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Melinda met with President Chris Lipscombe in China at a celebratory lunch hosted by Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries 16 October 2023.

Two Months in Shanghai

 Melinda Szymanik, this year's recipient of the NZCFS Shanghai Writers Residency Programme, has recently returned from ...
The canals of Suzhou. Photo by Adriaan Terblanche on Unsplash.

NZCFS delegation shares ideas on climate change

 On Friday 13 October, speakers from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Beijing shared in an online forum their ideas on ...
Cover of Sponge Cities report, produced by The Helen Clark Foundation in partnership with WSP New Zealand

Beijing Forum on Environment and Urban Development 13 October — ...

Cover of Sponge Cities report, produced by The Helen Clark Foundation in partnership with WSP New Zealand With China and Ne...

Heads up — changes to membership are coming

 At the Society’s National Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Tauranga earlier this year in May, members decided that it wa...
Shanghai skyline by day and Beijing skyline by night

NZCFS Delegations to China – call for expressions of inter...

 With covid travel restrictions lifted and the world travelling once again, the NZ China Friendship Society is planning two outbo...
Screen shot of online participants in Dunhuang-Christchurch Cultural Seminar

NZCFS Participates in Dunhuang-Christchurch Cultural Seminar

An online event linking Dunhuang in Gansu province with its sister city Christchurch was an opportunity to celebrate the cultural connection...
National President Chris Lipscombe meeting with Xiamen FAO Vice President Mme Lin Na.

National President Visits Xiamen

 Prior to his arrival at Fuzhou for the China-Pacific People-to-People Friendship Forum in May, National President Chr...
Pacific Island delegation

NZCFS Delegation Attends China Pacific People-to-People Friendsh...

      Chris Lipscombe is National President of the New Zealand China Friendship So...

Obituary – Vale Murray Hoare

Vale Murray Hoare (Auckland and National Executive)It is with great sadness that we report the death of Murray Hoare, a former s...

Report: NZCFS National Conference 19 May 2023

Recent Updates:This year the Society's National Conference was held in Tauranga, New Zealand's busiest port and key export hub f...

Photo Gallery: 2023 NZCFS Conference & AGM

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