Education strengthens ties between NZ, Malaysia, says Governor-General

The Governor-General of New Zealand, Dame Cindy Kiro (centre) greets students during a visit to Kolej Yayasan Saad (KYS) in Ayer Keroh, on Tuesday. - Bernama

MELAKA: Education has become one of the bridges that tie relations between New Zealand and Malaysia, says New Zealand Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro.

Kiro said the relations began in the early 1940s when the New Zealand Defence Force supported Malaysia's defence during the Emergency and then the Konfrontasi, before Malaysian students started going to New Zealand under the Colombo Plan in the early 1950s.