Beyond our sister cities, Palmerston North partners with a range of cities around the world to foster connections, promote shared economic growth, inspire innovation and tackle global challenges such as climate change.
Through our focus on building international relations we aim to:
- Promote Palmerston North’s reputation internationally to attract business interests, investment, visitors and students.
- Build diplomatic networks and strong partnerships with international cities and organisations to drive economic, educational and cultural collaboration.
- Manage inbound and outbound international visits to explore mutually beneficial exchanges and opportunities for our local businesses to access international markets.
- Encourage the exchange of knowledge and collaboration on shared priorities.
Our current partnership arrangements include:
- Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil – ongoing conversation on agritech & food innovation research
- Can Tho City, Viet Nam – ongoing conversation on educational exchanges
- Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China – Letter of Intent to cooperate in education
- Hefei, Anhui Province, China – Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on educational collaboration
- Hillsboro, Oregon, United States of America – ongoing conversation on shared learning and best practices in renewable energy
- Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam – Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on educational cooperation
- Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture – ongoing conversation on support for international communities
- Nancy, France – ongoing conversations in agritech and food tech collaboration
- Penrith, New South Wales, Australia – ongoing conversation on multimodal transportation and infrastructure
- Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China – Letter of Intent to cooperate in education
- Wageningen, The Netherlands – Ongoing support for strategic partnership between Massey University and Wageningen University & Research
- Yantai, Shandong Province, China – Letter of Intent to cooperate in education