Multicultural Festival - A celebration of "Unity in Diversity"
    
*photos by Rachel Hampton
For the 20th year, we celebrated our mutlicultural communities with a big event at Victory Suqare: the Multicultural Festival 2021 (former Race Unity Day). After last year's cancellation due to the outbreak of the COVID-pandemic, we were extremely happy to hold our event this year despite a rather grim weather forecast. But the weather held, allowing us to celebrate unity in diversity with fellow Nelsonians and Tasmanians from all backgrounds on March 28th.
The event offered a choice of over 35 tantalizing multicultural food, art, crafts and community stalls. A wide range of musical and dance performances from around the world were brought to the public by local, national and international groups. We are very grateful for the help of everyone involved, including: the amazing performers and stall holders who cooked delicious food or provided information on various topics, our speakers Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese, Tasman Councillor Trevor Tuffnell, Nelson MP Rachel Boyack, Archdeacon Harvey Ruru AND our very special head MC Rohan O'Neill-Stevens with his (deputy) MC's Resika, Emma, Krutika, Nikki and Priya.
The event would not have been possible without the financial support from our sponsors Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA)/Nelson City Council & the Office of Ethnic Communities (DIA) as well as the voluntary support from Rotary Club of Whakatu, Cancer Society Nelson, Community Artworks, Sport Tasman and all VOLUNTEERS including our Multicultural Youth Nelson Tasman group and friends of MNT, the team of Event Audio & Nathan Flanaghan Electrical, Waste No More, St Johns, our photographer Rachel Hampton and everyone else.
THANK YOU ALL for a wonderful day of celebrating the diversity of our multicultural community.
For more photos, visit our website: https://www.multiculturalnt.co.nz/gallery/
MNT AGM is Coming Soon!
We will be holding our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 12 May 2021, from 5.30pm at Trafalgar Hall.
All of our members and friends of Multicultural Nelson Tasman are invited to join us at our AGM to hear about our last year's endeavours and future plans as well as to elect our Management Committee members for the coming year.
We warmly invite interested community members to join our AGM and shape the future of our organisation! The right to vote at our AGM is reserved to paid up members.
Please get in touch if you want to come and RSVP for catering purposes. Become a member here.
Cross Cultural Awareness Workshops

Do you or your organisation require assistance in cross-cultural communication? Would you like to increase your knowledge about other cultures or improve the relationship with clients or colleagues?
Get in touch with us if you would like to organise a training tailored to your organisation's or businesses needs!
We offer 1-day in-house or public workshops where participants can learn how to communicate more effectively across cultural boundaries.
The workshop is a great opportunity and valuable source to understand the relationships between culture, cultural values, communication, relationships, and effective workplace interactions. Recognize differing cultural characteristics in yourself and others. Value workplace communication and relationship-building. Identify ways to further improve your intercultural communication skills.
Free immigration advise from 4 May 2021 at MNT office
Sandrine Savarit, Licensed Immigration Adviser, will hold regular free consultations for the general public from our MNT office at 159 Hardy Street from Tuesday, 4 May 2021. Every Tuesday between 12pm and 2pm,
Sandrine will help people to find answers to their questions related t immigration matters. Please get in touch with us by emailing to admin@multiculturalnt.co.nz if you would like to book an appointment with Sandrine.
Meet your Community navigator at our MNT office
Norma Sequera has recently been appointed as Victory Community Navigator. As Community Navigator, Norma supports former refugees and migrants to connect to housing, health, employment, volunteer, income, and other social services. She also helps migrants and former refugees link with interpreters to access appointments and understand documents and works alongside community organisations (such as MNT) to facilitate programmes identified as necessary.
Norma will start seeing clients from our office at 159 Hardy Street from Wednesday, 5 May 2021 on a weekly basis. For enquiries or to book an appointment with Norma, please email to admin@multiculturalnt.co.nz
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