25 children and 8 parents and teachers will arrive in Christchurch from Hawthorndene School, Adelaide, on 17 November for seven days, being home hosted by children of South Hornby Primary School. The children comprise Hawthorndene school’s choir, which won the Adelaide schools competition this year.
This visit is to reciprocate that of the South Hornby Primary School choir, the ‘South Hornby Swingers’, to Adelaide last October. During their time here the choir will visit and sing at Branston and Templeton Schools, go for a swim at QEII Park, meet with Councillor Sally Buck at Civic Offices, have a barbecue and do all sorts of other interesting and exciting things.
This reciprocal exchange between South Hornby Primary School and Hawthorndene School means that firm friendships have now been forged between the schools, with a lot of the children in regular contact.
Christchurch and Canterbury teachers are being given the opportunity to experience China first hand, through two teaching positions made available through the Christchurch-Gansu sister city relationship.
The three month positions in Lanzhou (the capital city of Gansu Province) include all expenses paid, a modest salary and accommodation provided in a new apartment. Successful applicants will be required to teach English for about 12 hours each week to the equivalent of years 11 and 13. Applicants must be able to start in Lanzhou on 15 February 2005.
During his very successful visit to Gansu Province in early June 2004, Mayor Garry Moore made a commitment to there being a Christchurch presence at the Lanzhou Trade and Investment Fair, 26-29 August 2004. Lanzhou is the capital city of Gansu Province.
Three people will represent Christchurch. Bill Studholme, who was part of the Mayor’s June visit, and who is chair of the Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations committee, Jill Taiaroa, Business Support Officer with the Canterbury Development Corporation and Dave Adamson of the Christchurch City Council’s International Relations team will spend five days in Lanzhou. As well as attending the fair, they will have meetings with people in the business and educational sectors, provincial and city officials, visit several schools and have site visits to water conservation projects and other matters.
See Bill Studholme's report of the visit to Gansu in June 2004...
A group of 96 students and teachers from Kurashiki will be welcomed to the city on Tuesday 3 August. The welcome ceremony, in the Civic Offices Council Chamber, will include a powhiri by the Hillmorton High School Kapahaka group. The group will also plant a tree at the Kurashiki Garden, Halswell Quarry Park.
The students and teachers from Seishin College, Kurashiki, are spending a fortnight in Christchurch, learning English at the Christchurch College of English.
"It is estimated that the annual groups from Seishin have brought about $2 million to our local economy and hopefully take back plenty of good memories of Christchurch to share with friends and family” said Barbara August, International Relations Co-ordinators.
The annual Christchurch student exchange to Kurashiki is to take place from 18 September - 3 October 2004. The group of 14 students, 7 male and 7 female, is to be led by Barbara and Owen August. While in Kurashiki the group will be home hosted and will attend local Junior High School for 4 days. Home hosting will give the students a wonderful opportunity to experience day to day life of Japanese people. During their stay the group will also visit the various tourist spots in and around the city and its environs.
If you are in year 10 at a Christchurch high school, have studied Japanese for more than a year and can raise $2,500, you can apply to be a member of this year's student exchange to Kurashiki, Japan.
14 students will be selected from Christchurch schools to take part in the 14th student exchange to Kurashiki, Christchurch's Japanese sister city. The trip is for 2 weeks from 18 September - 3 October and students will be home-hosted with a Japanese family for most of the time.
This year, one scholarship will be provided by the Christchurch-Kurashiki Sister City Committee to cover the full costs of travel (with the exception of spending money), to a student who would be interested in taking part but may not be unable to raise the $2,500 needed.
In Kurashiki, students will attend school on 5 of the days with their host brother or sister and the remaining time will be spent experiencing the sights, sounds and food of Kurashiki and it's surrounding area. Students will also spend a day in Hiroshima and on Miyajima Island.
Applications for this exchange close 14 May 2004.
If you are interested in being considered for this exchange, either contact your schools Head of Department for Japanese Studies or Barbara August, Christchurch City Council's International Relations Co-ordinator and this year's leader of the Student Exchange on 941 8251 or email barbara.august@ccc.govt.nz for details and an application form.
Ms Yumiko Nakagawa, a fourth year student in the Fine Arts Department of the Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, will be visiting Christchurch as an exchange student at Canterbury University for a about a one-month period beginning September 6, 2004.
Ms Nakagawa's main area of study involves wood sculpting/carving. She is also interested in the promotion and organizing of art exhibitions, displays and other art related events, and wants to see and research how such things are done in Christchurch. Read more ...
