Courses

First, Eric Livingstone, a past National President of the New Zealand China Friendship Society and a long-time member of Chinese Industrial Co-operatives established by Rewi Alley, will give a series of three talks on Tibet. Then Judy Cockle, a retired university administrator, will lead us further afield.

To many of us, Tibet is a fascinating mysterious land full of conflicting stories but compelling because of its uniqueness and extremes of location, weather, history, beliefs and life of its people. For over 30 years Eric has collected these stories, attempting an understanding of Tibet’s mysteries and beliefs from Buddhist and earlier histories and more recently the Chinese version of events. The result is an intriguing collection of facts and myths summarized in these talks that will aid our understanding of why Tibet is so unique.