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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
Prime Minister John Key was the guest of honour at the fund raising dinner organised by Dr. Jackie Blue, MP, at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre in Eden Terrace on August 20.
The event raised more than $15,000 in ticket sales and auction items for the Mt. Roskill National Party.
Dr. Blue thanked the Electorate Chair and his team for the hard work in the electorate. She acknowledged the Prime Minister’s strong leadership and his support for Mt. Roskill.
In his speech, Mr Key noted that Dr. Jackie Blue was a very passionate and hard working MP in the caucus. He said that she was full of enthusiasm and came with new ideas every time she visited his office. Prime Minister even reminisced about the wonderful and upbeat reception his team received when they arrived in Mt. Roskill on the last leg of 2008 election campaign.
The event was attended by over 150 people from various communities. Among the guests were Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi MP, Sam Lotu-liga MP, Peter Goodfellow, President of National Party, Auckland City Councillor Paul Goldsmith, Prithipal Singh, Chairman of National Party Global Indian and several other community and business leaders.
The Mt. Roskill Chair and the Northern Regional Chair of National Party, Ram Rai, welcomed the Prime Minister and the guests. Mr. Rai spoke about the progress National Party had made under the leadership of Dr. Jackie Blue and the challenges that lay ahead for National to win in the Mt. Roskill electorate in 2011.
The event, co-sponsored by the Global Indian of National Party, was a night of happy mingling, interspersed with entertainment by Ratna Venkat with her superlative classical dance performance, and Viraf Toddywalla & team with electrifying Bollywood-themed gyrations.
Prime Minister John Key was the guest of honour at the fund raising dinner organised by Dr. Jackie Blue, MP, at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre in Eden Terrace on August 20.
The event raised more than $15,000 in ticket sales and auction items for the Mt. Roskill National Party. Dr. Blue thanked the...
Prime Minister John Key was the guest of honour at the fund raising dinner organised by Dr. Jackie Blue, MP, at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre in Eden Terrace on August 20.
The event raised more than $15,000 in ticket sales and auction items for the Mt. Roskill National Party.
Dr. Blue thanked the Electorate Chair and his team for the hard work in the electorate. She acknowledged the Prime Minister’s strong leadership and his support for Mt. Roskill.
In his speech, Mr Key noted that Dr. Jackie Blue was a very passionate and hard working MP in the caucus. He said that she was full of enthusiasm and came with new ideas every time she visited his office. Prime Minister even reminisced about the wonderful and upbeat reception his team received when they arrived in Mt. Roskill on the last leg of 2008 election campaign.
The event was attended by over 150 people from various communities. Among the guests were Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi MP, Sam Lotu-liga MP, Peter Goodfellow, President of National Party, Auckland City Councillor Paul Goldsmith, Prithipal Singh, Chairman of National Party Global Indian and several other community and business leaders.
The Mt. Roskill Chair and the Northern Regional Chair of National Party, Ram Rai, welcomed the Prime Minister and the guests. Mr. Rai spoke about the progress National Party had made under the leadership of Dr. Jackie Blue and the challenges that lay ahead for National to win in the Mt. Roskill electorate in 2011.
The event, co-sponsored by the Global Indian of National Party, was a night of happy mingling, interspersed with entertainment by Ratna Venkat with her superlative classical dance performance, and Viraf Toddywalla & team with electrifying Bollywood-themed gyrations.
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