Venkat Raman Auckland, May 11, 2019 Creation of special Economic Zones, improved incentives for Foreign Direct Investors (FDI) and local investors, Policies and Programmes based on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) including better housing and infrastructure are among the challenges confronting the Government of Fiji as it moves to fulfil its election promises. Fiji’s Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama led his…
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Sunil Kaushal Auckland, May 11, 2019 “Inspirational. Epic. Heart-warming. Empowering. Living legend. The Pride of India. The best meeting I ever attended.” These were some of the comments made by people at the end of two-hour interaction with sporting legend Dr Deepa Malik who was New Zealand to receive the Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Woman…
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Suva, Fiji, May 11, 2019 A murder investigation has been launched into the death of a New Zealand man who was dropped outside a hospital in Fiji with stab wounds on Thursday. Ashkan Farsani was driven to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, where medical staff unsuccessfully tried to save him. Two in custody Sergeant Charles Andrew, of the…
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Supplied Content Wellington, May 11, 2019 The Royal Commission into the March 15 terror attack will begin considering evidence next week following the appointment of the second and final Commissioner. Former diplomat Jacqui Caine, the former New Zealand Ambassador to Chile and most recently Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Director of Special Projects in Christchurch, will join the Commission Chair…
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Uma Verma Christchurch, May 11, 2019 The New Zealand Dance Week (April 27 to May 5, 2019) saw various dance schools and associations organising open houses around Christchurch. One such was ‘Revathi Cultural Association,’ which conducted an Open-Day along with ‘Revathi Performing Arts’ at the Halswell Library on April 27, 2019. Dance formats highlighted The event focused on displaying the…
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Dorothy Winstone Centre, May 25 at 630 pm Venkat Raman Auckland, May 11, 2019 Nobody is giving away anything, rehearsals continue with veterans perfecting their skills and as the show nears, some whispers reach our ears: “This would be a show with a difference, at a scale so high that even the organisers doubt if they would be able to…
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