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“They need to stop the funding immediately,” said Murat, a member of the New Zealand Uyghur community whose name we have changed to protect his security. “iFlytek have Uyghur people’s blood on their hands,” he told Stuff Circuit. “I cannot believe the NZ Super Fund is involved in the Uyghur genocide. New Zealand taxpayers are indirectly dragged into the genocide because of the investment. I’m feeling both disappointed and terrified.” Finance Minister Grant Robertson said he has asked for reassurances that the China investments meet the NZ Super Fund’s guidelines for resp...

The agreement between Icehouse Ventures and iFlytek was signed in March 2019. In 2019 publicity material about the partnership, iFlytek called it a “strategic cooperation agreement,” and said, “the two sides will share information and support the scientific and technological innovation of the projects The Icehouse invested in.” Paul said it was a “non-binding agreement, outlining an intent to partner on developing opportunities together”. The Icehouse Ventures board requested the review of the partnership in February, during the Stuff Circuit investigation. Responding to Stu...

Stuff Circuit's documentary Deleted exposes New Zealand business and political links to a Chinese company involved in human rights violations against Uyghurs and investigates the extrajudicial imprisonment of the brother of a Uyghur New Zealander. A government seed fund knew a Chinese tech giant had been blacklisted for human rights violations, but went ahead with investments in New Zealand companies that had partnered with the Chinese business. A Stuff Circuit investigation revealed the government, through Aspire NZ Seed Fund, had a stake in two companies – Rocos Global and LearnCoach �...

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“Certainly it’s something I'm looking for more information about,” Robertson said. “What I’ve read so far is what we’re talking about is quite an arm’s length situation, the New Zealand Government is not directly funding the firm,” Robertson said. A Stuff Circuit investigation has found New Zealand entities formed partnerships with Chinese artificial intelligence giant iFlytek in spite of concerns having been raised publicly since 2017 about the company’s role in human rights violations. iFlytek was placed on a trade blacklist by the US in October 2019. Auckland robotics...