Conference Presentations - Day Three
News posted 30 May 2013 by Cameron Oldfield
Conference 2013 Presentations - Day Two
News posted 13 May 2013 by Cameron Oldfield
Conference 2013 Presentations - Day One
News posted 13 May 2013 by Cameron Oldfield
Shared Lines: Sendai-Christchurch art exchange
News posted 10 February 2013 by Cameron Oldfield
In 2012, a year after earthquakes struck the cities of Sendai and Christchurch, the Sendai Christchurch art exchange was born. The project was initiated to allow artists from Sendai and Christchurch to reflect on the tragic events of recent times, while lending support to one another and ultimately facilitating a revival of arts in both communities.
Conference 2013
News posted 13 November 2012 by Cameron Oldfield
Tauranga City Council and ExportNZ Bay of Plenty are proud to host the 2013 Sister Cities NZ Conference at Trinity Wharf, Tauranga from 1.30pm Wednesday 13 March to 2pm Friday 15 March.
2012 China Friendship Forum Report
News posted 9 October 2012 by Cameron Oldfield
On September 6th a group of seventeen New Zealanders arrived in China as invited guests of the Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) to attend two Sister City conferences. The first was a Conference for Pacific Rim Countries in Changchun in Jilin Province in North West China and the second a World Conference in Chengdu in Sichuan Province in South West China.
The SCNZ delegation consisted of Jonathan Hooker of Masterton (Sister City to Changchun) Judy Livingstone and Bernard Duncan, Chairman of Christchurch China Sister City Committee and myself, representing the SCNZ Board. The remainder of the NZ delegation included ten representatives of the New Zealand-China Friendship Society led by Eric Livingstone of Christchurch and three members of the Maori-China Friendship Association led by Patricia Tauroa.
Capital Hosts Biggest-ever Chinese Delegation
News posted 11 September 2012 by Cameron Oldfield
The biggest Chinese delegation ever to visit Wellington will today sign a new ‘strategic economic partnership’ agreement with the region’s Mayors.
Trading places with China
News posted 20 May 2012 by Cameron Oldfield
Trading places with China
FIONA ROTHERHAM
20 May 2012
Bob Lee is on the hunt for New Zealand crayfish and chicken nuggets.
The Chinese businessman already imports a swag of Kiwi crayfish into Guangzhou via Australia and wants to cut out the middleman. He’s visiting Auckland next month to hold talks with local crayfish suppliers and also wants to import chicken nuggets through an existing processor or by building his own factory here.
Chinese doco zooms in on Kiwi life
News posted 29 March 2012 by Cameron Oldfield
Petra Finer – South Taranaki Star
South Taranaki is stealing the limelight on Chinese television as a film crew from Harbin tours the district this week.
Gisborne Climbing youth provides inspiration
News posted 18 February 2012 by Mike Regan
Students from Gisborne and Palm Desert, USA, have been learning about each other through the book The Boy Who...