Annual Migrant Powhiri

18/11/2015

Hundreds of migrants gathered at the Whareroa Marae to officially welcome migrants to the Bay of Plenty . This ceremony ushers in a new era of inclusion. Race Relations commissioner Meng Foon attended this event which was lauded as the first powhiri of its' kind in Aotearoa.
The aspect of the tangata whenua welcoming the migrants to this land was the kaupapa of this event. Many
of the migrants present were deeply touched by this experience as it was one of a kind.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/07/10/migrant-community-welcomed-to-tauranga-in-inaugural-ceremony/

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Job search workshop for migrants in Tauranga

8/6/2015

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Race Unity speech contest for students

18/3/2015

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The 2015 Race Unity Speech Awards are a national speech contest for students in years 11, 12 and 13 organised in partnership with the Human Rights Commission, Office of Ethnic Affairs, Bahai Community and sponsored by New Zealand Police. The speech contests are held to observe New Zealand Race Relations Day. There are prizes for the school and winners: winners receive $2000 shared equally with their schools.

All regional winners also travel to Auckland to participate in the national finals and youth conference (costs fully funded). Attendance at any of the regional heats are open to the public. The Tauranga event is at 7pm on 26 March 2015 at Tauranga Coastguard, 27 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point.

This year’s topic is “Big Change Starts Small - Itiiti Rearea, Kahika Teitei, Ka Taea: the smallest bellbird is able to climb to the heights of the tallest Kahika tree.” For further details see http://www.raceunity.co.nz/

To view 2013’s speech winner, Naomi Kumar from Hamilton, and 2014's winner, Thai An from Auckland, go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIO8L8IoRto
http://youtu.be/bml81aVETK0

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Tauranga Spanish Language Meetup group launched

17/3/2015

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A new, free group for Spanish speakers in Tauranga was launched on Meetup by Angela Collins, a Spanish teacher. The first meeting is on 27 March 2015 at La Mexica, 106 The Strand, where the group will meet and greet in Spanish and English.

The idea is to network, form a Spanish-speaking community, and get to know new people in a social environment.

Angela aims to get native Spanish speakers together with New Zealand Spanish teachers (non-natives) and students who have a good basic level of Spanish so that there can be an informal exchange of Spanish and English.

Those who are interested, especially from the Ecuadorian community, should go to meetup.com and search the Tauranga area. They then need to join the group Tauranga Spanish Language Meetup and they will then become members and see all upcoming events. Direct contact to Angela Colllins is angela@zhero.com

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Youth video challenge "Enspire BOP"

19/1/2015

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The youth video challenge aka Enspire BOP is an exciting new challenge encouraging the youth in the Bay of Plenty to use their power to make change a reality.

How? By getting creative and designing a five-minute, TEDx-style video presentation inspiring people to think about what their natural environment means to them.

The competition is open to Tauranga and Western Bay locals aged 12-24. Presentations can be created by individuals or teams and can be filmed simply on a smartphone or home video-camera.

Best entries will be screened at Earth Hour on 28 March 2015, and the winning video will earn its creator the opportunity to present at TEDx Tauranga 2015 in July, and receive training from the event’s speaking coaches. There ar also $500, $300 and $200 Prezzy cards for the top three entrants.

In addition to the video presentation, entrants are also invited to submit a project proposal to turn an idea for environmental action into reality. Six $2000 grants, three in Tauranga City and three in the Western Bay, are up for grabs.

For more information click here.

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