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An old friend returns as Indian High Commissioner<br />
Venkat Raman<br />
When Muktesh<br />
Pardeshi visited New<br />
Zealand in 2002 as<br />
Deputy Secretary<br />
(Australia, New Zealand and<br />
Pacific Island Countries) at the<br />
External Affairs Ministry of India,<br />
little did he know it was the start<br />
of an enduring engagement with<br />
the region; neither did anyone<br />
have an inkling that 17 years later,<br />
he would head the Diplomatic<br />
Mission in Wellington.<br />
Mr Pardeshi arrived on<br />
Monday, July 29, <strong>2019</strong> and presented<br />
his Credentials as the High<br />
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary<br />
of India the following day to<br />
Governor General Dame Patsy<br />
Reddy at the Government House in<br />
the Capital.<br />
This was not the first time<br />
for an Indian or other Heads of<br />
Mission to present Credentials<br />
quickly. Retired Admiral Sureesh<br />
Mehta, who arrived in Wellington<br />
to take charge as India’s High<br />
Commissioner on December 8,<br />
2009, presented his credentials<br />
to the then Governor General Sir<br />
Anand Satyanand the following<br />
day.<br />
Mr Pardeshi will also be Non-<br />
Resident High Commissioner to<br />
Samoa and Ambassador to Kiribati<br />
and Nauru.<br />
Engagement with New Zealand<br />
As we have reported on several<br />
occasions over the past 20 years,<br />
India’s Foreign Policy is based on<br />
‘Strategic Thinking’ and is largely<br />
driven by its philosophy of Non-<br />
Alignment and Non-Interference<br />
Muktesh and Rakhi Pardeshi with Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy and at the Government House in Wellington on <strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong> soon after<br />
presenting his credentials as High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary of the Government of India (Picture from Twitter @MukteshPardeshi).<br />
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in the internal affairs of other<br />
countries.<br />
It is one of the most admired policies<br />
in the world and Indian diplomats<br />
are respected for their<br />
competence to enhance bilateral relations<br />
in every foreign posting.<br />
Mr Pardeshi is a fine product of<br />
India’s inimitable diplomacy.<br />
Since the introduction of economic<br />
reforms, the focus has been on increasing<br />
Foreign Direct Investment<br />
and since 20<strong>15</strong>, the ‘Make in India’<br />
initiative aims to make India aviable<br />
alternative for international<br />
manufacturers to consider India as<br />
a base.<br />
Mr Pardeshi would certainly prioritise<br />
strengthening of political relations<br />
between India and his host<br />
country, although there are no serious<br />
issues of concern.<br />
The Challenge of FTA<br />
Talks on aFree Trade Agreement<br />
(FTA) between India and New<br />
Zealand began in November 2007<br />
but have remained inconclusive.<br />
“There are many other opportunities<br />
for New Zealand businesses<br />
in India. It would be worthwhile<br />
to explore them,” Mr Pardeshi told<br />
Indian Newslink, adding that businesses<br />
of Indian origin can tap into<br />
the vast potential.<br />
Interest in the region<br />
Mr Pardeshi’s involvement with<br />
New Zealand and countries of the<br />
South Pacific has been pronounced.<br />
His groundwork was largely responsible<br />
for India to become a‘Dialogue<br />
Partner’ of the Pacific Islands Forum<br />
in 2002 and he was apart of the<br />
delegation that attended the 34th<br />
Annual Summit of the Forum hosted<br />
by the then Prime Minister Helen<br />
Clark in Auckland at Sheraton (now<br />
Cordis) Hotel in Auckland from<br />
<strong>August</strong> 12 to <strong>August</strong> 19, 2003.<br />
New Delhi has been seeking membership<br />
status which has thus far<br />
not materialised. India shares the<br />
Commonwealth heritage and common<br />
interests with most countries of<br />
the region. Afull membership will<br />
be mutually beneficial.<br />
The Sir Edmund Hillary<br />
connection<br />
Mr Pardeshi was involved with<br />
the visit to New Delhi of the late Sir<br />
Edmund Hillary in 2003 to be honoured<br />
by the then Prime Minister,<br />
the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The<br />
celebrations included publication<br />
of aSpecial Commemorative Stamp<br />
and the naming of the Road where<br />
the New Zealand High Commission<br />
is located as ‘Sir Edmund Hillary<br />
Marg.’<br />
Another milestone relationship<br />
Relations between India and<br />
New Zealand touched another milestone<br />
when the Indian Government<br />
conferred the title of ‘Padma<br />
Vibhushan,’ the second highest civilian<br />
award posthumously on Sir<br />
Edmund at aCeremony held at the<br />
Government House in Auckland on<br />
May 22, 2008 under the patronage<br />
of the then Governor General Sir<br />
Anand Satyanand.<br />
Lady June Hillary received the<br />
posthumous award given on behalf<br />
of the Indian President (Pratibha<br />
Patil) by the visiting Commerce and<br />
Industry Minister (Kamal Nath)<br />
in the presence of the Indian High<br />
Commissioner (Kadakath Pathrose<br />
Ernest).<br />
Indian Newslink was closely involved<br />
with the ‘Padma Vibhushan<br />
Project.’<br />
About Muktesh Pardeshi<br />
Born in Bihar, Mr Pardeshi (who<br />
is proficient in many languages including<br />
Spanish), joined the Indian<br />
Foreign Service in 1991 and worked<br />
in his country’s diplomatic missions<br />
in Columbia, Nepal, Indonesia and<br />
Mexico, apart from postings in the<br />
External Affairs Ministry in New<br />
Delhi. It was during his tenure as<br />
the Head of Passports (2010 to 2016)<br />
that the systems and procedures<br />
were streamlined, improving the<br />
standard of service on apart with<br />
the best in the world. His services<br />
were applauded by the government<br />
(and personally to this Reporter by<br />
Overseas Affairs Minister Vayalar<br />
Ravi during his visit to Auckland in<br />
2010).<br />
Among the highlights of his diplomatic<br />
career was the ‘Disarmament<br />
Programme’ in Geneva in 1998.<br />
Married to Rakhi, ateacher by<br />
profession, the couple have two<br />
daughters who live in London and<br />
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New Zealand. It is time for this of getting the best numbers on<br />
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be treated and regulated as a The Provisions<br />
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pregnant women about their<br />
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(f) Retain the criminal offence for<br />
unqualified people who attempt<br />
to procure an abortion on a<br />
pregnant woman or supply the<br />
means for procuring an abortion<br />
(g) Retain the criminal offence of<br />
killing an unborn child for any<br />
person who causes harm to a<br />
pregnant woman and in doing so<br />
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Conscience Vote<br />
The Bill will be treated as a<br />
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern<br />
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considerations MPs would give is<br />
the chance for the public to have<br />
their say -that will only happen<br />
if it passes at this first vote,” she<br />
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More than 200 people marched<br />
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for reform of New Zealand’s<br />
abortion laws, on the day Cabinet<br />
ministers were considering the<br />
draft Bill.<br />
A petition posted on the<br />
Parliament website in May<br />
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it was presented in July asking<br />
MPs to remove abortion from the<br />
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The Pride and Honour of being Police Recruit Wing 328 Patron<br />
Venkat Raman<br />
As 79 men and women<br />
graduated from the<br />
Royal New Zealand Police<br />
College in Porirua,<br />
Wellington on Thursday, <strong>August</strong><br />
1, <strong>2019</strong>, it was a moment of<br />
joy, pride, satisfaction and<br />
achievement, not only for the<br />
new recruits, but also for their<br />
teachers, trainers, superior<br />
Police Officers, parents, relatives<br />
and friends.<br />
It was a moment of gratification<br />
for me.<br />
For, they belonged to Police<br />
Recruit Wing 328, of which I am<br />
the Patron.<br />
I was told that I would<br />
the Patron of the 79 recruits<br />
throughout their career in the<br />
New Zealand Police and in fact,<br />
throughout their life.<br />
It is elating to realise that as<br />
their Patron, I initiated them into<br />
16-weeks of rigorous training<br />
on April <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong> and as their<br />
Patron, saw them graduate along<br />
with about 500 people.<br />
There were not just tears of<br />
joy but also tears of sorrow, that<br />
they would perhaps would not<br />
see each other again, unless<br />
they happen to work together<br />
in the same Police District and<br />
on the same beat. Such was the<br />
bond that they struck day-in and<br />
day-out at the College that they<br />
had a sense of belonging for<br />
each other.<br />
Opportunity and Commitment<br />
I deemed it a great honour to<br />
be the Wing Patron of the New<br />
Zealand Police Recruit Wing 328<br />
and express my gratitude to the<br />
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and Uma Venkatram (Picture by Inspector Rakesh Naidoo)<br />
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other Officers of the New Zealand<br />
Police Force. This was a rare<br />
opportunity and a role, which I<br />
hoped I fulfilled with a sense of<br />
responsibility and purpose.<br />
I have had the privilege of<br />
working closely with the Police<br />
in a few countries around the<br />
world, and each day of my<br />
engagement with Police Officers<br />
has accentuated my admiration<br />
and respect for them; for, they<br />
not only carry, justifiably of<br />
course, the pride of belonging<br />
to a select force of men and<br />
women but also because they<br />
are charged with the unenviable<br />
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My respect for the New<br />
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past 16 or so years, I have had<br />
the honour of working with<br />
them in addressing some of the<br />
needs of increasingly diverse<br />
communities.<br />
And all of us New Zealanders<br />
have grown to respect our<br />
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for their role in the aftermath<br />
of the Christchurch massacre<br />
on March <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong>. Those of<br />
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Homelink<br />
Applications for Queen’s<br />
Counsel open<br />
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Attorney General David Parker<br />
has announced the appointment<br />
round for Queen’s<br />
Counsel in <strong>2019</strong> but said<br />
that there would be fewer successful<br />
applicants.<br />
Appointments of Queen’s Counsel<br />
are made by the Governor-General<br />
on the recommendation of the Attorney-General<br />
and with the agreement<br />
of the Chief Justice.<br />
The Governor-General retains the<br />
discretion to appoint Queen’s Counsel<br />
in recognition of their extraordinary<br />
contributions to the law in fields other<br />
than advocacy.<br />
Updated Guidelines<br />
Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann<br />
and Attorney-General David Parker<br />
have issued updated Guidelines for<br />
Candidates this year after consulting<br />
with the New Zealand Law Society and<br />
the New Zealand Bar Association.<br />
The guidelines now include the<br />
new criterion of acommitment to<br />
improving access to justice.<br />
Mr Parker said that in recommending<br />
barristers to take silk, he wanted<br />
to have agood understanding of each<br />
applicant’s personal contribution to<br />
improving access to justice for those<br />
who need it.<br />
“It will be an important factor in my<br />
decisions,” he said.<br />
Less Successful Applicants<br />
He said that he expected fewer<br />
successful applicants than in recent<br />
years.<br />
Attorney General David Parker<br />
“There are over 100 practicing QCs.<br />
I want to make sure that we reserve<br />
the rank for those who are at the<br />
very top of their game, not just in the<br />
quality of their legal work but also in<br />
their relationships with others, and in<br />
their contribution to the profession. I<br />
also want to ensure the rank in New<br />
Zealand represents the diversity of<br />
our profession, both regionally and in<br />
their practice areas,” Mr Parker said.<br />
The Guidelines (and an application<br />
form) are available at www.crownlaw.govt.nz.<br />
Applications open today<br />
(<strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong>) and must be sent to<br />
Solicitor-General Una Jagose QC no<br />
later than <strong>August</strong> 30, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Una Jagose will consult with the<br />
New Zealand Law Society and the<br />
New Zealand Bar Association regarding<br />
the candidates.<br />
It is expected appointments will be<br />
made in November <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
New Police recruits cross <strong>15</strong>00 mark in two years<br />
Venkat Raman<br />
The total number of new<br />
constables who have joined<br />
the New Zealand Police<br />
since the current government<br />
took office in October 2017<br />
now stands at <strong>15</strong>24, Police Minister<br />
Stuart Nash said in Wellington on<br />
Thursday, <strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
He was speaking at the Graduation<br />
Parade of Police Recruit Wing<br />
328 at the Royal New Zealand<br />
Police College in Porirua.<br />
Extra Police officers are<br />
being deployed from Northland to<br />
Southland with this graduation, Mr<br />
Nash said.<br />
“The graduation of 79 constables<br />
means that <strong>15</strong>24 new constables<br />
have been deployed since the<br />
government took office. One<br />
quarter of the new constables will<br />
be deployed to our largest Policing<br />
district, Counties Manukau. The<br />
remainder will commence duties<br />
on 12 <strong>August</strong> in towns from the far<br />
