RNZ, Auckland, November 16, 2018 190 kgs of cocaine found in a container of bananas. (Photo: RNZ) Police and Customs have seized 190 kgs of cocaine found in a container of bananas – New Zealand’s largest bust of the drug. An Australian investigation into an organised crime group in the country identified the potential shipment of illicit drugs that left Balboa,…
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Eva Corlett RNZ Wellington, November 16, 2018 (Picture from Facebook) The services of Immigration New Zealand (INZ) have become inefficient and substandard after it shut down drop-in centres, immigration lawyers have said. The department said it’s receiving 60 percent more calls than it can handle and that’s meant average wait times on their phone lines are 44 minutes long. Increasing…
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For latest results, please visit www.indiannewslink.co.nz Sally Round (RNZ Pacific), Suva, Fiji Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama’s Fiji First Party is holding just over half of the votes at the end of provisional vote counting in the Fiji election, polling for which was held on November 14, 2018. Its closest rival Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), led by Sitiveni Rabuka, received 38%…
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Time to raise a toast at the 11th Annual Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards Venkat Raman The Annual Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards, scheduled to be held on Monday, November 26, 2018 at SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland City is an occasion to recognise and reward successful businesses owned, operated, franchised and managed by people of Indian origin. Tickets priced…
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Venkat Raman An honest array of tributes devoid of verbosity will be the hallmark of the Ninth Annual Mother Teresa Interfaith Meeting due to held next week in Auckland. National MP and former Trade Minister Todd McClay will be the main speaker at the meeting scheduled to be held at Christ the King Church located at 260 Richardson Road in…
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Police say that moving from their central Auckland Headquarters to Ponsonby will improve working conditions for staff and allow greater public access to officers. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said that the new hub on College Hill would be upgraded to accommodate the increase in workers over the coming years. It would house nearly 400 staff and more than 150 car…
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National has a problem. It’s not its leader, it’s not the Party losing faith and it’s not even a fallen MP raising merry hell. The salacious saga of Jami-Lee Ross has severely tested Simon Bridges over recent weeks. Page-turning novel The Jami-Lee Ross story is the political equivalent of a page-turning novel, but the real plot twist for National doesn’t…
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Ardern pays tributes to heroes of World War I Jacinda Ardern The Carillon and Wellington’s ‘roaring chorus’ recaptured (on November 11, 2018), the wave of spontaneous jubilation and hope which swept New Zealand when news of the Armistice broke. As the Stratford Evening Post reported on November 13, 1918, “The ringing of the fire-bell, whistles blowing, the tin-can band of…
Read MoreSupplied Content The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered a Waikato company and its sole director to pay respectively $25,000 and $12,500 for exploiting six staff. The underpayment was more than $17,300. A Labour Inspectorate investigation found that Jagran Property Services Limited (Jagran), owned by Jagendra Prasad, failed to pay minimum wage and holiday pay, keep accurate records and charged…
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Jane Patterson Mental health is likely to get a significant funding boost, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said, addressing Labour Party members in Dunedin last fortnight. Grant Robertson hails from the City, having grown up in South Dunedin, a place where he said there was “not a lot of material wealth”, but where he learnt that if you “do the mahi,…
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