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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
The government has announced a new Ethnic Communities Graduate Programme to enhance the ethnic representation at the higher echelons of public services.
This was announced as a part of the government’s response to the Royal Commission’s enquiry to the Christchurch Terror Attack last year.
The report was presented to the government with 44 recommendations, which it has agreed in principle to implement all the recommendations.
The Royal Commission found no failures within any Government agencies that would have allowed the individual’s planning and preparation to have been detected but did identify many lessons to be learnt and significant areas needing change,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
“Going forward, we need to ensure an adequate focus of resources on the range of threats New Zealand faces and enhance our security and intelligence, and social cohesion work accordingly.
“You, and others, have made New Zealand your home. You, and every New Zealander, deserve a system that does its best to keep you safe,” Ardern said.
A press release from the Prime Minister’s Office explained the rationale behind creating this new ethnic community’s graduate programme for increasing ethnic representation in public services.
“We will provide meaningful work experience and pathways into the public service for graduates from ethnic communities through a newly established graduate programme,”
“People from ethnic communities remain underrepresented in leadership roles in the public sector, and recommendation 35 of the Royal Commission report recommends greater diversity in the public service at all levels.”
“By establishing this graduate programme we can create opportunities for graduates and build the diversity of knowledge and experience within the public sector. The programme will have an initial focus on recruiting graduates into the intelligence agencies, Ministries of Justice, Social Development, and Education,” Prime Minister said.
This will provide 30 graduates over 18 months with a meaningful first employment opportunity within the Public Service and the opportunity to input broader cultural competency into the public sector.
As well as this graduate programme, a National Centre of Excellence will be formed that will bring together academia, civil society and government to research the prevention of radicalisation, social cohesion in a New Zealand context and guide the work of policy agencies across government.
The government has announced a new Ethnic Communities Graduate Programme to enhance the ethnic representation at the higher echelons of public services.
This was announced as a part of the government’s response to the Royal Commission’s enquiry to the Christchurch Terror Attack last year.
The...
The government has announced a new Ethnic Communities Graduate Programme to enhance the ethnic representation at the higher echelons of public services.
This was announced as a part of the government’s response to the Royal Commission’s enquiry to the Christchurch Terror Attack last year.
The report was presented to the government with 44 recommendations, which it has agreed in principle to implement all the recommendations.
The Royal Commission found no failures within any Government agencies that would have allowed the individual’s planning and preparation to have been detected but did identify many lessons to be learnt and significant areas needing change,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
“Going forward, we need to ensure an adequate focus of resources on the range of threats New Zealand faces and enhance our security and intelligence, and social cohesion work accordingly.
“You, and others, have made New Zealand your home. You, and every New Zealander, deserve a system that does its best to keep you safe,” Ardern said.
A press release from the Prime Minister’s Office explained the rationale behind creating this new ethnic community’s graduate programme for increasing ethnic representation in public services.
“We will provide meaningful work experience and pathways into the public service for graduates from ethnic communities through a newly established graduate programme,”
“People from ethnic communities remain underrepresented in leadership roles in the public sector, and recommendation 35 of the Royal Commission report recommends greater diversity in the public service at all levels.”
“By establishing this graduate programme we can create opportunities for graduates and build the diversity of knowledge and experience within the public sector. The programme will have an initial focus on recruiting graduates into the intelligence agencies, Ministries of Justice, Social Development, and Education,” Prime Minister said.
This will provide 30 graduates over 18 months with a meaningful first employment opportunity within the Public Service and the opportunity to input broader cultural competency into the public sector.
As well as this graduate programme, a National Centre of Excellence will be formed that will bring together academia, civil society and government to research the prevention of radicalisation, social cohesion in a New Zealand context and guide the work of policy agencies across government.
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