Qin Bailan – Exquisite Painter of Beautiful Women
If your taste in art is for beautiful Chinese ladies in traditional dress, dreaming by a rocky pool, then you would have been spoiled if you...
National Notebook December 2012
NZCFS 1952 - 2012 Sixty Years
Season’s Greetings
As we come to the end of a very historical and busy year, I would like to wish you all th...
Calling all Young Persons
A brand new Internship is being set up for a young New Zealander who wishes to engage with Chinese people and society.
After the recent c...
Stimulating ideas on advancing Youth Activities in the Society –...
In recent months, Inès Roth le Gentil, a young Frenchwoman visiting New Zealand, became interested in the New Zealand China Friendship Socie...
Farewell to Nancy Goddard (1923-2012)
It is with deep sorrow that we note the passing of Nancy Goddard in Palmerston North on 10 September. Nancy was received a...
Commemoration Events of the NZCFS 60th Birthday Tour
This tour spent ten days travelling the Silk Road. On arrival in Gansu, the tour then changed theme to spend time with some of our key part...
Do you want to help Chinese students in Hong Kong with their Eng...
Would you like to help Chinese students to improve their English, but don’t really want to travel? Now is your chance without leaving home!...
New Zealand’s Cultural Treasures Heading to China
As part of the celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand, two Te Papa exhibitions wi...
Friendship Forum in Jilin Province
NZCFS and Jilin Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries of the People's Republic of China (Youxie) have signed...
The Society’s 60th Anniversary Raffle
If you've ever wanted to visit China, now is your chance!The Society's 60th Anniversary Raffle closes soon and the first prize is a ...
The Woodcarvers of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, in China
We almost missed the workshop, passing by on a warm summer’s day as we strolled in the afternoon sun. Then we saw in the dull light a mos...