Organisers were delighted with the success of the first of three national Ethnic Communities Engagement summit in Auckland on Saturday – and the role of the New Zealand mainstream media was in the spotlight.

The summit was organised to create a platform for better understanding and engagement, and celebrate the role of many cultural groups in New Zealand society; build a sense of unity among other ethnic people; and to explore how they can contribute and add value to the community and the nation.

Asia Pacific Report was at the summit and this photogallery by the Pacific Media Centre’s Del Abcede features the diverse nature of the summit.

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1. Summit facilitator Dr Camille Nakhid (second from right) and the Caribbean Southern Stars steel band. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
2. Joris de Bres, NZ's Race Relations Commissioner from 2002 to 2013, and the summit theme showcard. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
3. AUT equity adviser Antonina Savelio (from left), Dr Keri Wikitera and the summit facilitator, Associate Professor Camille Nakhid of AUT University. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
4. A Fiji group at the summit, including Jenny Janif (left) and Alexis LewGor (right). Image: Del Abcede/PMC
5. Human rights educator Helen Te Hira (centre) and two others at the summit. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
6. Musicians and singers at the summit. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
7. "Kiwi Muslims" - one of Dr Mustafa Farouk's media and Islam slides. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
8. Educator Mabel Msopero, originally from Zimbabwe and now settled in Auckland. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
9. The media panel: Simon Collins (from left), Lincoln Tan, Jenny Rankine, Yee Yang "Square" Lee and Dr Mustafa Farouk. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
10. Media panel moderator broadcaster Wallace Chapman. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
11. Economic and human rights adviser Pat Snedden, Chief Crown Negotiator in the Muriwhenua Treaty claim for the Far North. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
12. Peeni Henare, Labour MP for Tāmaki Makaurau Māori. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
13. Participants at the ethnic communities summit. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
14. A group of women participants at the ethnic communities summit. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
15. Dr Mustafa Farouk (right), chair of the Federations of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ), and other participants at the summit. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
16. Jenny Ness (centre) and other participants at the ethnic communities seminar. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
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