At the April 2023 meeting, our guest speaker was Ellie Wilkinson who is the Community Development and Support partner for the Hamilton Multicultural Services Trust, with oversight of the key services which support the successful settlement of migrants and refugee communities in Hamilton. Ellie is also the chair person for Te Whare O Te Ata – the Fairfield community house – which is based at the refurnished community hall on Fairfield Park. She spoke of her and the team’s work with migrants and refugees from the start of their living in Aotearoa and Kirikiriroa.

If you are interested in this topic, a good read is the book by one of the Tampa refugees Abbas-Nazari:

https://www.allenandunwin.co.nz/browse/book/Abbas-Nazari-After-the-Tampa-9781991006530/