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Shaanxi Cooperative Project Monitoring

Shaanxi Women’s Federation project “Establish Model Cooperatives in Two Districts of Shaanxi Province, China” This two year project has now completed its first year of implementation. In March 2012, Shandan Coop expert Liu Guozhong, and NZCFS’ Dave Bromwich spent a week conducting a mid-project evaluation. Background to the project. The project is aiming to achieve the following key outcomes: (a)Eight cooperatives will be established to a high level of standard cooperatives, and act as models for further … Read More

NZ Chinese Go President John and Julia Chen watch Ms  Hua Xueming, Captain of the  Chinese Women’s Team, while  New Zealand Go President Michael  Taler plays  the Chinese Weiqi Qiyuan professional player Hua Yigang (8th dan and currently Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Chinese Go Association and Director of the Referees’ Committee).

National Notebook April 2012

NZCFS 1952 - 2012 Sixty Years Recent News The Photographers’ Tour arrived back last weekend, and Judy Livingstone, Tour Leader, said they had a great trip, with plenty of time to take photos and a few adventures along the way.  Stories and photos next Notebook. Auckland Branch is co-sponsor of an exhibition of more than 100 photographs celebrating Rewi Alley’s life. This opens at the Uxbridge, Howick’s Creative Centre on Thursday 17 May, the evening before our National Conference. A high ranking Go (Weiqi) … Read More

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NZCFS 60th ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL CONFERENCE May 2012

  NZCFS 60th ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL CONFERENCE & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 18-20 May 2012 School of Engineering, Theatre 439 University of Auckland “By honouring our past, we find our future” Auckland Branch president George Andrews says they are “pulling out all the stops” for the 60th commemorative conference.  George and renowned set designer John Parker are combining their skills to prepare a spectacular reminder of what a magnificent story NZCFS has. The conference opening on Friday evening includes … Read More

Tours to China

English corner at Shandan Bailie School, meet the students

NZCFS Tour to Silk Road and Project Sites, September 2012

Tour Update Detailed planning is well underway to make this NZCFS 60th Birthday Tour a fantastic tour for NZCFS. This is a unique opportunity for NZCFS members and interested members of the public alike to enjoy great travel in combination with the experience of meeting people and visiting places … Read More...

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NZCFS 60th Birthday Tour – September 2012 – 24 days in China

 In 2012, NZCFS turns 60!  NZCFS 60th Birthday Tour itinerary detail is now finalised.  The tour follows the outline that is promoted below. To view the itinerary in full, please see the NZCFS 60th Birthday China Tour  flyer, and to view the route look at 60th Birthday Tour map.  The cost … Read More...

Poverty Alleviation Projects in China

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NZCFS Poverty Alleviation Projects in Northwest China

NZCFS have delivered a range of projects in the NW of China. They all started in Shandan, situated in the Hexi Corridor, Gansu. Shandan is situated in the Hexi Corridor, Gansu. NZCFS has a long standing friendship with the Shandan Bailie School through the work of Rewi Alley and with the Gung Ho Co-operatives of Shandan. In 2005-6 and 2007-8 there were two … Read More...

Quanzhou, Guilin women health checks NZCFS project

NZCFS Poverty Alleviation Projects in Guangxi

Projects in Quanzhou County, Guilin NZCFS has been working for several years in Dongshan Village, four hours drive north of Guilin. Dongshan is a Yao area with  women at home farming while men go to the cities to work. Many people do not speak Mandarin Chinese and extension staff do not speak Yao, so the project targeted 400 women and encouraged them to … Read More...

New to New Zealand?

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Advice for International Students and Hosts. We hope the following may be helpful to all concerned, especially educational institutions with Chinese students as part of their pastoral care programme.These days very large numbers of Chinese are coming to New Zealand to study and most find … Read More...

Major Ongoing Project Areas

Kathleen Hall RGN, RM (1896 - 1970)

He Ming Qing (Kathleen Hall) Memorial Scholarship

Our scholarship in memory of this courageous NZ … Read More...

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Gung Ho Co-operatives

Gung Ho is the slogan and nickname of the International Committee for … Read More...

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Shandan Bailie School

  The NZCFS sends teachers, equipment and other support to help this school live up to … Read More...

Teaching Jobs in China

Group standing in front of statue of Rewi Alley and George Hogg - founders of Shandan Bailie School

English Teacher for Shandan Bailie School

NZCFS seeks suitably qualified … Read More...

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English Teachers Wanted for Hexi University

Hexi University is in Zhangye city, … Read More...

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Teachers for Cambridge Eagle Educational School

Teachers are required for this private … Read More...

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Learn more about Rewi Alley (1897 – 1987)

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The most famous New Zealander in China - Rewi Alley contributed perhaps more than any other foreigner to the Chinese … Read More...

News & Events – What’s New

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Volunteer Teaching in China – The First VICTour (2011)

In November 2010, Mme Li Xaolin, the Chairperson of Youxie (Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign … Read More...

President Eric Livingstone responds to American Bill Foley’s TV comments

Our President, Eric Livingstone, has responded, on behalf of all the Society's members, to the comments made last Monday … Read More...

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NZCFS SIXTY YEARS CELEBRATION EVENTS

WELLINGTON BANQUET February 24 A group of over 50 people from all over New Zealand came together for a banquet at the … Read More...

NZCFS 1952 – 2012 Celebrates Sixty Years

First Society Meeting: The original handwritten minute book of the Society records:  Wednesday 27 February 1952 at … Read More...

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