You can find information in the ‘Did You Know?’ section below about discrimination complaints in the Religious Diversity chapter of the Human Rights Commission’s Annual Review of Race Relations 2010.
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The entire chapter will be available at the National Interfaith Forum. Other sections of the Race Relations Report deal with action on diversity, discrimination, the Treaty of Waitangi, action in diversity, migration and settlement, inequalities, media, language and research.
If you would like a copy of the full report when it is released, please email NZ Diversity with Annual Review of Race Relations in the subject line and your full address (including postcode). The full Race Relations Report will be launched on Friday 11 March in Auckland by the Mayor of Auckland and the Race Relations Commissioner. There will be forums to discuss the report in Christchurch on 14 March and Wellington on 16 March.
The Wellington Interfaith Council is hosting sponsoring the 8th National Interfaith Forum in Wellington from 26 – 28 February 2011.The Forum will be divided into three sections: women’s forum, general forum and youth forum.
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There will also be two international speakers, Freeman Trebilcock, a 21-year-old Australian born Tibetan Buddhist monk - and Rachael Kohn, Australian scholar and broadcaster, producer and presenter of 'The Spirit of Things'
The Youth Forum will be held on Saturday 26 February at level 15, FAI House, 180 Molesworth St, Wellington. Registration is open at 9.45am for a 10am Forum start and will finish at 5pm. For more information email or visit the National Interfaith Youth Forum 2011 on Facebook or download the programme.
The Women's Forum will be held on Sunday 27 February, 9:30am – 4:30pm Level 15, FAI House, 180 Molesworth St, Wellington.
The National Forum Conference Dinner is from 5:30pm – 7:30pm Sunday 27 February at the Kingsgate Hotel, 24 Hawkestone St, Thorndon.
A public lecture including supper will be held from 7.30pm – 9:30pm Sunday 27 February at Loaves & Fishes, Hill St.
The plenary forum will be open for registrations at 8:00am on Monday 28 February at the Parliament Buildings.
To register and for more information visit the Interfaith website.
The annual diversity season is upon us, with a multitude of multicultural events from now until Race Relations Day (21 March) and beyond. The 2011 theme is People in Harmony and it features the first verse of the New Zealand National anthem in five languages projected over the faces of five people from various communities
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This year’s Race Relations Posters are now available free from the Human Rights Commission – email NZ Diversity with your address if you would like some.
Please inform us if you will be organising an event this year. Find out more about Race Relations Day in New Zealand by visiting the Race Relations Day event page.
Since the event falls on a Sunday this year, we are particularly encouraging Christian churches to mark the day in their Sunday services and also to consider organising special events for choirs from different ethnic groups like the Rainbow Praise events organised in Nelson, Palmerston North and Invercargill last year. Other faiths with multicultural communities may also consider ways of celebrating their diversity.
The fifth series of My God is currently screening on TVONE Sunday, 8.30am. The current series has featured Ray Avery, Edwina Pio, Nan Gibson and John Sinclair.
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The half hour programme is hosted by Chris Nichol, and explores and celebrates the spiritual diversity of New Zealanders. Repeats of earlier series are screening on TV ONE and TVNZ 7.
For more information visit the TV ONE website.
Over the last few weeks young Christians, Sikhs, Baha’is, Hindus and Buddhists have been participating in an annual multiethnic outdoor leadership course with other participants from diverse backgrounds in Anakiwa, Marlborough Sounds.
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The multi ethnic programme is run by Outward Bound Trust, in partnership with the Human Rights Commission. The Southern Cross course includes young Aucklanders of Māori, Pākehā, Pacific, Asian and other descent. The objective is to provide an opportunity for personal development, teamwork, leadership and an understanding of the diverse backgrounds of fellow course participants.
Outward Bound is the leading organisation in New Zealand for showing people their full potential through challenge and adventure in the outdoors. The vision of Outward Bound is simply stated as helping the development of 'Better People, Better Communities and a Better World'. This is the 8th year that Outward Bound has run a multiethnic course for young Aucklander’s from diverse backgrounds.
Visit the website of the Outward Bound Trust of New Zealand.
The Race Unity Speech Awards will be held in support of Race Relations Day through March and will culminate with the finals on 2 April in Auckland.
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This is the 11th year of the nationwide speech contest. The Speech Award challenges school students in Years 11, 12, and 13 to consider various aspects of the theme this year “People in Harmony”.
The Race Unity Speech Award offers students the chance to share a $1500 top prize with their school. For 2010, the speech topic was ‘Diversity in the human family’. Contestants are invited to prepare a 7-8 minute speech on the topic. Entries must be in before 11 March, 2011. The regional heats will begin in 16 March.
Initiated in 2001 by the New Zealand Baha’i Community to commemorate Race Relations Day, the Race Unity Speech Award is supported by the Human Rights Commission, New Zealand Police, and the Office of Ethnic Affairs.
Please contact Bev Watson to obtain further information.
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