2025 marks the Year of the Snake, with Lunar New Year day falling on 29 January. The Snake symbolizes… Read More

This year’s Double Ninth Festival in China falls on Friday, October 11. Also known as Chōng Yáng (重阳) the festival,… Read More

In our third New Zealand Chinese Language Week video, we invited a special guest,… Read More

Welcome to our second New Zealand Chinese Language Week video on similar wisdom of… Read More

Welcome to New Zealand Chinese Language Week (NZCLW) 2024! As part of celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (14th… Read More

[To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, most of our posts this week will be bilingual.] This Tuesday, 17… Read More

Next Monday, 10 June, marks the Dragon Boat Festival. Like many traditional festivals in China, it is an opportunity to… Read More

Qingming Festival lands on April 4th, 2024. Join us to explore the rich traditions and evolving customs of this festival… Read More

This year, China’s annual “Two Sessions” (Liǎnghuì, 两会”) start on 4 March. What are the Two… Read More

In 2023 the Qixi Festival falls on Tuesday 22 August. Qixi Festival also known as the Chinese Valentine’s Day. In… Read More

This year marks the 50th years anniversary of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and China. From humble beginnings to one… Read More

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is a crucial event in China’s political calendar. It will not… Read More

Rapid growth in trade between Asia and South America is opening the door for New Zealand to… Read More

Mandarin and Cantonese are the two most commonly spoken Chinese languages in NZ. Have you wondered what the main differences… Read More

Watch this explainer to learn about Chinese characters. Did you know there are simplified and traditional versions, and do you… Read More

In this explainer learn all about Chinese surnames, including the most popular surnames and how to pronounce them in Mandarin. Read More

In Part 2 of our Chinese Surnames explainer series we tell you a little about the geographic distribution of surnames,… Read More

In this video we explain China’s Five Year Plan, a comprehensive policy blueprint released by the government every five years… Read More