...And it's a wrap!

As the year 2014 draws to a close, we at Indian Weekender have decided to wrap it all up with a recap of what made the headlines on Indian Weekender this year. This has been a year filled with big news stories that shaped the conversation on politics, sports, entertainment and most importantly the upward trend that India seems to be on. Much has happened in New Zealand too, this has been election year and therefore like all election years, it was a year full of political news. It has been a big year for the Kiwi
Indians too and we have written much about all aspects of what it is to be a proud Indian, a happy kiwi or the rockstar that is the best of both worlds - the Kiwi Indian.

Although the lead up to all the action made some news, however things started to really get heated up around the middle of the year with the run up to the elections, both in India and in New Zealand. Needless to say Narendra Modi made it to our headlines more than anyone else this year. It started with his run up to the elections and growing popularity and it just seemed to snowball from there. We saw the invitees to the swearing in ceremony to the various visits abroad and the sheer magic of the “Rockstar Modi” avatar that we witnessed wherever he went. Back here, the general elections in New Zealand saw a big sweep by National and Prime Minister John Key being re elected to office with majority. The New Zealand elections were also momentous for us Kiwi Indians as we saw three Indian Members of Parliament for the first time.

This was also the year that Fiji saw its elections and the clear favourite Bainimarama being elected to power. We take you on a roller coaster ride of the year gone by with snippets from our various issues. We hope you enjoy our story.

For detail coverage, click the link below:

http://www.indianweekender.co.nz/Pages/ReadOnline.aspx?IssueID=158