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  • 10th Ethnic Festival posterThe 10th Tauranga Regional Ethnic Festival is just round the corner!

    If you've been to any of the previous festivals, you know how much fun they can be!  This year's event promises to be bigger, better, and even more fun than ever before!

    Tauranga has changed a lot since last year, and there's more ethnic diversity within our community, with more than seventy ethnicities now living in our city.  So, there are many more food stalls, the costume parade is bigger, featuring African drums and Scottish bagpipes and other new items.  The arts and crafts stands are bigger and fuller, and the stage performances are more exciting, with lots of opportunities for audience participation. 

    The old favourites are still there: bouncy castle and discovery tent for the kids, lifestyle sports, service providers such as the Cancer Society with sun-smart education, and the TCC Zero Waste Programme with advice on best ways to recycle and save the environment.

    Visit the 10th Tauranga Regional Ethnic Festival and celebrate our diverse community! Everyone is welcome. Bring a chair or blanket, Immerse the family in the atmosphere of fun, food, music and dance! Come spend the day with us and see the world... in Tauranga!


    Date: Saturday March 7, 2009

    Venue: Wharepai Reserve, Tauranga

    Entry: Adults – $5. Children under 12 – free


    For more information, contact the organising committee team leader Ewa Fenn on 07-577-1644 or 027-670-0700

Language classes are starting!

Italian Beginners Monday 6.30 to 8.30pm
Italian Advanced Thursday 6.30 to 8.30pm
Starting now - full term $65
Tutor: Sandra Niccoli 5736302 sandrakimberley@xtra.co.nz
 
Mandarin
Introductory 4 weeks $40
Tuesday 19th May 7-8pm
Tutor: Michelle Yang ph.5758221  yyllqq@hotmail.com
 
Tutors also available for Russian and Spanish - private classes
For bookings ring office 5716419
 
JP Available every Thursday from 10-2pm at the office
 
Craft class every Thursday at the office with Nina Payne - it is mainly embroidery, but other crafts also.
 
We are starting an English language class this week, but this one is already full.
We have a tutor available to teach, or help with shopping, etc, so if there are any people needing help please contact our office.
At this stage we will ask for donation to attend an English class, but we are looking for sponsorship to cover our costs.
 
You might have not realized but TREC has now a charitable status so any donations are tax deductible.
 
We have also an expert in gardening  - Marianne is only too happy to help you set up a garden or solve all those pesky problems

TREC brings classical Bengali music to Tauranga

CLASSICAL Bengali music will be the subject of a special afternoon chamber concert being staged by the Tauranga Ethnic Council this Sunday March 1.

In India the work of composer and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore (1861 _ 1941) is seen in much the same way as Europeans regard music of Brahms or Beethoven.

Also respected as a poet, playwright, philosopher and artist, Tagore was knighted in 1915, but later renounced the honour in protest at action of the British Army in what is known as the Jalianwala Massacre in 1919.

``Rabindra Music'' as his unique style of composition is known in India is still widely played and enjoyed there.

Perry grant saves festival

A $10,000 grant by the Perry Foundation towards running costs of next month's annual Tauranga Ethnic Festival has lifted a huge weight from the shoulders of festival organisers.

``We are absolutely delighted,'' says Tauranga Ethnic Council chairwoman Ewa Fenn. ``We had not decided to abandon the event. But it was certainly in jeopardy.''

Last year the festival received financial backing from the Bay Trust and Lotteries Commission.

Ethnic Council moves to new premises

The Tauranga regional ethnic council will begin the Chinese Year of the Ox by moving into bigger premises across the street in the Historic Village’s Forresters Hall.

Happy Chinese New Year, from Left; Ewa Fenn, Alice Smialowska, Kelly Li, Gray Southon, Greg Simmonds, Colin Kapill, Patrick Yuen.The Ethnic Council will open across the street on February 1, and with the extra room the TRAC is promoting the services of its multi-lingual JPs.

“We have services of three JPs offering services in five languages available to work from our office at the Historic Village at 17th Avenue,” says council president Ewa Fenn.

The Justices of the Peace will be available as required during the ethnic council’s office open hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 2pm or at an agreed time.

Language classes starting soon!

Language Classes Term 1 

Russian

Tuesday 7-9pm

Tutor Iryna Stewart

Introduction to Russian language and culture. 

8 weeks course starting 17th February cost $80

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Spanish

Thursday 9.30– 11.30

Tutor Elsa Stewart

Classes tailor made to requirement by a qualified teacher

6 weeks course starting on 12th February - cost $65

 

 

We provide teachers who native speakers of the language they teach, small groups, programme may be tailored to requirements.

We will endeavour to run classes in other languages in the future.


For bookings please ring the office: 5716419,

(if not attended, leave a message and we will get back to you)

or

e-mail enquiries@ethnictauranga.org

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About Tauranga Regional Ethnic Council

Tauranga Regional Ethnic Council Inc. (TREC) is an incorporated society managed by a committed group of volunteers who have a desire to promote and protect the interest of ethnic groups which make up New Zealand's multicultural society. Any ethnic group, society, organisation or individual is welcome to become a member of TREC.

Aims and Objectives

  • To promote and protect the interests of many different ethnic groups which make New Zealand a multicultural society.
  • To raise the consciousness among the ethnic groups of the status of the Maori people as the Tangata Whenua and their rights under the Treaty of Waitangi.
  • To assist Government and local Government agencies consult with ethnic groups in Tauranga.
  • To provide a forum for the ethnic groups to share experiences and friendships.
  • To enable the ethnic groups to give each other mutual support and strength to deal with issues which affect them, to speak with one voice on those issues.
  • To protect the democratic rights of ethnic groups to participate in decisions which affect them.
  • To enable the ethnic groups to openly express their commitment to New Zealand while at the same time, protecting their ethnic heritage and identify.

For further information, please contact any of the members of the 2008 — 2009 Executive Committee:

Ewa Fenn, President. ewa.fenn@ethnictauranga.org
Barry Reid, Vice President. barry.reid@ethnictauranga.org
Amita Shah, Treasurer. amita.shah@ethnictauranga.org
Ann Kerewaro, Secretary. ann.kerewaro@ethnictauranga.org

Or visit our office at:
Historic Village, 17th Avenue West, Tauranga. Tel./Fax: 07 5716419

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