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Events In History

27 December 1987

Rewi Alley dies

Rewi Alley, friend of China, died of heart failure and cerebral thrombosis at his Beijing residence, aged 90. A few weeks earlier, Alley had celebrated his birthday with Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. Read more...

Information and resources relating to the Spring 2010 seminar series for NCEA 3 and Scholarship history students
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Page 1 - Year 13 history seminar seriesInformation and resources relating to the Spring 2010 seminar series for NCEA 3 and Scholarship history

Schools and children were quickly called into action at the outset of the First World War in 1914. Developing patriotic, fit and healthy citizens was seen as important to the survival of the country and the Empire. Hundreds of teachers joined the NZEF, including many from sole-teacher schools. Almost 200 never returned.
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Page 7 - Teachers who servedWhether as school cadet officers or supporters of saluting the flag, teachers did much to set the moral tone of New Zealand schools before and during the war. Many hundreds were

Alley, Rewi
In December 1926 Rewi Alley left New Zealand ‘to go and have a look at the Chinese revolution’. Alley stayed in China for 60 years, becoming one of its best-known and best-loved foreigners.
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