Community Access Radio is a vital tool for disseminating information across Aotearoa New Zealand, especially for the culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. More so in the time of COVID-19 crisis.

Christchurch-based Plains FM, have been working with interpreters from Interpreting New Zealand, and have released this as .mp3 audio files http://plainsfm.org.nz/Prog/covid19information

These two wonderful organisations have complied the COVID-19 information about:

1) services

2) financial support

3) employment assistance

4) accommodation support

5) health care

6) mental well-being

And all the above is available in the following languages:

• Amharic

• Arabic

• Bhutanese/Nepali

• Burmese

• Farsi

• French

• Indonesian

• Khmer

• Lao

• Sinhala

• Somali

• Spanish

• Thai

• Tigrinya

• Vietnamese

There is a lot of information available about COVID-19 and what it means for you, your family and community. This page covers a range of topics that are relevant to ethnic communities and points you to further official information.

Topics

• Education

• Funding for programmes to support ethnic communities

• Funerals

• Getting an interpreter

• Healthcare

• Immigration and visas

• Information for employees and employers

• Information for the Muslim community

• Information in languages other than English

• Places of worship

• Racial discrimination

• Support for community groups providing essential services

• Welfare and wellbeing support

Please visit https://covid19.govt.nz/communities/translations/ & www.ethniccommunities.govt.nz/covid-19/