Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Wellington, July 1, 2019 The number of taxes this Government is heaping onto Kiwis, flies in the face of its claim to be the most kind and caring yet. When you add all the new taxes and take into consideration the cancelled tax relief, Kiwi families are looking at $7000 out of their pockets over four years.…
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Venkat Raman Auckland, July 1, 2019 Ethnic communities contribute substantially to various sectors of the New Zealand economy and it is necessary to acknowledge them, a Minister of the Crown has said. Ethnic Communities Minister Jenny Salesa said that the South Asian and South East Asian communities in general and the Indian community in particular have been great achievers in…
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Wellington, June 28, 2019 In a recent column, I was very critical of the performance to date of the current Speaker of the House of Representatives whom I suggested was acting in a far more partisan manner than many recent Speakers, and behaving more like the bully boy that he was in earlier years than Parliament’s independent arbiter which the…
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Jo Moir Wellington, June 28, 2019 National says that Phil Twyford’s demotion is an admission that KiwiBuild could never work, and argues the government needs the opposition’s expertise on housing. Ms Ardern is changing tack with the housing portfolio, taking the responsibility away from Phil Twyford, and instead sharing the load between a team of five – to be headed by…
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Manoj Joshi New Delhi, June 28, 2019 Has all the carefully articulated and sensibly structured outcome of the Pompeo-Jaishankar meeting gone up in smoke after a Donald Trump tweet demanding that India withdraw the tariffs it has recently imposed on US goods? Difficult to say. It is quite possible that President Trump and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are playing “good…
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Sam Sachdeva Wellington, June 28, 2019 Jacinda Ardern’s first ministerial reshuffle has seen Phil Twyford pay the price for his KiwiBuild failures, while Kris Faafoi was perhaps the biggest winner in rising to Cabinet. Can you really have a KiwiBuild “reset” without resetting the Minister behind it? It is that fundamental question, and the obvious answer, which perhaps best explains…
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Courtney Marsden Wellington, June 28, 2019 Wellington Phoenix have won a special recognition award for their Football Diversity and Inclusion Programme. The Sixth Annual Indian Newslink Sports, Community, Arts & Culture Awards took place on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Ellerslie Events Centre, Auckland and celebrated the growing importance of contributing to various aspects within society. The Football Diversity and Inclusion…
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Sadhguru, Isha Foundation Many so-called spiritual teachings are given that essentially say, attachment is bad, so do not get attached to anything. These kinds of teachings and misunderstandings have come because of the pain people go through with attachment. Teachings of detachment and being desire-less come because of the fear of entanglement. Entanglement always creates pain and suffering within a…
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Shirish Paranjape Christchurch, June 27, 2019 Pavithra Maduram Ravi, an acclaimed classical dancer and singer, who runs Zealandia Academy of Indian Arts (ZAIA) at Christchurch and Timaru, gave a captivating dance performance titled “Kannagi,’ an episode from ‘Silapathikaram,’ a Tamil Literature epic, written by Ilango Adigal. The performance was held at the Heaton Normal Intermediate School Hall in Christchurch recently.…
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Auckland, June 27, 2019 Giving back to the community runs in the blood for Indu Bajwa. At a young age, she was inspired by her father, a wealthy man who carried out a great deal of charitable work in her native country, India. “He was known for his social work. He was always helping others and would take me along…
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