28 Nov 2019

Rewi Alley - the most famous New Zealander in Chinese history

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 28 November 2019

We're looking back at the life and legacy of Rewi Alley, a New Zealander who went to China in 1927 to have a look at the revolution going on there, and spent the next 60 years there. 

Geoff Chapple's in to chart his life and times in today's Biography segment.

Rewi Alley teaching at Shandan School, Gansu, China 1940s [Alexander Turnbull Library]

Rewi Alley teaching at Shandan School, Gansu, China 1940s [Alexander Turnbull Library] Photo: New Zealand-China Friendship Society