Previous speakers include:

Farib Sos
Cambodia

Rudra Da Souza
Sri Lanka

Bryce Harland
China

Carl Worker
Hong Kong

Tim Beal and Trevor Harvey
North Korea

Tetsuya Endo
Japan and North Korea

Pansy Wong MP
Hong Kong

Dennis Win Thein
Myanmar

Stephen Dawe
Asian investment in New Zealand

Tim Groser
Indonesia

Geoff Ward
Singapore

Elias Hashim
Malaysia

Chris Elder
China

Hood Salleh and Halim Sidek
Malaysia

Greg Talcott
The current Indonesian elections notice

David Dickens
China 's reaction to the Balkans war notice

Kim Pyong Hong
Trend of Détente in Asia/Pacific notice

Alex Sundakov
Economic outlook for the Asian economy notice

Roger Maxwell
East Timor Referendum notice

Lex Henry
NZ-Asia relations: Another opportunity lost? notice

HE Alicia Ramos
The Philippines and the Asia/Pacific Region notice

2000

Rt Hon Don McKinnon, MP
Personal reflections on Asia: Implications for New Zealand notice

Dr Jim Hoare
British perspectives on the security of North Asia notice

Hon Russell Marshall
Internationalisation of New Zealand Education: The Asian dimension notice

Lewis Cohen
US-Japan Trade Negotiations: The view from Washington

Tim Groser
Asian crisis- two years on: Reflections from a New Zealand perspective

Bong-joo Moon
The Korean Peninsula: Election and Inter-Korean Summit notice

Bruce Brown
New Zealandand Asia: Some personal recollections and current reflections notice

Roy Ferguson
NZ Perspectives on Korea notice

Hood Salleh
Dr Mahathir and Modern Malaysia notice

Frank Wilson
ASEAN Post Ministers' Forum and trends in the region notice

Lyndall McLean
Myanmar: Prospects for change notice

Carol Moseley Braun
The Challenge of Globalisation notice Speech notes

Bryce Harland
China, Taiwan and the WTO notice Speech notes

Terence O'Brien
NZ Foreign Policy and Asia notice

2001

Hon Philip Burdon
The Future of APEC - a personal view notice

Rizalino S Navarro
Restoring Confidence in the Philippines notice

Dr Peter Adams
China in the Year of the Snake notice 

Hon Marie Hasler
Is NZ an immigrant-friendly country? notice

Hon Peter Dunne
NZ's One-China policy: an outmoded hangover of the Cold War notice

Chen Mingming
One China Principle and the Taiwan Issue Notice

Gerald Hensley
New Zealand Security - does Asia matter? notice paper 

Graham Kelly (with Don Borrie, Tim Beal and Stephen Epstein)
North Korea: implications of current developments for New Zealand notice

Andrew Renton-Green
21 August 2001
Indonesia's future - fragmentation, implosion or status quo? notice

Bruce Brown
25 September 2001
NZ and Asia: some further recollections and current reflections notice

Tan Keng Jin
31 October 2001
Singapore, New Zealand's CEP Partner notice 

Maarten Wevers
21 November 2001
Japan's Crisis - Will the corner be turned? notice

Terence O'Brien
5 December 2001
Major Implications of 11 September For The Asia Pacific Region notice paper

2002

Mike Green
12 February 2002
Governance Issues in Post-Soeharto Indonesia notice paper

Lyndall McLean
19 March 2002
Australian Perspectives on Current Asian Issues notice

Hon Bill English, MP
27 March 2002
National Party Perspectives on Asia Notice

Qiu Xuejun
23 April 2002
Tibet: its present and future notice

Richard Fell CVO
British High Commissioner
28 May 2002
The United Kingdom and Southeast Asia: Some personal reflections notice

Denis Win Thein
Managing Director, Powerhouse Systems Ltd
19 June 2002
Changes in Myanmar and opportunities for New Zealand notice 

HE Anucha Osathanond
Ambassador of Thailand
3 July 2002
Thai-NZ Diplomacy notice

Christopher Butler
Executive Director, Asia 2000 Foundation
Lanterns and Lecterns: Asia 2000 and the NZ Evolution
14 August 2002 notice

John Maasland
Chairman, ASEAN NZ Combined Business Council
ASEAN Free Trade and its linkage with CER
4 September 2002
notice

Neil Walter
former Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Personal reflections on NZ relations with Asia
9 October 2002 notice

Ashraf Choudhary MP
Labour Party List MP
Does an Asian immigrant ever become a New Zealander?
19 November 2002 notice

Hon Jim Sutton
Minister for Trade Negotiations
Economic Partnership with ASEAN
2 December 2002

2003

Sir Dryden Spring
Chairman, Asia 2000 Foundation
THE ASIA/NZ CONNECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRADE
25 February 2003 notice

Dr Tim Beal
Victoria University of Wellington
CRISIS IN KOREA: CAUSES AND PROSPECTS
19 March 2003 Notice
Presentation ( Powerpoint)  (rtf)

Simon Murdoch
Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
NEW ZEALAND'S RELATIONS WITH ASIA
29 April 2003 Notice

Professor Gary Hawke
Head, School of Government
Victoria University of Wellington
MULTILATERALISM, REGIONALISM, BILATERALISM - WHAT WILL BE THE ASIA-PACIFIC CONTEXT FOR NEW ZEALAND?
27 May 2003 Notice  Presentation

Alan Oxley
Chairman, Australian APEC Study Centre
10 June 2003
ASIAN DIRECTIONS AND THE AUSTRALASIAN DESTINY notice

Malcolm McGoun
NZ Ambassador to Vietnam
25 June 2003
VIET NAM: DRAGON RISING AGAIN notice

Helder Da Costa
Tertiary Education Manager, Asia 2000 Foundation
16 September 2003
FUTURE ECONOMIC DIRECTIONS OF TIMOR-LESTE Notice

Dr Kim Ki-hwah
International Chair of the Pacific Economic Co-operation Council International
30 September 2003
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE KOREAN ECONOMY-IMPORTANCE IN BILATERAL AND REGIONAL TERMS notice

Alan Williams
Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
15 October 2003
THE GREATER MEKONG SUB-REGION OUTLOOK notice

Douglas Day
Managing Director, Human Resources International
11 November 2003
SOME FACETS OF CHINA notice

Dr Don Brash
Leader of the National Party of New Zealand
2 December 2003
NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH ASIA notice

2004

The Right Hon. James Bolger
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1990-97
cv
25 February 2004
NEW ZEALAND AND ASIA: RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE LONG TERM notice

HE Dr Allan Hawke
Australian High Commissioner
17 March 2004
AUSTRALIA'S ENGAGEMENT WITH ASIA notice

Colin James
Journalist
27 April 2004
SOME (AWKWARD) QUESTIONS I HAVE ABOUT NEW ZEALAND AND ASIA
notice  Colin James' notes

HE Primo Joelianto
Ambassador of Indonesia
18 May 2004
THE INDONESIAN GENERAL ELECTION APRIL 2004 : A PATH TOWARDS GREATER DEMOCRATIC RULE notice

Christopher Butler
Executive Director of Asia 2000 Foundation
15 June 2004
SERIOUSLY ASIA. HOW SERIOUS ARE WE? notice

Professor Anthony Milner
Dean of the Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
7 July 2004
AUSTRALIA'S SECURITY RELATIONS WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA, IN PARTICULAR INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA notice

Kambiz Sheikh-hassani
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran
20 July 2004
NEW DIRECTION IN IRAN'S FOREIGN POLICY notice

Philip Lewin
Chief Executive, Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce
17 August 2004
NZ'S BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH ASIA Notice

Pansy Wong MP
National Party List member
29 September 2004
DIALOGUE IN BEIJING Reflections on the international conference of Asian political parties held in Beijing in September Beijing Declaration Notice

Mirmahmoud Moosavi
Senior Research Fellow, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Islamic Republic of Iran
30 September 2004
THE DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN FROM IRAN'S PERSPECTIVE notice

Caroline McDonald
Director, Disarmament Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Thursday 28 October
ASIA'S NEW ECONOMIC GIANT: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF INDIA FOR NEW ZEALAND notice

Shin Jung-seung
Ambassador, Republic of Korea
Tuesday 23 November
KOREA AS REGIONAL HUB FOR NORTHEAST ASIA: PROSPECTS AND ISSUES notice

Honourable Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE
Governor-General of New Zealand
1 December 2004
Speech at the Asia Forum Annual Dinner, Government House, Wellington

2005

John McKinnon
Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Wednesday 9 February
CHINA-NZ RELATIONS: LOOKING BACKWARDS, LOOKING FORWARD notice

