TEA Party Leader John Hong (File Photo) While most political parties of the right and left wings are allergic to each other, there is at least one entity which says that it will work with any Party that forms the next…
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Fifty years of Yash Raj highlights the Golden Jubilee of People
A tribute to the great man and the great team behind him Yash Chopra, an icon of Indian Cinema In 1970, my father, Yash Chopra, left the security and comfort of his brother B R Chopra and formed his own company. Till then, he was a salaried employee of BR Films…
Read MoreSingle Party government may nurture elected dictatorship
Jacinda Ardern, Winston Peters, Judith Collins and David Seymour (RNZ Photo) In the mid-1990s, New Zealanders adopted electoral rules which they hoped would end the tyranny of what Lord Hailsham once called the “Elected Dictatorship” of a single-party majority government. And yet, a quarter century later, we are staring…
Read MoreExpo captures Girmit and a century thereafter
Five-day Event in Wellington from this weekend A panel discussion on the legacy of the Girmityas of Fiji, an interactive session on tracing the roots of Indo-Fijians, films capturing the essence of the Girmit period and a folk music ensemble are among the features of a five-day event scheduled to commence in Wellington this weekend. Titled, ‘Fiji Girmit Exhibition: 100…
Read MoreWinston Peters says New Zealand First Foundation is separate
Sourced Content Auckland, September 30, 2020 New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has said that Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charges over the New Zealand First Foundation are biased against them, and the Foundation is “totally separate.” SFO has charged two people with obtaining by deception after an investigation into the New Zealand First Foundation. Neither defendant is a Minister, sitting…
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