On Sunday, Christchurch residents were treated to city's annual Santa Parade, which saw around 135 floats, and over 2,500 performers.

The 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.

A Kiwi-Indian couple, who launched their food-delivery start-up Give Me Bread in Christchurch in 2017, have ventured into a New Zealand first.

The Garden City will host an event to mark the 150th year of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi the coming weekend.

Deg Tegh Fateh Sikh Society Inc Christchurch NZ 550th Prakash Parv celebrations .

Residents of Dunedin in deep South, was also mesmerised by Indian tradition and culture over the past month or so, with the city hosting two Diwali celebrations.

As has become the tradition over the past 15 years, Christchurch Fiji Association’s biggest annual event, the multicultural Diwali, saw over 32 performances of various styles and forms, with over 550 people in audience applauding their every move.

One day last year, Narinder Singh Warraich, an immigrant from the Indian state of Punjab, was driving past the famous Hagley Park in Christchurch, when he saw some young boys teasing, bullying, and passing racist slurs towards an elderly Indian men, with a beard and a turban.