The Language in the Workplace (LWP) Project team has recently published a book Leadership, Discourse and Ethnicity, describing the results of a research project which explored cultural differences in workplace communication patterns. The research focusse especially on similarities and differences between Māori and Pākehā leaders in Māori and Pākehā workplaces including the way that people manage meetings, the role of narrative in workplace interaction, and the functions of humour in different workplaces. The LWP team is currently engaged in a project which follows skilled migrants into New Zealand workplaces in order to identify the communication issues they encounter as well as the attitudinal challenges which they have to deal with. The team is also piloting research to assist recently arrived refugees to manage the challenges of workplace English.