Immigration cuts under any new government will depend on how badly we want to build our infrastructure
Christchurch terror attack: Has the world finally found a leader in Jacinda Ardern to counter global rightwing populism?
Santa comes to Nadi: Paul Ross, founder of Pacific Kids, organises for a Christmas party for the children at Loloma House
New ZealandGreat Indian Kite Festival to be hosted at Eastdale Reserve, AvondaleOne of the most popular festivals for the Kiwi Indian community hosted in Summer, Kite Festival will be held at the vast Eastdale Reserve in Avondale on Sunday, January 2020....
New ZealandAIS United and TANZ City Boyz lead in 22nd Spirit of Cricket tournamentThe matches will be held every Sunday until the finale in March 2020- and in the first two days batsman, Suhas Shanbhogue from AIS has scored the highest run so far with 79 runs in one match with a strike rate of 121.54....
New ZealandAuckland Indian Association launches centenary celebrationsExcitement is mounting as Auckland’s Indian community prepares to celebrate 100 years in the City of Sails. 2020 marks the centenary of the Auckland Indian Association Inc. (AIAI), and an inauguration dinner will take place at the Mahatma Gandhi Cent...
SportsRussia banned for 4 years from all major sporting eventsRussia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), including next year's Tokyo Olympics and the FIFA World Cup in 2022....
New ZealandSuniti Nadkarni passes awayDespite her advanced age, Mrs Nadkarni was independent and active, participating in planning events of the Foundation, which was set up at her instance in 2014. She was a regular at Auckland’s classical music events....
New ZealandSikh delegates from NZ at Kartarpur Corridor hail the hospitalityThe official delegates from New Zealand who travelled to Kartarpur Corridor last week for its historic opening ceremony have hailed the hospitality received from the Pakistan government there....
BollywoodImtiaz Ali: Films in foreign languages are realistic, artisticDuring a session on 'The contemporary filmmakers of different generations' at the ongoing 50th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), he mentioned that he likes to watch films in foreign languages....
BollywoodLucky Ali: If online clicks make you happy, you are a loserFor singer Lucky Ali, who has been in the music industry for over three decades, it's all about staying "irrelevant". He says that the number of online views his songs garner doesn't thrill him....
Movie ReviewsRise of the 'Phoenix' in HollywoodFrom playing the boy who dreams of becoming Superman's sidekick in "Superboy" to bringing the story of supervillain Joker alive on the big screen, Joaquin Phoenix has navigated his way into Hollywoods hall of fame, with a career carved with unconvent...
TravelA trip to Israel: Musings of a Kiwi-Indian journalistRecently a small New Zealand Media-Academic Study group travelled to one of the most volatile geopolitical hot-bed around the world - the Middle East - courtesy Israel-Australia Oceania Chambers of Commerce, to enhance Kiwi understanding of the natur...
In focusYoung and fierceDon’t let her age fool you; this 23-year-old Auckland-based producer, writer, and actor already has a couple of sell-out productions to her credit, and she’s about to make some more noise in the Auckland theatre scene with First World Problems 2.0...
TravelPattaya mein bhi Mera Bharat MahaanWhen you’re on a short business trip, even if it is to the world’s most touristy hotspots, you get little time, if any at all, to explore all those wonderful places you see on other people’s Instagram....
Immigration newsMinister saying “disgruntled Indians go home” is not good look on this government of compassionEscalating a general anti-immigrant rant, which is ideally more suitable on social media platforms, at a proper government policy level on a specific and sensitive issue of bringing one's chosen life-partner, is low....
CommentIs govt being ignorant or just arrogant on partnership visa delays?First, the processing time of the partnership visa applications gradually slipped from a previous one or two months wait time to a now normal wait time of at least seven-eight months...
PoliticalHowdy, Modi! went far beyond mere opticsAs far as optics go, it can’t get bigger than Howdy, Modi! –a dream win-win mega show for leaders of the world’s two biggest democracies, with the pair of leaders exchanging endless warm fuzzies physically and verbally for all the world to see and li...
White Island: Police confirm sixth fatality in the eruption, person was being treated at Middlemore Hospital
Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club does it again: Denies entry to Sikh men on the pretext of a 50-year-old archaic rule
Monday, December 2, 2019New ZealandImmigration NZ begins re-opening of previously declined partnership visa applications
Wednesday, December 4, 2019CommentImmigration NZ moves with caution on assessments of ‘visitor visas’ to join Kiwi partners
Wednesday, December 4, 2019New ZealandNo respite for temporary visa holders for re-opening of declined partnership visa applications
Wednesday, December 4, 2019New ZealandImmigration NZ re-opens 800 previously declined partnership visa applications