north to deep south and all across<br />
regional New Zealand,” he said.<br />
Mr Nash said that it is important<br />
for Police to maintain an active<br />
and visible presence in neighbourhoods<br />
all over the country.<br />
Firearms buyback<br />
The success of the firearms buyback<br />
and amnesty in many small<br />
towns has highlighted the strong<br />
relationship between local police<br />
and communities, he said.<br />
“Reports from towns like Piopio,<br />
Waipu, Fairlie and Picton show<br />
that conversations between<br />
Police Minister Stuart Nash inspecting the Graduating<br />
Constables of Wing 328 on <strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong><br />
(Picture Supplied)<br />
Wing 328 Patron Venkat Raman greeting Constable<br />
Zane Wienk on <strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong><br />
(Picture Supplied)<br />
Police and gunowners are positive and<br />
engaging. Many officers graduating<br />
from Wing 328 can expect to play a<br />
part working alongside communities to<br />
remove the most dangerous firearms<br />
from circulation,” Mr Nash said.<br />
The buyback is also making the<br />
everyday job of Policing much safer for<br />
our new recruits. Every month Police<br />
are called out to 200 crimes involving<br />
firearms. Every year up to 1000 guns are<br />
reported stolen from licensed owners.<br />
Many disappear into the hands of gangs.<br />
“Today’s new constables will help<br />
tackle gang-related crime and reduce<br />
harm from drugs like methamphetamine.<br />
They are also increasingly<br />
supporting vulnerable communities.<br />
Last year Police responded to<br />
33,000 mental health callouts,<br />
an increase of 11% over the<br />
previous year,” Mr Nash said.<br />
Strong Commitment<br />
“Wing 328 continues<br />
the strong commitment to<br />
increased diversity in our Police.<br />
Just over 30% are women,<br />
13% Maori, 10% Pasifika, and<br />
6% identify Asian. The youngest<br />
is 19 and the eldest is 50<br />
years old. Between them, they<br />
speak eight languages other<br />
than English. Their sporting<br />
and cultural achievements<br />
include aprofessional rugby<br />
player, an Olympic swimmer,<br />
and aWaka Ama Champion,”<br />
he added.<br />
This Reporter is the Patron<br />
of Wing 328.<br />
Mr Nash said, “I want to<br />
personally acknowledge<br />
and thank the Wing Patron,<br />
Journalist and Community<br />
Leader Venkat Raman. He<br />
has long supported the work<br />
of Police through Advisory<br />
Forums, and been agreat<br />
mentor to the recruits during<br />
their training.”<br />
The Constables are being<br />
deployed to Police Districts<br />
as follows: Northland 2;<br />
Waitematā 12;<br />
Auckland 2; Counties Manukau<br />
19; Waikato 7; Bay of<br />
Plenty 6; Eastern 4; Central 5;<br />
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Family tragedy brings forth adetermined Constable<br />
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Tavita Milford decided<br />
to join theNew Zealand<br />
Police afterhis father<br />
died tragically in the<br />
KaiparaHarbour on November<br />
26, 2016.<br />
The newly-graduated Constable<br />
from Wing 328 proudly<br />
wore hisPoliceuniform on<br />
Thursday, <strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong>, as<br />
he celebrated withhis Wingmates<br />
andfamily on their<br />
Graduation dayatthe Royal<br />
New Zealand Police Collegein<br />
Porirua, Wellington.<br />
It was aday of happiness<br />
and sadness as his late father<br />
TauLagoAfamasaga could not<br />
be with him to celebrate his<br />
graduation.<br />
Inspiring Service<br />
“I was inspired by how the<br />
Police dealt with our family<br />
and ourcommunities during<br />
that sadtimein2016. Iwas so<br />
impressedwith how the Police<br />
helped us during what wasfor<br />
our family,areally tragic time,<br />
Iwanted to jointhePolice to<br />
help people too, especially<br />
those in my community,” he<br />
said.<br />
The Boat Tragedy<br />
Eight people died when their<br />
fishing charter boat capsized<br />
on the KaiparaHarbour and<br />
it claimed the lifeofTavita’s<br />
father, with Police callingita<br />
national maritime tragedy.<br />
The professional fishermen<br />
who make their living taking<br />
groups out over ‘the bar’and<br />
into theTasman Sea know that<br />
it is to be carefully negotiated<br />
at all times.<br />
The entrance to the Kaipara<br />
Constable Milford during the inspection<br />
on Graduation Day on <strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Constables Tavita Milford with<br />
Constable Sam Yerro.<br />
Harbour has long been known<br />
as oneofthe most treacherous<br />
stretches of water in New<br />
Zealand. The 12 metre fishing<br />
charter vessel Francie tried to<br />
re-enter the KaiparaHarbour<br />
in 4metre waves beforeitwas<br />
reported missing.<br />
Defence forces were<br />
involved with hydrographic<br />
specialists from theNew<br />
Zealand Defence Force. NZDF<br />
teams helpedsearch for the<br />
boat with 11 peopleonboard<br />
that capsized in heavyswells<br />
in KaiparaHarbouronthat<br />
fatefulday.<br />
PacificCommunity in pain<br />
Policeand rescuehelicopters<br />
were involved in thesearch,<br />
and the Royal New Zealand<br />
Navy assisted with acrew<br />
from Coastguard New Zealand.<br />
The Navy’sside-scan sonar<br />
equipment waseven used in<br />
the underwater search for the<br />
sunken boat.<br />
PacificResponsiveness Manager<br />
Inspector Willi Fanene<br />
from Counties Manukau Police<br />
said: “All themen on theboat,<br />
apart from the skipper, were<br />
of PacificIslanddescent. Four<br />
of the deceased men were<br />
Tongan, one was Samoan<br />
and onewas of Cook Island<br />
descent. Not onlywas this a<br />
terrible tragedy for the New<br />
Zealand fishing community,it<br />
was enormously sad for our<br />
wider Pacificcommunity.We<br />
organised PacificIsland staff<br />
with cultural and language<br />
knowledge to support the<br />
families of thedeceased –we<br />
had Tongan, Samoan and Cook<br />
Island officers assigned to each<br />
family,” he said.<br />
Humbling Experience<br />
Mr Fanene saidthat he is<br />
extremely humbled to know<br />
that Constable Milford joined<br />
the Policeinspired by his<br />
father’s tragedy, andsohas his<br />
brother -in-law ConstableSam<br />
Yerro.<br />
“Constable Yerro came to<br />
me when he joined andtold<br />
me asimilar story of how he<br />
was inspired to join after the<br />
contact he had with the Police<br />
followingthe Francie tragedy<br />
where his uncle(Tavita’s father)<br />
died. Iamsoproud that<br />
we could makesuch agood<br />
impression on these young<br />
men at such atragic timein<br />
their lives,” he said.<br />
Constable Milford and<br />
Constable Yerrowill be based<br />
in Waitemata.<br />
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AUGUST <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Educationlink<br />
Vocational Education overhaul gets majority approval<br />
Laura Walters<br />
Stand First: The Education<br />
Minister is working hard<br />
to provide certainty as the<br />
Government begins its<br />
vocational education overhaul.<br />
The Government’s biggest reform<br />
of the vocational education<br />
sector in 25 years was initially<br />
met with strong opposition, but a<br />
softly-softly approach has brought<br />
the majority on board.<br />
Issue on Priority<br />
Education Minister Chris Hipkins<br />
named an overhaul of the Vocational<br />
Education Sector as apriority<br />
soon after coming into Government,<br />
due to the long-term challenges<br />
of skill shortages, the mismatch<br />
between the training provided and<br />
the current needs of employers, and<br />
a sector that was losing money hand<br />
over fist.<br />
Last year alone, the Government<br />
pumped $100 million into bailing<br />
out the polytechs, and more are on<br />
the cusp of needing astate handout.<br />
In February, Hipkins released the<br />
proposed plans, which laid out a<br />
significant shift in how vocational<br />
education –both on-job and off-job<br />
training –would be delivered.<br />
Amalgamation of Polytechnics<br />
The main change was the amalgamation<br />
of the polytechnics into a<br />
single, centralised provider, which<br />
would be followed by unifying and<br />
simplifying the dual funding system.<br />
At its core, the system would<br />
move from one where vocational<br />
Education Minister Chris Hipkins (Photo: Lynn Grieveson)<br />
education is primarily split between<br />
eleven industry training organisations<br />
(ITOs) supporting work-based<br />
training, and 16 institutes of technology<br />
(ITPs) delivering provider-based<br />
training, to an integrated model<br />
where four to seven industry-governed<br />
workforce development<br />
councils (WDCs) have oversight of<br />
all vocational education, which is<br />
primarily delivered or supported by<br />
a single institution spread across a<br />
range of regional campuses.<br />
While some providers, especially<br />
those that had been struggling<br />
financially, were onboard with<br />
the changes, there was astrong<br />
opposition.<br />
Resistance and thereafter<br />
Hipkins was slammed by the ITOs<br />
and some of the polytechs on his<br />
approach to consultation.<br />
As aMinister that’s no stranger to<br />
significant reforms –and the resistance<br />
that comes with them –Hipkins<br />
continued with his plan.<br />
However, he changed his<br />
approach to consultation and<br />
engagement, making stakeholders<br />
feel more apart of the process, and<br />
extending the transition timeframe<br />
in order not to spook students, staff<br />
and employers.<br />
In an unusual move, on Thursday,<br />
<strong>August</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong>, the Minister<br />
announced his (largely unchanged)<br />
finalised plans via aFacebook<br />
livestream from his office. This<br />
was followed by a45-minute Q&A<br />
session with the public and students<br />
via social media.<br />
Teleconferences with the<br />
major trainers and providers had<br />
taken place ahead of the public<br />
announcement. And amedia Q&A<br />
session followed later on Thursday<br />
afternoon.<br />
It was clear he’d learned his lesson<br />
and realised just how important it<br />
was to take everyone along for the<br />
ride.<br />
Comms change, plans stay the<br />
same<br />
As well as the amalgamation<br />
of polytechs and the replacement<br />
of ITOs with WDCs, the finalised<br />
plan includes Centres of Vocational<br />
Excellence (CoVEs) at regional<br />
campuses to drive innovation, and<br />
a Māori Crown Tertiary Education<br />
Group –Te Taumata Aronui –will be<br />
established to work with education<br />
agencies and ministers.<br />
The single institution, with the<br />
working title New Zealand Institute<br />
of Skills &Technology, will also have<br />
a statutory charter to guarantee<br />
continued provision in the regions,<br />
while Regional Leadership Groups<br />
(RLGs) will ensure regional skills<br />
needs are met.<br />
The institute will be run by an<br />
establishment or transition board.<br />
Overall, the changes are expected<br />
to cost between $285 million and<br />
$385 million, not including inflation.<br />
Worthwhile investment<br />
So far, the Government has put<br />
aside just shy of $200 million in a<br />
contingency budget, and Cabinet<br />
papers show about $50 million of<br />
it is expected to be spent in the first<br />
year. The funding will be topped up,<br />
as needed.<br />
Finance Minister Grant Robertson<br />
said this was aworthwhile investment<br />
and he was not concerned<br />
about the establishment costs associated<br />
with improving the system, and<br />
making it more sustainable.<br />
A Treasury regulatory impact<br />
statement put the efficiency benefits<br />
of the reform at $225 million to<br />
$368 million. Accurately putting a<br />
dollar figure on the wider benefits<br />
was not possible, but in the next 30<br />
years the total benefits relating to<br />
employment and earnings could be<br />
valued between $1.4 billion and $2<br />
billion.<br />
Institute and Campuses<br />
The launch of the new institute<br />
will now launch in April 2020, and<br />
there has been acommitment the<br />
Head Office will not be in Auckland<br />
or Wellington.<br />
There will be anational network<br />
of campuses throughout the country,<br />
and for the first two years polytechnics<br />
will be subsidiary companies of<br />
the core institute.<br />
The transition period for ITOs<br />
has also been clarified, with atwo<br />
to three year phase-in period to<br />
move the role of ITOs to training<br />
providers. Holding organisations<br />
will be formed from ITOs to smooth<br />
the transition.<br />
Laura Walters is a Senior Political<br />
Reporter of Newsroom based<br />
in Wellington, covering Justice,<br />
Education and Immigration.<br />
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Growth mindset embedded in our education<br />
Keiran Madden<br />
In just over adecade, the<br />
‘Growth Mindset’ has<br />
graduated from an exciting<br />
theory to accepted wisdom<br />
in classrooms across the world,<br />
now embraced wholeheartedly<br />
by many New Zealand educators.<br />
There is good science behind<br />
Stanford University Psychologist<br />
Carol Dweck’s theory that one’s<br />
belief about whether their intelligence,<br />
abilities, and talents can<br />
be developed has abig influence<br />
on future success. But when it<br />
comes to actually changing mindsets<br />
in the classroom, the hype is<br />
way ahead of the evidence.<br />
Developing Intelligence<br />
Dweck offers acompelling<br />
story, one that promotes putting in<br />
the mahi over being smart as the<br />
key to success. Someone with a<br />
Growth Mindset, according to the<br />
theory, believes that intelligence<br />
can be developed and therefore<br />
embraces challenges, persists<br />
through failure, and loves learning.<br />
Someone with a fixed mindset,<br />
on the other hand, sees intelligence<br />
as given and immutable, and<br />
therefore avoids hard things, gives<br />
up easily, and seeks to look smart.<br />
The theory is firmly embedded<br />
in New Zealand educational<br />
world.<br />
For example, the Ministry of<br />
Education’s ‘Online Knowledge<br />
Basket,’ has aspotlight with<br />
Growth Mindset resources for<br />
