The experiences of migrants and refugees are addressed in an annual summit hosted by AUT’s Immigration and Inclusion Research Group. This year a range of speakers will be tackling the workplace. AUT’s University Director of Diversity, Edwina Pio is bringing together AUT stakeholders for her third diversity summit, this year exploring ‘Ethnicity in the workspace’. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Cultural Diversity’
Cultural separation remarkably high in super-diverse Auckland
Thursday, May 11th, 2017
The portrayal of Auckland as a super diverse city with an exciting and vibrant ethnic mix may be a myth. Cultural separation is remarkably high in super-diverse Auckland says Dr Toeolesulssulu Damon Salesa in an 11 minute interview with Newsroom. Salesa is Associate Professor of Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland. He says residential Read more
Christmas dinner becomes festive lunch
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
A leading Auckland migrant settlement agency is avoiding the word Christmas and will instead be talking about “happy holidays” and “season’s greetings”. The Auckland Regional Migrant Services (Arms) says it has taken the move so non-Christians and those who do not celebrate Christmas do not feel excluded. To be multiculturally sensitive, instead of calling its Read more
Bishops to assess needs of Pasifika Catholics in the USA
Friday, December 12th, 2014
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Island Affairs and the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church will conduct a nationwide assessment of the pastoral needs of Asian and Pasifika Catholics. The assessment will be conducted by a team of social scientists. It will seek the participation of pastoral Read more
Cultural clash over altar servers
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Female altar servers are becoming an issue in some parishes that have high numbers of migrants attending Mass, Auckland diocese’s liturgy centre says. Many migrant populations have not been used to women and girls serving in this way, a statement from the liturgy centre to NZ Catholic noted. “This matter has to be handled with Read more
New Stations of the Cross represent Newtown’s Cultural Diversity
Friday, April 20th, 2012
New Stations of the Cross to reflect the parishes’ multicultural community have been installed in the recently renovated church of St Anne’s parish in the suburb of Newtown, Wellington The Stations of the Cross represent 14 different communities: Māori, Samoan, Rwandan, Goan, Croatian, Cook Island, Irish, Scottish, Filipino, Hungarian, Tokelauan, Polish, Kerala and Tongan. Each Read more