Venkat Raman More than a billion people in India and at least 30 million people of Indian origin constituting the Indian Diaspora across the Continents will mark the 73rd Independence Day of their Motherland today (August 15, 2019) and celebrate the 72nd Anniversary of their freedom from Britain on this day in 1947. While the country has earned an exclusive…
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Veer Khar India’s Home Minister Amit Shah introduced two statutory resolutions in the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) on August 5, 2019. The first was to recommend that President Ram Nath Kovind issues a notification rendering Article 370 of the Indian Constitution inoperative. The second was to accept the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill.’ According to Article 370, Jammu…
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Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Indians started to migrate to New Zealand from 1880. From being land tillers who turned infertile and barren lands of Waikato and King Country to fertile Kiwifruit, Passionfruit and dairy farms to being of the ethnic group whose language Hindi is now the fourth most spoken in the country, Kiwi Indians have come a long way. According…
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Michael Wood On the occasion of the 72nd Anniversary of Indian Independence, I want to acknowledge the Indian community of my electorate Mount Roskill and the huge contribution that the community makes socially, economically, and culturally. The Indian community is the second largest ethnic community in New Zealand, recorded at 174,000 at the 2014 census and considerably larger now. Editor’s…
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Priyanca Radhakrishnan India has the largest Diaspora population in the world, with more than 13 million Indians living outside the country and 17 million people of Indian origin spread across 146 countries. A few months after I entered Parliament, I attended a Conference organised by the Indian government that brought together Parliamentarians and Mayors of Indian origin from around the…
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Phil Goff As we approach the end of this Term of Council, it is an appropriate time to look back at the successes and challenges of the past three years and what opportunities lie ahead, both for Auckland as a City and for our Indian communities. Few would disagree that Auckland is an exceptional City and that it is an…
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Venkat Raman When Muktesh Pardeshi visited New Zealand in 2002 as Deputy Secretary (Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Countries) at the External Affairs Ministry of India, little did he know it was the start of an enduring engagement with the region; neither did anyone have an inkling that 17 years later, he would head the Diplomatic Mission in Wellington.…
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Sourced Content Abortion Law would only require a medical test for women who are more than 20 weeks pregnant, in proposed changes announced by the government on August 5, 2019. The government released details of a Bill which would remove abortion from the Crimes Act and instead treat it as a health issue. It comes after months of stalling and…
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Venkat Raman As 79 men and women graduated from the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua, Wellington on Thursday, August 1, 2019, it was a moment of joy, pride, satisfaction and achievement, not only for the new recruits, but also for their teachers, trainers, superior Police Officers, parents, relatives and friends. It was a moment of gratification for me.…
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Supplied Content Attorney General David Parker has announced the appointment round for Queen’s Counsel in 2019 but said that there would be fewer successful applicants. Appointments of Queen’s Counsel are made by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Attorney-General and with the agreement of the Chief Justice. The Governor-General retains the discretion to appoint Queen’s Counsel in recognition of…
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