Michael Cropp Fruit is rotting on the ground in Hawke’s Bay amid a massive worker shortage and orchardists warn that overworked pickers are suffering more accidents. The official labour shortage first declared for Hawke’s Bay six weeks ago, with 192 tourists granted approval to work in orchards, expired on Friday, April 5, 2019. Too little, too late It was immediately…
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Gill Bonnett Businesses say they are missing out on staff and immigrants are facing long waits for news as delays to visa processing continue. The Immigration Advisers’ Association says it takes two days to get a business visa in Australia but has heard of it taking up to six months in New Zealand in recent months. One man, Dhanush Laxman,…
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Brooke Jenner With heightened security measures in place and increased police presence throughout the country since the March 15, 2019 Mosque attacks, the Returned Services Association (RSA) has said it would be working with the Police to ensure public safety ahead of this year’s ANZAC Day services. No specific threat Police Assistant Commissioner Mike Rusbatch said there was no specific…
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Michael Wood The terrorist attack on innocent Muslim worshippers in Christchurch on March 15 2019, was one of the darkest acts in New Zealand history. However, in the weeks since that day, we have also seen a great light in our country. During my visits to Mosques and Muslim community groups across the country, Muslims have universally told me that…
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Online survey now open at http://psych-research.massey.ac.nz Venkat Raman New migrants, especially those of Indian origin commonly experience the trauma of job-hunting upon their arrival in New Zealand, compounding which are racial discrimination, social segregation and other forms of ‘passive harassment.’ Indian Migrants in Catch 22 It is also not uncommon for many new migrants to undergo the ‘Rethink Syndrome’ (some…
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Event on April 27 at 230 pm, Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Road, Auckland Venkat Raman A holistic approach to the human condition, ways and means of improving mental health and the challenges posed by modern lifestyles will be among the subjects of discussion at a Seminar scheduled to be held later this month in Auckland. Hosted by the Centre for…
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Supplied Content A Hindi language school in West Auckland is set to benefit from a charitable initiative which saw $1 million donated to almost 50 organisations. Over the course of three weeks, 200,000 votes were cast which saw 48 groups secure funding for their projects, with some charities raising thousands of dollars a day by coordinating their supporters to go…
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Mark Jennings and Melanie Reid The Chinese developer of a new resort on a Fijian Island faces a massive clean-up bill after Fiji’s Department of Environment cancelled the Project’s approval. The cancellation came a day after Newsroom journalists who have been investigating the development on Malolo Island were freed after being detained by police in the capital, Suva, after seeking answers…
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Newsroom Staff Fiji’s Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama has said that he ordered the release of Newsroom’s three journalists. He met with them on April 4, 2019 to apologise, along with Fiji’s Minister for Environment and the Commissioner of Police. Newsroom Co-Editor Mark Jennings, Investigations Editor Melanie Reid and Freelance Cameraman Hayden Aull were detained at Suva’s Central Police Station overnight while Police considered…
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Programmes in Auckland on May 14, 2019 Thakur Ranjit Singh The Fiji Girmit Foundation of New Zealand is gearing to mark the 140th Anniversary of the arrival of first Indian indentured labourers in Fiji, which was on 14 May 1879. It will be a day to commemorate the suffering and sacrifices of the Girmityas and celebrate triumph of the human…
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