Auckland-based Maa Shakti Charitable Trust organised a lohri mela on January 11, which included cultural performances, Bollywood songs, bhangra, martial arts performances, live DJ and bonfire. There were food stalls, stalls selling traditional Indian clothes, and fun rides for children.
Read MoreThe Canterbury Tamil Society (CTS) which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, celebrated the Thai Pongal festival last weekend.
Read MoreAffiliated to the Arya Samaj Pratinidhi Sabha New Zealand Incorporated, Arya Samaj Christchurch (ASC) organised its Annual Gayatri Maha-Yaj last weekend. Formed in 2006, the organisation is known for its monthly satsangs, but the Maha-Yaj is its flagship event of the year, where devotees perform a havan accompanied by the chants of the gayatri mantra, which is followed by a light meal for all devotees.
Read MoreBhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust, which has been organising an annual youth summer camp for the last 18 years, had this year’s event between January 13 to 17, for 105 children aged 6 to 14 years, at the Mount Roskill War Memorial Hall in Auckland. The five-day event was made possible by over 20 volunteers organising activities with an an underlying purpose-to develop the overall…
Read MoreThe two social organizations, which promote and celebrate Malayali culture in the Garden City - Kerala Cultural Forum (KCF) and Christchurch Kerala Association (CKA) organised their Christmas celebrations in December.
Read MoreThe harvest festival, known by several different names across India - lohri, makar sankranti, pongal, bhogali bihu, uttarayan and poush – was celebrated by various Indian community organisations across New Zealand over the past weekend. And few more are lined up for the coming weekend.
Read MoreUndoubtedly, the event that shook New Zealand the most this year, was the Christchurch mosque shootings that took place in two mosques in Christchurch during the Friday prayers on March 15. In all, 51 people were killed and 49 injured in a lone gunman attack. He was later identified as Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old man from Grafton, Australia, who was described as a white supremacist and part of alt-right.
Read MoreBritish Actor and Presenter Kiran Rai, who grew up in Nottingham in the UK, but has strong family connections in New Zealand and Australia, has landed a role in the upcoming Bollywood movie Marriage Online. The movie will be shot in Delhi and Mumbai, and also stars the comedy actor Rajpal Yadav.
Read MoreThe Wellington Indian Association (WIA) raised over two thousand dollars at their recent Christmas party for the charity Marry Potter Hospice, which in a Facebook post noted, “We'd like to say a huge thank you to the Women's Division (known as the Mahila Samaj) of the WIA who raised an incredible $2,520 for Mary Potter Hospice at their recent Christmas Party.
Read MoreOla, one of the world’s largest rideshare platforms, is set to launch in 11 new locations across the country this month.
Read MoreWorkplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway on Wednesday announced, “The Government is making sure we share the prosperity of our strong economy fairly with those on the minimum wage by lifting it to $18.90 per hour on 1 April 2020 – the next step in the Government’s plan for a $20 minimum wage by 2021.
Read MoreIn a major hint on how various visas will be processed in future, Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway, on Tuesday said this in Christchurch, “We are looking at ways to make the entire visa approval process fully automated. So if all the paper-work is in order, the applicant may get a computerised approval, with no manual work involved.
Read MoreIn an interactive session held on December 12, in Wellington, the Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand, Muktesh Pardeshi, met several local leaders and representatives of community organisations.
Read MoreOn Sunday, Christchurch residents were treated to city's annual Santa Parade, which saw around 135 floats, and over 2,500 performers.
Read MoreStarted in 2015 by the Wellington Indian Association, this year’s Community Service Awards held last weekend in the capital, recognised four individuals for “outstanding dedicated service” to the community. These included Karuna Ranchod, Sumati Lala, Santi Damania, and Jay Shaw.
Read MoreAucklanders from all walks of life are being encouraged to apply for Auckland Council’s six demographic advisory panels.
Read MoreResearch conducted by AUT’s New Zealand Work Research Institute and commissioned by the Human Rights Commission has found more than 50,000 working households live in poverty across Aotearoa.
Read MoreThe Day commemorates the listing of Hindi as the official language of India along with English, which happened on September 14, 1949. It also marks the efforts put in by successive Indian governments over the years to promote the language as the symbol of Indian unity.
Read MoreAn initiative taken up by two charitable organistaion, Sahaayta and Shanti Niwas in support of White Ribbon. This event marked the moment to end violence against women.
Read MoreProduced by the non-profit Communities Action Trust NZ (CATNZ) established in 2008, and brought to the capital by the Wellington City Council, this year’s Diwali held last weekend, had a very local empahsis.
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