Every little bit helps, and Geotech donating time & machinery and delivery all these rocks and stones to our reserve is wonderful.
These will be used in the stream and pond feature.
July 2018 is a huge milestone, with Westroads starting the civil contract. We now have the ground fill, compacted, leveled and shaped.
After a voting process, The Shovels is a clear favourite amongst our community. Attached video shows the top 3 entries with Jane Downes from Little River, Canterbury being our chosen one.
After a huge effort our key items from China have arrived. This include our Liangting (pavillion), bridges, table & chairs and bench seats. Another milestone ticked off
Thank you Christchurch Guangdong Assn for a lovely fundraiser as part of your 10th year anniversary.
It is great to have your continued support for our project.
We now have our Resource Consent!
Thanks to our great volunteers, the adjacent Taylors Hill car park got a trim in preparation for it's upgrade.
This car park will also be utilised by visitors to the adjacent Chinese Miners Memorial Reserve.
The New Zealand Chinese History & Cultural Association (NZCHCA) hosted another successful fundraising event for our project in Wellington.
We are grateful for the opportunity to showcase our project to a great audience.
Thank you NZCHCA for your ongoing support.
Photo: Chair NZCHCA Steven Wong, MP Maureen Pugh, Landscape Designer Erin Diao, Westland Mayor Bruce Smith, Chair KRT Julie Rowe, Project Manager Fiona Pollard
On our behalf, the New Zealand Chinese History & Cultural Assn is hosting a fundraising event in Wellington on the 10th April 2017.
An auction will be held and people will be able to contribute to the Garden by bidding on key components and features. All donors will be proudly acknowledged within the garden for future generations to see.
We are very grateful for the ongoing support of the Chinese Community. Together, we will become 'guardians' of the this beautiful garden.
The Westland District Council supports this project, and has agreed to release some of the Kumara Endowment Fund for this project.
This funding really secures our project.... but you are welcome to support us with a wee donation as well :)
Kumara Residents Trust is pleased to have the support and advice from the New Zealand Chinese History & Cultural Association.
With their assistance, we feel confident that this project is in good hands.
Thank you everyone who contributed and donated at the Auckland fundraising event. It was an exciting and encouraging event for us.
It was a thrill to attend the Christchurch Zhongahua Chinese Society's Middle Autumn Festival and 67th Anniversary of the Founding of The People’s Republic of China.
They generously gave us their door takings for the Chinese Miners Memorial Reserve project.
We are very grateful for the wonderful support from Consul-General Jin and his wife Helen.
Also Department of Corrections - who will help build and maintain this Reserve.
At the moment, this sits in the window of our Community Development Officer's office.
One day it will be located at the Reserve
March 2016 fundraising stall at the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival was all about Duck Heads...
We sold out and raised funds for our project
Thanks everyone who supported us, we even won an award :)
The Kumara Residents Trust's is holding a stall at the Wildfoods Festival, Hokitika, March 14th 2015.
On the menu...Chicken feet, hearts, liver and for the faint hearted...dumplings
Another fundraising effort for our Chinese Memorial Garden project.
Thank you everyone who supported this fundraising effort. With over $1200 raised, it was a great day and it certainly raised our profile. Plenty of festival folk were talking about the "chicken feet" and were happy to support our Chinese Memorial Garden project. Our stall won 1st prize in the Community Stall competition, which was excellent. A special thanks to our volunteers from the Chinese community and Kumara, a great team effort.
Sharing our stories with visitors is easy as a stroll around our village. Some feedback ....
“My wife and I are touring New Zealand and made a stopover yesterday at the Theatre Royal hotel in Kumara. Before dinner we took a walk across to the open space to look at the history boards. What a fascinating set of real life stories. We were enthralled by the people and times they depicted.
We would like to let you know how much we enjoyed reading them. Thank you so much for giving us and other visitors to Kumara an insight into the town's past. Absolutely fascinating.”
Vice Consul-General for the Consulate-General of the Peoples Republic of China – Dr CHU Yanli and Fiona Pollard -Chair of the Kumara Residents Trust
Traditional Chinese dancers on stage at our special Kumara Memorial Hall
Last year's Gala Day at Kumara had a Chinese flavour, with Vice Consul-General for the Consulate-General of the Peoples Republic of China – Dr CHU Yanli attending. Along with representatives from the Guangdong and Tai Shan Associations, and a special treat the traditional Chinese dancers.
All there to support our fundraising efforts for the Chinese Memorial Garden project.