teachers and leaders, and also<br />
notes that “Growth mindset closely<br />
aligns with the high expectations<br />
principle in the NZ Curriculum.”<br />
In a2018 report, the Education<br />
Carol Dweck (From Facebook) | Image from Mindset Works<br />
Review Office also recommends<br />
that innovative teachers and<br />
leaders must have aGrowth<br />
Mindset.<br />
Sketchy Evidence<br />
Despite acompelling<br />
story and wide acceptance, the<br />
evidence of academic success<br />
in the classroom due to mindset<br />
interventions is sketchy.<br />
One commentator went so<br />
far as to say that the “literature<br />
is basically amenagerie of underpowered<br />
exploratory studies<br />
masquerading as acumulative<br />
and confirmatory research<br />
program.”<br />
Dweck herself has likened<br />
the science behind her work as<br />
a ‘firm foundation,’ but after a<br />
string of studies showing little<br />
evidence that interventions made<br />
any difference, she acknowledges<br />
that “we are still building the<br />
house.”<br />
A 2018 meta-analysis, for<br />
example, concluded that<br />
interventions had “little to no<br />
effect of mindset interventions on<br />
academic achievement for typical<br />
students.”<br />
Another recently-published<br />
evaluation by Education<br />
Endowment Fund in the UK<br />
also found that the intervention<br />
“had no impact on literacy and<br />
numeracy overall,” nor on afew<br />
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the evidence] as engaging in the<br />
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having an adverse impact on pupils<br />
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Nuanced growth<br />
Spending hours of students’<br />
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We need to do better, taking<br />
a serious step back until we<br />
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Perhaps many educators<br />
haven’t quite grasped the<br />
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Fijilink<br />
Fiji showcases finest food products in Auckland<br />
Venkat Raman<br />
Some of the finest food<br />
products of Fiji formed a<br />
part of ‘The Auckland Food<br />
Show’ held in the City of<br />
Sails last month.<br />
Fiji had its own space for the<br />
first time in the largest Food<br />
Show that New Zealand hosts<br />
every year, with the event held<br />
from July 25 to July 28, <strong>2019</strong><br />
accounting for more than 30,000<br />
people.<br />
Auckland based Fiji Trade<br />
Commission supported the<br />
Show which witnessed the<br />
participation of six companies<br />
from Fiji, which displayed and<br />
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Auckland based Fiji Trade<br />
Commission Trade &Investment<br />
Manager Peter Rudd said that<br />
the Food Show provided alarge<br />
platform for Fiji companies and<br />
an opportunity for the Trade<br />
Commission to support them.<br />
“We feel that the companies<br />
we chose were able to compete<br />
with their New Zealand peers<br />
and have real potential in the<br />
food and beverage market here.”<br />
Big names, great brands<br />
Among the companies that<br />
participated at the ‘Auckland<br />
Food Show’ were Bula Coffee,<br />
Fiji Agro Marketing (Agricultural<br />
Marketing Authority), Fijiana<br />
Cacao, Pan Pac, Punjas and Vai<br />
Wai.<br />
Mr Rudd said that many<br />
products such as those of Bula<br />
Coffee and Fijiana Cacao are not<br />
currently available in any New<br />
Zealand retail outlets and hence<br />
used the opportunity to promote<br />
to distributors along with the<br />
public.<br />
Fijiana Cacao Founder and<br />
Chief Executive Tomo Zukoshi<br />
said that the Food Show helped<br />
him to gauge public perception<br />
of his company’s products<br />
and how Fijiana Cacao should<br />
position themselves in New<br />
Zealand.<br />
“It was great to interact with<br />
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research. Kiwis have been very<br />
responsive and open minded to<br />
recommend where they would<br />
expect to find our product,” he<br />
said.<br />
Vai Wai Marketing Director<br />
Cate Pleass said, “The Food Show<br />
represents afantastic opportunity<br />
to meet with those in the New<br />
Zealand beverages trade and<br />
to gauge opinion of the crowd,<br />
who have been overwhelmingly<br />
positive on the taste, packaging,<br />
quality and sustainability of our<br />
artisan water.”<br />
Outstanding Display<br />
While there were more than<br />
300 exhibitors, the Fiji Stall,<br />
featuring the six companies<br />
stood out and was marked for its<br />
modern, softening and friendly<br />
theme, for which Fiji is famous.<br />
Rajiv Prasad, General Manager,<br />
Pan Pac, which distributes Fiji<br />
Gold, Fiji Bitter and Rum Company<br />
said, “Many New Zealanders<br />
know about our products but<br />
have not had the chance to taste<br />
them. We have been received<br />
positive feedback on our beverages<br />
at this event and it is great that<br />
many Kiwis are excited to buy<br />
them and share with their family<br />
and friends.”<br />
J Punja New Zealand Sales<br />
Executive Gerish Punja said that<br />
although his company’s products<br />
have been sold in New Zealand<br />
for many years, ‘The Auckland<br />
Food Show’ offered an opportunity<br />
to promote them outside their<br />
typical customer base.<br />
“We were very happy with<br />
how well the Food Show has gone<br />
this year, especially for exposure<br />
of new and existing products to<br />
the mainstream public who were<br />
not aware of them. The feedback<br />
has been highly positive in<br />
regards to the quality with many<br />
comparing them favourably to<br />
their New Zealand equivalents,”<br />
he said.<br />
Market Survey Opportunity<br />
Many smaller companies including<br />
Bula Coffee also found it<br />
useful to attend as they were able<br />
to meet and survey other similar<br />
products in the New Zealand<br />
market.<br />
Sales Manager Grace McCafferty<br />
said, “It was great to have the<br />
chance to network with other<br />
food and drink exhibitors and<br />
look for any trends in the New<br />
Zealand market. Our Company’s<br />
products were well received.<br />
People loved that the coffee is<br />
from Fiji, organic, wild and part<br />
of asocial enterprise,” she said.<br />
Fiji Agro Marketing (Agricultural<br />
Marketing Authority) was very<br />
popular being the only stand at<br />
the event to sample and sell kava.<br />
Commodity Development<br />
Manager Eroni Qama stated, “The<br />
public have been very responsive<br />
to the quality of the kava. We<br />
learnt alot about the New Zealand<br />
market and the importance<br />
of value adding such as packaging<br />
and design,” he said.<br />
Growing bilateral trade<br />
New Zealand is among the top<br />
ten export destinations for Fiji<br />
over the past five years, with the<br />
two-way trade placed at F$ 992.2<br />
million as at the end of 2017, with<br />
annual average exports at F$ 110<br />
million.<br />
New Zealand has also been one<br />
of Fiji’s top five import markets.<br />
In 2017, the highest number of<br />
imports were from New Zealand,<br />
valued at F$ 858.1 million.<br />
During her visit to New<br />
Zealand in May this year, Fiji’s<br />
Trade, Tourism, Industry, Local<br />
Government and Community<br />
Development Minister Premila<br />
Kumar described Fiji as the ‘Hub<br />
of the Pacific, the hub of communications,<br />
trade, investment,<br />
tourism and innovation.’<br />
“We established our Trade<br />
Commission in Auckland about<br />
a year ago in Auckland’s Central<br />
Business District, alongside<br />
major financial institutions,<br />
corporations and equally<br />
important, many Small and<br />
Medium Enterprises (SMEs). We<br />
are neighbours with businesses<br />
and investment partners who are<br />
strategically positioned to engage<br />
with each other for the benefit of<br />
both economies,” she said.<br />
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AUGUST <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Andrew McGregor to<br />
probe chopper accident<br />
Venkat Raman<br />
The Fijian government has appointed<br />
Auckland based Prosolve<br />
Limited Director Andrew McGregor<br />
to probe into a helicopter accident<br />
that killed a passenger in Savusavu.<br />
He arrived in Fiji on Monday, <strong>August</strong><br />
5, <strong>2019</strong> and took charge as Investigator-in-Charge<br />
of the Robinson R44,<br />
(DQ-HPT) accident which occurred on<br />
Friday, <strong>August</strong> 2, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum<br />
described Mr McGregor as a<br />
‘reliable and experienced aircraft<br />
accident investigator with a solid track<br />
record of work in Fiji.<br />
Search and Rescue<br />
“We look forward to working closely<br />
with him to uncover how and why<br />
this crash occurred. We will keep<br />
the public regularly updated on the<br />
progress of that investigation as well as<br />
the ongoing search and rescue effort,”<br />
he said.<br />
Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said that there<br />
was at least one fatality of a passenger<br />
aboard the helicopter at the time of the<br />
crash.<br />
“Our search and rescue teams are<br />
working overtime to locate the other<br />
missing passenger and the pilot. On<br />
behalf of the Department of Civil Aviation<br />
and the Fijian people, we extend<br />
our deepest sympathies to all of the<br />
victim’s families at this unimaginably<br />
difficult time. Investigations into the<br />
root cause of this tragedy are already<br />
underway and we have engaged<br />
Andrew McGregor to lead that ongoing<br />
Andrew McGregor<br />
(Picture from Prosolve Limited Website)<br />
investigation,” he said.<br />
About Andrew McGregor<br />
Prosolve Limited specialises in<br />
forensic engineering and air accident<br />
investigation.<br />
Andrew McGregor has extensive<br />
experience investigating aircraft<br />
accidents in Fiji. He recently carried<br />
out the investigation into the crash of<br />
a Cessna 172R aircraft (DQ-FTR) in Fiji<br />
which identified inclement weather as<br />
a likely cause of the accident.<br />
In 2006, he investigated the crash<br />
of a Robinson R44 helicopter that<br />
crashed into the sea West of Vuda<br />
point near Nadi due to dis-bonding of<br />
one of the main rotor blades.<br />
As a result of his investigation, the<br />
National Transportation Safety Board<br />
(NTSB) of the United States issued five<br />
recommendations to the manufacturer<br />
of Robinson helicopters and the<br />
Federal Aviation Administration (FFA)<br />
to improve the design and manufacturing<br />
processes of future R44 main<br />
rotor blades.<br />
Following this accident, the<br />
manufacturer changed the design<br />
of the main rotor blades for the R44<br />
helicopter.<br />
Youngster honoured for<br />
‘Cyclone Winston’ bravery<br />
Azaria Fareen<br />
Tears flowed as the mother<br />
of 12-year-old Katarina<br />
Bubu watched her daughter<br />
receive the ‘Fiji Children’s<br />
Award’ for being an exceptionally<br />
brave young Fijian hero.<br />
Witnessing the moving ceremony<br />
at Nailuva District School in<br />
Rakiraki recently, Esita Lawaivalu<br />
could not hold back her tears as<br />
the event took her more than three<br />
years back<br />
to the day that led to her daughter’s<br />
act of bravery.<br />
Education, Heritage and Arts<br />
Minister Rosy Akbar led a standing<br />
ovation for Katarina as she was<br />
recognised for her selflessness and<br />
courage.<br />
Immense strength<br />
In the midst of the catastrophe<br />
caused by Tropical Cyclone<br />
Winston, Katarina, who was nine<br />
years old at the time, despite being<br />
severely injured, showed immense<br />
strength and courage to seek help to<br />
rescue her injured family members<br />
which included her sister who died<br />
because of her injuries.<br />
She suffered severe head injuries<br />
and joint misalignment in the face<br />
of the disaster and yet braved the<br />
heavy rain and strong winds to<br />
crawl a 45-metre cliff to her village<br />
to inform of the whereabouts of her<br />
mother and sister.<br />
Katarina Bubu receives the Award from Minister<br />
Rosy Akbar (Photo by Azaria Fareen)<br />
Speaking on behalf of her<br />
daughter, Ms Lawaivalu thanked the<br />
Government and organiser Vision<br />
Fiji for recognising Katarina as a<br />
courageous and honest person.<br />
“I am very happy and proud for<br />
the celebration held for my daughter<br />
today; and my family and I thank<br />
Government for the much needed<br />
assistance,” she said.<br />
Ms Lawaivalu recently received<br />
an all-terrain wheelchair from the<br />
Health and Medical Services Ministry<br />
upon her request as she found it<br />
difficult to walk unaided and had<br />
Fijilink<br />
09<br />
to crawl to get around. She had<br />
sustained serious injuries including<br />
severe knee fracture and a broken<br />
jaw and collarbone.<br />
True community spirit<br />
“We are here to celebrate how<br />
strong the survivors like Katarina are<br />
who did not care about their own life<br />
and went ahead to assist the people<br />
in need. I hope you will continue<br />
with the true spirit of how people<br />
live in villages and settlements where<br />
you feel for each other and your<br />
neighbour is like a family and where<br />
children are loved and cared for,” Ms<br />
Akbar said.<br />
She said that although one youngster<br />
was being rewarded, there were<br />
many children who show bravery,<br />
courage and honesty in their own<br />
way, in their daily lives.<br />
“They also deserve recognition. I<br />
commend the parents and villagers<br />
for having such children in your<br />
village as they must be emulating<br />
someone’s behaviour as it is you<br />
who have trained this girl who she is<br />
today so please continue to guide and<br />
support her,” she said.<br />
Vision Fiji Chairperson Gazala Akbar<br />
said that the organisation looks<br />
for unsung heroes among children<br />
whose extraordinary service to<br />
their families or communities<br />
would<br />
otherwise go unrecognised.<br />
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As Australia snubs, NewZealand gets acquiescent<br />
PeterDunne<br />
Australia’slatest announcement<br />
that it intends<br />
to toughen its already<br />
strict deportation rules,<br />