Ms Nakagawa is a student of Professor Wataru Hamasaka, who was in Christchurch as part of a sculptor exchange in March '04 when he sculpted 'The Canoe in the Canoe', the 30th Anniversary gift from Kurashiki to Christchurch. Ms. Nakagawa often worked alongside Graham Bennett, in the same studio, during Mr Bennett's stay in Kurashiki in 200, as part of the sculptor exchange, when Graham completed 'Lines Extending' Christchurch's 30th Anniversary gift to Kurashiki.
Mr. Bennett, has been instrumental in organising the student exchange between the University of Canterbury Fine Arts Department and the Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts.
A Mainland Soccer Canterbury 16th Grade Selection Team is headed to Korea and Japan.
The Canterbury U17 representative team leaves Christchurch on 31 July and heads to Christchurch's Korean sister city Songpa-Gu, Seoul, where they will play two games. The team will spend 5 nights in Songpa, staying at the Olympic Village, before flying to Tokyo and travelling onto Ayase City on 5 August. This comes about following the recent signing of a soccer friendship agreement between Mainland Soccer and Ayase City's soccer association. The team will take part in a Soccer Festival on 7 August involving six a side games and will play their main match in Ayase City on 8 August.
Eleven members of the Kurashiki Chapter of Ikebana visited Christchurch from 20 - 23 August, 2004 to share their knowledge and skills with local Christchurch’s local Ikebana Chapter. They held a joint exhibition of their work in the Crowne Plaza Hotel from 21-23 August. This exhibition was one of the many Festival of Japan events held between 16-25 August 2004. The Christchurch Chapter is intending to make a reciprocal visit to Kurashiki sometime in 2005. See the report of their visit and photos.
Aranui High School will welcome 16 students, the Deputy Principal and 2 teachers from their sister school Ogum High School, Songpa, to Christchurch on 7 August. The visitors will be home-hosted by school pupils and staff for 10 days, while they experience life in Christchurch and are shown around our city.
Four Seattle students will be home-hosted by Christchurch students Courtney McGuigan (Hagley Community College), Ea Wegner (Avonside Girl's) and Sophie Peacock (Christchurch Girls'), when they visit Christchurch from 20 July to 5 August as part of the reciprocal Christchurch Seattle Scholar Exchange Programme. The three Christchurch students were selected to visit Seattle from 20 April to 7 May this year and had a fantastic time in Seattle.
Nine students and a leader from Kurashiki will be visiting Christchurch from 21 July to 5 August, as part of the annual Kurashiki Inbound Student Exchange. They will be home-hosted. Highlights of their visit will be attending school in Christchurch, sightseeing in and around the city and an overnight stay at Flockhill Station, which will allow the children to take in a farm visiting and have a go at skiing.
Christchurch's Sister Cities Programme and the City of Adelaide are delighted to support the return to Christchurch of children's entertainers Ticklish Allsorts, from our sister city Adelaide. With them will be audience favourite Radish the pantomime horse.
Ticklish Allsorts will appear free at a variety of venues around Christchurch between July 11 & 13, as part of the 2004 KidsFest. The shows are free of charge, but entry is by Ticketek ticket because numbers are limited at each venue. For details of the venues and times Ticklish Allsorts will be performing see the KidsFest website http://www.kidsfest.co.nz/
Ticklish Allsorts first visited Christchurch as part of the 2002 KidsFest, where they were enthusiastically received by local audiences.
Seven children and three staff from Dai Shi Fukuda, Kurashiki, Japan willl be visiting Christchurch from 4-10 August this year and will be hosted by their sister school Mount Pleasant School. This will be the second student visit from Dai Shi Fukuda to Mount Pleasant in three years.
If you are in year 10 at a Christchurch high school, have studied Japanese for more than a year and can raise $2,500, you can apply to be a member of this year's student exchange to Kurashiki, Japan.
14 students will be selected from Christchurch schools to take part in the 14th student exchange to Kurashiki, Christchurch's Japanese sister city. The trip is for 2 weeks from 18 September - 3 October and students will be home-hosted with a Japanese family for most of the time.
This year, one scholarship will be provided by the Christchurch-Kurashiki Sister City Committee to cover the full costs of travel (with the exception of spending money), to a student who would be interested in taking part but may not be unable to raise the $2,500 needed.
In Kurashiki, students will attend school on 5 of the days with their host brother or sister and the remaining time will be spent experiencing the sights, sounds and food of Kurashiki and it's surrounding area. Students will also spend a day in Hiroshima and on Miyajima Island.
Applications for this exchange close 14 May 2004.
