Sixth Annual Indian Newslink Sports, Community, Arts & Culture Awards 2019 on June 24 Ravi Nyayapati The Sixth Annual Indian Newslink Sports, Community, Arts & Culture Awards Presentation Ceremony will be held from 6 pm on Monday, June 24, 2019 at the Newmarket Room, Ellerslie Convention Centre, located at 80 Ascot Avenue (near the Racecourse) in Remuera, Auckland Let the…
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Ben Strang Racism is embedded in every area of the criminal justice system, according to a Report released by the Safe and Effective Justice Advisory Group. The Report is also critical of how victims are treated within the system, saying people have a lack of faith in it, which suggests it is not fit for purpose. The Advisory Group has been around…
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Bhikhu Bhana Indian Newslink is organising its Sixth Annual Sports, Community, Arts & Culture Awards Presentation Night on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Newmarket Room, Ellerslie Convention Centre, 80 Ascot Avenue, Remuera in Auckland. The Sports Awards segment will include the ‘Best Sportsman of the Year’ and the ‘Best Sportswoman of the Year’ along with other Sports Awards. We congratulate…
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Venkat Raman Three Persons of Indian Origin are on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in New Zealand, an announcement of which was made on June 2, 2019. Mr Arthur Robert Ashan Amputch (Auckland) has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of New Zealand Merit (ONZM) for services to Engineering, while Anjum Rahman of Hamilton and Shila Nair (Auckland),…
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Ben Strang The government will not be signing off on a vast increase in the number of speed cameras, unless they’re well sign-posted. RNZ revealed that the government has been advised to look into adopting the Swedish method of speed camera use, which would mean hundreds more cameras and much larger fines. Critics of the plan say it would be a…
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Gill Bonnett Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is under fire from students and education providers who say they are paying a heavy cost for a poor planning of its restructure and forecast visa numbers. Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway said delays in visa processing were the number one thing people contacted him about. The international education industry said missed enrolments were causing…
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Venkat Raman Finance Minister Ayaz Sayed-Khaiyum has taken some bold initiatives in delivering his Annual Budget to Parliament in Suva on June 7, 2019, the most of which were in tax incentives to stimulate the economy and attract local and foreign investment. Fiji’s Budget for the fiscal year 2019-2020 showed a reduction of F$ 1.8 billion to F$ 3.8 billion,…
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Supplied and Sourced Content The Government of Fiji is investigating into the death of an American couple, says a communique issued by the Ministry of Health and Medical Sciences (MHMS). According to reports, David Paul (37) and his wife Michelle Calanog Paul (35) arrived in Fiji on May 22, 2019. They are reported to have died a couple of days…
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Venkat Raman My long-time friend and former High Commissioner of Fiji to New Zealand Bal Ram is no more, reporting which is heart-breaking. A common friend, Ajendra Jokhan (Account Director, Red Rock Consulting), called me a while ago to say that 73-year-old Bal died on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. He left behind his wife Nirmala, their sons Shekhar and Amun,…
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Laura Walters The Wellbeing Budget contained a surprise immigration initiative, aimed at stopping ‘boat people.’ This is not a new risk. So, why the big boost now? The Government has allocated an extra $25 million over four years to preventing people being smuggled to New Zealand by boat. It was a surprise new initiative in the 2019 Budget, and seemed more in line…
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