with their likely impact on New<br />
Zealanders, is aslapintheface for<br />
the diplomacy of the Prime Minister.<br />
Remember that barely two<br />
weeksago, the Prime Minister<br />
was repeating her assertion to her<br />
Australian counterpart thatthe<br />
current policy wasdiscriminatory<br />
and a“corrosive” factor in the<br />
ongoing relationship between the<br />
two countries.<br />
Australia’sresponse was not<br />
just to ignore completely her<br />
representations, but, now,toalso<br />
rubsalt in thewounds by thelatest<br />
announcement.<br />
Media criticise NewZealand<br />
In the meantime, variousAustralian<br />
journalists, far less in the Prime<br />
Minister’s thrall than their New<br />
Zealand counterparts, have been<br />
vocal in theircynicism and criticism<br />
of theNew Zealand position.<br />
All of which leaves New Zealand<br />
in avery difficult position.<br />
No matterhow obnoxiouswe<br />
mayfeel the Australian policy is<br />
and successive governments since<br />
it was introduced in the time of<br />
Helen Clark have been vocalintheir<br />
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern walks with Victoria State Governor Linda Dessau in Melbourne on<br />
July 18, <strong>2019</strong> (Photo for RNZ by Craig McCulloch)<br />
opposition, Australia hasnot only<br />
snubbed its nose at New Zealand’s<br />
protestations, but hasnow felt<br />
sufficiently emboldened to go even<br />
further.<br />
SuccessivePrimeMinisters have<br />
ruled out New Zealand stooping to<br />
Australia’s levelinretaliation which,<br />
although admirable in itsown right,<br />
has effectively left us with nowhere<br />
to go but acquiescence.The more we<br />
protest, the deafer Australiaseems<br />
to become, so more of the same<br />
from our part is not going to change<br />
anything.<br />
Moral outrage<br />
Australia has now roughly and<br />
cleverly boxed thePrimeMinister<br />
into acorner. It has createdthe<br />
perception of anice, well meaning<br />
but ineffectual Prime Minister<br />
“concerned” about the treatment<br />
of New Zealanders in Australia and<br />
refugees on ManusIslandversusthe<br />
pragmatic, realisticAustralianleader<br />
determined to keep Australia’s<br />
borders secure by either deporting<br />
undesirables to theircountryof<br />
origin or not letting them in in the<br />
first place. New Zealand’smoral<br />
outrage is all very well, but starts to<br />
lose its impact if it cannot deliver the<br />
desired change. This is thedilemma<br />
our Prime Minister now has to<br />
contemplate.<br />
It is apitythatthe Prime<br />
Minister was in the Tokelaus on a<br />
long-scheduled visitwhenthislatest<br />
announcement broke,but that does<br />
not prove Simon Bridge’s erroneous<br />
claim that she is apart-time Prime<br />
Minister. However, it does give<br />
some substance to his point thatshe<br />
seems far more comfortable in the<br />
international limelight than dealing<br />
with the immediate problems confronting<br />
NewZealand as acountry.<br />
Tough questions<br />
If theNew Zealand news media<br />
in general was far less in aweof<br />
the Prime Minister and seemingly<br />
unwilling to makelife too difficult<br />
for her they wouldbestarting to ask<br />
some tough questions by now.<br />
Forexample, whatadvice has the<br />
New ZealandHighCommission in<br />
Canberrabeen passing to theGovernment?<br />
Surely,itwould havebeen<br />
picking up strong messages from<br />
the Australian Government over a<br />
periodoftime on its attitudeand future<br />
intentions on deportationsand<br />
passing theseback to Wellington to<br />
better inform our responses?<br />
Whatadvicewereofficials<br />
in Wellington preparing for the<br />
government on thedeveloping<br />
situation, Australia’sincreasingly<br />
entrenched position, and options for<br />
possible diplomatic responses?<br />
If theadvice was that Australia<br />
was increasingly unlikely to budge,<br />
whatwas therationale behind having<br />
thePrimeMinister continuing<br />
to ride ahigh moral horse that was<br />
notgoing anywhere? Or was that<br />
her decision, contrary to any official<br />
advice?<br />
Public reaction and expectation<br />
While most New Zealanders<br />
will support the Prime Minister’s<br />
ongoingconcerns, equally most<br />
New Zealanders will not like being<br />
made afoolofbyAustralia’slatest<br />
decisions.<br />
They will be keen to know<br />
whether we do havesome sort of<br />
long-term endgame in mind,and<br />
that this is merely an unfortunate<br />
hiccuponthe way, or whether our<br />
Prime Minister has simply been<br />
comprehensively outplayed by<br />
the Australian PrimeMinister and<br />
his colleagues on theissue. They<br />
will want to know whether the<br />
one-upmanship of the sports field<br />
for so manyyears has now become<br />
the waythe politicalrelationship<br />
between ourtwo countries will<br />
henceforth be conducted.<br />
Above all, they will be looking<br />
to theNew Zealand news media<br />
to starttotreat thePrime Minister<br />
seriously on these andother issues<br />
by asking thetough questions they<br />
have shied away from for toolong.<br />
She is articulate andable, and<br />
deserves to be held to account as<br />
such, rather than justcontinuing to<br />
be demeaned by beingportrayed as<br />
little more than asmilingface on a<br />
magazine cover.<br />
PeterDunne was aMinisterof<br />
the Crown under theLabour and<br />
National-led governments from<br />
November1999 to September<br />
2017. He founded theUnitedFuture<br />
Party butwound it up when<br />
retired fromParliament. Mr<br />
Dunne lives in Wellington.
AUGUST <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Youth Parliament <strong>2019</strong> has<br />
called for serious action on<br />
Climate Change.<br />
The government agrees.<br />
We are taking action to stop new<br />
offshore drilling. We are investing<br />
into cleaner public transport. We<br />
are planting one billion trees to<br />
absorb carbon dioxide. We are<br />
setting up the Green Investment<br />
Fund to partner with business to<br />
fund solutions to Climate Change.<br />
Importantly, our Zero Carbon Bill<br />
will help drive down our emissions<br />
to net zero by 2050.<br />
Long-term Challenge<br />
We look at Climate Change as a<br />
big, long-term challenge. We have a<br />
plan to tackle it.<br />
We are not looking at the next<br />
three years but looking ahead at<br />
the next 30 years.<br />
It is a huge challenge and it’s<br />
going to take all of us.<br />
We have a plan to safeguard our<br />
Planet and the future our children<br />
will inherit.<br />
We are getting on with it – with<br />
the fierce backing of our young<br />
people.<br />
My Youth MP for Mount Roskill<br />
this year was Saakshi Hedge.<br />
A Year 13 student at Mount<br />
Roskill Grammar School, she was<br />
selected in October 2018.<br />
In her video interview, which<br />
was part of her application, Saakshi<br />
impressed us by talking of her<br />
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern poses with Saakshi Hegde and Michael Wood<br />
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passion to advocate for the young<br />
people of Mount Roskill.<br />
She has been a part of several<br />
not-for-profit organisations as a<br />
volunteer and has led a community<br />
project in Mount Roskill as part<br />
of her Duke of Edenborough<br />
experience.<br />
At the time of her application,<br />
she stated that she stood for Innovation,<br />
Diversity and Representation.<br />
The selection process for the<br />
candidates for the role of Youth MP<br />
was challenging but Saakshi was<br />
appointed after a rigorous process<br />
involving a number of outstanding<br />
young candidates.<br />
About Saakshi Hegde<br />
Born in Pune, India, Saakshi<br />
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The Summit featured<br />
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In a recent interview, Ms<br />
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her for all the amazing work<br />
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Forbes 30 Under 30<br />
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Israel earlier in the year.<br />
This summit was the trigger<br />
for the Company’s rapid<br />
growth in sales and offers<br />
from numerous American<br />
investors.<br />
The tours have been<br />
popular with the Forbes 30<br />
Under 30 group.<br />
There was so much demand<br />
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moved to New Zealand with her<br />
parents and sister when she was<br />
just four years old. Her parents<br />
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Saakshi said that she always<br />
wanted to help people, even as a<br />
young child and make a difference<br />
to the world. She said that she<br />
found that opportunity and can<br />
give back to the community by<br />
being a youth MP.<br />
Promoting Mental Health<br />
Saakshi is very keen to raise<br />
awareness of mental health issues<br />
for young people, and to find<br />
practical solutions to help people<br />
who need support.<br />
She has also been working<br />
while hiking to Everest Base<br />
Camp and giving back to<br />
local communities.<br />
Ivy League universities<br />
VX Tour Nepal has also<br />
been in demand from Ivy<br />
League universities, with<br />
students from Harvard<br />
pre-booking their hikes 1.5<br />
years in advance.<br />
The tours to Everest Base<br />
Camp are extremely popular<br />
as they include helicopter<br />
flights that glide above<br />
Everest Base Camp, parallel<br />
to Mt Everest and many of<br />
the tallest mountains in the<br />
world.<br />
An extra selling point is<br />
the great working conditions<br />
they offer their guides and<br />
porters. The company pays<br />
their porters at least 50%<br />
more than any competitor.<br />
VX Tours Nepal is rapidly<br />
expanding the number of<br />
tours it organises for Ivy<br />
League students.<br />
“It is great to see these<br />
young students seeking<br />
out ethical ways to travel<br />
to Nepal and hike Everest<br />
Base Camp. This is just<br />
further evidence that ethical<br />
tourism is on the rise and<br />
that companies do not need<br />
to take advantage of local<br />
communities to make a<br />
profit,” Ms Ganeshan said.<br />
Endless potential<br />
VX Tours Nepal started in<br />
<strong>2019</strong> with a small number<br />
of bookings and is booked<br />
out until November 2020.<br />
It is inspiring that a small<br />
New Zealand start-up can<br />
grow so rapidly and attract<br />
the attention of Forbes,<br />
while operating in a socially<br />
responsible way. It will<br />
be exciting to see where<br />
this unique New Zealand<br />
company will go next.<br />
closely with me on a major Climate<br />
Change forum we will be holding<br />
later in <strong>August</strong>.<br />
In April this year, Saakshi took<br />
up a week’s challenge to stand<br />
against fast fashion by wearing<br />
the same outfit for seven days. She<br />
wanted to draw attention to the<br />
vast amount of clothes thrown into<br />
landfills every year and advocated<br />
to buy less or buy second-hand<br />
clothes to reduce the amount of<br />
waste we create.<br />
More recently, she organised a<br />
volunteer clean-up of Dominion<br />
Road. Dominion Road is one of<br />
the longest roads in our area and<br />
the rubbish that accumulates on<br />
the street, filters down into the<br />
wastewater system, flowing to the<br />
sea. The project drew attention to<br />
the impact of littering on ocean life<br />
and in particular the problem of<br />
cigarette butts being thrown away<br />
in huge numbers.<br />
Engagement with Democracy<br />
Saakshi urges young people to<br />
get involved in our democratic<br />
processes and to engage with ideas<br />
and express their opinions. It has<br />
been a pleasure and a privilege<br />
to work with an intelligent and<br />
hardworking young person like<br />
Saakshi.<br />
She has inspired me to strengthen<br />
my engagement with our local<br />
young people so that their views<br />
get fully heard in our democratic<br />
system.<br />
I wish Saakshi well in whatever<br />
she choose to do in the future<br />
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and also want to encourage<br />
other young people to have a go at<br />
getting into the Youth Parliament<br />
in coming years.<br />
About Youth Parliament<br />
Every three years, a group of<br />
young people bursting with fresh<br />
ideas replace the familiar faces<br />
who usually fill the Chamber of<br />
New Zealand Parliament. This<br />
gathering, called ‘Youth Parliament,’<br />
brings forward many fresh<br />
ideas to make our country better.<br />
Since 1994, Youth Parliament<br />
has given young New Zealanders<br />
an opportunity to try their hand<br />
at life as an MP. During their time<br />
in Wellington, students take issues<br />
that concern them to the Debating<br />
Chamber, to Select Committees and<br />
to Party Caucuses.<br />
This year, a key theme was the<br />
anxiety that the next generation<br />
feel when they see the consequences<br />
of Climate Change around them.<br />
They talked of the real images that<br />
have made an impact upon them,<br />
the warming oceans, rising sea<br />
levels and extreme weather events<br />
that damage our land and our way<br />
of life.<br />
Michael Wood is elected Member<br />
of Parliament from Mount<br />
Roskill and is Senior Government<br />
Whip. The above article,<br />
which appeared in ‘The Wire,’<br />
(thewire.in) Web <strong>Edition</strong> on<br />
<strong>August</strong> 3, 2018. has been reproduced<br />
here with the permission
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Holding the government to<br />
account improves governance<br />
Legalising abortion is<br />
matter for conscience<br />
Parliament on its hands<br />
a new Bill that would<br />
decriminalise abortion.<br />
Justice Minister<br />
Andrew Little has said that the<br />
existing Law is draconic and<br />
outdated and that a woman<br />
should have the right to decide<br />
what happens to her body, he<br />
said.<br />
Legal and administrative<br />
reforms are quintessential to a<br />
modern society but how a legislation<br />
that proposes Abortion<br />
as a right will meet with public<br />
opinion remains to be seen.<br />
Our lawmakers will of course<br />
use their conscience and cross<br />
party lines to vote.<br />
Many people across the<br />
world are ambivalent about<br />
