After a massive food distribution drive during various alert levels, the Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand is now gearing up to distribute over 2,000 blankets on Sunday, July 19, at 2pm.
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In a speech delivered in Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern outlined a “plan in the event we have a new case of community transmission of COVID-19 in New Zealand,” she said. We present the relevant excerpts. Full text can be read here www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/next-steps-covid-response
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Telugu Association of South Island (TASI) has joined hands with several other Telugu associations across the globe and is part of an online mega event "World Telugu Culture Fest" (initiated by TANA-USA) to be held on 24, 25 and 26 July 2020.
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Wellington Mutamizh Sangam (WMS) - which aims to promote the South Indian culture in Wellington region through Tamil language, music and drama; and Aotearoa New Zealand Federation of Tamil Sangam Inc (ANTS) - which is a national level federation comprising of Tamil Societies or Tamil Sangams in New Zealand, have called on the local Tamil talent to participate in the International Film and Music Festival 2020.
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A major five-year study by Massey University, which was presented at the Parliament this week, has revealed that Gandhi Nivas’ interventionist model, where it works directly with perpetrators of family violence, was able to prevent almost 60 percent of the men who have taken part in the programme from reoffending.
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A central Government partnership with Queenstown will help unlock around $300 million of projects in the township and create about 320 direct jobs, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced last week.
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The plasma extracted from the blood will be used to research and develop convalescent plasma therapy, one of the most promising experimental treatments of the virus so far. Found in the blood of people who have recovered from Covid-19, convalescent plasma is known to help in decreasing the death rate of infected people in intensive care who are unresponsive to other treatments.
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New Zealand has joined a global initiative that aims to enable all countries to access a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters announced on Wednesday.
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Feedback and some exceptional comments are considered by Global Finance so that better service can now be provided to customers from Tauranga, Papamoa, Mount Maunganui, Te Puke, Matamata, Katikati and Waihi areas.
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“At Alert Level 4, Ekta was providing green grocery supplies to some of the Wellington charities, when we came to know that some students, migrant workers and passengers stranded here ,especially from India also needed assistance. We arranged for a few rendezvous to get food parcels to these people without breaching the alert level rules.”
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Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and forgotten by their very own family is a poverty of loneliness and a deep feeling of sadness that only parents experience.
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On June 13, Wellington-based Ekta NZ and St Peter’s Church got together to mark their second year of support to the Wellington City Mission (WCM).
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International Yoga day commemorated at New Zealand parliament.
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World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.
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Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters last week announced David Pine as the new New Zealand High Commissioner to India.
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In New Zealand, active cases of COVID-19 are zero now.
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Alert Level 1 sees everyone being able to return without restriction to work, school, sports and domestic travel, and you can get together with as many people as you want.
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As regards to the tickets prices, the Ekta representative added, “These will be Auckland to Delhi flying on June 8, USD$2,100 economy and USD$3,800 Business; Auckland to Chennai flying on June 10, USD$2,100 economy and USD$3,800 Business; and Christchurch to Mumbai flying on June 13, USD$2,100 economy and USD$3,800 Business.
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As confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) exceeded 5 million, as of May 27, governments around the world are easing the restrictions imposed on their populations to combat the spread of the virus. But the economic impact of the total breakdown in economic activity has resulted in the International Monetary Fund projecting negative global growth for 2020 and calling this “the worst economic fallout since the Great Depression”.
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The Government has established a $1M hardship fund for international students to address urgent, temporary needs, for example temporary inability to access cash or because of reduced part-time employment.
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