations survey is “live” online from 7 May 2021 until 21 May 2021 (NZT). One winner will be drawn randomly and will be awarded one prize valued at NZD 60 consisting of:
  • 4x Whittakers chocolate
  • 1x Pineapple lumps
  • 1x CookieTime assortment bag
  • 1x RJ’s raspberry choc twists
  • 1x Fix and Fogg Smoke and Fire
  • 1x Kaitaia Fire
  • 1x Kokako coffee
  • 1x Kiwi onion dip mix
  1. The prize winner will be randomly drawn from the entry pool at 1pm NZT on 27 May 2021. Kea will check within the Kea CRM whether the winner is a registered user of the keanewzealand.com website. Kea will perform this check by putting the person’s full name into the CRM search. If Kea, having used reasonable efforts, is unable to establish contact with the winner within one working day, or the winner is not a registered user within the CRM, then the prize is forfeited and a further draw will be conducted. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  2. Shipping of the prize is included within Australia. Once the prize is accepted, the prize will be shipped to an address within Australia specified by the winner.
  3. The prize cannot be converted into cash and is not transferable.
  4. Acceptance of the prize is deemed consent for Kea to use the winner’s details for promotional and media purposes without any further reference, payment or other compensation.
  5. Neither Kea nor any other person or party associated with this survey will be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with either participation in this survey or with the prize offered.

If you have any questions about the terms and conditions above, please contact us at [email protected]

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