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Multicultural Festival - A celebration of "Unity in Diversity"

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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ANZAC Day - LEST WE FORGET!



Anzac Day is observed on 25 April. It commemorates New Zealanders killed in war and honours returned and serving servicemen and women. The date marks the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915 - the early years of the First World War.

Thousands lost their lives during the Gallipoli campaign: 87,000 Ottoman Turks, 44,000 men from France and the British Empire, including 8500 Australians. To this day, Australia also marks the events of 25 April. Among the dead were 2779 New Zealanders, about one in six of those who served on Gallipoli.

Anzac Day was first observed in 1916. The day has gone through many changes since. The ceremonies that are held to remember those involved in wars are improtant reminders that violent conflicts lead to the traumatisation of many for generations to come.

Latest gathering of Multicultural New Zealand at Waitangi



Members of the New Zealand Federation of Multiculutral Councils met in Paihia (Northland) over the weekend to learn about Te Ao Māori and the history of Aotearoa from a Māori perspective. The hui included a visit to the grounds of the Waitangi Treaty grounds in Paihia where members of MNZ together with tangata whenua gathered to commemorate NZ’s multiculural communities commitment to the Reo Maori version of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We planted a kauri tree named ‘Mokopuna’ to the first people’s of this land as a gesture of goodwill. May our dedication and commitment to Te Tiriti grow as strong and graceful as this Mokopuna.
 

After over a year, partners and dependent children of temporary visa holders who are currently outside New Zealand may finally be eligible to travel to New Zealand under this border exception category, which will come into effect on 30 April 2021. The border exception is for these three groups:  

1. Partners and dependent children who held (and continue to hold) a visa for New Zealand but were unable to join their partner or parent in New Zealand before the border closed.
2. Partners and dependent children of workers employed in critical health services.
3. Partners and dependent children of highly-skilled workers.

Long Term Plan 2021 - 2031 consultation - Have your say! Closes Wednesday, 21/04/2021

Every three years Nelson City Council (NCC) develops a Long Term Plan for our City. The Plan looks at the next 10-year period and outlines what Council will be aiming to achieve, how much it will cost and how that activity will be paid for.
The purpose of Nelson City Council’s Long Term Plan 2021–31 consultation document https://shape.nelson.govt.nz/long-term-plan-2021-2031/welcome is to put the social, cultural, economic and environmental wellbeing of the Nelson region at the heart of our plans over the next 10 years.

Have your say to help shape Nelson's future - especially if you want to protect Nelson's unique natural environment for future generations!

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 simply giving a contribution towards our cause.



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

With your basket and my basket the people will live!