abortion. A majority of them<br />
however would say that it<br />
should be legal during the first<br />
three months of pregnancy, although<br />
Mr Little has proposed<br />
a 20-week limit. Pro-lifers<br />
know that they cannot ban<br />
abortion outright. In America,<br />
the Supreme Court ruled in<br />
Roe v Wade case in 1973 that<br />
the procedure is legal until the<br />
fetus is viable, that is until it<br />
can survive outside the womb.<br />
But lawmakers in most<br />
countries would like to ban<br />
abortions after 20 weeks.<br />
Cultural War<br />
Abortion is made about to<br />
be a cultural thing, although<br />
it should really be health<br />
issue- that is the argument of<br />
many proponents such as Mr<br />
Little. But even as the cultural<br />
war changes,<br />
significant changes in<br />
access to contraception attract<br />
less attention. Some time<br />
ago, ‘Power to Decide,’ a US<br />
organisation estimated that<br />
19 million American women<br />
live in contraception deserts,<br />
meaning that they do not have<br />
reasonable access to health<br />
clinics that provide a full range<br />
of birth-control methods. The<br />
number could be more today.<br />
Is Pope Catholic?<br />
In a chat with journalists,<br />
Pope Francis said that he really<br />
was a Catholic.<br />
Some regard him a liberal.<br />
But addressing a recent<br />
Conference at the Vatican,<br />
the Pontiff said that abortion<br />
was always unacceptable,<br />
regardless of whether a fetus<br />
is fatally ill or has pathological<br />
disorders.<br />
“Is it legitimate to take a human<br />
life to solve a problem?”<br />
he asked.<br />
Salutations to a great<br />
Nation of people<br />
More than a billion<br />
people in India<br />
will mark the<br />
country’s 73rd<br />
Independence today, <strong>August</strong><br />
<strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong> and the Diaspora in<br />
New Zealand would be no<br />
exception.<br />
With a strong and powerful<br />
government at the centre, the<br />
Indian polity and economy<br />
have never been as strong<br />
since becoming a free Nation<br />
on <strong>August</strong> <strong>15</strong>, 1947. Through<br />
tough times and rough political<br />
and economic weather,<br />
India has remained stable,<br />
winning the respect and<br />
accolades of countries around<br />
the world.<br />
World Bank praise<br />
A recent World Bank Report<br />
brought joy and satisfaction to<br />
economists and statesmen.<br />
India is in a period of<br />
unprecedented opportunity,<br />
challenge and ambition in its<br />
development. Already the<br />
world’s third largest economy<br />
in purchasing parity terms,<br />
India aspires to better the lives<br />
of all its citizens and become<br />
a high-middle income country<br />
by 2030, well before the<br />
centenary of its Independence,<br />
the Report said.<br />
“Long-term GDP growth<br />
has become more stable,<br />
diversified, and resilient. Over<br />
the next few years, India is<br />
expected to grow at well over<br />
7% per year, with progress<br />
being buttressed by dynamic<br />
reforms in the macroeconomic,<br />
fiscal, tax and business<br />
environments.”<br />
An Introspection<br />
But no nation can improve<br />
unless its people, no less<br />
journalists and analysts,<br />
subject themselves to an<br />
honest introspection. In such<br />
a mood, we would discern the<br />
difference between what has<br />
been achieved and what could<br />
have been achieved; and the<br />
level of performance against<br />
the potential.<br />
These can be found in our<br />
India Independence Special in<br />
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Although this year’s Indian<br />
Newslink Lecture (held on<br />
Monday, July 29, <strong>2019</strong>) was<br />
the Ninth of its kind, the series<br />
was formerly known as the Sir Anand<br />
Satyanand Lecture.<br />
The event this year was the first<br />
of the rebranded lecture series and<br />
therefore, the first one where the<br />
Welcome Address was not delivered by<br />
Sir Anand.<br />
So while it was a privilege – it was<br />
also somewhat daunting.<br />
Sir Anand Satyanand<br />
I felt fitting at this point to acknowledge<br />
that the man who lent his name<br />
for so many years to this Lecture series.<br />
Particularly, as in his Welcome Address<br />
at the Inaugural Lecture in 2011 he<br />
began by quoting Oscar Wilde who<br />
famously said “There is only one thing<br />
in life worse than being talked about,<br />
and that is not being talked about.”<br />
To say that the career of Sir Anand is<br />
an illustrious one is an understatement.<br />
A Barrister and Solicitor of the High<br />
court, Judge, two terms as an Ombudsman,<br />
our first Governor-General of<br />
Indian origin.<br />
In all these roles, we trust that those<br />
who hold them act in a manner that<br />
is honest, transparent, accountable<br />
and steeped in integrity; all the values<br />
that Sir Anand has and continues to<br />
embody.<br />
Good Governance everywhere<br />
It was therefore appropriate that a<br />
Lecture series about Good Governance<br />
bore his name for all these years.<br />
Good Governance matters at every<br />
level; in the NGO sector, the private<br />
sector, public service and in local and<br />
central government.<br />
In all spheres, it is important to<br />
have trust in your institutions. And<br />
you cannot have that trust without<br />
attributes like integrity, transparency<br />
and accountability.<br />
They used to say that lawyers<br />
and politicians are the least-trusted<br />
professions. And then a 20<strong>15</strong> Survey<br />
in New Zealand indicated that trust in<br />
politicians had risen slightly.<br />
We were no longer at that bottom<br />
A Section of the audience at the Ninth Annual Indian Newslink Lecture (July 29, <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
Pictures by Narendra Bedekar (Creative Eye Fotographics)<br />
of the least-trusted list, we were slightly<br />
ahead of journalists who occupied that<br />
least-coveted spot.<br />
Importance of Trust<br />
So we were in good company at<br />
the Lecture; an event organised by a<br />
journalist, featuring a whole cast of<br />
politicians as speakers!<br />
On a more serious note, we are facing<br />
a rising tide of public suspicion. We often<br />
get people who say they’re not going<br />
to bother to vote because politicians are<br />
all the same and…why does it matter<br />
anyway?<br />
It matters because the decisions we<br />
make in Parliament and in (City) Councils,<br />
have the power to make life better<br />
or worse. The choices we have and the<br />
decisions we make affect everyone. And<br />
so, if you are alive, you have a stake in<br />
the decisions and the political process.<br />
Transparency matters<br />
And we have one of the most transparent,<br />
accessible processes – anyone in<br />
New Zealand can have their voice heard<br />
on a Bill that is being considered by a<br />
Select Committee and all that information<br />
is on the New Zealand Parliament<br />
website and often on their social media<br />
sites as well. Get involved, have your<br />
say. You also have the opportunity to<br />
vote in the upcoming Local Government<br />
Elections.<br />
The Fear Complex<br />
Globally, we are seeing a rising<br />
tide of fear. The fear that underpins<br />
conversations around migration and<br />
fuels the “Them and us” narrative. Fear<br />
of increasing insecurity – groups of<br />
people who feel they no longer enjoy<br />
the economic security they once did.<br />
That the disparity is growing and they’re<br />
being left behind.<br />
We have seen this kind of fear<br />
manifest in Brexit, rising protectionism<br />
and mistrust of the rule of law.<br />
Good Governance matters because<br />
without it, people lose trust and faith<br />
in those who are meant to look out for<br />
their interests.<br />
Good Governance matters because<br />
without it we politicians cannot take our<br />
communities with us.<br />
Good governance matters because<br />
without it, and the attributes that underpin<br />
it, we cannot contribute to long-term<br />
change on issues that do not fit neatly in<br />
box. The big issues like climate change<br />
and poverty.<br />
And so, it is chicken-and-egg situation.<br />
We need Good Government to build the<br />
trust that allows us to make the changes<br />
that benefit the nation.<br />
Now that I had suitably confused<br />
everyone (!), I left it to Finance Minister<br />
Grant Robertson, the Guest Speaker, to<br />
clarify how this government is tackling<br />
that growing divide and delivering<br />
long-term change on the big issues that<br />
are facing us.<br />
Priyanca Radhakrishnan is a Member<br />
of Parliament on Labour List and<br />
Parliamentary Private Secretary to<br />
Ethnic Communities Minister. The<br />
above was her Opening Address at<br />
the Ninth Annual Indian Newslink<br />
Lecture held on Monday, July 29, <strong>2019</strong><br />
at Pullman Hotel, edited to suit the<br />
print and web editions.<br />
Green Party is not drifting says Davidson<br />
Marama Davidson has<br />
defended fellow Green<br />
Party Co-Leader James<br />
Shaw after he was<br />
accused of being too centrist.<br />
Jack McDonald, who was ranked<br />
11th on the Party List in the last<br />
election, is removing his name from<br />
candidacy in Te Tai Hauauru and<br />
will not be seeking re-election as the<br />
Greens’ Policy Co-Convenor, citing<br />
the Party’s centrist shift under Mr<br />
Shaw as one of the reasons.<br />
At the Party’s AGM in Dunedin at<br />
the weekend, Mr Shaw took a swing<br />
at National Party leader Simon<br />
Bridges, branding him a Climate<br />
Change denier.<br />
“The politicians and their allies,<br />
who are the new climate deniers,<br />
are driven by something even more<br />
dangerous, short-term, calculated<br />
self-interest,” he said.<br />
Mr Bridges said he is not a denier<br />
and said that the accusation showed<br />
Mr Shaw was under pressure. But<br />
they were exactly the sort of comments<br />
Jack McDonald wished he<br />
would see more of from Mr Shaw.<br />
“That is speaking the truth and<br />
being bold and unapologetic and<br />
that’s what voters actually respond<br />
to, in my view, they don’t respond to<br />
timidity and moderation.”<br />
Moving to Centre<br />
Among Mr McDonald’s reasons<br />
Marama Davidson<br />
(RNZ Picture by Richard Tindiller)<br />
for stepping down was that he believed<br />
the party was becoming more<br />
politically central under Mr Shaw.<br />
“The Zero Carbon Act is an<br />
example, I think, of where James<br />
Shaw could have been stronger. He<br />
admittedly publicly that he gave<br />
concessions to the National Party<br />
without even getting their guaranteed<br />
support for the Bill.<br />
“So I think there are a number<br />
of issues to where his approach to<br />
politics are different to what I think<br />
the Greens should be and what the<br />
Greens were in terms of our roots.”<br />
But co-leader Marama Davidson<br />
does not agree the Party is becoming<br />
more centrist.<br />
Transformational Changes<br />
“James and I are working hard<br />
every single day to put up transformational<br />
changes, as well as the<br />
work that we’ve already done - but<br />
we agree with our members that we<br />
want faster and stronger change and<br />
that’s our priority.”<br />
Mr Shaw told Morning Report<br />
that the concessions on the Bill were<br />
aimed at ensuring bipartisan support<br />
so the legislation would survive<br />
multiple changes of government.<br />
“This was always going to be difficult<br />
in our first term of government<br />
ever, moving into a situation where<br />
we’ve got to make compromises...<br />
because under MMP there are many<br />
parties in Parliament and they’ve<br />
all got different views. The very<br />
clear signal that we have had both<br />
from environmental movement<br />
and, actually, from corporate New<br />
Zealand is that they desperately<br />
want bipartisan support for the bill<br />
to make sure that there is that longterm<br />
stability,” he said.<br />
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version; for full text, please visit<br />
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More than abillion people<br />
in India and at least 30<br />
million people of Indian<br />
origin constituting<br />
the Indian Diaspora across the<br />
Continents will mark the 73rd<br />
Independence Day of their Motherland<br />
today (<strong>August</strong> <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong>) and<br />
celebrate the 72nd Anniversary of<br />
their freedom from Britain on this<br />
day in 1947.<br />
While the country has earned an<br />
exclusive place of pride, honour<br />
and dignity as the world’s largest<br />
democracy, political stability has<br />
been underscored by astrong<br />
federal government over the years,<br />
especially since May 2014 when<br />
Narendra Modi led his Bharatiya<br />
Janata Patty (BJP) to victory,<br />
thrashing the Congress Party at its<br />
allies at the pools. He and his Party<br />
received amore massive mandate<br />
at the elections held two months<br />
ago and with the BJP gaining<br />
ground in several States, India is<br />
repeating its political history of<br />
Post-Independence era of political<br />
stability inspiring business and<br />
societal confidence.<br />
In today’s world of interconnectivity,<br />
that confidence is manifest<br />
in increasing flow of Foreign Direct<br />
Investment (FDI) and international<br />
financial institutions.<br />
Unprecedented Opportunity<br />
The World Bank, in its April <strong>2019</strong><br />
Report said that India is in aperiod<br />
of unprecedented opportunity,<br />
challenge and ambition in its development.<br />
“Already the world’s third largest<br />
economy in purchasing parity<br />
terms, India aspires to better the<br />
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Strong government contributes to stability and growth<br />
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lives of all its citizens and become<br />
a high-middle income country by<br />
2030, well before the centenary of<br />
its independence,” it said.<br />
India is an interesting case study<br />
for economists around the world,<br />
for the country shines against its<br />
own contrasts of poverty (although<br />
at areducing rate) amidst plenty,<br />
