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…
Read MoreVenkat Raman The owner of a Retail brand including a Chain of successful Restaurants has accused the Labour Inspectorate and Immigration New Zealand (INZ) of witch hunting, wrongful decisions and deliberately tarnishing his image. Ravi Singh, who owns the Raviz Restaurant brand, which has a Restaurant on Hobson Street in Auckland City and in Mairangi Bay, North Shore, was recently…
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Venkat Raman It is with regret that we announce that popular Restauranteur and owner of ‘Shamiana’ food outlets Satish Shetty passed away at about 4 pm on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at Ascot Hospital, Auckland. He was 63 years old and left behind his wife Nazreen and their son Hamish (29) and daughter (22). At press time, his family said…
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Sourced Content After the world’s largest ever democratic exercise, Narendra Modi has been re-elected as Prime Minister of India for another five-year term. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured an even bigger majority than in 2014. In this, the final part of our India Tomorrow series from The Anthill podcast, we analyse the results with a panel of academics to find out what such…
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Venkat Raman Auckland resident Seetha Rama Rao Salvaji (47) was sentenced to 14 years in prison at the Auckland District Court on May 15, 2019 on proven charges of child abuse and rape. In his verdict, Judge Down said that the accused had not shown remorse but granted him concession for his services to the community. Members of the family…
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Keiran Hardy On Tuesday (May 21), the gunman in the Christchurch Mosque shootings was charged with committing a terrorist act. The new charge came more than two months after the massacre. The gunman, who the author and ‘The Conversation’ have chosen not to name, had already faced 50 charges of murder and 40 charges of attempted murder stemming from the attacks. An…
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Jane Patterson After another tough week in Parliament, the National Party demanded the resignation of Housing Minister Phil Twyford over KiwiBuild. Mr Twyford was under pressure last week over the Crown underwrite process. He is now facing persistent questions about whether he will stick to the long-held target of building 100,000 KiwiBuild homes in 10 years – a promise he staked his…
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