Rewi Alley of China
Born Dec 1897, Died Dec 1987.
Honoured by the People In 2009 Rewi was voted by 19 million Chinese in the top ten foreign friends of China in the preceding 60 years
Rewi Alley Book
Written by Rewi Alley’s niece Philippa Reynolds in 1997, it details the life of the New Zealand-born writer, educator and political activist who dedicated 60 years to humanitarian causes in China and written as an easy and engaging read by people of all ages, interests and walks of life.
As part of the 120th Commemorations of Rewi Alleys birth the Christchurch China Sister Cities Committees were a key stakeholder in the Rewi Alley 120th Anniversary Commemoration Committee Canterbury
One of the corner stone projects undertaken by the Christchurch China Sister Cities Committee was to update and refresh the book and have it ready for release for the 120th Anniversary celebrations
The updating of the book included
- New and relevant text
- Translation of the book in to Mandarin making it become a bi-lingual book
- Making the book a hard copy so it could be seen as more of coffee table book.
- Adding many more photographs, many of them in colour were added.
Another motivator for the committee was it was 30 years since Rewi Alley passed away and it’s their belief there is a need to introduce him and his achievements to younger generations of New Zealanders and Chinese. This is a man who is known and revered widely throughout China, but largely unknown in New Zealand. Members of the Christchurch China sister Cities Committees have visited regions in China where he had worked in the 1930’s and the local people still talk about him and pay their respects at a memorial in their town.
As part of the 120th commemorations of Rewi Alley on 25th April 2017, Bernard Duncan, chair of the Christchurch China Sister Cities committee and Dave Adamson, Vice Chair of the Rewi Alley 120th Anniversary Commemoration Committee Canterbury, presented a copy of the book last week to Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The Christchurch China Sister Cities Committee had published the book with a vision that it would find a home in schools, libraries and universities or people’s home library collections, as it forms part of New Zealand’s history especially with China and provides an understanding of why New Zealand has had a special place in the hearts of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation as a whole
If you would like a copy of the hard copy edition you can purchase online
We ship freight free within New Zealand and provide a special rate for schools or educational providers who purchase 3 or more books for use by their learners as learning tool or reference point.
For not for profits organisations or community groups with an interest in developing the New Zealand China relationship we offer special price in acknowledgement of their commitment to the people to people diplomacy.
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Rewi Alley Book
Over 200 pages detailing the life of Rewi Alley starting from his birth in Canterbury in 1897 through to his death in China in 1987.
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