Updates

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

Season's Greetings As the year comes to an end, it is time to reflect on what has been achieved, and what opportunities lie ahead. Firstly ...

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-...

There is a well-known law of nature, called Murphy’s Law, which dictates that if anything can go wrong on a venture, it usually does.   Occa...

 Brendan Corbett has been teaching at Shandan Bailie School, Gansu Province, China, since September, 2013.  He will finish his stin...

Rewi Alley in China —an exhibition at the Canterbury Museum 21 September - 30 October 2013 in the Visitor LoungeOn Friday 20 September...

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

Nelson branch believes the story of Appo Hocton - Wong Ah Poo Hoc Ting, New Zealand’s first naturalised Chinese in 1853, deserves to be ...

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

‘A plant beloved by emperors and bartered for among nations’ - not quite the epithet you would associate with the lowly rhubarb, but that ha...

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