If you are interested in being considered for this exchange, either contact your schools Head of Department for Japanese Studies or Barbara August, Christchurch City Council's International Relations Co-ordinator and this year's leader of the Student Exchange on 941 8251 or email barbara.august@ccc.govt.nz for details and an application form.
An invitation has been extended to the Kurashiki Ikebana Chapter to visit Christchurch in 2004 to share their knowledge and skills with local Christchurch’s local Ikebana Chapter and to hold a joint exhibition of their works. This visit may be timed to coincide with the Festival of Japan which may be held in August 2004. After this visit the Christchurch Chapter is intending to make a reciprocal visit to Kurashiki.
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| Bill Studholme, Chairman, Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations Committee presents a photographic book of Canterbury to Mr Su Rong, recently appointed Chairman of the Gansu Provincial People’s Congress. |
Mayor Garry Moore led a 47 strong education and business delegation to Wuhan, in Hubei Province on 9 June. From there the Mayor, Mayoress, Chair of the Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations Committee, with three other officials will travel on to Gansu Province on 20 June to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the relationship and investigate business opportunities, specifically regarding the Gansu Trade Fair which will be held in August.
This follows the recent visit of Mr Su Rong, recently appointed Chairman of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress to Christchurch on 4 and 5 June, as head of a six member delegation. As the party chairman for the province, he is the most senior official in Gansu Province, which has a population of 26m.
On Friday 4 June he had a courtesy visit with Mayor Garry Moore, visited the Christchurch Art Gallery and the Canterbury Museum, followed by a welcome banquet in the evening. On the Saturday morning he had a meeting with members of the Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations committee, during which time business opportunities were discussed.
A delegation of five officials, led by the recently appointed Chairman of Gansu Provincial People’s Congress, Mr Su Rong, will be in Christchurch 4 and 5 June.
While essentially a goodwill visit, during their time here they will meet with Mayor Garry Moore, have a tour of the new Christchurch Art Gallery and Canterbury Museum and have a business meeting with members of the Christchurch-Gansu Friendly Relations committee and local business and education people. A welcome banquet will be held on the Friday evening.
A totem pole gifted to Christchurch by sister city Seattle is being carved by Seattle carver Jay Haavik, in the South Quad of the Arts Centre. Mayor Garry Moore will officially unveil the totem on the site at 3pm Friday, 23 April.
Mr Haavik says the Western Red Cedar totem has been designed as a welcome pole to the city of Christchurch and has been carved in the Haida style of the native peoples of Queen Charlotte Islands, off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Three Christchurch students are now experiencing life in Seattle, as part of the Seattle Scholar programme, organised by the Christchurch-Seattle Sister City Committee. Selected from 15 students, Sophie Peacock, Christchurch Girls' High School; Ea Wegner, Avonside Girls' High School and Hayley McGuigan, Hagley High School left Christchurch 20 April and return 7 May. They will attend University Prep. High School in Seattle and each will enjoy being part of a Seattle family for their time there. Later this year they will get the opportunity to show off their city, schools and homes to their Seattle buddies, when they visit Christchurch as part of the annual reciprocol exchange.
The Kurashiki Youth Chorus will give free public performances in Cathedral Square and the Christchurch Arts Centre next week.
This award winning choir of 31 young people aged between 10 and 18 arrives in Christchurch next Wednesday, bringing to a close a year of thirtieth anniversary celebrations between Christchurch and our sister-city Kurashiki.
“The Chorus, which was formerly known as the Kurashiki Boys and Girls Choir, is very highly regarded in Japan and will be a delight to have here,” Christchurch-Kurashiki Sister City Committee chair, Newton Dodge said.
The choir will perform at a lunchtime concert in Cathedral Square between 11.30am and 12.15pm on Friday 26 March and at The Great Hall, Christchurch Arts Centre between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on Sunday 28 March. All welcome.
The choir will also perform next Wednesday for delegates at the NZ Sister Cities Racing Ahead 2004 conference at the Christchurch Convention Centre . The following day, pupils at Cathedral Grammar and Selwyn House Schools will take part in workshops and perform with the choir at their schools.Arrangements are currently being made to host a 30 strong youth Chorus of 6 – 17 year olds and approximately 10 adult support staff from Kurashiki in late March or early April 2004. It is intended that the group will perform at several venues ( including schools and rest homes) in the city during their 7 day stay. They are also hoping to perform a major combined concert with a local Choir.
World-renowned sculptor Professor Wataru Hamasaka, the Arts Centre Artist in Residence for March, is currently working at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) on a sculpture that is to be gifted to the city of Christchurch.
