#BeyondtheMask: Championing Superdiversity – How to Lead and Make a Difference
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SUPERDIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR LAW, POLICY AND BUSINESS On Friday 12 June 2020, the Superdiversity Institute for Law, Policy and Business, was joined by Race Relations Commissioner (and NZAL Established Leader) Meng Foon who provided an update […]
CALD parties in the Employment Relations Authority
Publish on Lawtalk By Mai Chen Issue 939, May 2020 In LawTalk 938, April 2020, I wrote about “Judicial leadership on equal access to justice for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Parties in Courts”. That article summarised the unique insights that judges of the […]
Bills going through under urgency for level 2 lockdown laws – Mai Chen speaks to Radio New Zealand
Published on RadioNZ From The Panel, 4:24 pm on 12 May 2020 A new law providing a legal framework for Covid-19 Alert Level 2 will be introduced and debated today, with criticism there’s been no time for proper scrutiny of the bill. […]
Racism on the rise around New Zealand due to COVID-19 – Mai Chen speaks to Radio New Zealand
Published on RadioNZ From The Panel, 4:37 pm on 5 May 2020 There are reports that anti-Asian sentiment has increased as COVID-19 hit New Zealand. Mai Chen talks about the realities of racism in NZ directly related to the virus’s origins. […]
Forbes Magazine’s Good Morning Vibrations with Andrea Gläsemann and Mai Chen
Mai Chen, Managing Partner of Chen Palmer and Chair of SUPERdiverse WOMEN, spoke to Andrea Gläsemann, Senior Editor Forbes magazine, on COVID-19, leadership and superdiversity. Watch the video here.
BE KIND TO EVERYONE BECAUSE BEHIND THE MASK – WE ARE ALL THE SAME
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SUPERDIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR LAW, POLICY AND BUSINESS BE KIND TO EVERYONE BECAUSE BEHIND THE MASK – WE ARE ALL THE SAME On Friday 24 April 2020, over 300 New Zealanders registered to participate in a session […]
The Panel with Mai Chen and Allan Blackman (Part 2)
Published on RadioNZ From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 22 April 2020 The Auditor-General is going to review the distribution of PPE, including masks to healthcare workers. Dr Elizabeth Fenton, a public health ethics and resource prioritisation lecturer at Otago University’s school […]
The Panel with Mai Chen and Allan Blackman (Part 1)
Published on RadioNZ From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 22 April 2020 Police Association President Chris Cahill talks about officers charging nearly 4,000 people with lock down breaches and how more people are out closer to the end of alert level four. […]
Linda Clark and Mai Chen on NZ’s Covid-19 response
Published on RadioNZ From Sunday Morning, 8.41am on 26 April 2020 New Zealand will exit the Covid-19 Alert 4 lockdown period late on Monday night, and we will wake to a slightly different world on Tuesday under Alert Level 3 rules […]
BEHIND THE MASK – Superdiversity Institute hosts Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon to discuss increase in racism and discrimination during COVID-19 pandemic
On 24 April 2020, Mai Chen, Chair of the Superdiversity Institute and Race Relations Commission spoke at a session with nearly 300 attendees registered on how to decrease the sharp rise of racism and discrimination against people who look like […]