Rewi Alley

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Rewi Alley
Portrait of Rewi Alley by Deng Bangzhen. Located in CPAFFC offices, Factory Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. Once in the Italian Embassy, later in Rewi Alley's residence.
Born	December 2, 1897 Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died	December 27, 1987 (aged 90) Beijing

Rewi Alley QSO, MM (known in China as 路易•艾黎, Lùyì Àilí, 2 December 1897 – 27 December 1987) was a New Zealand-born writer and political activist. A member of the Communist Party of China, he dedicated 60 years of his life to the cause, and was a key figure in the establishment of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives and technical training schools, including the Peili Vocational Institute (also known as the Bailie Vocational Institute or the Beijing Bailie University). Alley was a prolific writer about 20th century China, and especially about the Communist revolution. He also translated numerous Chinese poems.

Cecil Holmes

Cecil Holmes (director)

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Cecil William Holmes (23 June 1921 – 24 August 1994) was a New Zealand-born film director and writer. He was born in Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.^[1] He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and British Royal Navy during World War II before turning to filmmaking. He made a number of documentaries for the New Zealand National Film Unit then moved to Australia, where he directed several feature films and a number of documentaries for the Commonwealth Film Unit.^[2]

5. Jean Devanny

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   Jean Devanny
   Born	Jane Crook January 7, 1894 Ferntown near Collingwood, New Zealand
   Died	8 March 1962 (aged 68) Townsville, Queensland, Australia
   Occupation	writer
   Language	English
   Spouse	Francis Harold (Hal) Devanny
   Children	3: Harold (Karl), Patricia, Erin

   Jane (Jean) Devanny (7 January 1894 – 8 March 1962) was a New Zealand writer and communist. Born in Ferntown near Collingwood in the Nelson district of New Zealand to William and Jane Crook, she migrated to Australia in 1929, eventually moving to Townsville in northern Queensland, where she died at the age of 68.