Faces of Selwyn
In this section
- Share your story
- Other stories
- Amulya Nepal - Just like home in the Himalayas
- Daniela Jolly - A shaky start to her best decision
- Lu Hunter - New Zealand is my promised land
- Marivic (Becky) Buada - A community of like-minded people
- Parminder Kaur - A passion for festivals and the community
- Tony Gan - One peaceful village to another
2023 - Faces of Selwyn on air
Faces of Selwyn returned to the Plains FM airwaves in September with six new stories from our region.
Each person, each face has a unique and rich story that brings something new to the tapestry of who we are, whilst revealing common threads that cross boundaries and connect us.
Each episode is also available on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
Listen live : https://plainsfm.org.nz/Live.html
Listen to podcast: https://plainsfm.org.nz/Prog/FacesOfSelwyn
Celebrating Selwyn’s Diversity
Selwyn has a history of people arriving from different places, which has accelerated in recent years bringing with it a richness of culture.
The district has been the fastest growing region in New Zealand as people from all over the country and the world have chosen to call Selwyn home.
From the first people settled around Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere 600-700 years ago, through the arrival of the first wave of Pākehā settlers in the mid-1800s and to today, each face comes with a unique and rich story that brings something new to the tapestry of who we are. Yet there are also common threads that cross the boundaries of our stories and connect us.
The Selwyn District Council and the University of Canterbury School of Journalism have drawn together stories of residents from new arrivals to those whose stories go back over a hundred years. Through these stories and those that are to come in the future we hope to celebrate the diversity of our district and the things we have in common as the many Faces of Selwyn.
Read more Kā Kōrero o Waikirikiri Selwyn Stories here