Boundary Road, Hamilton
PO Box 4340, Hamilton 3247, New Zealand
Phone: (07) 853 2192
Fax: (07) 853 0469
Email: info@wmrc.org.nz
Website: www.wmrc.org.nz
About Us
Agencies at the Centre work independently or collaboratively to assist migrants, newcomers, employers, groups and the local community.
The Waikato Migrant Resource Centre is working closely with the Hamilton City Council and functions as a community centre for ethnic communities and a hub for settlement services for the Waikato Region.
The centre is managed by the Hamilton Multicultural Services Trust (HMS Trust), assigned by the Waikato Migrant Resource Centre Inc. in a caretaker role for its operations.
The Waikato Migrant Resource Centre (WMRC) initially operated under the name ‘Multicultural Centre’ at 2 Knox Street, Hamilton City Centre. The history of the Waikato Migrant Resource Centre is closely linked to the Hamilton Multicultural Services Trust (HMS Trust). The HMS Trust was established as a Charitable Trust in February 1999, in order to provide a range of services designed to assist newcomers to the Waikato region. In the first instance, Interpreting Services were a high need to assist migrant communities with language barriers. At that stage the Hamilton Multicultural Services Trust operated mainly as a not-for profit organisation offering interpreting and translations. In October, 2004, the Trust moved into the Waikato Migrant Resource Centre on the Boundary Road at Claudelands Park. It was officially opened on 19 March, 2005 by the Hamilton city mayor Bob Simcock.
The Waikato Migrant Resource Centre (WMRC) is co-located across various sites in Hamilton.
The Centre is a Hamilton City Council Community Centre with a range of settlement services available:
