Our partners

The Confucius Institute collaborates with schools and organisations that teach Chinese and promote Chinese culture.

Musicians Li Luo and Jia Zhenzhen perform in Hunter Council Chambers — Musicians Liam Furey (piano), Li Luo (pipa) and Jia Zhenzhen (liuqin) perform in the China Crossing III concert in collaboration with Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music.

Within the University, the Confucius Institute works closely with the School of Languages and Cultures and other departments involved in developing links with China.

It works with the Confucius Institutes of the Universities of Auckland and Canterbury, Ministry of Education, Future Learning Solutions, New Zealand Chinese Language Teachers Association and Asia New Zealand Foundation.

For its cultural programme, the Confucius Institute works within the University and with a wide range of public institutions and local cultural and community organisations including Te KōkĪ New Zealand School of Music, New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation, New Zealand Federation of Film Societies, New Zealand China Friendship Society and other Chinese cultural, media and community organisations.

The Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington values its warm working relationship with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and the support of the Chinese International Education Foundation and the Centre for Language Education and Cooperation.