Updates from the Superdiversity Institute
Justice Glazebrook speaking – for more photos click here Thank you to all who attended Justice Glazebrook’s seminar on Tikanga and Culture in the Supreme Court: Ellis v R and Deng v Zheng in person at the Auckland City Russell McVeagh office and the […]
NEW – Amicus Curiae Journal Article
Putting a Social and Cultural Framework on the Evidence Act By David Goddard J and Mai Chen This article follows that presentations to a seminar on the Supreme Court decision in Deng v Zheng (2022): guidance on bringing relevant social and cultural […]
Cultural capability and Business Success Event
On Wednesday 24 August 2022, the Superdiversity Institute with its major sponsor for this event nib, and sponsor Ministry of Ethnic Communities, hosted a panel discussion over lunch at the Park Hyatt in Auckland. Mai Chen interviewed: Rob Hennin, […]
The Law in Distress research team are inviting lawyers to participate in its nationwide research project
The Superdiversity Institute has been approached by The Law in Distress research team who are inviting lawyers to participate in its nationwide research project by 28 March 2022. The research aims to gain an in-depth understanding of how lawyers are impacted by […]
NZCCM Council seeks new Council Members and Secretary
The New Zealand College of Chinese Medicine (NZCCM) Council is looking for one or more new Council members to join their team. The NZCCM Council is looking for someone with leadership experience in a services industry, such as education or […]
Elite Women 2021 Special Report
CONTRIBUTING ONE’S talent and energy to the legal profession while paving an equitable path for future generations is not easy. However, each of the 35 winners on NZ Lawyer’s Elite Women list has proven she can rise to the […]
Mai Chen named in NZ Lawyer Elite Women list 2021.
NZ Lawyer has identified Mai Chen as a leading woman in New Zealand’s legal profession for the 2021 Elite Women list. The women who made the cut displayed innovative, progressive thinking at their workplaces in relation to aspects such as work-life balance. […]
Lawtalk/KŌRERO MŌ TE TURE Issue 948 Summer 2021
The New Zealand Law Society profiles the first round of the Top Diverse Board-Ready Directors List 2021 in their latest addition of LawTalk and discusses “How great lawyers can make great directors”. “All concur: great lawyers can make great […]
Testimonial: Mai Chen and Leo Huang deliver Cultural Capability training session to Tenancy Services
Mai Chen, Chair of The Superdiversity Institute and Leo Huang, Deputy President of NZ Asian Leaders delivered a Cultural Capability training session to the Mediation and Compliant and Investigation teams at the Tenancy Services this month. Please see the great […]
Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: Migrants of colour seen as ‘forever foreigners’
Published on stuff By Mandy Te 05:00, Feb 08 2021 Debbie Donnelly’s mother Setsuko moved to New Zealand from Japan in the 1950s. While she thrived and co-founded the Japan Society in Wellington, people were not always nice to her […]