poor infrastructure in anumber<br />
of States against world-class<br />
facilities in major cities and rising<br />
unemployment despite asurge in<br />
startups and small enterprises.<br />
The Indian economy however is<br />
robust and long-term GDP growth<br />
is projected to be more stable,<br />
diversified, and resilient. Over the<br />
next few years, India is expected to<br />
grow at 7% per year, with progress<br />
being buttressed by dynamic<br />
reforms in the macroeconomic,<br />
fiscal, tax and business environments.<br />
Wealth Creation<br />
The World Bank said that in<br />
recent years, India has made a<br />
significant dent in poverty levels,<br />
with extreme poverty dropping<br />
from 46% to an estimated 13.4%<br />
over the two decades before 20<strong>15</strong>.<br />
“While India is still home to 176<br />
million poor people, it is seeking to<br />
achieve better growth, as well as to<br />
promote inclusion and sustainability<br />
by reshaping policy approaches<br />
to human development, social protection,<br />
financial inclusion, rural<br />
transformation, and infrastructure<br />
development,” the Report said.<br />
Persistent Challenges<br />
While the country’s development<br />
trajectory is strong, challenges<br />
remain. Economic performance<br />
has been strong, but development<br />
has been uneven, with the gains<br />
of economic progress and access<br />
to opportunities differing between<br />
population groups and geographic<br />
areas. Despite regulatory improvements<br />
to spur competitiveness,<br />
levels of private investment and<br />
exports continue to be relatively<br />
low, undermining prospects for<br />
longer term growth.<br />
The country’s human development<br />
indicators, ranging from<br />
education outcomes to alow and<br />
declining rate of female labor<br />
force participation, underscore its<br />
substantial development needs.<br />
Economic Outlook<br />
According to the World Bank,<br />
India’s ability to achieve rapid,<br />
sustainable development will have<br />
profound implications for the<br />
world.<br />
“India’s success will be central<br />
to the world’s collective ambition<br />
of ending extreme poverty and<br />
promoting shared prosperity, as<br />
well as for achieving the 2030<br />
Sustainable Development Goals<br />
(SDGs). Indeed, the world will be<br />
only able to eliminate poverty if<br />
India succeeds in lifting its citizens<br />
above the poverty line.<br />
“For international trade and<br />
the health of the global economy<br />
too, India’s growth will be more<br />
important. In addition, the carbon<br />
footprint India leaves as it propels<br />
its high growth will have asignificant<br />
influence on the planet’s<br />
ability to keep global warming<br />
within the 2-degree threshold,” the<br />
World Bank said.<br />
As the country tackles several<br />
crucial issues such as managing<br />
scarce water resources, modernising<br />
food systems, improving rural<br />
livelihoods, ensuring that megaci-<br />
ties become engines of sustainable<br />
economic growth and inclusion,<br />
India’s development trajectory will<br />
have amajor influence on the rest<br />
of the world.<br />
Public Spending Boost<br />
Prime Minister Narendra Modi<br />
had, during his election campaign<br />
earlier this year, pledged that his<br />
Quality advice is<br />
assured through<br />
government will spend about US$<br />
1.45 trillion on infrastructure over<br />
the next five years. In line with<br />
that promise, Ms Sitharaman announced<br />
that the government will<br />
commit investments up to US$ 72<br />
billion to improve Indian Railways<br />
and build 125,000 kms of roads at a<br />
cost of US$ 11.6 billion by 2024.<br />
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India’sHome Minister<br />
Amit Shah introduced<br />
two statutory resolutions<br />
in the Upper House of<br />
Parliament (RajyaSabha) on<br />
<strong>August</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
The first was to recommend<br />
that President Ram<br />
Nath Kovind issues anotification<br />
rendering Article 370<br />
of the Indian Constitution<br />
inoperative.<br />
The secondwas to accept<br />
the ‘Jammu and Kashmir<br />
Reorganisation Bill.’<br />
According to Article 370,<br />
Jammu and Kashmir had<br />
its own Constitution, and all<br />
lawspassed by Parliament<br />
were not be applicable<br />
to the State, unless the<br />
State government gives its<br />
concurrence.<br />
Abrogation applauded<br />
Indian Association<br />
(Manukau) of New Zealand<br />
strongly supports the<br />
abrogation of article 370 and<br />
35A in Kashmir, India.<br />
The Associationhas a<br />
strong membership of<br />
people of Kashmiri origin<br />
who have been ecstatic on<br />
hearing the news of this<br />
rectification of the inhuman<br />
law.<br />
Forthose who are unaware<br />
that these laws were<br />
discriminatory,inthe sense<br />
there were different rules<br />
Home Minister Amit Shah introducing the ‘Jammu &KashmirReorganisation Bill’ to Rajya<br />
Sabha in New Delhi on Monday,<strong>August</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong> (Photo Credit RSTV)<br />
for men and women.<br />
Aman marrying someone<br />
outside the Province was<br />
acceptable, but awoman<br />
marrying aman from<br />
outside would lose her<br />
residency.Also,inguise<br />
of these laws, there was<br />
adefinitedrive towards<br />
fundamentalism which<br />
surfaced majorly in 1989<br />
when 300,000 Non-Muslims<br />
were chased out by these<br />
fundamentalists.<br />
Major Corruption Issues<br />
TheState of Jammu and<br />
Kashmir in India has had<br />
some major corruption<br />
issues and the only people<br />
who will be troubled by<br />
the change will be the<br />
entrenched politicians who,<br />
between afew families, were<br />
running the rot forthe last<br />
70 years.<br />
Indiadefinitely has shown<br />
thewill to correct the wrong<br />
and all the free world needs<br />
to support this correction.<br />
TheAssociation has information<br />
that amajority of the<br />
population has had asigh of<br />
relief in Kashmir andonce<br />
thecurrent security alert<br />
is tuneddown,the whole<br />
region will participate in the<br />
jubilation.<br />
Our Association is keeping<br />
aclose watch on the bias<br />
shown by some of the politicians<br />
which could be seen<br />
as irresponsible in avolatile<br />
situation.<br />
The Indian Association<br />
(Manukau) of New Zealand<br />
hopes thatthe people of the<br />
Pakistan realise the folly of<br />
perpetual animosity towards<br />
India and breeding of the<br />
religious fundamentalism.<br />
It is important thatPakistan<br />
looks at its own situation of<br />
near bankruptcyrather than<br />
indulge in Indian affairs<br />
which are quite complex but<br />
approached with humane<br />
intent.<br />
Veer Khar is President of<br />
the Indian Association<br />
(Manukau) of New Zealand,<br />
based in Papatoetoe, South<br />
Auckland. Theabove<br />
article, senttouson<strong>August</strong><br />
3, <strong>2019</strong>has been regrettably<br />
delayed.<br />
Kanwaljit<br />
Singh Bakshi<br />
Indians started to migrate<br />
to New Zealand from<br />
1880.<br />
From being land tillers<br />
who turned infertile and<br />
barren lands of Waikato<br />
and King Country to fertile<br />
Kiwifruit, Passionfruit and<br />
dairy farms to beingofthe<br />
ethnic group whose language<br />
Hindi is now the fourthmost<br />
spoken inthe country,Kiwi<br />
Indians have come along<br />
way.<br />
According to Statistics New<br />
Zealand, currently there are<br />
more than <strong>15</strong>5,178 people in<br />
New Zealand who belong to<br />
the Indian ethnicgroup.<br />
Asthe Kiwi Indian community<br />
continues to contribute<br />
positively in our adopted<br />
land.the areas in whichwe<br />
contribute also grow.<br />
New Zealanders on their<br />
part have welcomeduswith<br />
open arms.<br />
Singapore has LittleIndia,<br />
England hasCurry Mile, and<br />
my electorate ManukauEast<br />
has Papatoetoe.<br />
Papatoetoe, with its Indian<br />
clothing stores and food<br />
outlets is New Zealand’s Little<br />
India.<br />
Further research by<br />
Statistic New Zealand tells<br />
me that more than 68% of<br />
the Indian population lives<br />
in the Aucklandregion, anda<br />
majority ofthose, 14.5%, live<br />
New businesses blossom at Hunters Corner in Papatoetoe (File Picture)<br />
in my electorate of Manukau<br />
East.<br />
Largeclient-base<br />
Papatoetoe provides an<br />
experienced network of people,<br />
while the infrastructure<br />
and the environment ensure<br />
creation of acomparatively<br />
easierdevelopment period for<br />
businesses.<br />
Also astrong ethnic<br />
community means alarge<br />
clientbaseisavailable to<br />
target goods and services<br />
more inclined to be provided<br />
by these businesses.<br />
Communication is the base<br />
for anysuccessful business<br />
and South Auckland has the<br />
largest concentration of<br />
people who speak asimilar<br />
mother tongue.<br />
Therefore, Papatoetoe is<br />
well set up andnow thelocal<br />
population is taking it astep<br />
further and making it more of<br />
atourist hub for people.<br />
Hunters Corner accounts<br />
for 60 retail outlets of which<br />
about40have some form of<br />
Indian flavour. This has created<br />
ahomelyenvironment for<br />
people living in this area.<br />
New Initiatives<br />
New initiatives such as<br />
printed roller doors outside<br />
shops with colourful images<br />
of camels, peacocks, and the<br />
TajMahal on them provide<br />
agoodcultural feel for<br />
Papatoetoe.<br />
Ican write with pride that<br />
manyschools inPapatoetoe<br />
are home to award-winning<br />
teachers and students.<br />
Businesses thrive in<br />
areas where they see growth.<br />
Business owners andentrepreneurs<br />
invest in areas with<br />
good infrastructure.<br />
Future growth of Indian<br />
communities in Auckland will<br />
be dependent on educational<br />
and medical facilities provided<br />
in an area.<br />
Papatoetoe continues to<br />
grow andprovide more<br />
opportunities for trade and<br />
commerce along with facilities<br />
for familiestogrow.<br />
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi<br />
has been aMember of<br />
Parliament on National List<br />
since November2008. He is<br />
currently his Party’sSpokesperson<br />
for Internal Affairs<br />
and Associate Spokesperson<br />
for Justice, and Memberof<br />
the Administration Select<br />
Committee.<br />
Supporting theKiwi<br />
Indian community<br />
Wishing our New Zealand Indian<br />
community all the best for<br />
Indian IndependenceDay.<br />
“AsNationalParty Leader,<br />
Ivalue the contribution our<br />
NewZealand Indian<br />
communitiesmaketoour<br />
country and am committed to<br />
ensuring your voiceisheard.”<br />
Simon Bridges<br />
Simon Bridges<br />
NationalParty Leader<br />
Leaderofthe Opposition<br />
Kanwaljit SinghBakshi<br />
National List MP based<br />
in Manukau East<br />
Dr ParmjeetParmar<br />
NationalList MP<br />
based in Mt Roskill<br />
simonjbridges<br />
bakshikanwaljit<br />
DrParmjeetParmarMP<br />
Funded by theParliamentaryService. Authorised<br />
by SimonBridges, Parliament Buildings,Wgtn.
16<br />
AUGUST <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
India Independence Special<br />
Culture and Cuisine embellish life in Mount Roskill<br />
Michael Wood<br />
On the occasion of the 72nd<br />
Anniversary of Indian<br />
Independence, I want to<br />
acknowledge the Indian<br />
community of my electorate Mount<br />
Roskill and the huge contribution<br />
that the community makes socially,<br />
economically, and culturally.<br />
The Indian community is the<br />
second largest ethnic community in<br />
New Zealand, recorded at 174,000<br />
at the 2014 census and considerably<br />
larger now.<br />
Editor’s Note: Population figures<br />
for people of Indian origin vary<br />
between sources because of<br />
differences in inclusion and<br />
non-inclusion of students, migrant<br />
workers and people who identify<br />
themselves as from countries in<br />
which they were born and raised.<br />
People who hail from India have<br />
been in New Zealand since the earliest<br />
days of European exploration<br />
and settlement. The first Indian contact<br />
with New Zealand is recorded<br />
as a crew member on Captain Cook’s<br />
first voyage 1769 with the first<br />
Indian migration following around<br />
1809/10 according to historian Prof<br />
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay.<br />
The demographic mix<br />
For much of the Twentieth<br />
Century, the largest contingent of<br />
Kiwi Indians were born in Gujarat<br />
or were descendants from those<br />
born there while the next largest<br />
group had origins in Punjab. In<br />
Namaste! Jai Hind! Bhaarat Svatantrata<br />
Divas kee Shubhakaamanaen<br />
Congratulations and warm greetings to<br />
the Indian Community in New Zealand<br />
On the 72nd anniversary of Indian Independence<br />
From Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand and the Labour Ethnic Communities Team:<br />
Hon Jenny Salesa, MP for Manukau East,<br />
Minister for Ethnic Communities<br />
Michael Wood with his wife Julie Fairey and their children in Mount Roskill (Facebook Picture)<br />
1981, 46% Kiwi Indians were<br />
New Zealand born. This dropped<br />
dramatically to 29% by 2001 with<br />
significant migration from the late<br />
90s while the Fiji-Indian community<br />
grew strongly in response to political<br />
tensions in Fiji.<br />
In Mount Roskill, the Indian<br />
community has a long and proud<br />
history. With close proximity to<br />
the City, good schools, and strong<br />
community networks, Mount Roskill<br />
has become one of the hubs of the<br />
community in New Zealand.<br />
Many Indian food outlets dot not<br />
just the main street of Mount Roskill<br />
but also neighbouring Dominion<br />
Road, Sandringham, Richardson<br />
Road and Balmoral area.<br />
Many schools in the area have a<br />
Priyanca Radhakrishnan, List MP based in Maungakiekie,<br />
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Ethnic Communities.<br />
significant numbers of students of<br />
Indian origin especially the Mount<br />
Roskill Primary, Intermediate and<br />
Grammar schools as well as the<br />
various primary schools in the area.<br />
Notably, many student leaders are<br />
emerging from within the Indian<br />
