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Dumpling Day Finale For New Zealand Chinese Language Week

Monday, 25 September 2023, 4:29 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

Hao chi – that’s delicious! What a great way to wrap up New Zealand Chinese Language Week with a day dedicated to celebrating dumplings! National Dumpling Day is Tuesday September 26 and some of the Five Days Five Phrases resources on the New ... More >>

New Song Penned For New Zealand Chinese Language Week

Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 9:46 am | NZ Chinese Language Week

The healing powers of music is the theme of the song dedicated to New Zealand Chinese Language Week this year. “Driftwood” by 22 year-old Auckland-based musician Erin Geraghty, who performs as Erin G!, was launched in Wellington last night. The song ... More >>

New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2023 - Connecting Through Culture

Monday, 21 August 2023, 5:48 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

Connecting through culture is the theme of this year’s New Zealand Chinese Language Week Sunday September 17 to Saturday 23 September 2023. Established to encourage New Zealanders to learn more about Chinese language and culture, New Zealand Chinese ... More >>

Trilingual Children’s Book Goes Digital

Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 3:26 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

The New Zealand Chinese Language Week Trust is making its ground-breaking trilingual chlldren’s picture book available in audio and video formats this year. For the past five years, the Trust has provided a book in Mandarin, English, and Te Reo Māori ... More >>

Youth Ambassadors Showcase Skills For New Zealand Chinese Language Week

Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 3:16 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

Seven young people have been recognised for their ability to speak Chinese, as part of New Zealand Chinese Language week. The week, a celebration of Chinese language and culture, is being held again this year, running from September 25 to October ... More >>

Mandarin Superstars Selected For New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2022!

Monday, 26 September 2022, 7:12 am | NZ Chinese Language Week

There are 13 new Mandarin Superstars chosen for this year’s celebration of New Zealand Chinese Language Week. The week, a celebration of Chinese language and culture, is being held again this year, running from September 25 to October 1, for the lucky ... More >>

Choose Dumplings For New Zealand Chinese Language Week

Monday, 26 September 2022, 7:08 am | NZ Chinese Language Week

New Zealand Chinese Language Week is a great chance to get together with friends and family, and try some delicious dumplings. International Dumpling Day is on Monday September 26, so New Zealanders are encouraged to try dumplings all week this week ... More >>

Welcoming In The Chinese New Year

Friday, 4 February 2022, 3:05 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

The New Zealand Chinese Language Week Trust welcomes in the new Chinese year and wishes all a Happy New Year of the Tiger. It’s traditional to distribute little red envelopes at this time, and the trust has placed a few in different places in ... More >>

Mandarin Superstars Encourage Others To Try Out Phrases

Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 2:29 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

Nine New Zealanders encouraged others to have a go trying out a foreign language and to enjoy the new cultural experiences and understandings language could bring. At an event at Parliament in Wellington yesterday, nine of the 11 Mandarin Superstars ... More >>

Dumpling Day Starts Chinese Language Week In A Delicious Way

Friday, 24 September 2021, 5:50 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

New Zealand Chinese Language Week is on again, running from Sunday September 26 to October 2. The week will start with Dumpling Day on September 26, where people are encouraged to have some dumplings – with friends and family, if COVID levels ... More >>

NZCLW Finishes Up With Dumpling Celebration

Saturday, 26 September 2020, 2:13 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

The best way to experience another culture is through its food, and who doesn’t like dumplings? New Zealand Chinese Language Week celebrates multilingualism in New Zealand and recognises the advantages of learning Chinese in our increasingly globalised ... More >>

Trilingual Conservation App A World-First

Friday, 25 September 2020, 5:19 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

The Department of Conservation (DOC) has produced an app to help people in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland identify places, spaces and species in nature around the city. In what is thought to be a world-first, the app uses three languages - Te Reo, English, ... More >>

NZCLW Youth Ambassadors Make Their Place In The World

Thursday, 24 September 2020, 5:05 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

The Youth Ambassadors received recognition of their achievements at an event to celebrate NZ Chinese Language Week at Parliament on Tuesday evening. The Youth Ambassadors for 2020 are: Jake Doyle, ACG Parnell College in Auckland; Natalie Goh, Glendowie ... More >>

Trilingual Children’s Book A Hit For NZCLW 2020

Monday, 21 September 2020, 1:28 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

The trilingual children’s book published for New Zealand Chinese Language Week is proving to be a big hit. New Zealand Chinese Language Week is the week after Māori Language Week, and each year, to celebrate both weeks, the New Zealand Chinese Language ... More >>

Mandarin Superstars Announced For NZCLW 2020

Thursday, 17 September 2020, 6:15 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

Nine New Zealanders are promoting Mandarin as New Zealand Chinese Language Week’s 2020 Mandarin Superstars. They are: Michelle Elia Silota – a trade officer in the Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration; Joshua Murphy – third ... More >>

Chinese Language Youth Ambassadors to get awards

Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 8:43 am | NZ Chinese Language Week

The Youth Ambassadors are to receive recognition of their achievements at an event to celebrate NZ Chinese Language Week at Parliament on Wednesday evening. New Zealand Chinese Language Week runs 22-28 September 2019. More >>

Parliament to mark language week with a Chinese prayer

Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 8:09 am | NZ Chinese Language Week

This is NZ Chinese Language Week, and to mark the occasion, Parliament is to start its session on Tuesday afternoon with a prayer in Mandarin. More >>

Announcing NZCLW Dumpling Day!

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 2:46 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

The best way to experience another culture is through its food, and who doesn’t like dumplings? To celebrate New Zealand Chinese Language Week 2019, which runs from 22-28 September this year, NZCLW has announced New Zealand’s inaugural Dumpling ... More >>

Mandarin superstars announced!

Friday, 23 August 2019, 3:40 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

Twelve Kiwis from all walks of life have been inducted as Mandarin Superstars for Chinese Language Week New Zealand (NZCLW). More >>

Kiwis register events for Chinese Language Week 2019

Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 3:47 pm | NZ Chinese Language Week

New Zealand Chinese Language Week (NZCLW) event registration is now open, and 2019 is already shaping up to be the biggest Week yet. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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