It is a pleasure to join with the other speakers to welcome the NZ Diversity Forum to Christchurch as the city's Mayor. This is made more special by the fact that it is your 10th anniversary.
As a former Minister of Immigration I was really proud of what we managed to achieve by establishing strong working relationships with migrant and refugee communities and focussing our attention – not on the numbers of migrants or refugees arriving – but
on the quality of the settlement or resettlement outcomes.
As a former Minister of Immigration I was really proud of what we managed to achieve by establishing strong working relationships with migrant and refugee communities and focussing our attention – not on the numbers of migrants or refugees arriving – but
on the quality of the settlement or resettlement outcomes.