May 15, 2012 Issue

The Prime Minister’s Science Adviser Sir Peter Gluckman told the Sunday Star Times recently that higher numbers of ‘scholarship children’ are passing over New Zealand

Real estate is always at a premium in Auckland City, however now businesses will have free access to a suite of high-tech facilities in the

The recent visit of Foreign Minister Murray McCully to Fiji could begin a new chapter in bilateral ties with that South Pacific nation, if the

Gone are the days when governments used to keep their annual budgets as a closely guarded secret, presenting their revenue and expenditure provisions in Parliament.

I marked the World Media Freedom Day on May 3 with special reference to a fruitful Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) meeting held in Fiji

The Rugby World Cup and the shared tragedies of earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan contributed to New Zealanders feeling warmer towards Asian people in

India is a great country, Indians attract visitors and tourists with hospitality, and friendship, says Raskha Bhula, our Model of the Fortnight. “Their simplicity is

A sign proclaims ‘Child-labour free zone’ as I enter one of Rajahmundry’s (Andhra Pradesh, India) many slums. It is a remarkable sight considering that Andhra

The first observation that I like to make about ‘Traditional Medicine and Women Healers in Trinidad: Postnatal Health Care’ is that it is a Labour

The creative talents of a local artist that included a number of Hindu Deities captivated visitors to the Pixel Ink Gallery in Wellington last fortnight.

Some Hindus celebrate ‘Mesha Shankaranti’ as New Year’s Day, while Tamils celebrate Thai Pongal as New Year. However, the Gregorian Year is recognised as the

The reasons are not hard to decipher. The jostling on who is a superior gender continued for some time before reaching an amicable settlement –

Music lovers can experience the power of different wind instruments as two maestros give vent to their exceptional talent in Auckland next fortnight. Kadri Gopalnath

The only India that 22-year-old Saudi student Kholoud Bakr had seen was in Bollywood movies laced with song and dance. But after a 10-day stay

New Zealand has a funding system that rewards universities for training PhDs but discourages the employment of post doctorates. That is the criticism of Dr

The Ports of Auckland’s push for increased labour flexibility is not taking place in isolation. The next release of annual work stoppages data is due

Notwithstanding the problem of unemployment in some sections of the economy, finding the right candidate for the right job in the Information Technology sector is

Calls for the default KiwiSaver system to be abolished are misguided and the advantages of being a default scheme provider are overstated. For most of

A Newstalk ZB report said that the government was keeping a close guard on its budget plans for the student loans scheme. Earlier this year,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that New Zealand’s economy is broadly on the right track to return to full vigour. The annual report

New Zealand’s minimum wage has increased from $13 to $13.50 per hour. This is despite advice of the Labour Department to fix the rise at

Controls and regulatory regimes have a positive effect on the efficiency and profitability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), an expert has said. Massey University