19 August 2022, Issue 1123
Embracing all cultures No matter where you are next Friday, August 26, Multicultural Tauranga encourages people to dress in cultural attire – just like international student Akari Ando (pictured) – share a meal together and tell
stories from their culture. “The reason we’re doing this is because we’re finding that 11 per cent of our population in the Bay of Plenty now are Asian and Pacific and we also have 18 per
cent Maori,” says Multicultural Tauranga’s president Premila D’Mello. “We have events like this to build awareness of ethnic communities who are a part of the Bay of Plenty community,
and having a multicultural day would mean they feel their culture is accepted and valued.” Find out more about the awareness day, and the message behind it, on page 17. Photo: John Borren.