The Multicultural Festival in celebration of the Chinese New Year was successfully held on January 18, at Te Marae, Te Papa in Wellington. The event was co-hosted by the Multicultural Council of Wellington (MCW), and China Cultural Centre in Wellington, in partnership with Te Papa.
Read MoreIn its 97th year now, the age-old friendly rivalry between the two famous college in Colombo, Sri Lanka – Ananda College and Nalanda College - which was brought to New Zealand last year, saw the old boys fight it out for boasting rights on the weekend.
Read More“I was very pleased to attend the Chinese New Year Annual Reunion Dinner hosted by Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple, Riccarton, Christchurch on the weekend. Venerable Abbesss Manshin gave blessings to all the guests and we all prayed for Australia's speedy recovery from the bush fires….
Read MoreLast Saturday, almost 500 people from the wider community joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community New Zealand, during its 31st Annual Convention held at New Zealand’s largest purpose built mosque (Masjid Baitul Muqeet in South Auckland), to discuss ways to resolve conflict with compassion.
Read MoreThe Auckland-based Nepalese Literature Society recently held an award ceremony to honour Dinesh Adhikari with the New Zealand Nepalese Literature Award 2020, in recognition of his contributions to Nepalese literature.
Read MoreThe offices of several Auckland councillors and MPs were surprised with a Christmas treat earlier this week. International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) volunteers dropped by with some delicious cookies and a message of peace to launch their Merry Peace-mas campaign.
Read MoreManoj Rathi, joint secretary of Pakistan Association of New Zealand who also manages the All Sindhi’s Association of New Zealand, shares his experiences with Gaurav Sharma
Read MoreIn a major boost to ethnic communities across New Zealand, the Labour-led coalition Government has just announced increasing the Ethnic Communities Development Fund from $520k to $4.2 million each year. The Minister for Ethnic Communities Jenny Salesa made the announcement in Auckland today. "This means that there will be $17 million available for ethnic communities over the next four years. Another important change we are making is that the fund will now be a rolling fund, which will remain open throughout the year."
Read MoreOver the weekend at the 11th NZCFC, the Palestinian Panthers and Czech Lions gave spectators a nail biting finish after drawing nil all after extra time. The two teams stood together shoulder to shoulder and cheered each other on during the penalty shootout, with the final score 4-2 to the Panthers.
Read MoreIn appreciation of its efforts for helping the Muslim community after the Christchurch terror attacks early this year, as well as for their ongoing efforts to spread peace and love among communities, the Pakistan Association of New Zealand, was especially acknowledged at the third annual Kiwi Punjabi Awards held last weekend.
Read MoreAn idea of bringing every ethnic community on a common platform that started in 2016, has grown leaps and bounds with over 1,600 people attending the fourth Multi-ethnic Dance Festival organised by the Nepalese Cultural Centre New Zealand (NCCNZ), early this month in Auckland.
Read MoreMembers of South Auckland Muslim Association and people from the wider community gathered on November 17, to mark Eid-e-Milad, which is also known as Milad an-Nabi and Mawlid an-Nabi.
Read MoreNew Zealand Newcomers Networks - www.newcomers.co.nz - are open and welcoming to all newcomers to communities around New Zealand, whether from within or outside of New Zealand.
Read MoreIf the sub-continent’s history was not so chequered, Urdu and Hindi could have been one language called Hindustani. Unfortunately though, due to the divide and rule policies of the British Raj, Urdu has come to be identified with Muslims and Hindi with Hindus, over the last century or so.
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