Rotorua News and Events

Recently the Rotorua Justice of Peace Association held a luncheon at the New Zealand Supreme Gourmet Restaurant inviting our organisation as well as the Rotorua Chinese Association and the Rotorua Chinese Language Association.  The purpose was to enable the JP Association to inform us about the responsibilities of JP’s and how one was able to become a JP. They wanted to encourage us to possibly nominate someone within the Rotorua Chinese community to become a JP. They were mindful that like … [Read more...]

Thanks to the Rotorua Chinese Association Lei Lei is now offering a new Thai Chi Class for beginners. This class is at 11:00 a.m. at Parksyde - Older Persons Community Centre every Wednesday morning. The session is for one hour. Thai Chi is a low impact exercise which helps improve balance and coordination. For further information contact Parksyde Ph. 3489892 or Lei Lei 3481520. Lei Lei taught Thai Chi at a university level in China for many years. The Rotorua Chinese Association is holding a … [Read more...]

When the Rotorua Chinese Association was celebrating their country’s 60th Anniversary, Lei Lei and others gave demonstrations of Tai Chi, one being the Tai Chi Fan Form. As a member of a Tai Chi class and a member of the Rotorua China Friendship Society I suggested that we invite Lei Lei to give the class a demonstration because the others had not had the good fortune to see this beautiful demonstration. This demonstration for our class took place at our end of the year … [Read more...]

On 20 April 2011 the Rotorua Branch of the China Friendship Society had the pleasure of hosting a delegation of 6 government representatives from Shaanxi Province China. They included a Senior Advisor, Deputy Director General of the Financial Department, First Deputy Mayor of Tongchuan, Deputy Chief of General Office, Chairman of Shaanxi Hongrui Group, and their interpreter from the Foreign Affairs Office, all of the Shaanxi Provincial People’s Government. Another interpreter from Auckland … [Read more...]

Rotorua Branch ended the year in grand style. We had a buffet Chinese Lunch at the Kwang Chow Restaurant. It was a pleasure to welcome visitors from Hamilton Branch Ian Howat and his wife. We have had great support for the past years speakers and it was great to see 21 people attend our end of the year Christmas function.  At our luncheon we surprised two of our members by presenting them with a food basket to honour a milestone of 70 years of marriage. We all wished them another happy 70 years … [Read more...]