这是在别处回老燕的，在日志也记一下

看到老燕问路易艾黎后来是不是一直在中国，没回新西兰

于是就跟了一贴：

定居在中国，但回过新西兰，还好多次，朝鲜战争后，新西兰政府虽然不喜欢他，但未取消其护照，６０，６５和７１年他都回去过，但时间不长，访亲问友而已。在尼克松缓和与中国关系后，新西兰有了发展中新关系的机会，于是艾黎对新西兰政府重新具有价值，

With the establishment of diplomatic relations between Wellington and Beijing in 1972, Rewi Alley assumed importance for the New Zealand government's Chinese policy. Previously – in 1960, 1965 and 1971 – he had maintained a wide range of New Zealand contacts through brief return visits, and in 1972 Victoria University of Wellington awarded him an honorary doctorate in literature.

艾黎对新西兰还是很有感情的，他自己也说过的

I love New Zealand, and sometimes miss it. New Zealand is a good country, populated by basically just and practical people.
Successive New Zealand governments have tried hard to discredit me as if I was some sort of communist threat to them or a traitor. Well I am a communist, but I am not a traitor. I have always loved New Zealand. I just said what I thought was important and true