Bill Willmott receives ‘Gung Ho’ award
On Tuesday, 12 May 2015, Bill Willmott, the doyen and life member of the New Zealand China Friendship Society, was honoured by ICCIC with a...
‘Barock’ School Choir takes part in Shanghai Spring Internationa...
Both schools were really keen to enter, especially after participating in and becoming joint winners for best performance of a song with Mao...
Nearing the end at SBS – May, 2015
It’s early June, and the Chinese school year is nearing it’s end. Senior students at SBS have already sat their college-entry exams. They n...
The ‘Ancient Tea Horse Road’, China
During 2011, I was able to travel for a period of time along the well-known Silk Road, starting in Xi’an and on through North-West China int...
China’s Mangrove Forests – A study on their conservation b...
Deborah Robertson, one of the NZCFS Youth Friendship Ambassadors in 2014, spent 6 weeks from late June to early August, in two areas of mang...
NZCFS 2015 National Conference, Nelson 22-24 May
WELCOME TO NELSON'S BEACH SUBURB OF TAHUNANUI ON FRIDAY MAY 22CONFERENCE VENUE: MURITAI CENTRETahunanui Primary School, 69 Muritai Street, T...
A fascination for Chinese rubbish bins….
If you had told me before I first went to China in 2007 that I would end-up having a lasting fascination, if not a love affair, for Chinese ...
Call for applications (from branches) for RAFE funding of Projec...
BackgroundAs you know, in 2012 the China Oceania Friendship Association (COFA) entered into an agreement with the New Zealand China Friendsh...
Dave Feickert – Champion for Workers’ Safety –...
Jing and Dave were married both in traditional Chinese dress in Whanganui, but Jing still carried on working periodically in Beijing. When t...
Warmly Welcome to Nelson
Airport arrivals in Nelson for National AGM and Conference will be greeted by this Warmly Welcome sign. On May Day we are certainly warm; th...
Letter of Condolence from China
After the Dave Feickert, his wife Jing received a very touching letter of condolence from Mr Sun Huashan, Vice Minister State Administratio...