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Newsletter from New Zealand Indonesia Association (NZIA)

ISSUE 18 - AUGUST 2021

IN THIS ISSUE Movie Night at the Embassy

by Helen Trustrum
Movie Night at the Embassy
page 1-2 NZIA Committee members were entertained on Friday 30 July to an
enjoyable movie named Aruna and her palate.The story was about an
Indonesian epidemiologist who tries to combine a culinary road trip with
Nick & Ros Toured Java in 2014
page 3-7 two of her friends, and complications arise with the arrival of her former
colleague into the group. Her work assignment was to investigate
suspected cases of Bird Flu in humans, but she finds a strong
Ta Moko and other Tattoo
page 8-9 suggestion of corruption. This did not go down too well with her boss of
course. But I didn’t feel that this was much of a focus of the movie. The
main focus is on food and an elusive recipe for nasi goreng. There are
How Indonesians should see the
tensions between the characters too when romance is in the air.
ASEAN and its 54th Anniversary
page 10
The movie was released in 2018 and is now showing on Netflix. It was
awarded a Citra award for best supporting actor and also another for
The Journey of the Heart
page 11 best adapted screenplay writer.

A Message from Hannah
page 12

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