Last year, more than 4500 passengers were prevented entry Venkat Raman Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is hoping to improve its border control responsibility and facilitate the travel of ‘genuine passengers’ with ‘Electronic Travel Authority’ (ETA) expected to go online this year. National Manager (Border Operations) Stephanie Greathead said that the new technology will allow INZ to assess and update more…
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Venkat Raman Real Estate Agents in New Zealand must comply with the provisions of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Act and follow a more stringent regime of code of conduct and discipline. The AML/CFT (Definitions) Amendment Regulations 2018 came into force on January 1, 2019, which, among other things, provide definition of a customer (client) and the…
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Staff Reporter Three friends of Indian Newslink have been featured on the Queen’s New Year Honours List. They are fellow journalist Fran O’Sullivan (Business Editor of the New Zealand Herald) who becomes an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM), Virinder Aggarwal, Founding Member of the Asian Network Inc and Bhikhu Bhana of the New Zealand Indian Central…
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Ruth Hill (RNZ) A woman who was denied a post-study work visa has won a reprieve from Immigration New Zealand (INZ) after a leading law firm took up her case. Shyamal Patel, who has a Master’s degree in International Studies from the Institute of Pacific United (IPU) in Palmerston North, was baffled when INZ rejected her bid to stay in the…
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Supplied Content The continuous hunt for new ways to help New Zealanders get into their first home has prompted BNZ to support an exciting new shared ownership option for first time home buyers. “It’s a commercial take on the Bank of Mum and Dad for new homeowners.” Shared ownership will give eligible customers who are saving for a deposit the…
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Staff Reporter Auckland, January 11, 2019 The Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), an international body representing the Indian Diaspora, has announced that it will induct National Party Member of Parliament Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi into its ‘Honour Roll’ later this month. A GOPIO notification said that he will be among two other dignitaries to receive this honour, including…
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Katie Scotcher RNZ Wellington Junior hospital doctors will strike in two weeks in a bid to get better employment protection. They will walk off the job for 48 hours from today (January 15, 2019). The Resident Doctors’ Association said that they wanted a renewed collective employment agreement as theirs expired nearly a year ago. Outstanding issues Association President Dr Courtney…
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Bhartiya Bhasha Evam Shodh Sansthan launched Supplied Content January 10 was an important date on the Indian languages calendar. It was on this day that the First World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur, Maharashtra in 1975. The Conference was attended by 122 delegates from 30 countries. Since then, January 10 is being observed every year as the ‘Vishwa Hindi…
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John Hall Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) recently commented on the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Review conducted as part of the national Education Conversation | Korero Matauranga. TINZ advocated an important attribute of any transparent and accountable society is that its citizens have the literacy to actively participate in routine social and democratic activities. Divergent understandings However, a…
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RNZ, Hamilton – New Zealand’s education system is failing Māori students by continuing to marginalise their culture, Waikato University Professor Mere Berryman, a 2017 New Zealander of the Year finalist, has said. “The Treaty of Waitangi promised both Māori and non-Māori equal shares of all the benefits that the colonial government was going to provide, yet what we’ve found that education…
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