We are delighted to write to you today and invite you to celebrate with us: New Zealand is free of COVID as one of the first countries in the world. Our joint efforts, resilience and compassion as well as New Zealand’s isolated geographical position have enabled us to move forward and look ahead earlier than most of our friends around the world.   

We hope that you have managed to stay well and reasonably strong during these past and ongoing troubling times! Like many of you, the team from Multicultural Nelson Tasman has gone through a range of mixed emotions: 

In the months prior to the CORONA pandemic, MNT had undergone some personnel changes which resulted in an intermediate lack of coordinated action and presence within our community. By installing a new governance and management team in February 2020, we had just started to steer into a new direction when lockdown hit….Additionally, we had to cancel our biggest annual event, Race Unity Day, due to the COVID-19 pandemic - for the first time in 22 years. 

Finally, we have been shattered by the recent killing of George Floyd. His death proves once again that our global society still has a long way to go to overcome prejudice, inequality and violence. 
 

Unity in Diversity - kotahitanga i roto i te kanorau - remains of foremost importance if we - the humans of this world - want to ensure that our future generations can live in peace and harmony on this planet. Multicultural Nelson Tasman was established 27 years ago to support migrants, former refugees and people from minority ethnicities with their settlement process. Simultaneously, we support ‘locals’ to understand, accept and engage with immigrants and ethnic minorities in order to maintain an open and collaborative community for future generations.

In order to ensure our ongoing services and to help us act as the voice of the unheard, to promote equality, justice and mutual respect, we need your support! We want to invite you to join us in our mission to promote, celebrate and strengthen our multicultural communities, and in supporting newcomers to settle and become an active member of the Nelson Tasman community. We also want to invite the representatives of the different ethnic communities in Nelson to participate in a regular multicultural discourse.   

Let's tackle this challenge together! 
He waka eke noa - A canoe which we are all in with no exception

- We would like to meet you at our AGM -
We need your support to support you!

Over the past months, we have worked hard to revise our internal structures, to develop ideas and plan new projects to prepare our waka for the journey into a more harmonious future. We are excited to share the results of these efforts and present our future plans to you during our upcoming AGM on Friday, 19th June 2020, from 6 pm at the Earth Hub Nelson, 235 Haven Road. As spaces are limited, admittance to the AGM will be first come first serve based on the entry date of the RSVP.



Please RSVP by Monday, 15 June 2020 HERE
Please also don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you are interested in being elected into our Management Committee at our upcoming AGM! 

Your participation within our organisation makes the difference! Whatever your age or lifestyle, ethnic background or individual living situation, you can help to make the world a better place and influence the course of society. Your membership, collaboration, insights and/or kind donation will enable us to continue doing our vital work. Only a strong organisation that acts as the voice of many is capable of achieving our common goal! And only through increased funding, we will have the capacity to make this voice heard.

You can support us by becoming a member or renewing your expired membership (please click on buttons below to become a member or renew you $10-membership), by communicating your concerns and needs or as an active member of our Management Committee. Please note that the right to vote during our AGM is limited to paying members! 

We are looking forward to meeting you at our AGM and to working with you in the future!

Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi - 

With your basket and my basket the people will live!

Multicultural Youth Nelson Tasman

We are a group of young people between 14 and 21 living in the Nelson-Tasman region. Some of us have been in Nelson for a long time; some for only a few years. We are different in many ways. We speak different languages. We come from all corners of the globe. And we have different ideas for our community. But we share a passion for making Nelson-Tasman a paradise of unity for all young people!