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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
The Auckland Malayali Samajam has taken the initiative to give the youngsters an opportunity to express themselves about living and growing up in New Zealand and what is their vision to make the country a better place to live in.
Given the premise, the community group has invited children and youngsters from every community to participate in this essay competition and voice their views about New Zealand as one community.
The competition is divided into three categories, and the topics are carefully selected for different age groups.
In the first category, which is for the age group 10 to 16, the topic of the essay is “Growing up in New Zealand – Your Views”. Participants are asked to write their perception about growing and living in New Zealand within 500 words.
Participants between the age 17-25 come in the second category of the competition, and the topic of their essay is “Contribution you will make for New Zealand to be a better place to live”. The word limit for this essay is 750 words.
In the third category, participants from the age of 26 and above can express their view on the topic “Globalisation and Cultural Integration –Impact on New Zealand” within 1000 words.
The last date to submit the essays is Friday, June 1 and the participants can contact Auckland Malayali Samajam for more information.
To make sure the best essays get their due of efforts and recognition, the organisers will adequately reward the winners of the competition, and they might even publish the best works on the Malayali Samajam Publication called the Darpanam, aka ‘The Mirror’.
“The Malayali Samajam has embarked on the process of integration with the mainstream New Zealanders to promote the multiculturalism, to tap on the creative writing skills of the young too. We want to share our cultural thread to weave the national fabric and make it as colourful as possible,” Secretary of the Auckland Malayali Samajam Blessan M Jose said.
The organisers also plan to inform most of the schools and colleges about the competition and place posters on the school notice boards to attract more students.
The participants can contact the coordinators:
For further information, please contact with any of the coordinators:
Dr Balakrishna Pillai on 0210581549 or email on Gbjbpillai@extra.co.nz; Dr Sam Mathai on 0220702207 or email Smathai999@gmail.com; Shali Clement on 0212539026 or shaliclement@hotmail.com.
The Auckland Malayali Samajam has taken the initiative to give the youngsters an opportunity to express themselves about living and growing up in New Zealand and what is their vision to make the country a better place to live in.
Given the premise, the community group has invited children and...
The Auckland Malayali Samajam has taken the initiative to give the youngsters an opportunity to express themselves about living and growing up in New Zealand and what is their vision to make the country a better place to live in.
Given the premise, the community group has invited children and youngsters from every community to participate in this essay competition and voice their views about New Zealand as one community.
The competition is divided into three categories, and the topics are carefully selected for different age groups.
In the first category, which is for the age group 10 to 16, the topic of the essay is “Growing up in New Zealand – Your Views”. Participants are asked to write their perception about growing and living in New Zealand within 500 words.
Participants between the age 17-25 come in the second category of the competition, and the topic of their essay is “Contribution you will make for New Zealand to be a better place to live”. The word limit for this essay is 750 words.
In the third category, participants from the age of 26 and above can express their view on the topic “Globalisation and Cultural Integration –Impact on New Zealand” within 1000 words.
The last date to submit the essays is Friday, June 1 and the participants can contact Auckland Malayali Samajam for more information.
To make sure the best essays get their due of efforts and recognition, the organisers will adequately reward the winners of the competition, and they might even publish the best works on the Malayali Samajam Publication called the Darpanam, aka ‘The Mirror’.
“The Malayali Samajam has embarked on the process of integration with the mainstream New Zealanders to promote the multiculturalism, to tap on the creative writing skills of the young too. We want to share our cultural thread to weave the national fabric and make it as colourful as possible,” Secretary of the Auckland Malayali Samajam Blessan M Jose said.
The organisers also plan to inform most of the schools and colleges about the competition and place posters on the school notice boards to attract more students.
The participants can contact the coordinators:
For further information, please contact with any of the coordinators:
Dr Balakrishna Pillai on 0210581549 or email on Gbjbpillai@extra.co.nz; Dr Sam Mathai on 0220702207 or email Smathai999@gmail.com; Shali Clement on 0212539026 or shaliclement@hotmail.com.
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