community including my Youth MP,<br />
Saakshi Hegde.<br />
Celebrating Festivals<br />
The local Puketapapa library<br />
often holds Diwali, Holi and other<br />
Indian celebrations and frequent<br />
book displays on India, recognising<br />
and celebrating the diversity of its<br />
clientele. Annually a successful Holi<br />
in the Park is celebrated at Three<br />
Kings Reserve.<br />
I am very proud that our Puketapapa<br />
Local Board has two elected<br />
members of the Indian community,<br />
including the youngest elected<br />
Indian local government member in<br />
New Zealand, Shail Kaushal.<br />
Mount Roskill continues to be a<br />
hub for many Indian businesses<br />
from restaurants and cafes to<br />
education services, manufacturing,<br />
clothing and jewellery, accounting<br />
and business services, and many<br />
more.<br />
Famous Indian Cuisine<br />
In particular, Mount Roskill has<br />
become one of the best places to<br />
experience great Indian cuisine<br />
- almost every suburb has its own<br />
Indian food outlet and to most Kiwis<br />
now ordering a naan bread with a<br />
tikka, dhal, or korma is as familiar<br />
as ordering Friday night fish and<br />
chips.<br />
As I think about the future of<br />
Mount Roskill, my home as well as<br />
my constituency, I am filled with<br />
optimism. The growing diversity of<br />
our community is one of its great<br />
strengths and I firmly believe that<br />
the energy, creativity, and hard<br />
work of our local Indian community<br />
will make this a better place for<br />
everyone in the years to come.<br />
To those members of the Mount<br />
Roskill Indian community who<br />
paved the way, I thank you.<br />
To those young people who are<br />
now making their own path, I have<br />
every confidence that you will<br />
succeed.<br />
Michael Wood is elected Member<br />
of Parliament from Mount Roskill<br />
and Chief Whip of the<br />
Government.<br />
Michael Wood with fellow MPs Deborah Russell and Priyanca Radhakrishnan with a Muslim<br />
family at the recently held Eid Al Adha celebrations (Facebook Picture)<br />
Labour Ethnic Communities Team<br />
ethnic_communities_labour@parliament.govt.nz<br />
09 622 2557 021 845 009<br />
Level 1, Crighton House, 100 Neilson Street, ONEHUNGA<br />
Authorised by Priyanca Radhakrishnan MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
AUGUST <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
India IndependenceSpecial<br />
17<br />
Fruits of Success come from the roots of ancestry<br />
Priyanca Radhakrishnan<br />
India has the largestDiaspora<br />
populationinthe world, with<br />
morethan 13 millionIndians<br />
living outside the country and<br />
17 million people of Indian origin<br />
spreadacross146 countries.<br />
Afew months after Ientered<br />
Parliament, Iattended aConferenceorganised<br />
by the Indian<br />
government that brought together<br />
Parliamentariansand Mayors of<br />
Indian origin from around the<br />
world.<br />
Frommemory,there wereabout<br />
600 of us there (MPsfrom come<br />
countriescould not attendastheir<br />
Parliament wasinsession at the<br />
time).<br />
Strongidentity<br />
As Ilooked aroundthe room,<br />
it struck me thatIndia wasquite<br />
possiblythe only country that<br />
could host such aConference –it<br />
has asignificant Diaspora population<br />
globally that is also politically<br />
engaged and active.<br />
The Conference had many<br />
highlights–meeting so many<br />
interesting people whowerein<br />
positions of influence around<br />
the world, allconnectedbya<br />
singlethread of Indian-nesswas<br />
fascinating.<br />
Forsome, likethe Jamaican<br />
Attorney-General who was fifth<br />
generationJamaican-Indian, it was<br />
their firstvisit to India. She knew<br />
that her ancestors were from<br />
Mumbaiand wascurious about<br />
various aspects of Indianculture,<br />
File Picture (supplied by the author) showing Suzannah Jessep, the then<br />
Acting High Commissioner at the New Zealand High Commission in New<br />
Delhi with (from left) Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Kapiti<br />
Coast Mayor KGurunathan and Dr Parmjeet Parmar at the First Conference<br />
of Parliamentarians of Indian Origin held in New Delhi on January 9, 2018.<br />
but identified predominantly<br />
with Jamaica.Bycontrast,<br />
there were manyofus<br />
(including me) who were<br />
borninIndia and grewup<br />
outside the country of our<br />
birth but still identified<br />
stronglywithIndia.<br />
TributetoSushma Swaraj<br />
MeetingIndian politicians<br />
likeSushma Swarajand<br />
Shashi Tharoorwas yet<br />
another highlight. Iwas<br />
sorrytohearofMsSwaraj’s<br />
passing last week.<br />
She was apolitician who<br />
was liked and respected<br />
by politicians across the<br />
political spectrum. At the<br />
PIO (PersonofIndian<br />
Origin) Conference, she was<br />
generous withher time as<br />
the New Zealanddelegation<br />
spoketoher about some<br />
of the aspirationsand<br />
challenges faced by the Kiwi<br />
Indiancommunity.<br />
Diverse Delegations<br />
The Conference was<br />
particularly noteworthybecause<br />
of the sheer diversity<br />
of the delegations. There<br />
were strong delegations<br />
from many parts of theWest<br />
Indies –the delegation from<br />
Guyana was the largest<br />
with 20 MPs, threeMayors<br />
and the formerGuyanese<br />
President, BharatJagdeo.<br />
There were alsostrong<br />
delegations fromFiji,South<br />
Africaand many other<br />
African countries. Imet<br />
delegates from Malaysia,<br />
the UnitedKingdom, Canada<br />
and the United States of<br />
America.<br />
Iwas pleasantly surprisedtomeetpoliticians<br />
of Indian origin from<br />
Switzerland, Portugal and<br />
the Philippines.<br />
Waves of Immigration<br />
The presentations by<br />
delegates alsohighlighted<br />
the different waves of<br />
migration from India –<br />
indentured labourers to<br />
former colonies including<br />
Fiji, the West Indies, Africa<br />
and parts of South EastAsia<br />
like Malaysia andMyanmar<br />
(then Burma). In New<br />
Zealand we’refamiliarwith<br />
the stories of the Girmityas,<br />
those who were taken to<br />
Fiji as indentured labourers<br />
from India.<br />
There havealsobeen<br />
large numbers of Indians,<br />
mainly from Kerala, who<br />
have migrated to the<br />
Gulf Statesinsearchof<br />
employment.<br />
The next two significant<br />
waves of migrationfrom<br />
India appear to be the<br />
skilled migrants and<br />
students who left India to<br />
furthertheircareersand<br />
academic qualifications<br />
respectively.Theymoved<br />
to countries like the United<br />
States, UnitedKingdom, Singapore,<br />
Europe, Australia<br />
and New Zealand.<br />
The Prime Ministers<br />
of Ireland and Portugal,<br />
respectively Leo Varadkar<br />
andAntónio Costa are<br />
of Indian descent. In the<br />
UnitedStates,politicians<br />
of Indian origin are in<br />
keyroles both in Trump’s<br />
Administration andinthe<br />
Democratic Party.<br />
The Vice President of<br />
Suriname, AshwinAdhin,<br />
is aGirmitya who traces<br />
his rootsback to Allahabad,<br />
Uttar Pradesh. There are<br />
anumber of politiciansof<br />
Indianorigin in Singapore,<br />
including the Country’sformer<br />
PresidentSRNathan.<br />
InternationalAsset<br />
It is clear thatthe Indian<br />
governmentviews its<br />
Diasporapopulationasan<br />
assetand wants to see them<br />
contribute to India’sgrowth<br />
story.<br />
Over the years,contributions<br />
of the Diaspora have<br />
been significant.<br />
Forexample,in2016, India<br />
was the world’slargest<br />
recipient of remittances.<br />
In fact,remittances have<br />
been crucial to the success<br />
of certain statesinIndia,<br />
likeKerala.<br />
Irecentlypassed through<br />
Kochi International Airport,<br />
which is theworld’s first<br />
Airport fully poweredbysolar<br />
energy.Apublic-private<br />
partnership, the Airport<br />
saw significant investment<br />
by agroup of non-resident<br />
Indians.<br />
There will alwaysbea<br />
special link to the land of<br />
our birth/ancestry.<br />
Challenge for youth<br />
Sometimes that leads to<br />
our younger generations<br />
feeling as though they are<br />
caught between two worlds.<br />
However, as Diaspora<br />
populations settle into<br />
theirhostcountry, andit<br />
becomestheir home, they<br />
formtheir own identities<br />
that strengthenovertime.<br />
In the Caribbean, it is<br />
Chutney Music, amix of<br />
Indian andAfro-Caribbean<br />
beats.<br />
We need to realisethat<br />
we don’t needtoloseone to<br />
become the other–wedon’t<br />
needtoloseour Indian<br />
identitytobeKiwi. We can<br />
be both –wedefine what<br />
that looks like.<br />
PriyancaRadhakrishnan<br />
is aMember of Parliament<br />
on Labour Listfrom the<br />
Maungakiekie Constituency<br />
in Auckland. She is<br />
Parliamentary Private<br />
Secretary to Ethnic<br />
Communities Minister,<br />
Member ofthe Foreign<br />
Affairs, Defence and<br />
Tradeand SocialService<br />
and Community (Deputy<br />
Chairperson) Select Committees<br />
of Parliament.<br />
MONDAY<br />
Bhel Puri $5<br />
Kadhi Chawal $9<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
Happy<br />
Independence<br />
Day<br />
Daily Specials<br />
TUESDAY<br />
Amritsari Thali $10<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Papdi<br />
Chaat $5<br />
Rajma Chawal $9<br />
FRIDAY<br />
Bread<br />
Pakora $1<br />
23 Eric Baker Place ,Papatoetoe<br />
905 Dominion Road, Mt. Roskill<br />
1Normandy Avenue, Melville, Hamilton<br />
SATURDAY<br />
Makki Roti &Saag $7<br />
SUNDAY<br />
Raj<br />
Kachori $6<br />
Vada Sambar $6<br />
Aloo Tikki<br />
Chaat $5<br />
Kachori $1<br />
Mysore Masala Dosa $8 Any Pizza $7<br />
Pani<br />
Puri $5
18<br />
AUGUST <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
India Independence Special<br />
Indian community partners in Auckland’s development<br />
Phil Goff<br />
As we approach the end<br />
of this Term of Council,<br />
it is an appropriate<br />
time to look back at<br />
the successes and challenges of<br />
the past three years and what<br />
opportunities lie ahead, both<br />
for Auckland as aCity and for<br />
our Indian communities.<br />
Few would disagree that<br />
Auckland is an exceptional City<br />
and that it is an exciting time<br />
to be living here. The City is<br />
growing at an unprecedented<br />
rate: there are around 98<br />
cranes on our horizon –more<br />
than any City in the United<br />
States -and $73 billion worth<br />
of commercial construction<br />
under way or in the pipeline.<br />
Our population is increasing<br />
by up to 40,000 people each<br />
year and we are projected to<br />
receive 55% of New Zealand’s<br />
total growth over the next<br />
decade.<br />
The problems<br />
With this unprecedented<br />
growth comes challenges:<br />
traffic congestion, housing<br />
shortages and pressure on our<br />
environment.<br />
Auckland Council is working<br />
to address these challenges<br />
and we are making record<br />
investments to ensure that as<br />
our Auckland grows, it remains<br />
a world-class City where<br />
opportunity is available to all<br />
our communities.<br />
Amid Auckland’s unprecedented<br />
growth, the Indian<br />
community has continued to<br />
thrive. The number of Indian<br />
New Zealanders choosing to<br />
call Auckland home grew by<br />
42% between the 2006 and<br />
2013 census, and the Indian<br />
community now likely to<br />
account for more than 8% of<br />
Auckland’s population.<br />
Successful Indians<br />
Members of Auckland’s Indian<br />
community are achieving<br />
growing success as business<br />
leaders, entrepreneurs,<br />
community workers, and<br />
sportspeople.<br />
That success doesn’t occur in<br />
a vacuum.<br />
Strong leaders are aresult<br />
of strong communities and the<br />
Indian community supports<br />
and uplifts all its members to<br />
make the contribution they do.<br />
Media outlets such as Indian<br />
Newslink, with its more than<br />
65,000 readers, also provide a<br />
strong voice. The high calibre<br />
of entrants and winners at<br />
last year’s Indian Newslink<br />
Indian Business Awards is one<br />
example of the contribution<br />
our Indian communities make<br />
to our City, and Ilook forward<br />
to seeing similar success celebrated<br />
at this year’s Awards.<br />
Diwali Festival<br />
The increasingly important<br />
and visible role that Auckland’s<br />
Indian community plays<br />
in the life of the City is also<br />
exemplified by the growth of<br />
Diwali Festival.<br />
A generation ago, Diwali was<br />
mainly marked at home by<br />
the Indian community. Today<br />
it is apublic event celebrated<br />
not only by those of Indian<br />
descent but by Aucklanders<br />
of all backgrounds and faiths.<br />
Around 60,000 people now<br />
attend the Festival each year to<br />
enjoy dance, music and theatre<br />
performers, food and craft<br />
stalls, expos and more.<br />
Likewise, the Indian Independence<br />
Day celebrations that<br />
this edition of Indian Newslink<br />
marks are another opportunity<br />
to promote diversity and inclusion<br />
across our City, and Iwish<br />
everyone attending the events<br />
this year a happy, peaceful and<br />
enjoyable day.<br />
Acknowledging Leaders<br />
Indian Independence Day is<br />
an opportunity to acknowledge<br />
those who led India to independence,<br />
foremost of whom<br />
was Mohandas Karamchand<br />
(Mahatma) Gandhi: aman<br />
whose vision inspired and<br />
continues to inspire us with<br />
his commitment not only to independence<br />
but also peaceful<br />
activism, social justice and a<br />
world without conflict.<br />
Following the tragic events<br />
in Christchurch on March <strong>15</strong>,<br />
<strong>2019</strong>, it is more important than<br />
ever that we reaffirm these<br />
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Everyone in our City and<br />
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The Owner has come to a retiring age and is looking<br />
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with fully upgraded with POS system. The Business<br />
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The huge Retail Supermarket was set up last<br />
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A unique Programme to showcase heritage of five States<br />
Festivals of South India on September 21, <strong>2019</strong> in Auckland<br />
Venkat Raman<br />
Indian Newslink is proud to<br />
