Forget UK, North America — Asia is most important to New Zealanders [after Australia], poll finds

Some key takeaways from the Asia New Zealand report:

• 80% feel it's important for NZers to develop ties with Asia
• 90% feel it's at least somewhat important for NZ to invest in building partnerships with Asia, with 65% saying it's more important than 5 years ago
• 37% see China as a threat, in 3rd place behind Russia (72%, up 27 percentage points since last year) and North Korea (69%, up 5 ppt.). The rest are below 20%.
• 63% are concerned about possible conflict over Taiwan

More key takeaways and the full report here on the Asia New Zealand Foundation's website

RNZ has some less in-depth coverage of this too