Tim Gibson
CEO, NZ Trade and Enterprise
Thursday 3 March
WHAT NZTE IS DOING IN ASIA AND NZTE'S OVERALL STRATEGY notice

Peter Adams
Executive Director, NZAID
Wednesday 30 March
NZAID'S NEW ASIA STRATEGY notice

Hon Phil Goff
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Tuesday 5 April
UPDATE ON NEW ZEALAND'S ENGAGEMENT WITH ASIA notice

HE Mr Charles J. Swindells
Ambassador of the United States of America
Tuesday 31 May
UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS EAST ASIA notice

Rt Hon Justice Sir Kenneth Keith KBE
Supreme Court of New Zealand
Wednesday 22 June
COURT SYSTEMS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC - MPLICATIONS FOR NEW ZEALAND notice

H.E. Mr Kambiz Sheikh-Hassani
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Tuesday 5 July
IRAN'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAMME notice paper

Charles Finny
CEO, Wellington Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday 19 July
FREE TRADE WITH NORTH ASIA notice

Dr Stephen Epstein
Director, Asian Studies Institute, VUW
Dr Xiaoming Huang
Senior Lecturer in East Asian Politics, VUW
Terence O'Brien
former Director, Centre for Strategic Studies, VUW
Wednesday 3 August
"CRISIS" IN EAST ASIA? notice

Professor Salim Said
Professor of Political Science, Muhammadiyah University of Malang, Indonesia
Monday 5 September
ISLAM AND POLITICS IN INDONESIA notice

Aldo Matteucci
former Deputy Secretary-General of EFTA, Geneva
Monday 14 September
FTAS: PRAISE AND PREJUDICE notice

Howard Fancy
Secretary for Education
Tuesday 11 October
ARE WE EQUIPPING OUR CHILDREN FOR THE 'ASIAN CENTURY'? notice

Rommel Caringal
General Manager of VisionFund Cambodia
Wednesday 12 October
MICRO-FINANCING IN CAMBODIA notice

HE Dr Allan Hawke
Australian High Commissioner
Tuesday 8 November
CONUNDRUMS, DILEMMAS AND PARADOXES notice

Asia Forum annual dinner 2005

Address by Hon Margaret Wilson, Speaker of the House of Representatives

2006

David Taylor
Director, North Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Tuesday 28 February
PENINSULA POSTING: THOUGHTS ON BEING ONE AMBASSADOR TO TWO KOREAS notice

John Austin
Executive Director, Asia:NZ Foundation
Tuesday 21 March
CHANGING ASIA - NEW IMPERATIVES FOR ASIA:NZ notice

Stephen Franks
Consultant and former ACT MP
Tuesday 11 April
IMMIGRATION 'CULTURAL FIT' CONCERNS: RACIST OR REALIST? notice

Dr Dewi Fortuna Anwar
Director for Program and Research, The Habibie Center, Jakarta
and

Dr Greg Fealy
Research Fellow, Indonesian Politics, ANU
Tuesday 2 May
ISLAM IN INDONESIA: POLITICAL AND SECURITY DIMENSION notice

Dr Jung-taik Hyun
President of Korea Development Institute (KDI)
20 June 2006
PROSPECTS FOR AN ENHANCED ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KOREA AND NEW ZEALAND notice

26 July 2006
ASIAFORUM 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR AND DINNER
Grand Hall, Parliament House, Wellington, hosted by Madam Speaker, Hon Margaret Wilson
seminar programme  Dinner Presentations

Kambiz Sheikh-hassani
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran
3 August 2006
CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: IRAN'S PERSPECTIVE notice

Tim Kearns

Christchurch teacher
21 August 2006
A KIWI TEACHER IN PYONGYANG notice

Peter Rider
Director of Information and Public Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, former New Zealand Ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
20 September 2006
THAILAND AND HER EXTENDED CARETAKER GOVERNMENT notice

John Dauth
Australian High Commissioner
19 October 2006
ASIA AND THE UN: A PERSONAL REFLECTION notice

Dr David J Keegan
Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy
Wednesday 8 November
THE UNITED STATES, CHINA AND TAIWAN: WHAT DO THE ORACLE BONES PREDICT? notice

Dr Rizal Sukma
Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Dr Bahtiar Effendy
Lecturer and expert on Islam
Mr Umar Hadi
Director of Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr Agus Sumule
Senior Lecturer at the State University of Papua and expert on Papua Issue
Thursday 16 November
INDONESIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST MUSLIM NATION notice

