Our 11th annual Friendship & Dialogue Iftar dinner took place on the 15th of May at Sorrento in the Park, Auckland. We hosted at least 115 people which included diplomatic corps, members of parliament, academics, community and religious leaders,...
On the second day of Ramadan this year, Pearl of the Islands Foundation Inc. (PIF) co-hosted its first ever Iftar dinner with the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Over 80 people attended comprising mainly of academics and community/religious leaders...
Pearl of the Islands Foundation Inc. (PIF) kicked off the season of fasting by co-hosting its first ever Iftar dinner with the Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board on the first day of Ramadan. The Iftar dinner took place within the Diversity...
In late March, a talk on ‘Islam between tradition & modernity’ was given at the Pearl Centre, in Newmarket, Auckland. The speakers on the night were Associate Professor Mehmet Ozalp (Director and Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, Australia) and...
In a display of celebrating religious diversity and acceptance, members from the Pearl of the Islands Foundation (PIF) and congregation from the Holy Trinity Cathedral joined together for a Christmas Lunch, hosted by PIF, in Newmarket. Following the Cathedral’s...
A Deepavali function, in collaboration with the Auckland Tamil Association (ATA), took place at our Newmarket centre during the weekend. Diwali signifies a cultural, religious and seasonal holiday for many Hindus in Asia and beyond. Diwali symbolises the victory...
Pearl of the Islands Foundation (PIF) organised a Reflection Day to re-live the memories and experiences from IFLC 2018. This year, in May, PIF took a group of seven students from Auckland to Sydney to showcase the Maori language...
The Pearl of the Islands would like to express gratitude to all that attended our Noah’s Pudding cultural event which took place last month. During the event, speakers from all three main Abrahamic religions highlighted the importance of the...
Dr Alp Aslandogan, Executive Director of AfSV (https://afsv.org/) was in New Zealand for a series of meetings and events following his visit from Australia. A roundtable discussion took place with representatives from various faiths and civil societies. The topic...
7 talented Auckland Grammar boys represented New Zealand at the International Festival of Language and Culture 20-18. In what was an extraordinary display, Cruze, Daetona, Maika, Rawiri, Ngawari, Pukeroa, and Takerei performed a song (Waiata a-ringa), acknowledging the people who...