The Canoe in the Canoe - a 2.2 metre long stone carving featuring a smaller granite canoe inside it - will be given to Christchurch by our Japanese sister-city Kurashiki to mark the 30th anniversary of our sister-city relationship. An anniversary sculpture has already been gifted to Kurashiki from Christchurch. ‘Lines Extending’ was installed in Kurashiki by Christchurch artist Graham Bennett in November 2003.
The canoe will be unveiled by Mayor Garry Moore on Wednesday, 31 March at 4pm at the Arts Centre, outside the Court Theatre, where it will be temporarily exhibited.
Prime Minister Helen Clark will officially open the NZ Sister Cities Conference 2004 in Christchurch from 24-27 March. We understand this is the first ever NZ Sister Cities Conference to be opened by the Prime Minister.
Excellent speakers, challenging workshops and plenty of networking opportunities are just some of the reasons to attend the 2004 NZ Sister Cities Conference (24-27 March) in Christchurch.
The conference website is www.sistercitiesconference2004.org.nz
On Monday 16 February Merrin School is hosting 35 children, 4 teachers, and 2 parents from their sister-school Se Ryun Elementary School in Christchurch's sister-city Songpa Gu in Seoul, South Korea.
Arrangements are currently being made to host a 30 strong youth Chorus of 6 – 17 year olds and approximately 10 adult support staff from Kurashiki in late March or early April 2004. It is intended that the group will perform at several venues ( including schools and rest homes) in the city during their 7 day stay. They are also hoping to perform a major combined concert with a local Choir.
Civic, cultural, education and business delegation to visit Adelaide 27 February - 4 March 2004 during Adelaide Bank 2004 Festival of Arts.
The Christchurch-Adelaide Sister City Committee will be leading a delegation to Adelaide to coincide with the Adelaide Bank 2004 Festival of Arts. A highlight of the delegation visit will be the opening of the exhibition Whare, a dynamic multi media exhibition of seven contemporary Maori artists' work. Whare, first exhibited in Christchurch during SCAPE: Art & Industry Urban Arts Biennial 02 www.artandindustry.org.nz, will be exhibited at Tandanya Gallery, with support from the Christchurch-Adelaide Sister City Committee, as part of the official Adelaide Festival of Arts visual arts programme. Find out more...
"Racing Ahead", the New Zealand Sister Cities Conference happens 24-27 March 2004. It has a programme incorporating three themes: Peace and Friendship, Culture, and Education and Economic opportunities.
Visit www.sistercitiesconference2004.org.nz for more information.
As part of the 30th anniversary of the Christchurch – Kurashiki Sister City links celebrations there is to be an exchange of gifts from one city to the other. It has been decided that the gifts will be a sculpture to each others city’s and Graham Bennett, a well known Christchurch sculptor will travel to Kurashiki to create his sculpture in November 2003. He will take up residence in Kurashiki for 4 – 6 weeks and while there will also give lectures and talks to students at the Kake University. The Kurashiki sculptor, Wataru Hamasaka, will visit Christchurch in February 2004 and will be based at the Christchurch Arts Centre as their ‘Artist in Residence’. He will also be asked to talk about and show his skills to interested students and artists. The sculptures created will provide a lasting reminder of this very important occasion.
Mayor Garry Moore and his wife, Mayoress Pam Sharpe, are to lead a 25 member strong delegation to Kurashiki to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Christchurch -Kurashiki Sister City link. This visit will enable delegates to sample the sights and hospitality of Kurashiki and it’s people at both formal and informal functions and visits. If you require further information regarding this visit please contact Barbara August, International Relations co-ordinator, on telephone 941 8251 or email her at Barbara.august@ccc.govt.nz
Fourteen students, chosen from High Schools in the city, and two leaders are planning to visit Kurashiki for two weeks from the 21 September – 5 October 2003. They will be home hosted for the duration of their stay and will attend their hosts school for several of the days they are in Kurashiki. The remainder of the time the students will take part in sightseeing excursions. All Christchurch High Schools will be notified of the trip around …..and students are then invited to apply. If you would like to know more about this trip please contact Barbara August, International Relations Co-ordinator on 941 9251 or email Barbara.august@ccc.govt.nz
Nine students and one leader are intending to visit Christchurch from Sunday 21 July until Saturday 2 August. These 14 – 15 year old students will be home-hosted and will attend school at one of several High Schools in the city. During their stay the students will also spend two nights at Flock Hill Station and while there will go skiing, jet boating and try their hand at various farm activities.
Eleven students and two teachers ( Kathryn Hore and Ross Marwick) from Linwood College are to spend a month in England and Europe from 5 April to 3 May 2003.
