In the year ending December 2022, New Zealand families lost 125 people in crashes involving drivers who were under the influence of Alcohol. A further 206 were seriously injured.
Whilst New Zealand Police officers are on the roads 24/7 conducting alcohol breath screening tests, in the weeks leading up to Christmas and the New Year the intensity of the testing and number of checkpoints increases.
Why? Because traditionally this is when businesses and workplaces finish up for the year and have ‘End of Year’ functions which leads to an increase in the number of people driving under the influence of alcohol.
This Christmas / New Year, NZ Police will be putting more staff on the roads and conducting an increased number of alcohol checkpoints. Whilst you will still see some larger checkpoints on the main roads, we will also be conducting smaller ‘Pop Up’ checkpoints on rural and urban routes which are traditionally ‘back roads’ taken by motorists to avoid checkpoints. These ‘Pop Up’ checkpoints will take place both during the day and the evenings.
Why are we telling you this?
Because we do not want anyone impaired by alcohol to be driving. A 100% successful campaign for Police will be thousands of breath screening tests conducted with zero drivers over the limit. We do not want to catch people drink driving we want to prevent them doing so.
Whilst ultimately the driver is responsible for his or her actions, we would like to see more businesses and employers considering their employee’s well-being by ensuring either designated sober drivers or alternative transport is available, and please do not let an employee, colleague, or work mate drive when they are impaired by alcohol. By doing this you may save their life or someone’s else.
How can you help?
We would appreciate your organisation distributing this messaging through your communication channels to as many businesses / Industries as possible. We are taking a prevention approach that needs your support in spreading this messaging.
Our messaging is ‘ We are not the fun Police, have your fun but please be safe on our Roads and do not drink and drive’. If you drive impaired, you may lose your licence or worse someone’s life.
CNSST Foundation(CNSST), formerly known as Chinese New Settlers Services Trust, began in the founder Jenny Wang’s home garage in September 1998. As a registered charitable trust, CNSST Foundation offers culturally and linguistically appropriate services to both Ethnic new settlers and the community as a whole in New Zealand.
Our Mission:
To improve the quality of life of the Ethnic New Zealanders.
Our Goal:
To establish Ethnic community multi-service centres and to help all the new settlers to integrate and contribute to New Zealand society through our services delivery.
Our Vision:
To work towards meeting the needs of the Ethnic seniors, children and young people, and all other new settlers, and to facilitate the successful integration of the new settlers into wider New Zealand society.
Our Key Services:
Social Services: NZ government approved L2 community service provider:
• Professional social work and counselling interventions;
• Employment and enterprise services for both the migrant job seekers and employers;
• Newcomers’ settlement support;
• Maternal health, nutrition and physical activity programme;
• Asian cultural events & traditional festival celebration.
Education: NZQA approved PTE delivering tertiary education to both international and local students, including:
• The English language and kiwi culture programme for newcomers;
• Free adult literacy and numeracy English courses;
• Employment coaching and vocational training, e.g. MYOB & XERO courses to local small business and new graduates, NZQA Approved Food Safety certificate;
• Chinese Cultural Competency Programme for the Non-native speakers.
• Holiday programmes, Chinese language and cultural training and after school programmes for local young people at our five cultural learning centres in Auckland on site and online.
Social Housing: NZ government approved social housing provider, in partnership with HUD to run a social housing for local senior migrants and local families with wraparound wellbeing support services.
International Department:
• Licensed Immigration consultation services for NZ and Australia;
• Asian community engagement and research projects;
• CNSST volunteer and student centre;
• Qualified translation services;
• User pay CV writing & employment skill training for job seekers;
• International study tour projects and student placement programmes;
• International cultural experience trip to China.
Address: 15 Clifton Court, Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand 1072
2, Jay Acton Kiwi-Dragon Cultural Exchange Scholarship Introduction
About the Scholarship
CNSST Kiwi-Dragon Cultural Exchange Scholarship (hereafter: KD Scholarship) was initiated and is administered by Chinese New Settlers Services Trust (CNSST).
The purpose of the Scholarship is to provide financial support to the local young Kiwis who are not of Chinese descent with financial difficulties a meaningful Chinese cultural experience trip.
The scholarship is funded by CNSST through its organized fundraising events.
Scholarship Coverage
The aim of the Kiwi-Dragon Scholarship is to provide an opportunity for local students to gain an understanding of or enrich their knowledge of Chinese culture so as to bring positive impact to the development of their social and cultural values in their life journey.
The scholarship covers:
At least 10 hours of Chinese language learning and a cultural learning programme in New Zealand before departure;
A bout 10 days overseas cultural experience trip to China, including international round-trip ticket, international travel insurance, visa application fees and etc,.;
All food and accommodation costs in China, transportation and tuition fees for a series of Chinese cultural programmes and activities in China;
Essential traveling cost, eg: luggage or T-shirt etc,.
Please note: the scholarship excludes all spending on personal items or items unspecified above.
Scholarship Eligibility Criteria & Application Process
To be eligible, the applicant needs to show:
They are between 13 – 18 years of age, are in good health and of good character, and
Evidence of NZ citizenship/residency, and
Not of Chinese descent, and
Aspiration to learn Chinese language or culture, and
Evidence of good academic achievement at school, or
Evidence of active participation in social or cultural activities, or
Evidence of positive contribution to local community, and
Evidence on a low household income (WINZ or community services card etc,)
Additional Requirements:
All successful Scholarship recipients may require to give a speech at the CNSST Fundraising Gala Dinner;
All successful Scholarship recipients are required to submit a written reflection of their Chinese cultural experience and learning journey of the programmes they attend after returning to NZ;
Some Scholarship recipients may be invited to share their experience with other local youth at CNSST events;
Some or all the Scholarship recipients will be asked to allow use of their written reflections on their experience for CNSST’s promotional purposes or to attend in person CNSST events to relate their experience.
