Iain Sands

Auckland

New Zealand

Profile Information:

Name of Organization, Institution, Company, or School:: New Zealand Office of Ethnic Affairs
Focus of Study/axe de l'étude/foco de estudio: As an Ethnic Affairs Advisor I'm the coordinating a leadership building programme of 10 young New Zealanders from diverse ethnic communities. Heritages represented in our group include Chinese, Korean, Sierra Leonian, Somali, Iraqi, Afghani, and Thai. Participants are all aged 16-24, and all aspire to future careers in local, national, or international government.
What languages do you speak?: English, Korean
URL?: http://www.ethnicaffairs.govt.nz
What did you film on 12.12.12?: The ten young participants would like to visit their favourite places around Auckland on 12 December and film themselves talking about their favourite neughbourhood / place and what it means to them to be an ethnic New Zealander.

Michelle P. Carter

Hi Iain, welcome to the One Day On Earth community! Thanks for joining us this year. I'm really excited to see your footage for Ethnic Affairs! That sounds like a really interesting group of kids.

Dec 5, 2012
Michelle P. Carter

Oh no, I'm very sorry to hear about the tornado. :( Hoping you see some good weather soon.

Dec 6, 2012