Contact Us

General enquiries and Wellington Office

Office of Ethnic Communities
PO Box 805
45 Pipitea Street
Thorndon
Wellington 6011

Telephone: +64 4 494 5784
Email: ethnic.communities@dia.govt.nz

Keep up to date with our projects and ethnic diversity issues by subscribing to our contact list. Email ethnic.communities@dia.govt.nz.

Vesna West
Senior Diversity and Engagement Advisor (Central)
+64 27 252 4919

Auckland Office

Office of Ethnic Communities
PO Box 2220
99 Albert Street
Auckland

Bernard Gomes
Senior Diversity & Engagement Advisor (Northern)
+64 27 555 4576

Amrit Melant
Diversity & Engagement Advisor (Northern)
+64 27 809 3134

Mohamud Mohamed
Diversity & Engagement Advisor (Northern)
+64 27 206 1364

Christchurch Office

Office of Ethnic Communities
PO Box 1308
Level 1, BNZ Centre
120 Hereford Street
Christchurch

Deborah Lam
Senior Diversity & Engagement Advisor (Southern)
+64 27 279 5924

Candy Wu Zhang
Diversity & Engagement Advisor (Southern)
+64 27 206 2189

Make an Official Information Act request(external link)

The Office of Ethnic Communities runs the government’s Language Line telephone interpreting service(external link) which encourages equal access to government services for people with little or no English.

Free phone: 0800 656 656
Phone: +64 4 495 9448
Email: Language.Line@dia.govt.nz

The Ethnic Communities Development Fund is the responsibility of the Office of Ethnic Communities the contact details for further information are below:

Free phone: 0800 824 824
Email: community.matters@dia.govt.nz

Media Enquiries

Telephone: + 64 27 535 8639
Email: media@dia.govt.nz