– Important to Note:
– Application deadline: 5pm on 8th December 2023
– CNSST’s panel will review each application and invite suitable candidates for
an interview and will make a final decision on selection.
– The successful candidates will be informed respectively by the panel within 5 working days.
Please note: CNSST reserves the discretion to make any amendments to the application process and reserves the right of final selection of candidates.
Disclaimer: CNSST Board reserves the discretion to change, amend, modify, suspend, continue or terminate all or any part of the programmes on an individual case basis or in general, and at any time without notice.
Executive Director of CNSST Foundation, Jenny Wang responds to media reports claiming that the organisation is silencing Asian workers and new settlers to speak out
Auckland, New Zealand – 9 August 2023 – The CNSST Foundation is responding to the recent media reports claiming that the organisation is silencing Asian workers and new settlers to speak out to the media.
Contrary to the claim, CNSST Foundation is clarifying that this is an unfortunate case of misunderstanding that has been taken out of context.
“We acknowledge that there has been a misunderstanding per the informal text exchange between a staff member in a group chat setting,” says CNSST Foundation’s Executive Director, Jenny Wang.
“CNSST provides a range of services to workers and new settlers which include education, assistance with housing and social issues and employment advice, but media advice is not a service we offer.
“The staff member, who is not an authorised spokesperson, was trying to explain that CNSST do not provide advice on how to talk to the media, and if any exploited workers wanted to speak to the media, they can do so on their own responsibility.
“Unfortunately, this was not communicated well by our staff member and some people in the group misunderstood what our staff member was trying to say.
“To clarify CNSST has never told any client or person we have advised not to talk to the media. We respect the right of our clients to seek support from third parties for other services we don’t provide.
“As a community service provider, we deeply care about the wellbeing of the new settlers and workers, and we are committed to supporting them and their families during their most challenging times.
“Regretfully, this misunderstanding was caused by a staff member who was not able to communicate what they really meant to say, and we apologise for any offence it may have caused.”
ENDS
About CNSST Foundation
CNSST Foundation, formerly known as Chinese New Settlers Services Trust, has been registered as a charitable trust in New Zealand since 1998. The trust provides culturally and linguistically appropriate social services, education and social housing to over 15,000 Asian and ethnic persons in Auckland and further afield in New Zealand every year.
In acknowledgement of the support from Auckland Council Love Food Hate Waste Fund
Project period is from July 2021 to September 2022.
Project target is Chinese community in Auckland.
Through mass media promotion, the LFHW Chinese Community Campaign have reached out 10,000 Chinese people in Auckland and New Zealand via TV and Radio Campaign.
CNSST run an educational campaign in Chinese community that focus on delivering innovative activities aimed at changing wasteful behaviours including:
Planning food purchases and meals
Creative collecting for potentially wasted food
Nutrition tips and recipes for cooking the commonly wasted food
Tips for good storage of food
Raising awareness of the problem of household food waste
The purpose of this project responds to the initiative of Auckland Council’s Love Food Hate Waste to reduce food waste:
Improving Chinese community awareness
Reducing Auckland’s reliance on Landfills
Preventing community food waste and Reducing home food waste
Promote healthy eating and lifestyle
Empower communities and promote social involvement
Maximising local economic development opportunities
“Unite Against COVID-19” Online Mental Health Workshop
This workshop is aimed to help diverse populations including seniors, parents, and couples to cope with their common mental issues during COVID-19. It provides integrated support in the basis of mental wellbeing guidelines and social supporting resources.
尊敬的华人朋友,在此特殊时期,新西兰华社服基金会团队会将一如既往为您服务。关于此项新冠病毒抗疫服务系统,如果您有任何意见和建议,请联络华社服总经理 Jenny WANG QSM, Executive Director at 021 760 582 或发送电子邮件至management@cnsst.org.nz
One Full Time Social Worker Recruitment – Auckland
CNSST Foundation is one of the largest Asian-focused community organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand, which offer culturally and linguistically appropriate wrap-around services to over 15,000 people on a yearly basis.
We currently have a vacancy for a Qualified Social Worker who speaks Mandarin and/or Cantonese as well as English.
We are seeking a social worker with a proven understanding and ability to work effectively with families around issues of domestic violence, safety, and protection. Ideally, you will liaise with families at risk of continued family violence offenses and assist them to engage in services that will help to improve their safety and parenting, and relationships.
We are looking for the person:
NZ qualified or registered Social Worker
Knowledge of domestic violence, safety planning, and risk management
Experience working with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Minimum of one year’s experience in a social service agency
Positive attitude with an ability to work independently and as part of a wider team
Flexibility, reliability, and strong professional boundaries
Competency in using PC Software products and new technologies
We can offer you:
Full-time Employment
A challenging, fascinating, and rewarding career
On-going training and regular supervision
Commitment to the highest standards of strengths-based social work
If you are looking for a challenge and you are keen to support migrant families in making positive changes, please submit your CV and a cover letter to: management@cnsst.org.nz