Christopher Finlayson Wellington, June 1, 2017 Employment Court Judge Christina Inglis has been appointed Chief Judge of the Employment Court succeeding Chief Judge Colgan who will retire in July. She will take up her new position on 10 July 2017 and will be based in Wellington. Judge Inglis graduated with a Master of Arts with Honours from Canterbury University and…
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More resources to Police to improve safety
Budget 2017 creates New Road Map for progress Bill English I am proud to lead a Government that cares about people, and gets results. Our ninth Budget, which Finance Minister Steven Joyce delivered on May 25, is clear proof of the benefits a strong and growing economy can bring. Budget 2017 is about delivering for New Zealanders. It recognises the…
Read MoreWoman jailed on multiple counts of fraud
Venkat Raman An Indo-Fijian woman has been sentenced to undergo a prison term of two years and four months on several counts of fraud and cheating. The Manukau District Court sentenced Kalpana Narayan on charges that date back by two years, the highlight of which was the way she fooled a man into believing that she was a lawyer and…
Read MoreThe Power of God transcends the dark world of evil
An Indian couple speak about their two decades of struggle and suffering Venkat Raman venkat@indiannewslink.co.nz It is easy to discard Astrology, Faith Healing and ‘Evil Effects of Evil Eyes and Evil Doing’ as balderdash but the fact that prayers and offerings to God protect people from harmful people cannot be denied or discounted. It is not that prayers to ‘discard…
Read MoreGrowing economic disparity feeds crime
Priyanca Radhakrishnan Crime is on the rise. Official crime statistics in September 2016 showed 12,529 more crime victims than in the previous year. Burglaries went up 15% to more than 71,000 cases in the year, which was 9559 more than for the same time the year before. Practically every day we read about yet another burglary and yet another brutal…
Read MorePalliatives for social malady need caution
Kieran Madden The government is going all out on its Social Investment strategy for fixing social ills, but the big data it relies upon raises some seriously big concerns and could potentially drive away those it is trying to help. Social Investment, according to Social Development Minister Amy Adams, is “fundamentally about changing the lives of the most vulnerable New…
Read MoreTrouble awaits receivers of stolen goods
Venkat Raman Fourteen years ago, in our June 1, 2003 issue, we had reported that an Indian was given home detention in the Manukau Court for purchasing stolen goods. Since then, we have had reports citing a number of others regularly ‘receiving stolen gold and studded jewellery, laptop computers, mobile telephone sets, electronic items and other goods. A few names…
Read MoreSuccess Plan creates positive economic effects
Steven Joyce Budget 2017 marks a significant milestone for New Zealand. Over the past several years, the Government has worked hard to put a sound economic plan in place, while dealing with major challenges such as the Global Financial Crisis and Canterbury earthquakes. It has required keeping spending under control, reducing debt, and encouraging the economy to grow. Our economic…
Read MoreBudget is about people and prosperity, not just figures
Michael Wood At the time of writing this column, Budget 2017 was a few days away from being delivered. By the time you read this, we would have known about (Finance Minister) Steven Joyce’s priorities for our economy and society. Therefore, I thought that it might be helpful to sketch out Labour’s vision for the Budget that we should have…
Read MoreNewcomers bring fresh hopes to politics
Venkat Raman General Election 2017 could be a turning point in the history of New Zealand’s parliamentary democracy if at least 50% of the newcomers are able to enter the debating chamber in Wellington. More, the merrier Labour has Priyanca Radhakrishnan, who has had sometime in campaign management, and policy-making roles, National has Bala Beeram (Venugopal Reddy), who has been…
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