They are to be home-hosted with families of students from Twynham Comprehensive School and will attend school for some days during their stay. They are to spend 4 - 5 days in London before joining senior arts students on a joint tour of France including a visit to the home of Monet and also 3 days in Paris.
They will return to their host families in time to spend the Easter break with them before returning home.
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| Merrin School's Korean Cultural Group |
Merrin School students have been busy fundraising for a trip to their sister school Se Ryun, Songpa departing 9 April.
25 children (aged 11-13), 6 teachers and 8 parents will get to experience school and home life in Korea, and will visit
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| Merrin School's Korean Cultural Group |
Last April's 20 person 'Ensemble Group' from Kurashiki has turned into a 100 person 'Kurashiki Junior Orchestra' and is coming to Christchurch for 7 days in March/April 2003.
Read the News Release for further informaton about the visit and see a "Summary" copy of their 2003 literary
Your future is to spend three months teaching English in Lanzhou, Gansu Province. All expenses paid, good care, modest salary. Applications are sought for teachers to spend three months or more in Lanzhou (the capital of Gansu).
The position includes:
read more about Lanzhou and how to apply...
On 14th March Stephanie Smith, NZ Clinical Nurse Specialist/Educator for the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Christchurch Hospital and Allison Nicol, CEO for the Bone Marrow Transplant Trust, Christchurch will be travelling to Seattle to visit the Fred Hutchinson Research Centre to learn as much as possible about their specialist areas and to spend time in the Fred Hutchinson Research Unit. Over the last 30 years Seattle has been the world leader in Bone Marrow Transplantation.
While there the Seattle Christchurch Sister City Association will be looking after them. The Trust's Chairman, Mr Lew McIvor, has had a long association with Seattle and is also a member of the Christchurch-Seattle Sister City Committee. read more...
Merrin Primary School will host a group of 25 students (9-11 years old), the Principal, 2 teachers and 2 Songpa parents from their sister school Se Ryun, Songpa-Gu, Seoul, Korea from 17 to 20 February.
The group will experience life in Kiwi homes and as well as attending classes will join in the school's Top Team competition, enjoy a BBQ at the beach and a tram ride and will visit the Antarctic Centre and Willowbank before heading down to Queenstown.
Mayor Garry Moore visited SongpaGu in August 2003. Read about his visit in these City Scene stories:
In October 2003, the Canterbury Ballet Company is going to visit Kurashiki as a part of the 30th anniversary celebrations with our Japanese sister city. The 23 dancers and 5 staff, including wardrobes and lighting experts, will be led by the Canterbury Ballet Company’s owner and Director, Mrs Taisia Missevich, and the Tour Manager, Mr David Boram-Smith.
They will give two performances, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, at the theatre in Kurashiki where the International Friendship Festival will be held. They will also perform a short programme at an outdoor venue in the city.
The dancers are from 14 to 23 years old and very experienced. Part of the programme will be an original production for this visit, and one stage will have the theme of Swan Lake. read more...
A 20 – 30 member delegation, led by Mayor Takeshi Nakada is to visit Christchurch in November 2003. This delegation will visit to celebrate the 30th anniversary and a dinner in their honour will be hosted by Mayor Garry Moore and Mayoress Pam Sharpe. The program for this visit is yet to be confirmed.
A small sister city delegation from Seattle, led by Seattle Cr Richard Conlin, will visit Christchurch from 11-14 February 2003.
The delegation will comprise Dr John and Mrs Eve Bollard (Dr Bollard was the previous NZ Consul in Seattle), Martin Moore (Seattle Christchurch Sister Cities Association Chairman) & Jan Smisek (US U14 Soccer Coaching Co-ordinator), Rachel Jacobsen (association member, Seattle primary school teacher & wife of Senator Ken Jacobsen) and Jackie Kallay (association member). read more...
Christchurch was delighted to hear that Douglas Neil, a Christchurch sculptor, was selected as a finalist in the 6th Kurashiki Open Sculpture Competition and Exhibition to be held in March 2003. Sculptors from Kurahiki's four Sister Cities were invited to participate in the competition and Doug's model 'Pillars of Wisdom' was chosen as one of the five sculptures that is to be produced for the exhibition. Read more...
The Christchurch Seattle Sister City Committee assisted local American Cindy Barth to organise a Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, 28 November 2002, which was Thanksgiving, one of the most important family days in the American calendar.
57 people attended the traditional three course Thanksgiving dinner and enjoyed a great evening at the Hotel Grand Chancellor. Thanks to Cindy's wonderful organisation.
