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Growing the ethnic community economy

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Ministry for Ethnic Communities chief executive Mervin Singham.

Ministry for Ethnic Communities chief executive Mervin Singham says there is not enough data on the issue. Photo: Ministry for Ethnic Communities / Supplied

Next week Auckland will host the firstĀ Ethnic Xchange Symposium. The event organisers want to increase the already significant 64 billion dollars ethnic communities contributed to New Zealand's GDP, as measured in 2021.

The idea is to share ideas, find opportunities and unlock new pathways for businesses with several High Commissioners and big players like Google and KPM all going along.

Susie spoke to Mervin Singham, Chief Executive of the Ministry for Ethnic Communities.