Dunedin Multi-Ethnic Council (DMEC) turns 27 this week
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According to the Urdu Hindi Cultural Association of New Zealand, its flagship and hugely popular three-in-one annual event – Mushaira, Kavi Sammelan and Sham-e-Ghazal – which is in its ninth year now, will take place on November 21, this year.
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“This month, we are presenting a Auckland’s famous Indian-Jazz fusion band with talented singers Amrita Bhende DeSouza, Daljeet Kaur, and Kishori Telang . The band comprises of Ben Fernandez on keys, Nigel Gavin on guitar, Dean Rodrigues on bass, Ron Samsom on drums and Manjit Singh on tabla and percussion. Please come and enjoy the music in intimate settings at Baithak NZ, Naad Community Center in Papatoetoe on June 20, at 6pm.”
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There is $4.2 million a year available through the Ethnic Communities Development Fund, with new, realigned priorities to support ethnic communities while they navigate the impacts of COVID-19. The fund is now available for projects or activities that provide alternative means of staying socially connected, employment initiatives, and community resilience and recovery.
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Dozens of charities, whose revenue streams have been heavily impacted by COVID-19, are set to benefit from a new $500,000 emergency fund. The Your West Support fund launched this by The Trusts will provide dozens of charities and community groups each with up to $10,000 to help with their operational costs while they recover financially from the impact of the level 4 lockdown.
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Matariki Festival is on! Aucklanders will celebrate Matariki this winter with a re-sized festival in response to Tāmaki Makaurau’s new normal.
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Last year’s terror attacks at two mosques in Christchurch shook the Garden City to its core. From it, came the need to spread awareness about the Muslim faith and bring Muslim voices to the fore. Here once again, Christchurch-based Community Access Radio Plains FM, which has been doing some great work over the past several years, rose to the occasion and produced a 20-part series, After March 15th.
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In what has been described as an historical event, the Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand (SSSNZ), partnered with the Māori leadership of Ngaruawahia, and distributed over 640 food parcels and 100 blankets to people in need on Sunday, May 17.
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From Sunday May 24, for two nights the Sky Tower will be lit green and white in honour of Eid-al-Fitr, “The Festival of Breaking the Fast” – a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world to mark the end of Ramadan.
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Community Access Radio is a vital tool for disseminating information across Aotearoa New Zealand, especially for the culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.
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See how New Zealand is becoming increasingly multicultural.
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Auckland’s popular Pasifika Festival celebrates a welcome return to Western Springs Park in March after a two-year absence. The vibrant event will feature 11 Pacific communities showcasing their unique culture on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March.
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Rangatahi volunteers from the International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) joined Waitangi Day celebrations on February 6, to spread a culture of peace and encourage big thinking through their Social Media Campaign, “The New Zealand That We Want.”
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New Zealand’s most important historic site. More details at www.waitangi.org.nz.
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Ever since the country started marking the Māori Language Week in 1975, the cultural and historical argument to preserve the language has held its ground. It's time to introduce the economic element into it as well.
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Every year Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival, which started in 1972, focusses attention on the contributions made by the traditional Maori warrior dance to social cohesion, health and education outcomes.
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For nation-states that emerged from centuries of brutal colonial rule, decolonisation is needed, in all its forms. The coloniser left India in 1947, and still the country is struggling. In Aotearoa, the coloniser coexists with the colonised, and maintains dominance over public institutions, including education, justice and health.
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The Christchurch Multicultural Council (CMC), which was one of the first multicultural councils to be set-up in New Zealand, celebrated its three decades of promoting and fostering multiculturalism in the Garden City last weekend.
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Happy Lunar New Year! I wish all our communities that are celebrating, all the very best for a peaceful & prosperous Year of the Rat! Chúc mừng năm mới to our Vietnamese communities (thanks for having me at your celebration, Têt, last weekend) & 새해 복 많이 받으세요 to our Korean communities who are also celebrating! - Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Labour List MP
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To mark the first anniversary of the mosque attacks, a national remembrance service is going to be held in Christchurch’s North Hagley Park on Sunday, March 15, 2020, in the afternoon. This is to honour those killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks and to build on the spirit of unity that came out of the tragedy.
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