ISANA

Terry McGrath , Dr Andrew Butcher , Paul Stock

Abstract: Asian students need to be considered within New Zealand’s broader engagement with Asia. The New Zealand government has invested significant funding into recruiting international students; professional development for those working with international students; and research into the experiences of international students in New Zealand. Only limited research has investigated the experiences and implications of international students returning to their countries of origin and it has been within frames of either development studies (McGrath, 1998) or sociology (Butcher, 2003), with focus on challenges international students’ face in their re-entry experiences. This paper seeks to consider Asian students within international relations more broadly. In particular, this paper asks how Asian students who have studied in New Zealand could be nurtured as friends and allies of New Zealand longer term.

Keywords: international students, asian students, recruitment, New Zealand, re-entry experiences.

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