Sikh Legacy brought a wonderful painting exhibition to Auckland depicting the life and legacy of Guru Nanak Dev ji. It was also part of the NZ Sikh Games.
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Muddasir Abbas, is a formidable hockey player. He is a former Pakistani international, cousin of world-record holder Sohail Abbas and son of Olympian Safdar Abbas. He moved to Melbourne in 2012, and is now a regular in the Australian Masters Hockey team. He was, in fact, the top-scorer at the Trans-Tasman Masters series held in Gold Coast early this year.
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With over 25 thousand people attending the two-day event – enjoying over 30 plus cultural performances - held over the last weekend, the first-ever New Zealand Sikh Games were a roaring success.
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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.
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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.
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Kush Bhargava, a naturopath by profession, who comes from Madhya Pradesh in India, has been leading the green homes revolution in New Zealand since 2010, when he established his company, the Wellington-based Eco Green Homes.
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Dalvir Singh Khangura, Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Punjab, is on a visit to New Zealand. Reecently, he was in Wellington where he met members of the Wellington Punjabi Sports and Cultural Club (WPSCC).
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As part of the inaugural Parliamentary Friendship Group exchange, New Zealand Parliament’s South and South East Asia Parliamentary Friendship Group, led by co-chairs Greg O’Connor MP (Labour) and Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi MP (National), met India’s Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, in New Delhi on November 25.
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On December 2, Immigration New Zealand said in a release, “We have contacted a group of people who were recently declined visas to visit a New Zealand citizen or resident partner. These people have been told they may apply for a visitor visa which will be assessed against updated guidelines. The fee for this application will be waived.”
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The Government has announced that the Pathway Student Visa pilot will continue until January 2021, after which it will become a permanent visa category. This pilot was introduced in December 2015, to enable international students to study up to three consecutive courses on a single student visa for up to five years. The visa is only available for study with approved education providers and for some courses of study.
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Following from their winning the first prize in Rotorua’s Santa Parade on November 30, Iskcon Auckland’s added another feather in its cap, by being judged the best float in Ellerslie Village Santa Parade that took place on December 1.
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A group of community leaders, representing South Asian countries, will soon be meeting the Immigration New Zealand officials and higher management to take up their immigration concerns with them.
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Organised by the Pakistani Association of New Zealand (PANZ), the Inter-Ethnic Tap Ball Cricket Tournament 2019, which saw 16 teams from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh participate, had an eventual winner.
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Guru Nanak Free Kitchen Auckland, Sikh Youth New Zealand, and Akal Foundation, all got together last weekend, and organised a three-hour kirtan (live devotional music performed by Rhythm School of Indian music) and langar (free shared kitchen) in the Auckland CBD
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Year-after-year, Sudima Hotels, has proven why the Group is “a great example of the meaningful contribution made by Indian investment and the Kiwi-Indian community in New Zealand”, as noted by the New Zealand High Commission in India in a recent tweet.
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Jointly organised by the Christchurch Metro Cricket Association (CMCA) and Christchurch Multicultural Council (CMC), the third Ara All Nations T20 Cricket Tournament started in the Garden City last weekend.
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Kiwi-Indian pride, Sarpreet Singh, to train with Bayern Munich's first team
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Statutory warning: this is not a review of Ahi Karunaharan’s latest offering to the New Zealand theatre landscape, My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak, which is running at Auckland’s Q Theatre till December 14.
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Over the weekend at the 11th NZCFC, the Palestinian Panthers and Czech Lions gave spectators a nail biting finish after drawing nil all after extra time. The two teams stood together shoulder to shoulder and cheered each other on during the penalty shootout, with the final score 4-2 to the Panthers.
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Mortgage rate may have possibly reached their lowest point in this cycle, fresh off the announcement from the Reserve Bank to keep the OCR on hold at 1%. The Reserve bank has backed up what the big banks have been predicting, with a recent survey reporting increased signs of rising house price expectations.
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