Kadodo Music, of Dunedin, gets the audience on their feet with a performance of West African rhythmic dance music at the Queenstown Multicultural Festival on Saturday. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMSMore than 3000 people enjoyed cultural performances and food from around the world while taking the chance to learn about their community’s diversity at the fourth annual Queenstown Multicultural Festival on Saturday. It was poignant the festival was held on International Race Relations Day at a time when everyone could ‘‘see what's happening elsewhere in the world’’, Mr Gloversaid. Also attending was race relations commissioner Dr Melissa Derby, who said New Zealand was not a perfect country, but ‘‘luckier than many’’. ‘‘We have far more in common with one another than what separates us.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 22, 2026 16:36 UTC