The Dunedin Chinese Garden in Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand | Garden

The Dunedin Chinese Garden in Dunedin, New Zealaand,  is a Council-supported project being developed by The Dunedin Chinese Gardens Trust.   Once developed The Chinese Garden will be maintained by the Council.
The Dunedin Chinese Garden is a gift to the city of Dunedin for all New Zealand, honouring the past, celebrating the present, and providing enlightenment on our shared path to the future Dunedin Chinese Gardens Trust.
The Dunedin Chinese Garden was first proposed at the time of the city’s sesqui-centennial celebrations in 1998.
The Chinese community established The Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust, which then led this project. At that time it was intended to create a fitting, permanent, recognition of the Chinese who first came to Otago during the 1880’s Gold rush, who stayed to establish some of the city’s businesses which contributed to making Dunedin, New Zealand’s leading commercial centre, and whose descendants still play a major role in Dunedin’s everyday life.
As the concept of a Garden gained momentum, a trust was established to progress the idea. This it has done, overseeing the design of an authentic Garden, the fund-raising for the project and the liaison with the Trust’s Shanghai partners, the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Shanghai Museum.