National has vigorously opposed the Government’s Reform of Vocational Education (ROVE) and has confirmed at the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) in Invercargill this week that it would return regional education back to the regions, undoing a significant part of the reforms.
Read MoreThe Green Party has unveiled its Poverty Action Plan, which includes a Guaranteed Minimum Income to ensure people have enough to live with dignity. The scheme resets income support payments to ensure everyone not in full-time paid work gets at least $325 a week. People with kids or disability will receive extra support.
Read MoreDavid Seymour has been confirmed as the Party’s Leader and number 1 on the list. “Since the last election our membership has tripled and we are now standing 56 candidates up from 42 last time. ACT has huge momentum and it’s showing through in the high calibre candidates standing for the Party,” he said.
Read MoreLast week, the opposition National Party announced three candidates, all standing in various electorates in Auckland, who belong to multicultural communities of New Zealand. Bala Beeram standing from Kelston is of Indian descent, while Nuwanthie Samarakone in Manurewa is of Sri Lankan descent and Agnes Loheni in Māngere is of Samoan descent.
Read MoreWe are now at Alert level 1 which means that New Zealand has one of the most relaxed restrictions on our gatherings, our business exchanges and communities in the world and our economy can get moving again.
Read MoreKiwi-Indian and former List MP from New Zealand First (2014-17), Mahesh Bindra, sat with Gaurav Sharma, Associate Editor of The Indian News, on Tuesday, for a straight talk on a range of issues, including his relationship with Shane Jones and other party leaders, his party's stand on racism, immigration and exploitation of international students coming from India, as well as on New Zealand-India relations going forward.
Read MoreLabour's rising star, sat with his namesake Gaurav Sharma, Associate Editor of The Indian News, on Thursday, for a straight talk on a range of issues concerning racism, migrant exploitation, his drive in politics, his election campaign for 2020, his priorities for Hamilton West, and Labour's plan for economic revival in a post-covid New Zealand.
Read MoreRima Nakhle has been selected by the National Party to stand in Takanini for this year’s General Election. Takanini is a new electorate in South Auckland.
Read MoreThe Labour Party is incredibly proud of the 2020 list, which reflects the growing diversity of New Zealand and the skills we need as we recover and rebuild together from COVID-19,” says Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Labour MP and Labour's Associate Spokesperson for Ethnic Communities.
Read MoreGetting on top of the Covid-19 crisis in New Zealand has been a huge achievement by our team of 5 million. However, the health crisis has brought some tough times which mean we need to focus on recovering and rebuilding our economy.
Read MoreLast week, Kiwi-Indian MP and first-time Parliamentarian Priyanca Radhakrishnan was confirmed as the ruling Labour Party’s candidate for Maungakiekie in Auckland.
Read MoreAs I am write this column New Zealand has moved into our first day at Covid Alert Level 1 after two weeks of no new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand and confirmation yesterday that we have zero remaining active cases.
Read More“Project funding would be split 70/30 between Government money and private sector investment. National’s Tourism Accelerator will provide direct cash support to businesses and tourist operators that are currently tossing up whether to re-open or shut up shop for good.”
Read MoreI hope to continue in this role as Minister of Ethinic Affairs when we form the next government; Can't comment on Section 64 of Social Security Act 2018 but will advocate for helping migrants in every possible way : Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, National List MP based in Manukau East.
Read MoreAll internal party turmoil aside, last week was particularly good for Kiwi-Indian and National’s List MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi based in Manukau East, Auckland.
Read MoreAs I write this, New Zealand is still at COVID-19 Alert Level 2. The Cabinet is reviewing the regulations on Monday 25th.
Read MoreThere is no Team Todd, there is no Team Nikki, or anyone else – there is only Team National. National has always been a coalition of city and country, business and community, conservatives and liberals – National is the party for all New Zealanders.
Read MoreDebt will balloon to $140 billion, that’s around $80,000 per household. Unemployment is set to skyrocket to as many as 160,000 people. These are truly sobering figures.
Read MoreThe last couple of months have been absolutely extraordinary. While it is clear that locking down hard was the right thing to do to protect the health of New Zealanders, closing the doors for a minimum of four weeks and in some cases seven weeks has been very challenging for businesses.
Read MoreDue to the hard work of our team of five million, New Zealand remains on-track to eliminate the deadly Covid-19 virus. By going hard and early, we have prevented the devastation and large-scale death that swept many other places in the world.
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