Fostering diversity

Resources about fostering diversity for community and voluntary groups are listed on this page of the Managing Well catalogue.

Colours of Inclusion

This series of videos was made for people with disabilities, families, communities and service staff to share how people with disabilities contribute to society.

Video One: The Colours of Inclusion: Ka Haere Tahi Tatou. This half hour video shows people with disabilities contributing to their communities in a variety of settings.

Video Two: The Colours of Inclusion: Work. Made for supported employment staff this looks at how processes which support people with mild to severe disabilities to find and keep work.

Video Three: The Colours of Inclusion: Community. Made for disability service staff this looks at processes that support people to take part in their communities in voluntary work, learning and clubs.

Publisher People First New Zealand Inc
Format Video
Publication date 2004
Cost $45 each including GST and postage
Website www.peoplefirst.org.nz

 

Engaging with Asian Communities in New Zealand (Adobe PDF 307 KB)

This report looks at ways engagement between various Asian communities and various other communities happens in New Zealand. The aim of the document is to assist agencies working with Asian communities and provides a framework to promote effective engagement. There are a series of recommendations and examples good approaches both from New Zealand and overseas.

Publisher Asia New Zealand Foundation
Format Electronic
Publication date 2005
Pages 37
Cost Free
Website www.asianz.org.nz

 

Now You’re Talking: Community Language Cards

Designed to support teachers working in multicultural environments, these cards contain useful information for anyone working with ethnic communities. The cards contain everyday and classroom phrases for easy communication, location maps and brief teachers’ notes on each language and challenges for learning English.

Cards cover the following languages: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali, Cambodian, Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin), Farsi, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croat, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Tongan, Ukrainian & Vietnamese.

Publisher ESOL Home Tutor Service
Format Hardcopy
Publication date 2004
Pages 24 cards
Cost $27 plus P & P
Website www.esolht.org.nz