National President’s Notebook May 2010
PROJECTS TOUR VACANCIES
There are a few vacancies on this year’s October project tour that has an emphasis on our project partners balanced...
NZCFS Gansu Projects Visit Report, April 2010
Dave Bromwich and Roger Davies visited NZCFS projects in Gansu during April. These projects aim to continue Rewi Alley's leg...
National President’s Notebook April 2010
GARDEN TOUR SETS OFF
17 April sees a very large group of enthusiasts led by Bill Willmott and Di Madgin arrive in Shanghai to commence our ...
National President’s Notebook March 2010
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE MEETING
Last Saturday we had an excellent meeting in Wellington unfortunately inside while the City bathed in sunshine. ...
Taking a bus in China ‐ Fuzhou, Fujian province
Many people visit China as a tourist and never experience the delights and tribulations (though the latter are slight and rare...) of goin...
Chinese Horticulturists
Extract from the diary of two English teachers in Fuzhou, Fujian province (2009)
In our many walks around and near the campus of Hwa Nan Wo...
National President’s Notebook February 2010
2010 YEAR OF THE TIGER
Chinese New Year is on 14 February this year when we commence the Chinese Year of the Tiger. People born in the year...
National President’s Notebook December 2009
REWI ALLEY MAKES TOP TEN
Great news! Over 56 million votes cast recently on an internet survey organised by China Radio International to fi...
Earthquake Projects Report – One Year On
NZCFS Earthquake Projects in China, May 2009
The earthquake of May 12, 2008, with its epicentre in Sichuan, killed over 70,000 people, seve...
2006-2007 Cooperatives Project, Shandan
In 2006-2007 the International Committee for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (ICCIC), Shandan Cooperative Federation (SCF), Shandan Bailie S...
NZCFS and ICCIC work together in Sichuan Earthquake Relief Proje...
Following the Sichuan earthquake, NZCFS executive members Dave Bromwich and Sally Russell were accompanied by ICCIC Executive Secretary Gene...