present the first-ever ‘Festivals<br />
of South India,’ organised by<br />
five Associations representing<br />
the five States of South India on<br />
Saturday, September 21, <strong>2019</strong> at<br />
Sacred Heart College Auditorium<br />
located at 250 West Tamaki Road,<br />
Glendowie, Auckland.<br />
The organisations are the oldest<br />
serving their communities- they<br />
are the New Zealand Kannada<br />
Koota, which marked its 25th<br />
Anniversary in April, New Zealand<br />
Telugu Association (21 years),<br />
Auckland Malayali Samajam (20<br />
years), Muthamil Sangam (19 years)<br />
and the New Zealand Telangana<br />
Association (Four years), which was<br />
formed about ayear after the State<br />
was formed.<br />
The Programme, showcasing<br />
the Culture, Cuisine and Costumes<br />
of the five States, namely Andhra<br />
Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil<br />
Nadu and Telangana, will begin<br />
at 630 pm and will include dinner<br />
incorporating the cuisine of these<br />
States.<br />
How it began<br />
It was during an informal meeting<br />
in January to discuss the Sixth<br />
Annual Indian Newslink Sports,<br />
Community, Arts &Culture Awards<br />
<strong>2019</strong> that Telangana Association<br />
President Narender Reddy Patlola<br />
suggested a‘South Indian Festival,’<br />
to celebrate the cultural heritage<br />
of South India. The idea quickly<br />
gained the acceptance of the President<br />
of Telangana Association of<br />
New Zealand Srilatha Magatala and<br />
soon thereafter, with the approval<br />
of the Executive Committees of the<br />
five associations, an Organising<br />
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Committee was established and its first meeting was held on<br />
Tuesday, February 19, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
As well as the Presidents and General Secretaries of the<br />
Associations, the Organising Committee comprises leaders of<br />
the five communities and well-wishers of Indian Newslink.<br />
The Organising Committee<br />
Among them are Narender Reddy Patlola (President),<br />
Vinod Kumar Erabelly (General Secretary), Kalyan Rao<br />
Kasuganti Immediate Past President of Telangana Association<br />
of New Zealand; Srilatha Magatala (President), Bhavani<br />
Shankar Yeluri (General Secretary) of New Zealand Telugu<br />
Association; Bala (Venugopal) Beeram, Telugu Community<br />
Leader, Jagadishwar Reddy Magatala, Vijay Bhaskar Reddy<br />
Kosna, Telugu Community Advisors; Sadasivam Kutty<br />
(President), Kathir Sam (Secretary) of Muthamil Sangam;<br />
Yeldos Varghese (President), Sunny Mathew (Secretary),<br />
Joby George (Treasurer) of Auckland Malayali Samajam,<br />
Biju Surendran ,Kerala Community Advisor; Kumuda Setty<br />
(President), Roopa Nagvekar (Secretary), Prakash Biradar<br />
(Executive Committee Member) of New Zealand Kannada<br />
Koota, Kavitha Venkat (Interior Decorator) Venkat Subramaniam<br />
(Advisor), Sheba Soundhar, Ravi Nyayapati, Hemant<br />
Parikh and Venkat Raman representing Indian Newslink.<br />
Details of the Programme will appear on the dedicated<br />
website of the ‘Festivals of South India,’ Social Media and the<br />
three websites of Indian Newslink ,Facebook and Twitter.<br />
Combining Community Strength<br />
While the Culture, Cuisine and Costumes of the five States<br />
differ (in fact, they vary between regions within each State),<br />
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there are several commonalities that bespeak unity<br />
that is indeed characteristic of India as acountry.<br />
The attributes include traditional music, dance and<br />
drama, although each State has its own variations.<br />
Carnatic Music and Bharata Natyam are common<br />
to all the five States, which also share the culinary<br />
art.<br />
In the modern context, for alength of time<br />
(until perhaps the 1970s), the city of Madras (now<br />
Chennai) was the base for films made in Tamil,<br />
Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, Konkani and<br />
other languages spoken in the region.<br />
Topography and History<br />
The five States of South India plus the Union<br />
Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands,<br />
Lakshadweep and the State of Puducherry occupy<br />
19% of India’s area (635,780 Sq kms or 245,480<br />
square miles). Covering the Southern part of the<br />
peninsular Deccan Plateau, South India is bounded<br />
by the Bay of Bengal in the East, the Arabian Sea in<br />
the West and the Indian Ocean in the South.<br />
The geography of the region is diverse with two<br />
mountain ranges–the Western and Eastern<br />
Ghats, bordering the plateau heartland.<br />
Resources<br />
Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Tungabhadra, Periyar<br />
and Vaigai rivers are important non-perennial<br />
sources of water. The Capital Cities are Amaravati<br />
(Andhra Pradesh), Bengaluru or Bangalore (Karnataka),<br />
Thiruvananthapuram or Trivandrum<br />
(Kerala), Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and Hyderabad<br />
(Telangana). Among the major cities in these States<br />
are Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Mysore,<br />
Hubli-Dharwar, Belgaum, Coimbatore, Madurai,<br />
Tiruchirappalli, Kochi and Kozhikode, Warangal,<br />
Khammam, Nalgonda.<br />
A majority of the people in South India speak<br />
one of the four major Dravidian languages: Telugu,<br />
Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.<br />
Human Development Index is high and the<br />
economy has undergone growth at afaster rate<br />
than most northern states. Literacy rates in the<br />
Southern States are higher than the national<br />
average with approximately 80% of the population<br />
capable of reading and writing. The fertility rate in<br />
South India is 1.9, the lowest of all regions in India.<br />
Welcome to the first ever<br />
Organised by<br />
On Saturday, September 21, <strong>2019</strong> from 6 pm<br />
At Sacred Heart College Auditorium<br />
250 West Tamaki Road, Glendowie, Auckland<br />
(Limited Free Car Park)<br />
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Tickets $34.50 (inclusive of GST) per person; Tables seating ten persons at $345 are also available.<br />
Contact details below.<br />
Five Associations from the Five States of South India-<br />
Telangana Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Telugu Association, Muthamil Sangam Auckland,<br />
New Zealand Kannada Koota and Auckland Malayali Samajam join Indian Newslink to present<br />
An Evening of Regional Costumes, Cultural Shows and Pure Vegetarian Cuisine<br />
Traditional Performances that distinguish the five Southern States<br />
No-Alcohol, No-Smoking Event for everyone above 12 years of age.<br />
Hurry! Tickets are now on Sale!<br />
For tickets and further information, please contact<br />
Telangana Association of New Zealand: Narender Reddy Patlola, President: 021-2345886;<br />
president@tanz.co.nz; Vinod Kumar Erabelly, Secretary; 021-2613357; generalsecretary@tanz.co.nz;<br />
New Zealand Telugu Association: Srilatha Magatala, President: 021-02750346 president@nzta.co.nz;<br />
General Secretary: Bhavani Shankar Yeluri: 022-3<strong>15</strong>6805; generalsecretary@nzta.co.nz<br />
Telugu Community Leaders: Bala Venu Beeram: 027-8284063; balabeeram7@gmail.com; Kalyan Rao<br />
Kasuganti: 021-1881446; kasugantis@yahoo.com; Vijay Kosna: 021-739943; vijaykosna@gmail.com;<br />
Jagadishwar Reddy Magatala: 021-0669114; mjreddy10@gmail.com<br />
Muthamil Sangam Auckland: Sadasivam Kutty, President; 021-710180; sadakutty@gmail.com;<br />
Kathir Sam, Secretary: 021-1665166; muthtamilsangam@gmail.com<br />
New Zealand Kannada Koota: Kumuda Setty, President: 021-500192; president@kannadakoota.co.nz;<br />
Roopa Nagvekar, Secretary: 021-2014550; secretary@kannadakoota.co.nz<br />
Auckland Malayali Samajam: Yeldos Varghese, President: 021-0417162; yeldosvarghese@gmail.com;<br />
Sunny Kuzhikombil, Secretary: 021-1660428; secretary@aucklandmalayalisamajam.org.nz<br />
Indian Newslink: Sheba Soundhar: 021-678778; shebasoundhar@yahoo.com;<br />
Ravi Nyayapati: 021-950975; ravinz@gmail.com; Hemant Parikh: 021-629359; hemantparikh@gmail.com;<br />
Venkat Raman; 021-836528; venkat@indiannewslink.co.nz
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AUGUST <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Sportslink<br />
Registration open for Rugby League Competition<br />
Venkat Raman<br />
Rugby players and enthusiasts of Indian<br />
origin have been invited to participate<br />
in the CMRL Ethnic Rugby League<br />
Competition <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Registration is now open for the Annual<br />
Competition organised by the Counties Manukau<br />
Rugby League (CMRL) from September 29 to<br />
October 27, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
CMRL General Manager Kasey King said<br />
that the Competition is open to young players<br />
between 14 and 17 years of age and for people<br />
aged 18 and above.<br />
“CMRL will provide Coaches, Managers and<br />
Trainers,” he said.<br />
Further details can be obtained from him on<br />
021-2756975 or (09) 5713865 or 021-2756975.<br />
Email: kasey@nzrl.co.nz<br />
Amoi Singh of CMRL was honoured with the<br />
‘Best Rugby League Player of the Year’ Award<br />
at the Sixth Annual Indian Newslink Sports,<br />
Community, Arts &Culture Awards <strong>2019</strong> held in<br />
Auckland on June 24, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
About CMRL<br />
Established in 2010, CMRL is one of the seven<br />
zones with membership to the New Zealand<br />
Rugby League (NZRL). One District, the Auckland<br />
Rugby League and 12 Clubs form the Membership<br />
of the Zone with more than 200 Schools<br />
from Otahuhu to Tuakau.<br />
Among the Clubs in Counties Manukau are<br />
Howick, Pakuranga, Otara, Otahuhu, Manukau,<br />
Mangere East, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, Papakura,<br />
Pukekohe, Waiuku and Tuakau.<br />
In 2009 aSPARC (now Sport New Zealand)<br />
commissioned Report identified Rugby League<br />
as abedrock sport in Counties Manukau and<br />
recommended establishment of the Zone.<br />
In 2010, this became areality and the Zone<br />
and sport has succeeded on many levels since.<br />
The Region<br />
The Zone technically stretches across three<br />
Councils –Auckland, Waikato and Hauraki with<br />
the most Northern Club and boundary starting<br />
at Otahuhu and covering Tuakau, the Southern<br />
most part of the territory.<br />
The Zone also serves 220 schools (Primary &<br />
Secondary) representing about 8000 registered<br />
members, excluding volunteers and supporters<br />
also involved in the game.<br />
An increasing number of Indians are joining<br />
the Rugby League family, an indication of which<br />
is the up and running Indian Rugby League<br />
Federation.<br />
The Federation successfully conducted its first<br />
District League Tournament in 2011 in Kashmir,<br />
India, with 25 teams featured in Male, Female<br />
and Youth categories.<br />
The way the Indian Rugby League Federation<br />
is taking anationwide and grassroots approach<br />
to the development of the Game is encouraging.<br />
Amanaki Mafi to stand trial next year<br />
RNZ<br />
Japanese Rugby Star Amanaki Mafi will stand<br />
trial in January over accusations that he<br />
assaulted aformer teammate.<br />
The 29-year-old is charged with injuring<br />
with intent to injure his then Melbourne Rebels<br />
teammate Lopeti Timani in Dunedin in July last<br />
year, following the Team’s season-ending loss to<br />
the Highlanders.<br />
The charge carries amaximum penalty of five<br />
years in jail.<br />
Mafi was again excused from appearing in<br />
Dunedin District Court, where Judge Michael<br />
Crosbie set atrial date of January 27, 2020.<br />
About the Case<br />
The player pleaded not guilty in September last<br />
year, and has not appeared in Court since his first<br />
appearance following his arrest in July last year.<br />
Mafi lives in Japan and Timani is understood<br />
to reside in France. Both were fined A$ <strong>15</strong>,000 by<br />
the Rebels following the incident for breaching<br />
team protocols. The pair were drinking at aSouth<br />
Dunedin address early on <strong>15</strong> July 2018 following<br />
the loss to the Highlanders which ended the<br />
Rebels’ finals hopes.<br />
In last September’s call-over in Dunedin District<br />
Court, Mafi’s lawyer Anne Stevens QC told the<br />
Court that her client was arguing the statute of<br />
self-defence.<br />
The trial’s scheduling appears to clear the way<br />
British want India at CWG 2022<br />
RNZ<br />
The British government is hoping to<br />
reach acompromise with India over its<br />
threat to boycott the Commonwealth<br />
Games in Birmingham in 2022 following<br />
the removal of Shooting from the Programme.<br />
Indian shooters won 16 of the country’s 66<br />
medals at last year’s Gold Coast Games and its<br />
Olympic Association will soon make adecision<br />
on whether to follow through on its boycott<br />
threat.<br />
British Sports Minister Nigel Adams said that<br />
Amanaki Mafi playing for the Sunwolves in Tokyo in May<br />
(Photo by Photosport)<br />
for Mafi to play in Rugby World Cup which starts<br />
next month in Japan.<br />
Setting the trial for the first week of trial dates<br />
in the New Year, Judge Crosbie noted in Court on<br />
Wednesday, <strong>August</strong> 14, <strong>2019</strong> it would not clash<br />
with “a Rugby Season -the World Cup would be<br />
over.”<br />
Mafi is to appear before the Court on January<br />
21, <strong>2019</strong>, the week before his trial, to answer bail.<br />
The trial is expected to last three to four days.<br />
The Japanese Rugby Football Union has previously<br />
said it would not make any determinations<br />
about Mafi’s playing future until the charges were<br />
dealt with in Court.<br />
Mafi started at number eight for Japan in their<br />
recent Pacific Nations Cup matches against Fiji<br />
and Tonga.<br />
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he was hopeful of acompromise that could see<br />
his country stage atruncated shooting event<br />
at Birmingham 2022 or aCommonwealth<br />
Shooting Championships that will not be part of<br />
the Birmingham Programme.<br />
“I totally understand how passionate people<br />
are about Shooting across the Commonwealth,”<br />
We want India to be here, no question,” he said.<br />
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