Rotorua News and Events

Performance of traditional Tai Chi Fan Dance at the Rotorua Mooncake Festival 2012.  The event was organised by Multicultural Rotorua, Rotorua Chinese Association and Newcomers Network. Sponsored by the Confucius Institute, China Trade and Culture Exchange Centre and supported by the NACFS Rotorua Branch whose members participated in the dance. [tubepress video=qKQhhG2LN78]Rotorua Tai Chi Fan Dance … [Read more...]

  A couple of months ago seven of our members joined the Tauranga Branch for lunch to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. We received a warm welcome and had an enjoyable social afternoon with them. Hopefully we will be able to join them again next year.          On Saturday 29 September 2012 the Rotorua Chinese Association along with the Rotorua Multicultural Association is holding a Moon Festival at the Rotorua Soundshell located on the Lake Front. It starts at … [Read more...]

COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT - April 2012 The past year went very quickly with a varied and interesting programme as we progressed through the year. We were fortunate to be able to welcome a few new members to our group and unfortunately we also lost Phil Simmers and Frank Bronsnhan We started our new year with a Walking tour of China with Barbara Gatley followed by Alexis Legor from the Multicultural Council. The following month Heinrich Boeckhorst told us about his experience in setting up a … [Read more...]

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...]