2021-06-13 12:05:10 GMT2021-06-13 20:05:10(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, June 13 (Xinhua) Ethnic communities in Auckland, New Zealand celebrated the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival with music, dances and rice dumplings on Sunday.
The We are a Family Dragon Boat Festival multicultural gala was aimed at promoting friendship and solidarity among New Zealand s diverse communities.
Cultural dances and music performances by community groups from Chinese, Maori, Indonesian, Indian and Philippine ethnicities were staged in the multicultural gala. Guests were invited to wrap their own Zongzi (rice dumplings) for the traditional Chinese festival.
Chinese Vice Consul-General in Auckland Xiao Yewen said at the opening remark that China is committed to building a community with a shared civilization on the basis of equality and mutual respect, while New Zealand enjoys diverse ethnic groups and supports multiculturalism.
2021-05-24 06:35:30 GMT2021-05-24 14:35:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WELLINGTON, May 24 (Xinhua) A New Zealand s scholar has called on the public to learn more and better about China from reputable sources instead of groundless allegations based on manufactured information.
Dave Bromwich, president of the New Zealand China Friendship Society (NZCFS), made the remarks on Sunday during the organization s annual conference in the northern country town of Havelock North.
He suggested the New Zealand s public show respect and openness and hear China s voice. Without that, we cannot have the full understanding of what China is, he said.
Bromwich said many New Zealanders know little about China, and mutual understanding is even more challenging in an era in which people receive news from fewer reputable sources and fake news populate the news feeds.
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Stuff s Thoma Manch taking part in an online press briefing on Xinjiang organsied by the PRC embassy last week.
Photo: Robert Kitchin of Stuff (used by permission)
Are you confident you are on the right side of history?” Newshub political editor Tova O’Brien asked foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta on the
Newshub Nation show the weekend before last.
But the minister was not about to commit to following suit on national television.
“I m willing to get information about what we could do. I m open to getting advice about this issue, she told Newshub Nation.
There was plenty of that before our Parliament debated the issue on Wednesday.
Thousands of people crowded up the banks of New Zealands Whanganui River to see colorful lanterns and various Chinese arts and crafts for the Whanganui Lantern Festival on Saturday