NZCFS National Executive

Eric was elected National President in May 2008. Prior to that he was National South Island Vice President for six years. He has been a member, and on the executive of the Christchurch Branch since 1986. Eric led the Prominent Persons and Leaders delegation in 2008 and the Society’s Silk Road Tour in 2000 and was deputy leader of the Society’s Footsteps of Rewi Alley Tour of China in 1997. He is a member of the International Committee of Chinese Industrial Co-operatives (Gung Ho). As … [Read more...]

Dave Bromwich has had active involvement in China since 1990, with almost 4 years total over 18 visits spent in China exploring different pursuits. He spent one year with his family in Napier’s sister city Lianyungang teaching English, and has travelled widely. Since 2002, main work activity has been in rural poverty reduction development projects, both in a private capacity in Guangxi and Guizhou provinces, and extensively in representing NZCFS in its project work, especially in NW … [Read more...]

Royden's fascination with China stems from his participation in a Teachers' Tour of China back in 1977, when he was a Year One teacher at Nelson Central School, and he has been drawn back many times since. He has been a member of the Nelson Branch of NZCFS since 1993 and a member of the Nelson Branch Executive Committee since 2000 and its Treasurer since 2002. He has also been an editor and publisher of the Nelson Branch newsletter since 2001. Royden's many trips to China include: - private … [Read more...]

Heiko Lade was appointed the national secretary of the NZCFS at the May 2011 AGM and has also been on the executive of the Hawkes Bay branch since 2010. In 1984 he lived in Hangzhou,  where he studied acupuncture as an intern at the Red Cross TCM hospital. This was quite  pivotal for the time as he was a member of one the first foreign student groups ever allowed into China to study in a Chinese institution after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. His travels to China have … [Read more...]

Chris Goodwin has a background in business management with key experience in negotiation and facilitation. Chris has lived and worked in Canterbury since the 1980's and has been a Christchurch branch member since 2009 and a committee member since 2011. In 2012 he was asked to become the National Treasurer of the New Zealand China Friendship Society, and his experience and dedication have been well received by all other NZCFS National Executive officers. Chris has travelled to China on a … [Read more...]

George Andrews first went to China in 2004 on a Prominent Person's Tour. He succeeded Cecil Fowler as President of the Auckland branch in 2007. Drawing on his experience as a television producer he conceived the idea of a documentary series following young Maori who spend three weeks at a Chinese school and living with Chinese families. That series called Kia Ora Nihao was made in 2007 and screened on Maori Television in 2008 around the Beijing Olympics. He has also worked with young Chinese … [Read more...]

Margaret Cooper JP was National President from 2003 to 2008, and was awarded Life Membership in 2009. She is a member and Past President of Tauranga Branch. Margaret is also: Managing Director, Odyssey Group Ltd, Tauranga; Executive member – New Zealand China Trade; Chairman, Tauranga-China Friendship Charitable Trust; and Former International Co-ordinator Tauranga City Council. She organised trade and goodwill visit for Chinese delegations, and travelled frequently to … [Read more...]

Murray Hoare is a director of Ovitech Ltd, a New Zealand based Bio Tech company specializing in health and rejuvenation products, which exports to all over the world including China.  Murray has been a New Zealand China Friendship Society member since 2008 and the secretary of the Auckland branch of the NZCFS for the past 3 years. In 2012 he also became a member of the National Executive of the NZCFS.  He has been travelling to China and Hong Kong regularly since 1971, has had 18 trips in … [Read more...]

John Hodgson has primarily been involved in education, for the most part in primary but latterly in TESOL and vocational training. In 2003, after teaching for some forty years and raising a family of three sons, he and his wife went to China to teach English. They lived in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province for four years. They joined the New Zealand China Friendship Society upon their return and have returned to Nanchang for a number of short term teaching contracts. In recent years John Hodgson has … [Read more...]

Judy Livingstone has been a member of the New Zealand China Friendship Society for over 25 years. She was the National Treasurer for 5 years between 1996 and 2001 as well as having been the Christchurch branch president for 6 years. In addition she has been on the Christchurch Sister City Committee and is currently on the He Ming Qing Scholarship sub committee of the NZCFS. She loves all things about China and has visited there 5 times as a NZCFS member. Her visits have included • 1994 … [Read more...]

Membership of the New Zealand China Friendship Society. Joined the New Zealand China Friendship Society in 1993. Have attended meetings regularly from 1993 to the present time. 2003 became a Committee Member of the Wellington Branch. Assisted with National Conference held in Wellington taking responsibility for the Information Desk and arranging transport. 2004 Became Wellington Branch Vice-President 2006 Became Wellington Branch President and continue in that role at the present time. As … [Read more...]

I’m Sally Russell, elected onto National Executive and also Hawke’s Bay Branch President. As Chair of the Projects Sub-committee I convene an active group. Have a look at projects on other parts of this website to see what we do.  Hastings and Guilin were the first sister city relationship between a New Zealand and Chinese city signed in 1981 and I’m the Deputy Chair of the Hastings Guilin Sister City Board of Directors, a Hastings District Council/Community Board which oversees the … [Read more...]