To actively enable and support the full integration and participation of migrants and resettled families communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand

The Impact report demonstrates Belong Aotearoa’s impact between 2022 and 2024, along with insights and implications.


Belong Aotearoa.

We work to drive transformational change to improve inclusion, belonging and wellbeing for refugee-background and migrant communities.

For more than 20 years, Belong Aotearoa has worked to understand the settlement experience for newcomers to New Zealand and to influence and advocate for migrants and former refugees to have access to better opportunities and wellbeing outcomes.


OUR WORK

Our work improves the well-being for former refugee and migrant communities by challenging the systems that make it hard to settle in Aotearoa. 

OUR PEOPLE

Our diverse team brings a broad range of skills and experience to the work we do. Learn more about our people.

GET INVOLVED

Your support helps Belong Aotearoa to improve the settlement experience for migrants and refugees in Aotearoa.


Help us build an inclusive, connected Aotearoa where newcomer communities thrive and contribute to our shared wellbeing. Your donation makes this vision possible.


Discover Updates from Our Community

August sector update

Recently we were proud to attend a Human Rights event hosted by Labour, where our Board Chair and very own Nadir joined a strong lineup of speakers from across the human rights sector. A quick note to other political parties: we’d love to attend your human rights events too - just send us an invite!

July sector update

In this update, CEO Angela Wilton highlights pressing issues affecting migrant and former refugee communities, including the challenges of cold housing and rising homelessness. She also reflects on recent visits by Labour MPs to Belong Aotearoa’s Safari programme in West Auckland, emphasising the importance of direct engagement with communities.

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