Timaru Newsletters

Nihao and a very happy New Year to you all.     A smaller but enthusiastic group celebrated the beginning of the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon a fortnight ago. With school holidays still in progress, most of the Chinese families returned to China and Hong Kong to celebrate with their relatives. As a consequence there were no children present. Nevertheless all present enjoyed the wonderful banquet present by Wing and Xuan, and Eddie their nephew – now their manager … [Read more...]

At our final meeting for 2011 in October we were fortunate to hear Pat Graham speak about her experiences living and teaching English in Myanmar and also about the large Chinese population who are resident there. Her lifetime of travelling to many Asian countries including leading tours to China has given her a wonderful insight into the diverse cultures and languages of this region. Our next get together for members and the Chinese Community will be at the: Chinese New Year Banquetto be held … [Read more...]

BRANCH NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2011 Nihao. Greetings Our next meeting and the last for 2011 will be held on Wednesday November 9 commencing at 6p.m. at the Red Cross Rooms. Meal with wine $18 meal without wine $16. Our speaker will be Pat Graham from Dunedin who will speak about her experiences living in Myanmar. The National Executive has been busy recently with emails around the country discussing the proposal to finance the offer of a commercially made video of the society and in particular … [Read more...]

Nihao. Greetings At the AGM in Wellington there were some fascinating reports on the different projects that the Society is undertaking in China. Some of our members have been on tours visiting these. There were also various goods that could be bought to raise funds for projects. Your committee has sent a donation of $400 for the ‘Rabbit Project’. So it seems realistic to share the details of this. Rabbits in Sanzhiyang Township, Duan County:- Rabbits can be raised on a small or large … [Read more...]

New Zealand China Friendship Society Inc. Patron: The Hon Philip Burdon Timaru Branch President: Rev. Jim Hunter                        Secretary: Mrs. Ann White 4 Dixon Street                                                34 Rolling Ridges Road Waimate 7924                                                No. 5 RD                                               … [Read more...]