March 08, 2017
Chance to celebrate city’s diversity
Auckland is gearing up for two major events this month the ASB Polyfest, also known as the Auckland Secondary Schools Cultural Competition, and Pasifika.
Auckland mayor Phil Goff says he has been going along to the two events for years, and they are important celebrations of the city’s multicultural diversity.
"We can stand up in the world and proudly say we are people who have come to this land over 1000 years, and we have the first people of the land and our unique culture and language and we celebrate that but we also celebrate what successive generations of migrants have built, and we celebrate that together. I think that’s a good thing," he says.
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