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FiftyFifty

Newsletter from New Zealand Indonesia Association (NZIA)

ISSUE 17 - JULY 2021

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IN THIS ISSUE

There is no "I" in
There is no "I" in
"NEW ZEALAND"
page 1-2 "NEW ZEALAND"
by Nick Lambrechtsen
This Man Knows His Onions.
page 3-4 New Zealand is a diverse country with over 200 different ethnicities
which speak over 170 languages. Having been established as a British
colony, English is the main language with a legal and political system
Second Wave of the COVID-19
based on British traditions. On 1 July 2021, the new Ministry for Ethnic
Pandemic in Indonesia
page 5 Communities came into being, having its origins in the former Office of
Ethnic Communities. The Ministry was established in response to the
Royal Commission report on the terrorist attacks on the Christchurch
A Brief History of Tattoo
page 6-7 mosques. This will be the first time that ethnic communities have had
this level of representation in Government.

The chief executive of the new Ministry is Mervin Singham who will be
The Tattoo Culture in Indonesia
page 8 directly accountable to the Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic
Communities, Priyanca Radhakrishnan, whose picture featured on p. 5
of the 16th issue of 50-50. Mervin Singham studied law at Auckland and
Seroja: Indonesia's Cuisine By
Canterbury universities, and has worked in a large number of leadership
page 10 roles in the public sector. He sees the role of the Ministry for Ethnic
the Sea
Communities as helping build a strong and inclusive nation. He intends
A Message from Hannah to focus on many of the issues that are important to ethnic communities,
page 11 like health, education, employment and justice. He says that “The
priorities of ethnic communities are the priorities of the new Ministry.”
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