Dave Bromwich
Dave joined NZCFS in 1991, and after a three year stint as Hawkes Bay Branch President he has served on National Executive since 2000, including 8 years as vice-president, and National President since 2014.
He has visited China in excess of 45 times, with a total of more than 8 years spent in China. His main activity has been in rural development consultancy, focusing on assisting with the development of cooperatives through a range of private and NZCFS projects. He is also a vice-chair of Gung Ho (International Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives), working largely in the North-west of China. Inspiration comes from the earlier work of Rewi Alley. He has been contact person between NZCFS and Shandan Bailie School, where he has facilitated the placement of teachers since 2001, and where the NZCFS rural development projects were initially based.
He has visited China in excess of 45 times, with a total of more than 8 years spent in China. His main activity has been in rural development consultancy, focusing on assisting with the development of cooperatives through a range of private and NZCFS projects. He is also a vice-chair of Gung Ho (International Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives), working largely in the North-west of China. Inspiration comes from the earlier work of Rewi Alley. He has been contact person between NZCFS and Shandan Bailie School, where he has facilitated the placement of teachers since 2001, and where the NZCFS rural development projects were initially based.
Silk Road Tour, May – June 2025
Xi'an to Samarkand Early notice of this tour to slot into your forward planning! 16 days in China, travel from Xi’an, the east...
Grand Canal Tour September 4-24 2024
Travel from Beijing to Shanghai visiting important sites along the route of the Grand Canal. Be captivated in awe by the magnitu...
Ten Years of BRI
In September 2013, in Kazakstan, Xi Jinping delivered a speech in which he said:“Throughout the millennia, the peo...
Hanoi to Lhasa and beyond, an adventure with NZCFS
Looking again at the itinerary, I became more and more aware of the very diverse opportunities on offer for the camera buffs, and for thos...
In loving memory of Isabel Crook
Isabel Crook passed away on the 20th August 2023, aged 108.I had the pleasure of meeting her several times in h...
HANOI TO EVEREST – An adventure with NZCFS
HANOI TO EVEREST - An adventure with NZCFS
With the end of the pandemic, we are now confident that we can undertake thi...
NZCFS Tour: NZ Heroes in China – discover China anew! Octo...
The focus on Rewi Alley and Kathleen Hall in this tour has established the itinerary. It also captures for us the dramatic changes and de...
Dave Bromwich in China
At the November 2022 meeting of the National Executive, Previous National President Dave Bromwich was appointed our society’s Special Envoy ...
Teachers required in Shandan, a special placement
I am in Shandan for three weeks, I am staying in the apartment for the foreign teacher(s). Shandan is in the Hexi corridor of west Gansu...
Society Tours
Society ToursImmediate Past President Dave Bromwich’s tours report to the latest meeting of the national executive made interesting and ...
Report on NZCFS 70th Annual Conference
In May 2012, the 60th Annual Conference of NZCFS was held in Auckland with a theme of ‘By honouring our past, we find our future.’ Ten years...