Many were Americans and the evening enabled them to meet fellow local Americans and celebrate this special day together. Many present expressed interest in forming future social groups including a mother's group, a super bowl group and a 'last Saturday of the month' group. If you would like further information about any of these groups please contact Cindy Barth by email at c.s.barth@trutrack.com
The Spheres, two bronze spherical, patterned markers 600 mm in diameter, by Adelaide artist Karen Genoff, commissioned by the Christchurch-Adelaide Sister City Committee, will be unveiled by Mayor Garry Moore and Adelaide Councillor Bob Angove, the leader of a small delegation from Adelaide on Monday, 18 November 2002 at 11.00am in the Adelaide Garden, Halswell Quarry Park. Read more...
The Christchurch Seattle Sister City Committee has assisted local American Cindy Barth to organise a Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, 28 November, which is Thanksgiving, one of the most important family days in the American calendar.
The traditional three course Thanksgiving dinner will be held in a private room at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, cost $35.
If you would like to attend the Thanksgiving dinner or a Thanksgiving picnic on Sunday, 24 November see below for further details:
A classic Canterbury summer's day ensured the success of the opening of the Sister Cities' Gardens in Halswell Quarry Park on 17 February 2001...[more]
The project entry covered the cultural aspects of the opening of the City Council's Sister Cities Gardens at the old Halswell Quarry Park in February. Representative delegations from Christchurch's six sister cities were at the opening of the gardens.
Related information: Sister Cities New Zealand, media release
Exhibition
Exchange between The Physics Room & The Experimental
Art Foundation
28
June -28 July 2001
In part two of the exhibition exchange between Christchurch's
The Physics Room, and The Experimental Art Foundation,
from Adelaide, the Experimental Art Foundation presents
Thrash, an exhibition of artists curated by Emma Bugden
of The Physics Room...[more]
Related information: Adelaide artistic & cultural exchanges
Kurashiki
teacher exchange 2000
Eight
local people leave Christchurch 31 July to take up postings
as Assistant English Teachers in Kurashiki schools from
early August 2000. They will be farewelled by the Christchurch-Kurashiki
Sister City Committee, at a dinner on the 25 July.
Related information: Kurashiki educational exchanges
Kurashiki
Student Goodwill Mission arriving Christchurch 29 July
2001
The
nine students and leader will be welcomed to Christchurch
on 29 July, at the start of their two week visit.
Three of the students will be hosted by Villa Maria School and the other students will be hosted by St Margarets, Hillmorton, Aranui, Avonside and Marion. Excursions will include local sightseeing, a farm visit, Ten Pin Bowing Champs and a Pizza & Pavlova night.
This exchange takes place annually and is reciprocated when 14 Christchurch high school students and two leaders visit Kurashiki annually in September.
Related information: Kurashiki educational exchanges
Mount
Pleasant School students to visit their sister school
in Kurashiki
Mount
Pleasant School students to visit their sister school
Dai Yon Fukuda Shogakko, Kurashiki 19 September 2001 for
2 weeks.
Related information: Kurashiki educational exchanges
Australian
Sister Cities Association 20th National Conference
Bunbury
& Busselton, Western Australia, 30 September –
3 October 2001
The Australian Sister Cities Association 20th National Conference is open to anyone who wishes to attend. A fantastic Youth program is also being run at the same time. Any enquiries should be directed via email to: Enquiries@asca2001.com.
For further information and registration forms visit the ASCA 2001 National Conference website: www.asca2001.com
Oaklands
School pupils to visit sister school Direk School, Adelaide,
from 18 to 28 September 2001
For 11 years there has been a sister school link between
Christchurch’s Oaklands Primary School and Direk Primary
School, Adelaide, with the intention of fostering an understanding
between senior primary school pupils of both the similarities
and differences between New Zealand and Australia...[more]
Related information: Adelaide educational exchanges
Paekje
Festival, September 2001
Christchurch Deputy Mayor, Cr Lesley Keast and Cr
Carole Anderton together with Mr Clyde Sugden, Chairman
of the Christchurch-Songpa-Gu Sister City Committee will
travel to Songpa-Gu, Seoul, Korea from 17 to 25 September
2000 to represent Christchurch at Songpa-Gu’s Paekje
Festival.
The biennial festival takes place over five days. It celebrates the time when Songpa was the capital city of Korea's Paekje Kingdom for 500 out of the 678 years of the Paekje dynasty, around 2000 years ago. The festival includes cultural performances and a parade through the streets of Songpa-Gu.
