The following is the final programme of the NZ China Friendship Society National Conference, held in Auckland May 18-19, 2012. Links are provided to the presentations where they have been made available. These will be added to as more become available.
Friday 18 May
6.30pm Welcome by Auckland President George Andrews
National President Eric Livingstone
Official Opening His Worship Len Brown, Mayor of Auckland
Screening of Classic 1957 documentary Inside Red China, introduced by Don McRae
Ambassador Xu Jianguo
Saturday 19 May
9.00 Welcome from Hosts Elizabeth McRae & Sylvia Yang
9.10 The Honourable Philip Burdon, Patron of NZCFS, Opening Address
9.20 H.E. Mr Liao Hui, Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Consultative Conference,
President of the China-Oceania Friendship Association
9.50 Mr John McKinnon, Secretary of Defence, NZ Ambassador to China 2001-2004
10.20 Ms Isobel Thompson: Special Presentation
10.45 Dr Bill Willmott: Introducing Mme Lu Wanru secretary of Rewi Alley
11.10 Anne Newnham: Introducing Ma Baoru and the Legacy of Kathleen Hall
11.30 Video: 2011 Projects tour video to Shanxi, He Ming Qing Scholars, Lanzhou
11.40 Dave Bromwich; Introduces Liu Guozhong from Shandan Bailie School
1.30 Life Member Cecil Fowler: “60 years of China Friendship – a personal view from Auckland”
2.00 Eric Livingstone, President NZCFS: “How our past points a way forward“
2.40 Patricia Tauroa, NZ Maori Friendship Trust: “New Directions that Build on the Past”
3.30 Mr Adrian Riegen, Miranda Shorebird Centre: “Shorebirds, NZ & China: the oldest friendship link by miles”
4.00 NZ Chinese Youth Federation Panel