Settlement ACTIONZ

In this issue of Settlement ACTIONZ we visit Tauranga.

In this issue we visit Culverden in North Canterbury, where Amuri Area School is showcasing the Ministry of Education’s Bilingual Support Workers initiative. We also discover how Wellington’s Phoenix Football Club is giving back to the community, and building diversity and inclusion in its fanbase. Plus we have the latest from Welcoming Communities, with events in Ashburton and Whanganui.

In this issue we talk to Aleem Ali, national manager of Australia's Welcoming Cities programme. We also look at how Wellington's volunteer safety patrol is creating safer, more inclusive communities. Plus we bring you the latest sector news, awards and publications.

In this issue we talk to Jason Flewellen, the Welcoming Communities coordinator for Canterbury’s Selwyn District, the second-fastest growing district in New Zealand. We also meet some of the migrants who have been taking part in the nationwide consultations being run by the Settlement Unit of Immigration NZ. Plus we bring you the latest awards, achievements and publications.

In this issue we bring you an interview with Judi Altinkaya, who has been appointed the Chair of the Integration Working Group for the Geneva-based Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees. We also have profiles of Grace Ryu, who leads Waitemata District Health Board’s Asian Health Services, and Bo Li, who cofounded the New Zealand Asia Pacific Film Festival. Plus we have the latest from Welcoming Communities, and a photo feature about the Taranaki Multi Ethnic Extravaganza.

In this issue we bring you news about the pilot initiative called Welcoming Communities, one person’s experience of running a social media-based campaign for culturally and linguistically diverse communities, how rugby is reaching out to people who haven’t experienced the sport, and two initiatives designed to foster cultural understanding among school children.

In this issue we bring you a round-up of new funding allocations for cross-government services, an online guide to succeeding in interviews, the inspiring story of a Whangarei group for migrant women, a plain English award, and information about who is legally entitled to give immigration advice.

This issue brings you news of some of the remarkable initiatives that are being undertaken in New Zealand communities to welcome, connect and support newcomers and give them access to the services and information they need including water safety workshops in Auckland, an international student ambassador programme in Wellington, a professional speaking for migrants course in Rotorua, and Pasifika events hosted by Waitaki Public Libraries.

This issue introduces two new initiatives - the new Wellington Safety Patrol, which has already proved successful during the recent Bledisloe Cup test, and Work Connect, a job-search coaching programme recently launched by Careers New Zealand in Auckland. Also featured is a new writing resource - Keeping it clear - a website and handy set of cards with advice on how to write clearly for newcomers to New Zealand.

In this issue we bring you two initiatives supporting the strategy goal of inclusion. One is CLING, an interagency collaboration set up in Christchurch to help communicate with migrant communities following the earthquakes. The other, ActivAsian, is promoting regular physical activity among Asian communities on Auckland’s North Shore.

In this first issue of 2016, we bring you news from Auckland, New Zealand’s most populous and ethnically diverse region, including features about WaterSafe Auckland, and the multicultural services offered by Auckland Libraries.

A remarkable new driving school in Hamilton is changing the lives of migrants and refugees, plus we are in the studio as the Wellington Indian Association broadcasts on Wellington Access Radio.

Professor Lesleyanne Hawthorne explains the dynamics of the international health workforce, and we talk to Sandeep Upal, a graduate of Speech New Zealand's Professional Speaking for Migrants course who is New Zealand's youngest clinical prosthetiist.

In this issue we focus on volunteers and catch up with Pauline Harper of Volunteer Wellington, which cohosts the Wellington Volunteer Migrant Connect Awards. We also meet with Trish Lee, who heads Wellington Hospital’s volunteer programme and with Samantha Munro from Scotland, who graduated from hospital volunteer to employee.

In the first issue of Settlement ACTIONZ we introduce the New Zealand Migrant Settlement and Integration Strategy and we talk to Inspector Rakesh Naidoo, National Strategic Ethnic Advisor with the New Zealand Police.