Supplied Content Wellington, February 7, 2020 The Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Kris Faafoi has announced that work will begin on a business case to assess the viability of forming a new public media entity. He issued the following Statement yesterday (Friday, February 7, 2020): The Government must ensure New Zealanders have a strong independent public media service…
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Venkat Raman Auckland, February 7, 2020 Tejas Nikam, Chef at Vices & Virtues, a Christchurch restaurant, has been named one of four Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ambassador Chefs for 2020. His culinary journey has seen him plate up dishes to a vast audience, according him opportunities to work with icons of the industry worldwide. The new appointment is a…
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Supplied Content Wellington, February 8, 2020 The Fiji High Commission in Wellington has commenced processing of e-passports applications following the installation of the new e-passport enrolment kit. The new technology enables the Mission staff to record biometric data of Fijians who travelled from Christchurch, Auckland, Napier and Hastings since its installation. New Zealand is the second Fijian diplomatic mission to…
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Two corporate leaders share their experience on NZITA platform Venkat Raman Auckland, February 8, 2020 Patience and passion are two important attributes for success in doing business with India, two corporate leaders have said. Alan Pollard and Carmen Vicelich, Chief Executives of respectively NZ Apples and Pears Inc and Valocity Limited, said that while India offers immense commercial and industrial…
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Auckland, February 7, 2020 A prominent Māori Performing Arts educator has been sentenced to 12 months home detention for defrauding a tertiary education provider and a Crown agency of approximately $1.3 million. Donna Mariana Grant (61) was sentenced today in the Rotorua High Court on three charges of ‘Dishonestly using documents’ and a single charge of ‘Obtaining by deception’. The…
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Venkat Raman Auckland, February 7, 2020 An international conference held in Fiji last fortnight highlighted the need to promote Hindi at all levels of education and ways and means of sustaining its standards. Sunita Narayan, Coordinator of the Wellington based Hindi School, who has been advocating for acceptance of Hindi in the New Zealand Curriculum along with Satya Dutt, President…
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Mary Frances O’Dowd Queensland, Australia, February 7, 2020 At the 2020 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, Joaquin Phoenix called out Systemic Racism in the film industry in his acceptance speech for leading actor. He said: “I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you are not welcome here. I think that is…
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Supplied Content Wellington, February 7, 2020 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a funeral service for former Labour Prime Minister Mike Moore, who passed away in Auckland on February 2, 2020. A public service will be held on Friday, February 14, 2020 at 2 pm at Dilworth School Senior Campus, 2 Erin Street, Epsom, Auckland. “The service will be a…
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