Community News

Celebrating Onam 2022

Nelson's Malayalee Community (who primarily come from Kerala state in India) celebrated the harvest festival of Onam in a joyous way this month, starting the day with preparation of pookkalam (flower carpet) around 7.30am and followed up with plenty of en read more »

Community Events, Kai and Korero & Music Mix

We are planning three more Kai and Korero sessions this year which will be Indonesian, Arabic and Moroccan Cuisines. These cooking classes are a great chance to learn how to cook cultural dishes while also getting a chance to enjoy them afterwards. read more »

MNT AGM 2022 and our new office

May saw us enjoy a well-attended AGM, in which we were able to reflect on and showcase our activities over the past year or so, and appreciate that we had indeed achieved quite a bit, despite the challenges that the pandemic continued (and continues) to p read more »

Multicultural Football Tournament 2022

The long-awaited Multicultural Football Tournament was held last weekend 19 and 20 March at Neale Park, Nelson.
Altogether 10 teams played fast and furious 7 a-side games in the tournament and represented many cultures, ethnicities and some football clu read more »

New Year 2022 and Welcoming Communities Launch

The Welcoming Communities Initiative launched in Te Tau Ihu last Tuesday at Victory Community Centre and was also hosted by the Nelson Tasman Settlement Forum and both Councils. read more »

Registrations for 2022 events are now open!

The dates for our big events are already set for 2022.
The Multicultural Festival is locked in for Sunday March 20, 2022 at the new location of Founders Heritage Park. The registrations are now open for both Multicultural Festival and Tasman Asian Night read more »

Victory Community Covid-19 Impact

Click here to access the report into the impact of Covid on the Victory Community. Victory Community Covid-19 Impact read more »

Neighbourhood Support New Zealand (NSNZ) Partner 2021 Award to MNT!

Earlier in the year Multicultural Nelson Tasman won the Neighbourhood Support New Zealand (NSNZ) Partner 2021 National Award which we were unable to accept in Wellington in person due to Alert Level changes. This was awarded to MNT on Tuesday, 28 Septembe read more »