Dave Bromwich
Dave joined NZCFS in 1991, and after a three year stint as Hawkes Bay Branch President he has served on National Executive since 2000, including 8 years as vice-president, and National President since 2014.
He has visited China in excess of 45 times, with a total of more than 8 years spent in China. His main activity has been in rural development consultancy, focusing on assisting with the development of cooperatives through a range of private and NZCFS projects. He is also a vice-chair of Gung Ho (International Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives), working largely in the North-west of China. Inspiration comes from the earlier work of Rewi Alley. He has been contact person between NZCFS and Shandan Bailie School, where he has facilitated the placement of teachers since 2001, and where the NZCFS rural development projects were initially based.
He has visited China in excess of 45 times, with a total of more than 8 years spent in China. His main activity has been in rural development consultancy, focusing on assisting with the development of cooperatives through a range of private and NZCFS projects. He is also a vice-chair of Gung Ho (International Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives), working largely in the North-west of China. Inspiration comes from the earlier work of Rewi Alley. He has been contact person between NZCFS and Shandan Bailie School, where he has facilitated the placement of teachers since 2001, and where the NZCFS rural development projects were initially based.
Rewi Alley’s 123rd Birthday, Celebrated at NZ Bailie Train...
On November 27rd in Auckland, at UUNZ on Symonds Street, a Zoom meeting was held to commemorate Rewi Alley’s 123rd birthday, and to furt...
Long March Tour, September 2021
A Journey of Discovery with NZCFSOffered in the year of the 100th birthday of the Communist Party of China, this tour is a commemorative...
Baoji Industrial Heritage Museum Opens
Baoji Industrial Heritage Museum Opens.Simply referred to as the ‘Cave Factories’, the site, built in the period 1940-1941, was commissi...
NZCFS Tours
Long March and 20th Century History Tour (September 2021)A commemorative exploration of the significance of the Long March and other a...
A Visit to Gansu for Chinese New Year – a Book Review
A Visit to Gansu Province for the Chinese New YearIn 2003 about sixty percent of China’s population still lived in rural areas. And of...
Wechat Translation
Wechat Translate 微信翻译Many of us are members of various Wechat groups and have Wechat friends. So we get lots of text in Chinese, inc...
Connection to China in the Age of Pandemic
Since Covid-19 placed severe limitations to travel from February this year, connection with our friends, colleagues and partnerships has con...
National President Writes Letter to Local Paper.
There was a lot of excitement when “China Amassed a Database’ was reported widely on September 15th and 16th. Dave Bromwich had this letter ...
Teachers to Shandan Baillie School
Shandan Bailie School has moved into their new campus, and is now named Bailie Vocational College. Classes are now being delivered from the ...
Mask Donations around New Zealand
Sichuan Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries have donated and sent 5,120 masks to New Zealand. They were re...
Xinjiang: Let’s Seek Truth from Facts
This is a speech delivered by NZCFS President Dave Bromwich at an international webinar titled “ The success of Chinese Policy against Extre...