August 2012

September 1, 2012 Issue

Discrimination continues to afflict minorities

Ethnic minority groups in New Zealand continue to suffer inequality in a number of areas including employment, despite the intervention of successive governments, government agencies

September 1, 2012 Issue

Gopalkrishna Gandhi for Awards Ceremony

We are happy to announce that Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of the Indian State of West Bengal and the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Chakravarthy

Pravasi Fiji Divas in Auckland

Indian Newslink can reveal that an international conference of Fijians will be held in Auckland mid next year. The International Congress of Fiji Inc (ICFI)

Correction

In our story, ‘Key applauds Indian Business community,’ published on the front page of our August 15, 2012, we had mentioned that the opening ceremony

September 1, 2012 Issue

New Zealand Mint Limited, Our Sponsor

We are also happy to announce that New Zealand Mint Limited is the Sponsor of the Business Excellence in Restaurant Trade Category of our Business

September 1, 2012 Issue

Pakistanis rejoice on their Freedom Day

The Pakistani community in Wellington and Auckland celebrated Pakistan Independence Day on Auckland 14, 2012. Hoisting the flag of his country at the High Commission

Festivities highlight colour and culture

Indians from India marked the 65th anniversary of India’s Independence Day throughout New Zealand over the past two weeks, with the finale for the year

September 1, 2012 Issue

Global body aids poor children in Fiji

A group of community leaders, professionals and philanthropists recently returned from Fiji, after distributing almost $121,000 as scholarship money to more than 2300 poor students.

Journo’s comments rile Indian community

The comments made by popular journalist and media specialist Thakur Ranjit Singh have attracted widespread criticism from a large number of people from the extended

September 1, 2012 Issue

What Thakur Ranjit Singh wrote on Facebook

As every Indian man and his dog talk about India’s Independence celebration on 15 August, we need to stand back, away from misnomer and misplaced

September 1, 2012 Issue

A great Nation makes us proud

One of the effects of living in a globalised world with extensive two-way immigration is the rapid change and development of our views and expectations.

September 1, 2012 Issue

An enormous economic powerhouse

The foundations of India were based on the principles of equality. Regardless of where we were born or raised, all of us belong to one

September 1, 2012 Issue

True Indians understand value of Independence

Two years ago, a media presenter in Auckland got into serious trouble for his unwarranted remarks about the then Governor General and the Chief Minister

September 1, 2012 Issue

First Indian Inspector in our Police Force

The New Zealand Police has appointed Rakesh Naidoo to the post of Inspector. He is the first person of Indian origin (and from the Asian

September 1, 2012 Issue

Wells farewells New Zealand

One of our ‘most-liked cops’ is bidding farewell to New Zealand and moving across the Tasman to continue his career in the Western Australia Police.

Taxi driver fined $1000 for default

An Auckland court has fined a taxi driver $1000 for refusing to accept a fare stating that the distance was ‘too short to drive.’ The

September 1, 2012 Issue

Property crime rises in Auckland

The Auckland City District Police have launched a new initiative to combat the rising incidence of property crime. Senior Sergeant Vaughn Graham said that ‘Operation

September 1, 2012 Issue

Detractors cannot destroy a great Nation

Indians all over the world celebrated India’s 66th Independence Day recently with great pride, joy and fervour. India today is nothing like what it was

September 1, 2012 Issue

Unitec turns a chapter on the Shore

The Northern Campus of the Unitec Institute of Technology in Albany celebrated its first anniversary last fortnight. Sally Conway, Lecturer and Programme Leader in Language

Workshops on export education planned

Education NZ is organising an international conference with workshops for education providers at the Sky City Convention Centre in November. The two-day conference will begin

September 1, 2012 Issue

Volunteers add value to learning programmes

Once a week during school term for almost 15 years, volunteers visited Whanganui’s Aramoho School to have a reading session with learners. The sessions run

Sept 15, 2012 Issue

Electoral reforms to discard inequality

All Fijians in Fiji must participate in the democratic process and voice their opinions on constitutional and electoral reforms, Prime Minister Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama

Congress to bring together Fijian Diaspora

The Brisbane based International Congress of Fiji Inc (ICFI) has refocused its aims and objectives to serve all people of Fijian origin, irrespective of their

August 15 2012

Indian entrepreneurs show business acumen

Many Indians leave their motherland for foreign shores in search of better career opportunities for themselves, and a higher standard of living for their families.

August 15 2012

Target exports sets new challenges

The progress report ‘Building Export Markets’ shows the significant work being done by businesses and the Government to grow New Zealand’s international competitiveness. The Report

August 15 2012

Cluster policies help international trade

The Government should be congratulated on pulling together all its plans for the export sector into one document and for setting the country a stretch

Agreement procures advantage on contracts

New Zealand has signed the ‘Government Procurement Agreement’ (GPA) with the World Trade Organisation, which according to Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Trade Minister

August 15 2012

Illegal immigrants dream of relief

Thousands of young, undocumented immigrants in the US, including Indians have begun applying for relief under President Barack Obama’s ‘Mini Dream Act,’ that allows them

August 15 2012

India woos NRIs for Civil Service jobs

Hoping to touch a patriotic chord, private coaching academies are increasingly looking at Indians settled abroad and their children to sell them the idea of

August 15 2012

Leadership underscores good governance

Political ‘governance’ exists on sub-National, the Nation-State and supra-National levels. It became fashionable in policy circles some 10-15 years ago to talk of the ‘porous’

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