Michael Wood Our government is stepping up to prevent and reduce homelessness in New Zealand. The Aotearoa New Zealand Homelessness Action Plan, which was released last week, establishes a framework and funding to help the homeless into sustainable housing. This follows a decade of denial and neglect under National, which sold off state houses as the numbers of homeless grew…
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Supplied Content The Commerce Commission has issued a warning to The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) over its failure to comply with the information disclosure requirements of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (CCCFA). HSBC self-reported the matter to the Commission following a routine audit of its business in New Zealand. HSBC identified six occasions between…
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Panic buying aggravates fears Andy Yap The UK has found itself in a panic buying frenzy in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. A very flustered Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged restraint and attempted to calm fears of shortages on BBC television’s Question Time after being asked about a lack of paracetamol, dry pasta and toilet paper. Dangerous trend The…
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What you should know Supplied Content New Zealand is one of 77 countries and territories to report confirmed cases of COVID-19. Keeping individuals, families and our communities safe and healthy in the current global environment requires a team effort and that’s what we’re seeing across New Zealand. It is critically important that we both protect New Zealanders from the virus…
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There should be little surprise at Shane Jones’ latest racist outburst against Indians living in New Zealand. The typically florid, bombastic, pompous comments were, by his own admission, aimed neither at the Indian community, nor the vast majority of the rest of the country, but rather at just the small percentage of it that identifies as supporters of the New…
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Dr Parmjeet Parmar This week we have seen the government’s soft on crime attitude has hit an all new low. For a start, Corrections released a prisoner on bail after he staged a hunger strike for 25 days. Instead of dealing with the offender inside prison, Corrections took the easy option. As a result, we now have a recidivist offender…
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Supplied Content Jiaxin Finance Limited, assisted by its owner Qiang Fu and his mother Fuqin Che, have been convicted of offences under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act. Between April 2015 and May 2016, Jiaxin Finance and its brokers were responsible for remitting over $53 million into New Zealand for an international customer. The charges Jiaxin…
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Supplied Content A former Auckland Council employee has pleaded guilty to a corruption charge brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Sundeep Dilip Rasila (42) admitted accepting a $7500 bribe as council employee in the Auckland High Court on February 26, 2020. Mr Rasila was employed by Auckland Council as a Procurement Relationship Specialist at the time of the offending.…
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The futurists are hailing that the “the fourth industrial revolution” is upon us, a time where robots will take over predictable and routine tasks in our jobs. It’s important we have a game-plan in place to make the most of the transition rather than be left behind. It is true that many jobs face obsolescence, and our policies must soften…
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Venkat Raman People running their homes as boarding houses are breaching tenancy agreements and may be liable for punitive measures. They ma y be violating the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA). That was the gist of a Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment notification. Indian Newslink has learnt that some property owners are renting spare bedrooms in their…
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