For further information please contact Barbara August, International Relations Co-ordinator, Christchurch City Council (ph. 371 1251 or email Barbara.August@ccc.govt.nz)
Related information: Songpa-Gu artistic and cultural exchanges
14
Christchurch students to visit Kurashiki, September 2001
14
high school students led by Christchurch Boys' High School
Deputy Principal Colin Donald and his wife, Justine will
visit Kurashiki for 2 weeks, where they will be home-hosted.
Related information: Kurashiki educational exchanges
Christchurch
Adelaide Sister City Challenge
On
Thursday October 11th 2001 evening four Adelaide Greyhounds
will race in Christchurch alongside Christchurch’s
top four greyhounds. The greyhound race distance will
be 520 metres and the final stake $30,000...[more]
Related information: Adelaide sports exchanges
Gansu
students artworks to be exhibited at ArtZone, COCA, 21
September to 20 October 2001
Gansu
senior school students artworks will be exhibited at the
ArtZone,
Centre of Contemporary Art, Gloucester Street, from 27
September to 20 October 2001.
Related information: Gansu artistic and cultural exchanges
'Art-on-Avon:
Reflecting Our Rivers' exhibition at the ArtZone, 11-27
January 2002
The
ArtZone
at CoCA is holding an exhibition of student's artworks
from schools in both Christchurch, NZ and Christchurch,
England.
Works from students aged from 12 years are being exhibited. The idea is for students to explore a wide brief within the theme 'Art-on-Avon: Reflecting Our Rivers': the water, riverbanks, plant life, leisure activities and animals of their respective Avon.
Related information: Christchurch, England artistic and cultural exchanges
Applications
invited from Christchurch Year 13 students for Seattle
Scholar Exchange
In
March/April 2002 the Christchurch-Seattle Sister City
Committee will be sending two Year 13 (7th form) students
for a two to three week exchange in Seattle. They will
be chosen from all high schools in Christchurch and when
selected, the students will act as ambassadors for their
school, the city and for New Zealand. The students will
be home hosted with Seattle families and will attend and
experience classes in a Seattle High School environment
for a number of days.
Information and application forms have been sent to Year 13 Deans of all Christchurch High Schools. Applications close 20 February 2002.
For further information and/or an application form contact Sue McFarlane, International Relations Co-ordinator, Christchurch City Council, ph 371-1959 or email Sue.McFarlane@ccc.govt.nz
Seattle
artworks exhibition, February 2002
Seattle
senior school student’s artworks continue to be exhibited
at the ArtZone,
Centre of Contemporary Art, Gloucester Street. The theme
is 'First
People'
Christchurch Girls High School and Geraldine High School also contributed some excellent works for the exhibition, which it is now hoped will be taken to Seattle later this year.
It will be possible to view these works on the GlobalNet website in the near future.
Related information: Seattle artistic and cultural exchanges
Three
Christchurch students on their way to Seattle
Three Christchurch students were chosen as the 2002 Seattle
Scholars, from the 12 applications received by the Christchurch-Seattle
Sister City Committee.
They are Gina Harris of Rangi Ruru Girls School, Hadleigh Milligan of Christchurch Boys High School and Suzanne Garnett of Christchurch Girls High School.
The three excited students departed Christchurch 20 March for Seattle, returning 6 April. They will be home-hosted by students from University Prep School, where they will attend classes, and they'll also have a lot of sightseeing opportunities in Seattle.
See their itinerary and a photo of Hadleigh, Gina and Suzanne
Related
information: Seattle
education exchanges
The
Ritsuko Ensemble
The Ritsuko Ensemble from Kurashiki will visit Christchurch
from 2-11 April 2002. The string ensemble of 15 and 20,
who play Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart etc. will give free outdoors
performances in Cathedral Square and the South Quad of
the Christchurch Arts Centre and will give a concert at
the Christchurch Music Centre.
They will experience home-hosting in Christchurch. See details of performance times of the Ritsuko Ensemble...
Related information: Kurashiki artistic and cultural exchanges
Ticklish
Allsorts (direct from Christchurch's sister city Adelaide)
As part of TV2
KidsFest head down to your local hall and jive to
the sounds of the international children's band Ticklish
Allsorts. Direct from Christchurch's Sister City of Adelaide,
this high energy totally interactive music show combines
song and dance with colour fantasy characters like Radish
the Pantomime Horse and Alistair the Scottish teddy bear.
Supported by Christchurch's Sister Cities Programme and Christchurch City Council Events Team. See details of performance dates, times and venues. For further information about TV2 KidsFest see www.kidsfest.org.nz
Suitable
up to 10yrs. Free, bookings not necessary.
For further information phone 372 2840
Kids
4 Peace
Head into Cathedral Square and celebrate Peace!
