Sourced Content Health Minister David Clark said that a Commissioner was needed to lead the “significant changes” required at the Waikato District Health Board (DHB). Dr Clark said on May 7, 2019 that Director General of Health Dr Karen Poutasi will take up the Commissioner’s role, starting the next day (Wednesday, May 8, 2019). He said that nine of the…
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Katie Todd Central Christchurch hospitality operators fear that they could be heading into the toughest winter to date. Eight years on from the earthquakes, there are more restaurants and bars in the City than ever before – but operators say that there are not enough customers to share. Shutters go down The list of closures since January includes Bamboozle Restaurant,…
Read More‘Blooming Buds’ a tribute to early Croatian settlers in Waitakere Venkat Raman A new Childcare Centre aiming to make a difference in Early Childhood Education has just been opened in West Auckland. Located at 371-373 West Coast Road in Glen Eden, ‘Blooming Buds’ is the brainchild of Nomita and J P Singh, who has developed the property as ‘A Castle…
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Supplied Content Three Indian students who were caught up in immigration fraud and subsequently faced deportation have been granted a reprieve on compassionate grounds by the Government. Associate Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi has determined the students can stay in New Zealand with open work visas for a year. The three students had engaged the services of an education agent in…
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Venkat Raman International students and those seeking employment can expect to derive the benefit of sound advise and perhaps even practical support at a free Workshop being organised by the officials and members of the Tamil Association of New Zealand Inc (TANZI). Sponsored by ICL Immigration Services Limited and supported by this newspaper, the Workshop will be held at the…
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Mental health helplines have been inundated with calls from people traumatised by media coverage of the Christchurch terror attacks. People who saw the gunman’s own video have been particularly affected. Mental Health Foundation Chief Executive Shaun Robinson said that some of the media coverage was ghoulish and too detailed in depicting the horror. “Helplines and help services were pretty inundated…
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Event on April 27 at 230 pm, Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Road, Auckland Venkat Raman A holistic approach to the human condition, ways and means of improving mental health and the challenges posed by modern lifestyles will be among the subjects of discussion at a Seminar scheduled to be held later this month in Auckland. Hosted by the Centre for…
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Supplied Content A Hindi language school in West Auckland is set to benefit from a charitable initiative which saw $1 million donated to almost 50 organisations. Over the course of three weeks, 200,000 votes were cast which saw 48 groups secure funding for their projects, with some charities raising thousands of dollars a day by coordinating their supporters to go…
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Supplied Content Sadia Afrin is one of a kind. While studying for the Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology at MIT, she was known by the staff as the student who would arrive before the Academic Centre opened and also the one who would be still studying after everyone else had gone home. “I went there at 6.45 in the…
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Gill Bonnett Unregulated marketing managers hired by New Zealand education institutes are using cut-throat recruitment practices to lure international students, some immigration advisers say. Representatives of New Zealand education providers were selling a false dream to prospective students, the advisers RNZ spoke to said. Amanbir Singh Jaspal has been to international student fairs where prospective students are recruited. ‘Flea Markets’…
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