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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
The Kiwi-Indian workers at New Zealand Post in Christchurch remains anxious after the ignominious incident last week where a "racist slur" was left on the company's App for a fellow Kiwi-Indian worker.
Devender Singh (name changed) was about to proceed to his next delivery job in Halswell, Christchurch, on Wednesday, July 7, when an abusive message popped up on his screen when he scanned the parcel.
The abusive slur that the Indian Weekender has seen and chosen not to publish here "called for him to go back to his country".
"When I scanned the parcel, a racist, abusive message came on my scanner through the NZ Post App.
"I was really shocked after reading the message," an upset Singh said.
"Then right away, I took the photo of the message and rang my fleet manager explaining to him about the message which was left at the spot where NZ post's customers leave delivery instructions," Singh said.
He is a citizen of New Zealand and has been living in the country for the last ten years, and have never ever come across such an audacious way of inflicting racist slur (using NZ post's App).
He had taken a day off from work that day after the incident.
"I sent the photo to my manager and didn't deliver the parcel to the customer," Singh said.
An NZ Post spokesperson had issued a press statement decrying the incident as appalling.
"NZ Post does not stand for any form of racism. The safety and well-being of our people is paramount," the spokesperson said.
"This incident is abhorrent and unacceptable. We are taking this extremely seriously."
The spokesperson said the matter is currently with the police, and NZ Post will also undertake its own investigation.
The Indian Weekender has learnt from reliable sources in the community that many colleagues and other Kiwi-Indian workers at NZ Post remains "restless" and are anxiously waiting for the outcome of the investigation.
"It is not okay to casualise racism using modern Apps," the worker asserted.
More to come
The Kiwi-Indian workers at New Zealand Post in Christchurch remains anxious after the ignominious incident last week where a "racist slur" was left on the company's App for a fellow Kiwi-Indian worker.
Devender Singh (name changed) was about to proceed to his next delivery job in Halswell,...
The Kiwi-Indian workers at New Zealand Post in Christchurch remains anxious after the ignominious incident last week where a "racist slur" was left on the company's App for a fellow Kiwi-Indian worker.
Devender Singh (name changed) was about to proceed to his next delivery job in Halswell, Christchurch, on Wednesday, July 7, when an abusive message popped up on his screen when he scanned the parcel.
The abusive slur that the Indian Weekender has seen and chosen not to publish here "called for him to go back to his country".
"When I scanned the parcel, a racist, abusive message came on my scanner through the NZ Post App.
"I was really shocked after reading the message," an upset Singh said.
"Then right away, I took the photo of the message and rang my fleet manager explaining to him about the message which was left at the spot where NZ post's customers leave delivery instructions," Singh said.
He is a citizen of New Zealand and has been living in the country for the last ten years, and have never ever come across such an audacious way of inflicting racist slur (using NZ post's App).
He had taken a day off from work that day after the incident.
"I sent the photo to my manager and didn't deliver the parcel to the customer," Singh said.
An NZ Post spokesperson had issued a press statement decrying the incident as appalling.
"NZ Post does not stand for any form of racism. The safety and well-being of our people is paramount," the spokesperson said.
"This incident is abhorrent and unacceptable. We are taking this extremely seriously."
The spokesperson said the matter is currently with the police, and NZ Post will also undertake its own investigation.
The Indian Weekender has learnt from reliable sources in the community that many colleagues and other Kiwi-Indian workers at NZ Post remains "restless" and are anxiously waiting for the outcome of the investigation.
"It is not okay to casualise racism using modern Apps," the worker asserted.
More to come
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