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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Kiwi Indian youth Shail Kaushal from Auckland has been chosen to represent New Zealand at the Future Leaders from Asia-Pacific study camp in Taiwan from August 10 to 22.
He will be joined by one other youth from Auckland, six from Wellington, 14 from Australia and 12 from Korea. They are being hosted by the Taiwanese Government for a 12-day programme.
Mr Chung-Hsing Chou, Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Auckland, and his team hosted a formal lunch and extended their best wishes to Shail before leaving for Taiwan.
The 21-year-old expressed his excitement about the project. “I am quite excited about this learning opportunity and adding skills. We will be given an insight on the Presidential Office working, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and attending a series of lectures on Foreign Policy”.
Shail is an Honours student at the University of Auckland, specialising in Politics and International Relations. He is also studying Immigration Advice Level 7 at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.
Shail was one of the 10 young people selected in 2013 and trained as Young Leaders in a pilot programme held in Auckland jointly by Office of Ethnic Affairs, Ministry of Youth Development and Auckland Council.
He was also one of the young candidates for Local Government Election 2013 standing for Puketapapa Local Board on Roskill Community Voice (City Vision) ticket. Shail has been the Youth Member of Parliament in 2010, Labour Party’s Campaign Manager in Pakuranga 2011 and Campaign Secretary to Phil Goff in 2014.
He is currently volunteering for Citizen Advise Bureau as an Interviewer in Mt Roskill.
Kiwi Indian youth Shail Kaushal from Auckland has been chosen to represent New Zealand at the Future Leaders from Asia-Pacific study camp in Taiwan from August 10 to 22.
He will be joined by one other youth from Auckland, six from Wellington, 14 from Australia and 12 from Korea. They are being...
Kiwi Indian youth Shail Kaushal from Auckland has been chosen to represent New Zealand at the Future Leaders from Asia-Pacific study camp in Taiwan from August 10 to 22.
He will be joined by one other youth from Auckland, six from Wellington, 14 from Australia and 12 from Korea. They are being hosted by the Taiwanese Government for a 12-day programme.
Mr Chung-Hsing Chou, Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Auckland, and his team hosted a formal lunch and extended their best wishes to Shail before leaving for Taiwan.
The 21-year-old expressed his excitement about the project. “I am quite excited about this learning opportunity and adding skills. We will be given an insight on the Presidential Office working, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and attending a series of lectures on Foreign Policy”.
Shail is an Honours student at the University of Auckland, specialising in Politics and International Relations. He is also studying Immigration Advice Level 7 at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic.
Shail was one of the 10 young people selected in 2013 and trained as Young Leaders in a pilot programme held in Auckland jointly by Office of Ethnic Affairs, Ministry of Youth Development and Auckland Council.
He was also one of the young candidates for Local Government Election 2013 standing for Puketapapa Local Board on Roskill Community Voice (City Vision) ticket. Shail has been the Youth Member of Parliament in 2010, Labour Party’s Campaign Manager in Pakuranga 2011 and Campaign Secretary to Phil Goff in 2014.
He is currently volunteering for Citizen Advise Bureau as an Interviewer in Mt Roskill.
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