Supplied Content Auckland, February 1, 2019 ‘One-size-fits all’ approach to suicide prevention will not work and new strategies tailored to the older people are needed a University of Auckland Researcher has said. Dr Gary Cheung of the University’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, led a study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal that reveals a distinctly different pattern…
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Competition and Festival on February 2 and February 9 Venkat Raman Auckland, February 1, 2019 Cuisine and art will be the attraction for the Tamil-speaking communities as the Auckland Tamil Association celebrates Pongal over two weekends. Association President Vai Ravindran said that Kolam (Rangoli) and Cookery Contests will be held tomorrow (Saturday, February 2, 2019) at Mt Roskill War Memorial…
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Christie Chen Taipei, February 1, 2019 India’s top envoy to Taiwan touted the relationship between the two countries on Thursday at an event in Taipei to celebrate India’s 70th Republic Day. India-Taipei Association Director General Sridharan Madhusudhanan said that direct investment from Taiwan to India has increased tenfold in the last year. Major Taiwanese companies such as Foxconn, Delta Electronics…
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Ravi Nyayapati Mark your calendars! Following the success of last year’s event, the evening of Monday, June 24, 2019 will witness the Sixth Indian Newslink Sports, Community, Arts and Culture Awards 2019. It sounds like a mouthful but there is a good reason. As the name suggests, and as pledged at the 2018 Awards Ceremony, this years’ edition sees the…
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Life insurance companies charged customers for expired policies, sold policies that people could not legally use, and have had poor systems and attitudes for fixing complaints and mistakes, a Report shows. The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and Reserve Bank (RBNZ) have issued a damning Report into how 16 insurance companies have done business, which concludes that they put sales and…
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Venkat Raman Housing, Urban Development and Transport Minister Phil Twyford is confident that ‘Kiwibuild’ will make the expected progress and promises to build 6500 houses over the next three years. “We will continue to roll out Kiwibuild and work with developers and builders around the country, including some of the most unaffordable Council cities to build more affordable homes for…
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“Direct airlink between New Zealand and India is also imperative” Venkat Raman National List MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi has called on the Indian government to allow nomination of People of Indian Origin (PIO) to the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Dual Citizenship for the Indian Diaspora. He made the appeals during his speech at the Youth Session of…
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Immigration New Zealand gets it wrong again, says lawyer Venkat Raman A young woman faces a bleak future after Immigration New Zealand (INZ) declined her application for a Work Visa in an industry which faces severe labour shortage. Harpreet Kaur has valid qualifications to work in the Horticulture and Viticulture industry in Bay of Plenty, which the Ministry of Social…
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Report cites acts of impropriety, poor systems Wellington, January 29, 2019 Life insurance companies charged customers for expired policies, sold policies that people could not legally use, and have had poor systems and attitudes for fixing complaints and mistakes, a Report shows. The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and Reserve Bank (RBNZ) have issued a damning Report into how 16 insurance…
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Supplied Content It is now easier to get your Birth, Death or Marriage Certificate online. Previously, only historical birth and death records could be easily ordered online, meaning that Certificates for births that occurred over 100 years ago. Death certificates could only be obtained for deaths that occurred at least 50 years ago, or if the deceased’s date of birth…
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