
Suffrage 125 spotlight: Archna Tandon
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement. Archna Tandon migrated to New Zealand in 1990, from Delhi, India.

Health scholarships awarded in Christchurch
On 31 May, Pegasus Health and Workforce Development awarded scholarships to 23 students from diverse backgrounds to study nursing, medicine, or applied health.

Do you have strong governance experience?
The Office of Ethnic Communities is looking for ethnic people with strong governance experience to join our Nominations Service database.


Minister's update - May 2018
Ramadan has well and truly begun, with the first glimpse of the crescent moon on 16 May.

MOKAA: The Land of Opportunity
The Office of Ethnic Communities is proud to have funded ‘MOKAA: The Land of Opportunity - 125 years of Indians in Aotearoa’.

Surinder Tandon: Role model for active citizenship
Dr Surinder Tandon received the insignia of a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (NZOM) for services to the community, and in the field of textile science

Meet the Office of Ethnic Communities newest member
Kia ora. My name is Mohamud Mohamed and I recently joined the Office of Ethnic Communities team as a Diversity & Engagement Advisor in Auckland.

15 years on: Maintaining language and faith in Christchurch
15 years ago, Ibrahim Abdelhalim and his wife Salwa started the annual Arabic language and Qur'an competition in Christchurch.

Auckland Agency Group: Enabling a great international student experience
Each year, 130,000 international students representing 140 nationalities choose to study in New Zealand. Of these, 80,000 live in the Auckland region.