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NZCFS New Zealand Heroes in China Tour (Previously named NZCFS Rewi Alley and Kathleen Hall Heritage tour.)Now scheduled for October 2023 - 21 days in China2021 is the 125th anniversary of Kathleen Hall’s birth. 2022 is Rewi Alley’s 125th. An overview of the itinerary is to travel from Beijing to Shandan, ending in Shanghai. The focus is to visit heritage sites of both Kathleen Hall and R...
Society News
Teachers for Shandan Bailie School, Gansu Province
Our society has had a request from the Shandan Bailie School (SBS) Gansu province, for us to supply two English teachers. The society sent a teacher annually to the school for many many years, although for various reasons this has not happened for th...
2023 NZCFS National Conference & AGM
This year’s National Conference and AGM will be held in Tauranga. The theme for this year is “Friendship in Action” 友谊在行动。
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Interesting Articles
Gansu Province Sister City Celebrations
On January 4, an exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Gansu’s sister cities links was opened in the Gansu Provincial Museum. Some 300 carefully selected photos and a dozen gifts were on display for a month. The korowai, a Māori cloak, was ...
New Zealanders in China
A new series of articles featuring New Zealanders who played significant roles in China, both famous and less well known.
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Kathleen Hall
Kathleen Hall (He Ming Qing)Kathleen Hall (He Ming Qing) was a New Zealand missionary nurse in China who worked in poor rural areas under extremely difficult conditions, and trained local nurses to work alongside her. She was also swept up in the war...
The New Zealand China Friendship Society has a long history of providing in depth and specialised tours to China. Because of our unique contacts built up over many years we can provide access to this wonderful country that other providers cannot match. "We know China best" is our motto and we have been successfully demonstrating this to our many clients for over thirty years.Read More
We hope the following may be helpful to all concerned, especially educational institutions with Chinese students as part of their pastoral care programme.Read More
Rewi Alley was born in Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand in 1897. He went to primary school at Amberley and Wharenui (Christchurch) where his father was headmaster.Read More
