Wellington News and Events

Date: Thursday 23 May  Time: 7.15pm Venue: Committee Room One, Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street. Gold coin donation. Feature Film: Lost on Journey, 人在囧途 [2010] 95 minutes Director: 叶伟民 Wan Man Yip  Cast: 徐峥Xu Zheng，王宝强 Wang Baoqiang，李小璐 Li Xiaolu With a small budget, this movie made a surprise hit at China’s box office. Good chemistry between the two leads makes for an enjoyable, odd-couple road movie. A boss of a toy corporation, Chenggong … [Read more...]

Saturday 11 May 2013, 3.15pm - 5pm Seminar Room, 20 Kelburn Parade, Victoria University of Wellington Demonstrator: Mr Shenghua Zhang Learn how to make Zongzi 粽子 in a friendly environment. A chance to taste delicious, healthy Zongzi! Booking is essential due to expected demand. For registration by 10 May, please contact: Ellen Yang, mandarin.corner@gmail.com, (04) 4737558. We're going to make two types of Zongzi： Savoury - Pork mince and garlic chive (organic).   肉粽 - … [Read more...]

New Zealand Chinese Language Association Annual General Meeting Thursday 18th April, 2013,  7.00 pm Committee Room One, 101 Wakefield Street Wellington, Wellington City Council Agenda: Welcome, Apologies Minutes from previous AGM NZCLA Report 2012 and Financial Report Election of Committee NZCLA film collection for circulation Any other business Guest Speakers:   Mr. Liu Yaru and Ms. Jingyuan Kong both work in the Confucius Institute, Victoria University of Wellington. They will … [Read more...]

CHINESE FILM 中国电影 Date:  Thursday 28th March Time: 7.15pm Venue:  Committee Room One, Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street. Gold coin donation. 7.15pm: Qiu Xi, 秋喜 [2009] 106 minutes Director: 孙周 Sun Zhou CAST:  郭晓冬  (Guo Xiaodong), 孙淳 (Sun Chun), 江一燕  (Jiang Yiyan), 秦海璐  (Qin Hailu) Intriguing cat-and-mouse thriller between a KMT agent and CCP spy, this story was set on Guangzhou, Oct. 1949. The Nationalists are preparing to evacuate … [Read more...]

In 2012 Mandarin Corner will again be joining with the Wellington Chinese Language School to present the 2012 Annual Dinner on SATURDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2012, 6.30pm at DRAGONS CHINESE RESTAURANT, 25 TORY ST, WELLINGTON  Joint End of Year Dinner 联合年终晚餐 Wellington Chinese Language School and Mandarin Corner 惠灵顿中文学校暨汉语角 Saturday 8 December 2012 at 6.30pm 2012年12月8日6时30分 Dragons Restaurant, 25 Tory St, Wellington 惠灵顿聚港轩 $30.00 per person, … [Read more...]

Wellington Branch was fortunate to host two very special Youxie guests at a luncheon on Tuesday 5 June.  Karen (Ye Zi) from Beijing and Scott (Wu Fei) from Shanghai were accompanied by their MFAT and Asia NZ hosts.  Karen and Scott were in NZ as part of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Young Leaders Chinese Advisors Network.  The group was welcomed by President Bernie Richmond, after which we enjoyed a delicious luncheon.  Karen has accompanied many NZCFS tours, and Scott accompanied the … [Read more...]

The Wellington Branch President's Report was presented at the Annual General Meeting on 21 March 2012. It is indeed a privilege and pleasure to present the President’s report for the year 2011/2012. I believe it has been once again another successful and very active year for the Branch with 9 well attended events. These included 8 Branch meetings and the Chinese New Year Spring Festival Banquet celebrating the year of the Dragon. Attendance at Branch meetings has been often up to 80 and … [Read more...]

In 2011 Mandarin Corner will be joining with the Wellington Chinese Language School to present the 2011 Annual Dinner on THURSDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2011, 6.30 – 8.30pm at DRAGONS CHINESE RESTAURANT, 25 TORY ST, WELLINGTON The dinner is supported by the Confucius Institute at Victoria University You are warmly invited to this first Joint Annual Dinner.  Your family and friends are also welcome! For further details, see the Programme and Menu. $30 per person ($15 for children), pay cash on … [Read more...]

Date: Wednesday 23 November Time: 7.00pm – 9:30pm Venue: Committee Room One, Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street 7-7:30pm –NZ Chinese Language Association National AGM 7:30 Feature Film—Life 人生 (105 minutes with English subtitles) Director: Wu Tianming; Starring: Zhou Lijing, Wu Yufang Adapted from the novel with the same title, this is a tragedy that occurs in “modern” China.  Through a vivid description of the frustrated life story of Gao Jialin, a high school … [Read more...]

Date: Wednesday 26 October  Time: 7.00pm - 9:30pm  Venue: Committee Room One, Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street 7-7:30pm - Documentary—Waterside Region South of the Yangtze River江南水乡 7:30 - Feature length Documentary — A Review of the Centennial Development of China's Film Industry 百年光影  [100 minutes with English subtitles]  China's first movie was made in 1905 when great changes were taking place in Chinese society. Films, as vivid records of the times, … [Read more...]

Date: Wednesday 28 September Time: 7.00pm - 9:30pm Venue: Committee Room One, Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street. Gold coin donation. Shower (洗澡), director Zhang Yang, starring: Jiang Wu, Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin (姜武, 朱旭, 濮存昕), 92 minutes Shenzhen businessman, Da Ming, goes home to Beijing when he thinks his father has died. He finds his father hard at work at the family's bathhouse (the false message was a ruse of Da's mentally-handicapped, exuberant brother, Er Ming, … [Read more...]

Date: Wednesday 24 August Time: 7.00pm – 9:30pm Venue: Committee Room One, Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street Turn Left Turn Right (向左走,向右走), director Jonnie To, starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gigi Leung (金城武 , 梁咏琪), 100 minutes.  This is a movie about two people (Gigi Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro), who are destined to be together but by some twist of circumstances they never find each other.  Preceded by a documentary 7:00 – 7:30pm.     … [Read more...]