March 2012

April 1, 2012 Issue

Sikhs protest against death penalty in India

Thousands of Sikhs gathered at the Manukau Square in Auckland on March 25 to protest against the death sentence awarded by an Indian court to

April 1, 2012 Issue

Abandoned wives on the rise abroad

The number of women abandoned, harassed and ill-treated by their husbands and members of their families abroad has been on the rise, Overseas Indian Affairs

April 1, 2012 Issue

Awards motivate SMEs to lift performance

Potential entrants in the various categories of the Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards (IBA) 2012 will have the benefit of expert advice from a number

April 1, 2012 Issue

Initiative to preserve Indian languages

The campaign to preserve vernacular mother tongues and make knowledge accessible to students through translation across the linguistic arc has taken a big stride with

Tribunal censures immigration adviser

The Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal has censured an Indian immigration adviser, upholding two complaints brought against him by his clients. Auckland based Rajesh

April 1, 2012 Issue

India to spend more on overseas missions

With India’s global profile growing, and opening of more missions planned in Africa and Latin America, the federal government has expanded its budgetary outlay in

Farm fraudster goes to prison

The Feilding District Court sentenced on March 19, 2012 a farmer to a prison term of two years and three months on a number of

Yarrow Bakers probe dropped

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has confirmed that it would not be pursuing the complaint made regarding the receivership of the Yarrow group of companies.

South Auckland Muslims take to social network

One of the largest Muslim organisations in Australasia is to employ state-of-the-art technology and social networking sites to promote its activities and interact better with

April 1, 2012 Issue

New measures to attract Indian students

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is working with Education New Zealand to develop a partnership agreement to strengthen the framework of the New Zealand Specialist Agents

April 1, 2012 Issue

Massey signs pact with Missouri University

Massey University has signed an agreement with the US based University of Missouri, aiming to strengthen academic and student ties through exchange and other programmes.

Partnership promotes jobs for refugees

A partnership agreement between two Wellington based organisations has been helping a number of refugees find gainful employment. Multicultural Learning and Support Services (Mclass) has

Programme helps boost employability

Wellington based Multicultural Learning and Support Services (Mclass) has developed a programme to help new migrants and refugees gain short work experience placements. The six-month

April 1, 2012 Issue

Otago Polytechnic in Auckland

Auckland’s education sector received yet another boost with the opening of the international campus of the Otago Polytechnic last fortnight. A joint venture with Future

April 1, 2012 Issue

Gender discrimination no good for Fiji

Traditionally Easter has been a time for the Christian community in Fiji to indulge in prayers and in solemn religious activities. Indo-Fijians of Hindu, Sikh

April 1, 2012 Issue

Friendly policy drives Super Ministry agenda

The concept of mergers to create ‘mega structures’ to achieve greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness in the government sector would become the norm if a series

April 1, 2012 Issue

Key assures mergers will boost efficiency

Prime Minister John Key believes that his government should be trim, accountable and more efficient, achieving economies of scale and higher levels of productivity. Those

April 1, 2012 Issue

Patton showcases product range in India

More than 50,000 visitors to the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Exhibition (AREX) 2012 held in Bangalore recently had an opportunity to view the products and

Tax policy signals work in progress

In a speech to the International Fiscal Association on March 16, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced the government’s tax policy priorities for 2012-13. The tax

We need an alternative to KiwiSaver

There is a problem with KiwiSaver. It does not seem to be achieving its objective. Auckland University lecturer Michael Littlewood recently argued that the increase

Reforms should not impair efficiency

In his penchant for a slimmer, fiscally and ‘morally’ fit government that has more muscle than flesh, Prime Minister John Key has announced the merger

Welfare reforms rock the Western world

While we are experiencing what seems like significant changes to welfare in New Zealand, far more radical change is occurring on the other side of

Let us insist on the ‘Right to Work’

There can be no argument against the government’s intention to overhaul the welfare system and bring all those capable of working into the job market.

We must set sail an Ocean Policy

Despite being a maritime country, New Zealand has not come out with a concrete Ocean Policy unlike its neighbour Australia. Australia’s Ocean Policy, released in

April 1, 2012 Issue

Karunanidhi plays the race card

Politicians are often accused of hypocrisy, the highpoint of which is when they are out of power and try to evoke a popular ideology dead

New Zealand tops in family violence

Before leaving the government and politics last year, the then Justice Minister Simon Power initiated a review of the New Zealand Family Court. Kerry Bevin,

Governance goes beyond majority view

The decisions of Parliament sometimes mean we are stuck with directions and decisions that we do not like, but must follow. A group headed by

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