NZCFS Project Updates
Two Extraordinary Exhibitions from the National Museum of China
New Zealand China Friendship Society is proud to support two stunning exhibitions at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand,...
He Mingqing Scholars: Wang Xue jun and Zhu Caixia
Two scholars, Wang Xue jun and Zhu Caixia, were selected in 2012, from Shandan, Gansu Province. They are studying well and achieving good re...
Natalie Bowie’s First Impressions of Shandan Bailie School ̵...
Natalie's blog has further episodes in which she has put several days’ comments on her experiences arriving in Lanzhou, then at Shandan (bot...
Natalie Bowie’s First Shandan Bailie Report – Feb 20...
Natalie Bowie, our new Shandan Bailie teacher, has sent in her first 2 diary entries. The first covers a briefing meeting prior to leaving...
The 2014 Class of NZCFS Youth Friendship Ambassadors
Successful applicants for the NZCFS Youth Friendship Ambassadorships for 2014, are Deborah Robertson, Toby Jordan and Parley Reynolds. Each...
Brendan’s farewell to ‘Shandan Peili School’ &...
"The last few months have been as fascinating and rewarding as the previous months. The extremely cold weather tended to dominate each day ...
Natalie Bowie, our next teacher at Shandan Bailie School
Natalie Bowie will soon be taking over from Brendan Corbett as our next teacher at Shandan Bailie School.
She is presently preparing to arr...
Shandan News – November, 2013
This is a series of quick emails from Brendan Corbett, our teacher at the Shandan Bailie (Peili) school, in order to keep the Society up-to-...
Shandan News – October 2013
Brendan Corbett has been teaching at Shandan Bailie School, Gansu Province, China, since September, 2013. He will finish his stin...
Appo Hocton – New Zealand’s First Chinese Immigrant
Nelson branch believes the story of Appo Hocton - Wong Ah Poo Hoc Ting, New Zealand’s first naturalised Chinese in 1853, deserves to be ...
Society’s First Youth Intern has Successful China Trip
Besides the research component of the internship, the trip itself provided many special memories. Highlights included:a tree-planting trip ...