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Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust 2016/17 grants

Name Amount Purpose
Asia New Zealand Foundation $2,000 2016 Auckland and Christchurch Chinese Lantern Festivals and introduction in parallel schools.
Arrowtown Autumn Festival Inc $1,500 To bring a Dragon Dance Team to the Autumn Festival
Asia New Zealand Foundation $2,000 For the 2016 Auckland and Christchurch Chinese Lantern Festivals and introduction into parallel schools
Asian Events Trust $5,000 To support 2016 Chinese New Year Festival
Auckland Chinese Community Centre $7,000 To support 2016 Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day - the Year of the Monkey
Auckland Chinese Community Centre $30,000 For hall renovations at the Auckland Chinese Community Centre
Colleen Brown $2,000 To support the book: The Kiwi We Left Behind
Dr Phoebe Hairong Li $5,000 Towards the printing and binding of a catalogue for the exhibition A Pictorial History of the Chinese in New Zealand.
Dunedin Chinese Language & Cultural Trust $4,300 For teaching Chinese Cantonese language and culture through the remainder of 2015 and into 2016.
James Beattie and Phoebe Li $9,000 Commissioned research into the history of Chinese Merchants in New Zealand
Jeffrey Sawers $4,210 Restoration of Chinese graves at the Alexandra cemetery
Joanna Boileau $500 Towards costs associated with the ISSCO 9th Conference
Joanna Boileau $25,000 PROJECT: commissioned research into history of Chinese Laundries in New Zealand
Lawrence Chinese Camp Charitable Trust $6,500 To relocate Joss House to its old site in the Lawrence Chinese Camp
Mark Ngan Kee $7,000 Ventnor Project - Rawene Cemetery investigation on ethnic human remains
New Zealand Chinese Association $17,000 To support 2017 Youth Leadership Conference
New Zealand Chinese Association - Auckland $20,000 For the New Zealand Chinese Association Easter Sports Tournament 2016
New Zealand Chinese Association Auckland - Cantonese Music $5,000 For teaching of the Cantonese Language (oral and written)
New Zealand Chinese Oral History Foundation $2,000 To record the Pukekohe Market Gardeners Wives
New Zealand Chinese Society - Canterbury $4,000 To replace heat pumps for the Community Hall
Qiao Yi Lion Dance Team Christchurch $2,000 For the 2016 Christchurch Chinese New Year Parade
Qiao Yi Lion Dance Team Christchurch $1,000 For the Christchurch 2017 Chinese New Year Parade
Rainbow Chinese Community Centre Charitable Trust $1,000 To support 2017 Hamilton Chinese Sport Day
Ruth Lam $20,000 PROJECT: commissioned research into the history of Chinese fruit shops in New Zealand
Susan Kim Louie $750 Glass work casting project, Swing Bridge, at Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne
Sylvia Yang Yuan - History of Churches $9,000 Commissioned research into the history of Chinese Churches
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum $10,000 Towards a documentary production - Journey to Lan Yuan
Victoria University of Wellington Foundation $18,930 Chinese Heritage Printing Types restoration and relocation

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