May 1, 2011

May 1 2011 Issue

EBook tackles sexual abuse of children

As a part of its initiative to commemorate Counselling Awareness Week (May 9 to 16), Auckland based Home and Family Counselling is launching a free

May 1 2011 Issue

Software monitors student-teacher performance

An Auckland School may be the first educational institution in the country to develop and install special software that monitors the performance of students and

May 1 2011 Issue

Trade Academies target 700 students

The Government’s ambitious Trade Academies Scheme aims to involve 700 students this year, with the opening of eight new academies throughout the country. Three Academies,

May 1 2011 Issue

MIT students go bald in aid of cancer patients

A group of Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) students will go ‘bald’ on May 19 in aid of the ‘Leukaemia & Blood Donation Foundation (LBF).

May 1 2011 Issue

Cultural learning for children on the Shore

Residents of North Shore and neighbouring areas now have an opportunity to let their children learn about Indian culture and heritage. Indian Kids Klub, which

May 1 2011 Issue

Nailatikau confident of educational excellence

Fiji will continue to record progress in the education sector and pursue excellence in its primary, intermediary and tertiary educational institutions, President Epeli Nailatikau has

Private healthcare needs better checks

At a time when the New Zealand economy is feeling the effects of the recession, the last thing that taxpayers would want is their hard-earned

Homage to Indo-Fijian Ancestors

Thousands of Indo-Fijians will mark the 132nd Anniversary of the infamous Girmit Period on May 14, 2011. Many will remember having heard from their forefathers

May 1 2011 Issue

Participative Democracy around us

As South Pacific countries (Tonga, Tuvalu and Fiji) move towards democracy, enunciating the ‘Right to Public Information Act’ would be a step in the right

May 1 2011 Issue

Sangam should shed gender discrimination

Indo-Fijians of Hindu, Sikh and Islamic faiths have traditionally marked Easter as a sporting and social occasion with the Diaspora descending on Fiji to showcase

May 1 2011 Issue

No alternative to underwriting AMI losses

The AMI bailout, which could amount to a $1 billion taxpayer-funded underwriting deal, is not because the company was badly managed or was inadequate for

May 1 2011 Issue

Indian Police Reforms remain on paper

The recent campaign by Anna Hazare (Indian Newslink, April 15) reflected India’s exhaustion with corruption and impunity. Each of these negatives is nowhere better evidenced

May 1 2011 Issue

ACT under Brash will spell disaster

The public wrestling match between Dr Don Brash and Rodney Hide over the leadership of the ACT Party shows that the country’s extreme right wing

May 1 2011 Issue

New leadership may change Labour’s fortune

As the popularity of Labour and its Leader Phil Goff continue to slide, it is time the Party revisited what former frontbencher and Member Chris

May 1 2011 Issue

Infrastructure investment boosts growth

I hope you had a relaxing Easter weekend break, which I spent catching up with friends and family, and working in my Electorate. Despite the

The vagaries of MMP System

No one seems to be willing to pick up the anti-MMP banner and run with it heading into the referendum. The arguments for and against

May 1 2011 Issue

Emotional journey links families after 108 years

Hindus and Buddhists consider ‘108’ as a sacred number, significant in most religious festivals and offerings. There are 108 beads to the ‘Mala’ or Garland,

The ‘lost’ children of India

India’s Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi have been emphasising that the Indian Diaspora should include not only Non-Resident

June 15th 2011 Issue

Home affordability improves

Home affordability improved by 5.2% between December 2010 and February 2011 on a national scale but many parts of the country continued to remain beyond

June 15th 2011 Issue

Real Estate ‘real culprit’ of crisis

The Real Estate sector was the real culprit that perpetrated the global financial crisis, which continues to grip many economies around the world, an international

May 1 2011 Issue

Workshop to precede Auckland Flute Concert

Budding artistes and those with a fleeting interest in Flute can have the benefit of a workshop and demonstration by one the foremost performers of

An evening of Indian Dances this weekend

Lovers of Indian classical dances can expect highlights of the Sub-Continent’s heritage at a forthcoming evening of melody, music, colour and costumes. East Auckland based

May 1 2011 Issue

Expect the best from Rafi’s alter ego

Hindi film music may have become a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide today but many would agree that it has lost the originality, melody and the

May 1 2011 Issue

Local talent for Bollywood extravaganza

Bollywood, the most glamorous Tinsel Town of Hindi Cinema witnesses the arrival of thousands of new aspirants every day, trying to make a career as

May 1 2011 Issue

Film captures migrants’ plight

Falling in love, getting married, starting a family and bearing a child are all facts of life but if their order of occurrence is jumbled

May 1 2011 Issue

Muthamil Sangam takes home Cricket honours

The Muthamil Sangam (MTS) won the Indian Community Cricket Tournament in a nail-biting finish at the Auckland Domain on March 20. The Team representing Tamil

May 1 2011 Issue

Humanitarians raise $10,000 for Christchurch

A small group of Samaritans in Auckland has demonstrated the fact that determination and commitment can help achieve lofty goals. ‘Humanity First New Zealand,’ an

May 1 2011 Issue

Dilworth wins School Wrestling Championship

The Dilworth School in Auckland won the title at the recently held North Island Secondary School Wrestling Championship matches. Hamilton Boys finished second, while the

All Whites vie for World Cup Final

The Junior All Whites and the Mamulas will fight it out for a place at the FIFA U-20 World Cup after New Zealand and the

May 1 2011 Issue

Youngsters swim for Quake charity

A Hindu organisation of volunteers recently participated in a swimming event to raise funds for the Christchurch Earthquake victims. The younger members of the Hindu

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