Co-published with the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Outlook 13 surveys Australia’s perceptions of New Zealand as the two countries build up their engagement with Asia. In Standing together, in single file: Australian views of New Zealand and Asia Dr Malcolm Cook argues that New Zealand and Australia are seeking their place at the table via different routes, thus prompting a redefinition of the trans-Tasman bond.

This opinion piece by Outlook 13 author Dr Malcolm Cook was published in the Dominion Post on 1 June 2010. Dr Cook is East Asia programme director at Sydney's Lowy Institute for International Policy. In this article he looks at the disparate routes Australia and New Zealand are taking on the road to greater engagement with Asia.

The Future Business Counterparts from New Zealand (FCBNZ) programme is made possible by the Japanese government and provides immersion to young Kiwi professionals into the Japanese environment to foster their connections with the country. Read about the three YLs Asia:NZ selected.

Lisa Onland began her degree in journalism at Hong Kong University in 2009 with the support of the Asia:NZ media programme. Here Lisa reflects on a successfully completed first year of study and eyes the possibilities ahead.

"If you have the means and the eligibility to follow career and business opportunities around the globe, you may well become a global citizen with rather looser attachments to multiple countries," is one of the lessons from a recently reported study by Auckland University student and Young Leader Liangni Liu.

The answers to this month's ten questions can be found in articles across our website.