Chartwell and its newer neighbour Rototuna lie North East of Hamilton. When actor Ido Drent and his family moved here from South Africa, Rototuna was farmland. Not anymore.
Blogger and writer Jess Molina, who was born in the Philippines, takes us on a tour of her neighbourhood: the diverse and colourful suburb of Hamilton East.
Author Christine Leunens - who has a Belgian father and an Italian mother - is our guide to Nelson, a town that has been welcoming newcomers from across the globe for 175 years.
We're in Mt Eden where a resident puts her culture centre stage, a local street gets its own multicultural musical, and a young man shares some of the tough decisions he's made to be true to himself.
Musician and broadcaster Erika Takacs is our guide to the Auckland suburb of Remuera - still seen by some as a bastion of old money and conservative values but becoming more diverse by the day.
Naz Khanjani, who left Iran when she was a child, is our guide to Albany, one of Auckland's newest hubs. Albany is a magnet for new migrants with almost half of its residents born overseas.
Human Rights lawyer Golriz Ghahraman is our guide to Kelston, the West Auckland suburb that welcomed her family when they arrived in New Zealand as refugees from Iran.
Actor Shimpal Lelisi, who was born in Niue, is our guide to the Auckland suburb of Avondale, a multi-cultural neighbourhood where over half the residents were born overseas.
Singer Nikki Lee Carlson is our guide to Masterton: the place Nikki spent her boyhood before being named runner-up in NZ Idol as Nik Carlson, and then transitioning into a woman.
Actor and founder of the National Refugee Youth Council, Daniel Gamboa, introduces us to the diverse community that lives in Lower Hutt, where almost a quarter of the population was born overseas.
Actor Cristina Ionda who was born in Romania is our guide to increasingly diverse and colourful community that calls the North Shore suburb of Birkdale home.
Former refugee Deana Lado who is of Egyptian, Turkish and Sudanese descent is our guide to the neighbourhood that lies to the east of Auckland's Queen Street.
Opera singer and entertainer, Luke Bird, is our guide to the increasingly diverse community that calls New Zealand's northernmost city, Whangarei, home.
We meet a woman who's helping Pasifika kids get a culturally appropriate education, and a local artist reflects on the influences in her work in the neighbourhood that surrounds Lincoln University.
Artist Reuben Paterson wasn't sure he'd like New Plymouth but instead he fell in love with the glittering black sands, dark, star-studded skies and glimmering seas.
Zia Mandviwalla is our guide to the inner-city Auckland suburb of Freemans Bay - a diverse neighbourhood with 27 nationalities on the roll at the local primary school.
Actor Wolfgang Schmidt, whose parents are Canadian/German and Maori/French is our guide to the isolated community that lives on Great Barrier in the Hauraki Gulf in this episode of Neighbourhood.
Fiji-born actor Marisiale Tunoka grew up in Dunedin when it was one of the most Pakeha-inhabited places in New Zealand, but today he takes us north of The Octagon to find out how multicultural his hometown has become.