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  Lye Dong Boa aka "Lye Bow" - 1838-3/12/1930 CENTENARIAN PASSES. A very old and highly respected resident of Alexandra in the person of Mr Lye Bow passed away in the Dunedin Hospital at an early hour on Tuesday morning. Mr Bow had reached the age of 100 some few years ago, but, despite his age, he was still able to move about and possessed all his faculties. He met with an accident on Monday while working on his orchard at Butcher’s Gully. He was removed to the hospital. In the early...

• Post #3506119

  Reminder - Next meeting Thursday July 2 2026 on line 7.30pm. Please register to get the link. Calling All Asians who have an interest in Family History - Whether Vietnamese, Korean, Indian, Singaporean, Malaysian, Sri Lankan, Thai, and all other Asians - welcomed. Please share this link to others that you may know. Thanks and see you there.

• Post #3157394

  Sun Sun Restaurant - Auckland. Metro Sept 1992

• Post #3157392

  Our old friend Sam Wong and his colleagues ran this place. Good memories of the old Station Hotel, back in the day. Metro September 1992

• Post #2491331

  Frustration, Anger, Dejection, Dissatisfaction Beyond the Reef: Selected stories by Graeme Lay (Hanlon Publishing, 2025), 244pp This is a collection of 20 short stories, both penned and chosen by Graeme Lay, covering a period that begins in 1990 and ends with ‘A Natural Man’, which appeared in 2025. Thirteen of the stories have been previously published or broadcast, according to his Previous Publications page, which, however, omits Lay’s first published story, ‘The Children of Wah’. So the to...

• Post #2491330

  Paul Wah: A-fourth generation Kiwi who battled racism Nicholas Boyack November 5, 2022 Paul Wah: educationalist; b March 9, 1932; d October 24, 2022. The title of Paul Wah’s book, Wooden Man, Stone Heart, celebrates him as a man of strong determination and willpower, who could not be tempted. As a fourth-generation Chinese New Zealander, Wah battled racism and intolerance as he sought to create an identity for himself. Wah, who died earlier this month aged 90, is remembered as one of the fir...

• Post #2491329

  From Goldfields to Gardens: The legacy of Aboriginal–Chinese enterprise Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People in Australia, at the National Museum of Australia, documents over 170 years of connection between Chinese migrants and Aboriginal Australians. Supported over five years by Fortescue along with government and community partners, the exhibition brings together oral history, archival records, family photographs, and artworks. It reveals how families and businesses were formed in the face of...

• Post #2491328

  Hang Five 1011 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 ✅ 100%

• Post #2491327

  Paraplegic woman reunited with missing wheelchair after unfortunate mix-up at Red Beach An Auckland woman who lost her wheelchair after going for a short walk on the beach says her prized possession has been returned. Denny Cavanaugh, who has been paraplegic for more than 30 years, says she is “really happy” to have her custom-made Triride wheelchair back after initially thinking it was stolen. As previously reported by the Herald, the 71-year-old – who is able to walk for short periods on cr...

• Post #2491326

  Henry Yan is the best bad date at the NZ International Comedy Festival https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/13-05-2026/suzy-cato-and-friends-make-the-world-right-at-the-nz-international-comedy-festival?fbclid=IwY2xjawRwwE1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXc3RRS2lLbUVrUjg0OGhrc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtJdvEK31XSGsZfAr8wzJNtPtKKMbo0MCS2KylcfY2X7-nWjh0usfYqG8YYI_aem_YWdncwDeQmYI6sm1ss3IJzFcpfjG&brid=YWdncwFeeXkFL_Ne7pnAocOntj8q

• Post #2491325

  ‘I am tired of normal’: Henry Yan on comedy Comedian and engineer Henry Yan tells us about his wet socks, mum, and favourite artwork, Pokemon Ruby. https://www.thebigidea.co.nz/stories/i-am-tired-of-normal-henry-yan-on-comedy?fbclid=IwY2xjawRwwP1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXc3RRS2lLbUVrUjg0OGhrc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHh7-BFxiXijylI2RVwJSlmTCxWcNfo5mdbi7hhxII3CxtFjdBtF9H20tXc-B_aem_YWdncwCcQ1dfGj6uQ_PLT8wbOHqQ&brid=YWdncwGxP2kNma1uN1WBVBaaFrSx

• Post #2491324

  "Chan Lok Tim" is sold out Note from iticket page says "Please note this show is performed in Cantonese." Tim brings his brand new Cantonese stand-up show, "Congratulations Good for You," to New Zealand for the very first time. He dives into "family matters," sharing the bizarre encounters he and his fiancée, the "Scottish Princess," faced while planning their Hong Kong wedding. https://www.comedyfesti...

• Post #2491323

  He Huang T.E.M.U Joke Factory https://www.comedyfestival.co.nz/find-a-show/he-huang-temu-joke-factory/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRwyXpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFXc3RRS2lLbUVrUjg0OGhrc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrHj2_5IXSA-cNGMyGJ68jjf_ljTyxQ4aav_9L5yLhJWJkAwN59452CIEq-F_aem_YWdncwD7kv4baJfF-FpIQrm_onKV&brid=YWdncwEVn8hiqaCcX8JS5tbA9Su_

• Post #2491322

  Pinched from FB

• Post #2491321

  Hastings Boys' High School head boy Amanjot Singh gives the speech which earned him national champion honours at the Race Unity Speech Awards 2026. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/amanjot-singhs-winning-speech-at-the-race-unity-speech-awards-2026/3CLJE2WEY32GA7GFL7FNIDASPM/

• Post #2183591

  Writer and sociopolitical commentator Tze Ming Mok compared elements of ACT's immigration policy to the discriminatory poll tax the government issued an official apology for in 2002. New Zealand imposed a fixed-sum poll tax on Chinese immigrants from 1881 to restrict entry, which was eventually scrapped in 1944. "It's very interesting that a party that courted Chinese voters for so long with 'low tax' promises, now wants to reintroduce something close t...

• Post #1799600

  Our Uncle Willie died in the war, testing his plane. He is buried in Shropshire. Coincidently Manying Ip was close by during the ANZAC Day period, and made a visit to his grave. Only a handful of our family have ever been to visit him. She made a lovely cross with a poppy, to put at the grave. So lovely of her to care.

• Post #1741787

  On The Li River, Gualin, China December 2016

• Post #1741752

  The occupants of the armchair graves have been re-located - elsewhere. Gwe Leng, Zengcheng China. Photo from December 2016

• Post #1585458

  Since the internet began we’ve had people in our lives that are more than acquaintances and not quite close friends. We are in each other’s orbit. We are village members, no matter where we are. When there’s a tragedy, or a triumph, the village tends to join in and say the things village members say, often along the lines of "I'm so sorry for your loss" or "congratulations!" Somewhere along the way, I stopped doing that. Maybe it's because...

• Post #1112878

  Book Launch NZCA Easter Sports Tournament 2026 Auckland Finding the Rosenbrock Women - Nicky Won. author and researcher Nicky Won, who will share the remarkable story of her great-grandparents — Chinese storekeeper Sue Lee Him and his Eurasian wife Mary Jane — who made their home in Alexandra in the early 1900s. Sue Him ran a Chinese store, boarding house and orchard in Alexandra, and when the family eventually returned to China, they left behind a collection of objects that have been held in...

• Post #1112876

  Starting them young - NZCA Easter Tournament 2026

• Post #1112875

  After Farewell Guangdong - book by Lily Lee Farewell Guangdong director Lynda Chanwai-Earle In 1939, the New Zealand government granted approval for 256 wives and a similar number of children from China to take temporary refuge here. The women, who were fleeing war, had left their villages in Guangdong and then sought to be reunited with their husbands here. This week, a new web series launches - Farewell Guangdong - which tells the deeply moving and sometimes unsettling stories of seven o...

• Post #1112874

  What did you do in the War Goong Goong

• Post #1112873

  Ant Sang and Helene Wong - joint production. The Quiet Achievers. The Quiet Achievers: From Gardens to Gold Medals The Quiet Achievers is a comic book collaboration between author Helene Wong and myself. We were commissioned by Auckland War Memorial Museum to produce a contemporary, engaging work which would be accessible to a broad audience. The comic pages were designed to be displayed as large (A1) format digital prints in conjunction with the Being Chinese in Aotearoa: A photographic journe...

• Post #1112871

  Now the Easter is over it's time to concentrate on the NZ Chinese who participated in World War 2. In memory of the Chinese New Zealanders who served during World War II, a new project is underway. It is being co-ordinated by Ruth Lam (co-author of Sons of the Soil and The Fruits of Our Labours) and Melissa Chan-Green (journalist, ex-Three AM). Building on the research started by George Chan ex-RNZAF (who is Ruth’s father and Melissa’s grandfather), they will combine their skills and exp...

• Post #968197

  It took to 2002 to receive the Apology

• Post #889475

  Kiwi couple gift $150m to restore native wildlife in New Zealand A reserved Kiwi couple are selflessly donating $150 million to be used in massive conservation projects across New Zealand. Notably private philanthropic pair Neal and Annette Plowman built their wealth through expanding and growing their family’s laundry and towel supply business. The duo went on to sell the business to American laundry giant Alsco in 1998 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwi-couple-gift-150m-to-restore-native-...

• Post #871821

  Supreme Court quashes David Tamihere’s decades-old convictions for murdering Swedish tourists David Tamihere’s convictions for murdering the two Swedish tourists have been quashed, 37 years after the couple disappeared in the Coromandel bush. The upset decision from the Supreme Court today finds that Tamihere’s High Court trial in 1990 was unfair, and based partly on evidence that was “concocted to secure convictions”. It also says that the Crown’s later theories of what happened to Sven Urba...

• Post #847501

  Giving this a Boost - Please support Ant Sang with his current project. 21 Days Left 57% WING CHUN is a kinetic, adrenalin-filled, animated, kung-fu short film from acclaimed visual storyteller, Ant Sang. The premise: A young woman, Yim Wing Chun, must fight a feared tyrant who she does not want to marry. Her only way to win freedom is to win a challenge fight. But against all odds and an opponent twice her size, she must summon all her inner strength to be triumphant. This is a story stee...