Day: July 12, 2017

Andrew Little What a great couple of weeks for our beautiful country! We are on top of the sailing world after winning the America’s Cup, we tied the Rugby series with the Lions and we are top of the pops after Lorde hit number one on the US album charts. All these things make us proud to be Kiwis. But…

Michael Wood The fact that the number of foreign trusts registered in New Zealand has plummeted after the Government’s belated and reluctant imposition of a new reporting regime, in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal, shows the need for a transparent, searchable register. It is no surprise that the 12,000 foreign trusts registered in New Zealand has wilted to…

James Shaw Recently, I was invited by Multicultural New Zealand (also known as Multicultural Council of New Zealand) to speak about our immigration policy and migrant communities. I said, the truth is that we need to have a conversation about values, before we can have a conversation around numbers. This is because the debate around immigration policy has really been…

Majo Mathers  The Green Party will fiercely oppose Bill English’s plan to override the Supreme Court decision that saved part of the Ruahine Forest Park from being flooded for the Ruataniwha dam. Bill English has signalled that he would change the law to override the Supreme Court’s ruling that prevents the Department of Conservation from swapping conservation land for private…

Dr Parmjeet Parmar My background as a scientist, along with experience in other professional fields gives me a natural interest in education. My close involvement with education, through our local Mt Roskill schools, especially with Special Education, has been hugely rewarding. National is serious about making sure our children receive world-class education. We need your Party Vote this election to…

Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi All seniors deserve to be treated with dignity and with care, whatever their background or circumstances. They deserve to be able to trust their families and those close to them, but the sad reality is that 79% of older New Zealanders who are abused are harmed by family members and 43% of victims live with their abusers.…

Bala (Venu) Beeram Last Sunday (July 9), I met with Prime Minister Bill English to campaign at the local flea market in Avondale. We received a lot of positive comments from the shoppers, as the PM and I went around and met everyone. It was nice to meet people from different ethnic backgrounds, and learn about what they want the…

A Correspondent Raj Pardeep Singh is Founder Principal of Legal Associates Barristers & Solicitors. His passion for law led him to establish Legal Associates in 2014 with his wife and Co-Founder Ashima Singh. At Legal Associates, Raj specialises in all areas of Immigration Law, Immigration & Protection Tribunals, Judicial reviews at High Court, Ombudsman Office at Parliament, Immigration Minister Appeals…