This submission has been prepared to inform What Social Cohesion Look Like: Bringing Together Aotearoa New Zealand: A social cohesion strategic framework of the Ministry of Social Development. It summarises Asian Family Services’ view on the current gaps and unmet needs of the Asian and ethnic minority groups based on over 20 years of experience serving the Asian and ethnic minority group communities in New Zealand. It suggests several ideas and approaches that support the development of the future direction and content of the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry’s) Strategy for Social Cohesion Framework.

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