Society News and Events

Society members Charles Rowe and Jessica Rowe recently represented NZCFS at the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Peop...

‘Youxie’ is the accepted abbreviated form for the ‘Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries’ and this term is gene...

Chinese Ambassador Wang Lutong recently (11 Apr, 2014) gave a speech to a full house at the University of Wellington.This was His Ex...

Charles Rowe, our first Youth Intern, has spread his wings and is now the Liaison Officer for the New Zealand Centre  at Peking University w...

In the NZ Herald recently there was a story about a Chinese man who arrived as a refugee from war-torn China in 1939.  The story is a hear...

From our new correspondent: "There's a Chill in China"Business news editor in Beijing, Henry Acland, has kindly written describing China...

For the first time, a New Zealand writer will be chosen to go to Shanghai in 2014, with funding through NZ China Friendship Society, for a...

We thoroughly recommend that you read the recent article in the New Zealand Herald  by our patron, Philip Burdon, in which he addresses the ...

As in previous years NZCFS was once again invited by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (Youxie) to se...

Following a suggestion in 2012 by Nelson Branch, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) has established the Appo Hocton Scholar...

On Friday 20 September, Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker opened the 'Rewi Alley in China' exhibition at Canterbury Museum. This fascinating exh...