See colourful performances by children representing Christchurch's sister cities in China, Japan and Korea, followed by an hour-long performance by children's entertainers Ticklish Allsorts from sister city Adelaide. Bring your own peace cranes or make them on site - experts will be on hand to show you how!
At the conclusion of the entertainment join Global Net's Astro for a short parade from the square to 'Friendship Corner', at the end of City Mall, where your cranes will be displayed alongside those made by children in our sister cities.
Supported by Christchurch's Sister Cities Programme, Christchurch City Council Events Team and GlobalNet.
Cathedral
Square, (if wet Christchurch Cathedral from 1pm)
Friday 5 July, 12pm (duration 90 minutes)
Suitable
all ages, wear warm clothing
Free, for weather postponement phone the TV2 KidsFest
infoline on 372 2877
See further information about Kids 4 Peace and how to make your peace cranes
Kids
4 Peace
Hundreds of young people headed into Cathedral Square
in Christchurch on 5 July to join together in celebrating
peace.
There were colourful performances by young people representing Christchurch’s sister cities in China (the Christchurch Rewi Alley School) and Korea (the Christchurch Korean School) and a fun show by children’s entertainers Ticklish Allsorts from sister city Adelaide.
Local children, who had been busy making colourful paper cranes, paraded these on the day. Thousands of cranes were also sent from Christchurch’s six sister cities - including more than 2000 from Kurashiki in Japan. Children were also busy making cranes on the day in the Square.
The children carried the ‘peace cranes’ in a short parade from the Square to Friendship Corner at the end of the City Mall, where they hung the cranes for display, alongside those made by children from Christchurch’s sister cities.
The ‘Kids 4 Peace’ event was a joint initiative between Christchurch’s Sister Cities Programme and GlobalNet. It was part of the TV2 KidsFest programme.
Christchurch
artists invited to participate in Kurashiki Sculpture
Competition & Exhibition
Kurashiki is holding its 6th Kurashiki Open Sculpture
Competition and Exhibition in March 2003 and is inviting
sculptors from its Sister Cities to participate. Read
more...
Christchurch
artists invited to participate in Kurashiki Sculpture
Competition & Exhibition
Kurashiki
is holding its 6th Kurashiki Open Sculpture Competition
and Exhibition in March 2003 and is inviting sculptors
from its Sister Cities to participate.
Artists are asked to produce a model - the entry fee is approx. NZ $100. From the models submitted 5 artists will be chosen to produce their sculptures. To do this the sculptor will be given approx NZ $40,000 to complete their design. These completed designs will then be exhibited from 1-23 March 2003 and judged at this time. The prize money for these finalists ranges from approx. NZ $10,000 for 5th placed to NZ $120,000 for 1st place.
This is the first time Christchurch sculptors have been invited to participate in this event, alongside Japanese sculptors and those from Kurashiki's other three sister cities St Polten, Austria; Kansas City MO, USA; and Zhenjiang, China.
Models must reach Okayama city between 16 and 23 June 2002.
Full entry details are available from Barbara August, International Relations Co-ordinator, Christchurch City Council on ph. 941-8251 or email: Barbara.August@ccc.govt.nz
Related information: Kurashiki artistic & cultural exchanges
Aranui
High School to host Ogum High School group
On Monday, 22 July Aranui High School is looking forward
to welcoming a group from its Songpa-Gu Sister School,
Ogum High School. Mr Su-Il Lee, the Principal, will be
leading the group of 2 teachers and 15 students. Read
more...
Treat
your Senses to the Sights and Sounds of Korea
Christchurch is about to experience the sights and sounds
of a Korean cultural extravaganza. Come along and treat
your senses to the colour and vibrancy of musicians, dances
and drummers from our Korean sister city Songpa-Gu. A
group of 36 performers will give three shows in Christchurch:
Seattle
students visit Christchurch 2002
Tammy Bockow and Todd Rotkis, from University Prep, Seattle,
are in Christchurch from 12 to 28 August enjoying some
local hospitality, having hosted Christchurch's 3 Seattle
scholars in Seattle earlier this year. Read more...
Kurashiki
Students Goodwill Exchange to Christchurch 30 July - 12
August 2002
Nine students from various junior high schools in Kurashiki
and one leader from Kurashiki City Hall are to visit Christchurch
from 30 July-11 August 2002. Read more…
Kurashiki’s
Dai Shi Fukuda School students visit 6-11 August 2002
Ten elementary school students and five adults are to
visit their sister school, Mt Pleasant Primary from 6
– 11 August 2002. This is the first time Mt Pleasant
has hosted students from Dai Shi Fukuda. Read more…