2007 

Philip Burdon
Chair of Asia:NZ Foundation
Tuesday 27 February
REFLECTIONS ON THE ASIA: NZ FOUNDATION AGENDA 2007-2010 Notice

HE Mr Munawar Saeed Bhatti
High Commissioner of Pakistan
Wednesday 21 March
PAKISTAN: SOUTH ASIA'S OTHER GIANT ECONOMY- OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW ZEALAND notice

Professor Guo Zhenzhi
Qinghua University, Beijing
Wednesday 4 April
INTERNATIONAL NEWS "PROPAGANDA" AND CHINESE TELEVISION notice

John McArthur
Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Former NZ Ambassador to Japan
Tuesday 17 April
JAPAN UNDER SHINZO ABE notice

Dr Alex Tan
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Canterbury University
Tuesday 8 May
CHINA-NEW ZEALAND-TAIWAN: THE TRADE IMPLICATIONS OF A TRIANGULAR RELATIONSHIP notice 

Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Director of Security and International Studies (ISIS), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Tuesday 29 May
THAILAND UPDATE

HE Mr Lee Joon-gyu
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
Tuesday 5 June
KOREAN PENINSULA UPDATE notice

Tim Gibson
CEO, NZ Trade and Enterprise
Tuesday 12 June
EMERGING ASIA AND MATURE ASIA: EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES IN CHALLENGING MARKETS

HE Mr Zhang Yuanyuan
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China
Thursday 5 July
THE PEACEFUL RISE OF CHINA notice

The Wellington branch of the United Nations Association cordially invited members of the Asia Forum to

Dr Tim Beal
Victoria University of Wellington
Thursday 12 July
NORTH KOREA: PROSPECTS FOR PEACE

Dr Lance Beath
School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
Wednesday 29 August
NEW ZEALAND CAPABILITY: LESSONS FROM ASIA notice

Dr James Kember
Ambassador to Viet Nam
Wednesday 5 September
VIET NAM: CHARM, CHANGE, CHALLENGE AND CHANCE notice

Peter Van Ness
Contemporary China Centre, Australian National University
Wednesday 10 October
CHINA AND UNITED STATES:  COMPETING VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF EAST ASIA notice

Dr Milton Osborne
Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
Wednesday 24 October
CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: WHY CHINA IS NOW THE REGION'S PARAMOUNT POWER notice

Peter Beck
Executive Director, US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
Monday 12 November
AFTER THE SUMMIT: NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA - WHERE NEXT? notice

Denis Win Thein
Businessman
Wednesday 21 November
MYANMAR: AN INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE notice

2008

Stephen Jacobi
Executive Director of the New Zealand International Business Forum
Wednesday 27 February
NEW ZEALAND AND JAPAN: STRENGTHENING NEW ZEALAND UNDERSTANDING AND CONNECTION notice

Professor Anthony Milner
Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
Tuesday 11 March
AUSTRALIA AND ASIA: REFLECTIONS ON THE TASKS FACED BY PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD notice

Dr Richard Grant
Executive Director, Asia:NZ Foundation
Thursday 17 April
ASIA'S CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMING YEARS: THE VIEW FROM ASIA:NZ notice

Charles Finny
CEO, Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday 6 May
PREMATURE OBITUARY: REVISITING THE FUTURE OF APEC notice

HE Mr Munawar Saeed Bhatti
High Commissioner of Pakistan
Wednesday 18 June
MANDATE FOR CHANGE: CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT
details and venue

Dr Bahtiar Effendy
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Indonesia
Thursday 26 June
ISLAM IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIAN POLITICS
details and venue

HE Mr Toshihiro Takahashi
Ambassador of Japan
Wednesday 9 July
REINVIGORATING THE JAPAN-NZ RELATIONSHIP IN THE WAKE OF PRIME MINISTER CLARK'S VISIT: THE JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE details and venue

Peter Wilson and Tim Kearns
Tuesday 5 August
ENGAGING NORTH KOREA: TWO NZERS SPEAK OF THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WORKING IN DPR KOREA

Wednesday 8 October
RECEPTION HOSTED BY BELL GULLY TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF NZ/INDONESIA RELATIONS 

H.E. Mr George Fergusson
British High Commisioner
Wednesday 22 October
BRITAIN AND GLOBALISED ASIA

Karen Sewell
Secretary of Education
Tuesday 4 November
SERIOUSLY EDUCATING ABOUT ASIA