Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown is the highest profile of a growing number of public servants and other professionals taking Mandarin lessons with the Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington to better prepare them for their dealings with China and its people.

Ms Wade-Brown and fellow student Jeremy Harding, General Manager Development and Foresight at the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency, have a weekly 7.30am lesson with teacher Chunxiao Lu in the Mayor’s Office at Wellington City Council.

Both have just passed their stage two language exam with nearly full marks and are now studying for stage three.

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