The show by the Christchurch Lion & Dragon Dance Team Qiao Yi (Hong De) and Otago-Southland Chinese Association, was part of an annual pilgrimage.  The team performed at the Lawrence Golf Club before visiting the Joss House at the Lawrence Chinese Camp, to pay homage to the early Chinese settlers to NZ

Around 300 people participated in our event to welcome in the Year of the Dragon.  Thank you to the volunteers from the Tuapeka area, OSCA and camp descendant families.  A big thank you to the Otago Community Trust and Kotahitaka for their funding for this event.

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Archeologist Richard Walter shared about the fascinating archeological findings of excavations at the Lawrence Chinese site between 2005 and 2010 to a group visiting the Camp on Saturday led by Adrienne Shaw.

The Year of the Rabbit was celebrated at the Lawrence Chinese Camp with national performances and guests.  Thank you to all the volunteers, supporters and OSCA for their amazing cooks and Lion dancers.  

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This was possible due to the funding from the Ministry of Cultural and Heritage and Otago Communities Trust.  The event was in partnership with Sun Gum Saan Ltd, who launched their New Zealand Chinese History schools curriculum.  

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Lion Dance troupes from Auckland and Christchurch made a pilgrimage to the Camp to remember and honour the past people of the Camp at the alter in the Joss House and then performed for the Lawrence-Tuapeka community. 

With the new school history curriculum including the heritage of the pioneer Chinese in NZ, Ministers of Parliament Ingrid Leary (MP for Taieri) and Naisi Chen (list MP in Botany), as well as Arena Williams (MP for Manurewa) and Mayor Bryan Cadogan visited the Camp on 9 July to learn about its provenance and the history and significance of the early Chinese in NZ from historians Dr James Ng and Dr James Beattie.

Unfortunately this event has had to be cancelled due to Covid alert restrictions. We look forward to a Chinese New Year event in February 2023!

A big thank you to the Lawrence Golf Club for hosting the fundraiser.  The entry fees plus the auction raised over $5000 towards the building restoration project.  

As the restoration work enters the final design stage, the Trust invites you to donate to our fundraiser so that building work will be possible.  Click here for how you can help

Thank you to all the supporters of our 100 Club Raffles.  Winners have been notified and we a special thank you to those who donated their winnings back to the camp.  

There was a steady stream of visitors at the Open day at the Camp on Sunday 6 Nov. 

A beautiful day, the Joss house with displays was open and friend of the Camp Anne Cheng was there to help children don Leonora the Lion and learn how to lion dance!

A repeat visit from the Leadership Network of the ANZF. Dr James Ng, historian and founder of the Camp's Trust, and Camp trustee and descendant Rachel Gemmill shared about the life and people at the Camp in the 1880's.

Thank you to all those who participated in the Quiz Night and supported our fundraiser with donations for the prizes. Special thanks to the Lawrence Golf club who hosted us. We raised enough to cover our everyday running costs for the next few months:)