Category: News
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4 mistakes of a business traveller
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Travelling with a work colleague? Lisa Holland warns of these common mistakes to avoid. Business trips excite almost every young professional who has just started the job and is profoundly dedicated in making a successful career out of it. Official tours may be for trainings or meetings, may it be…
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NZ to celebrate Diwali with Yoga
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While Diwali usually provides an excuse to eat sugary sweets and fattening dishes, a community group in New Zealand is hopeful of using Diwali to get people more active. An yoga competition will try to improve health at Dipawali celebrations in Rotorua. On Saturday, 12 October, the Rotorua Convention Centre…
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7 Clever Tricks To Thicken Your Hair
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Think women are the only ones with a few beauty tricks up their sleeve? Guess again! If you’re searching for ways to make your thinning hair appear thicker, these clever tricks will help you achieve a full, lush look. 1. Wash that hair! One glance at the hair-clogged drain following…
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How Age Affects The Safety Of Having Children
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If you’re thinking of having your first child later in life, you’re not alone. Over 20 percent of women in the United States are waiting till their mid 30’s to have their first child. This is an exciting decision and most women don’t consider aspects regarding fertility. Unfortunately though, deciding…
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Dos And Don’ts For A Successful Job Interview
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Being a graduate, I have spent countless hours in university careers events being given guidance on how to be the perfect interviewee. They tell you the obvious tips such as “always ask questions†but, from my first-hand experience I have decided to compile a few of my own hints, tips,…
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Research affirms benefits of temporary migration
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Michael Woodhouse | Immigration Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse is welcoming new research from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on the impact of temporary migration on jobs and wages in New Zealand. Using figures from MBIE, Statistics New Zealand and Inland Revenue, The Rise of Temporary Migration and…
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Will NZ migration to UK grow?
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London is keen to have more Kiwis come and stay longer. But probably the view is not shared by the rest of the UK. During the New Zealand Prime Minister’s recent visit to the UK, the mayor of London supported a possible bilateral trade that may allow skilled Kiwis to…
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Woman charged for invoice fraud
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A New Zealand woman carrying out a sophisticated fraud to the value of NZ$719,000 has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention. Former company director Sonia Klair was sentenced at the Auckland District Court after pleading guilty to 64 charges brought by the Commerce Commission under the Crimes Act, in…
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2013 NZAMI Annual Conference opening address
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Michael Woodhouse | Immigration Good morning and thank you for asking me along to speak to your conference today. I want to start by acknowledging Peter Townsend, MC for the Conference, and Walter Stone, Chairman of your Association. It’s very important for me to come here to address you as…
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Woodhouse in Indonesia for people smuggling conference
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Michael Woodhouse | Immigration Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse has travelled to Indonesia to attend a major regional conference on people smuggling and trafficking. The Special Conference on the Irregular Movement of Persons is being held in Jakarta today and will discuss prevention, protection, early detection, and the prosecution of people…
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Address to 11th Annual Immigration Law Conference
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Michael Woodhouse | Immigration It’s an honour for me to be invited here today to open your 11th annual conference. I’m sure you will have some fruitful and robust discussions over the next couple of days. Having been Minister of Immigration for just over six months now I’ve been doing…
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Kiwi developer releases ‘Get Home Safe’ App
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With violence against women getting more gruesome and frequent in India, a new mobile application by a New Zealand developer could offer some safety help. The free app privately monitors users’ location during an activity or task and raises a pre-set alarm if they don’t ‘’Get Home Safe’. The app…
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Ekta to cast Imran-Sonakshi together
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Ekta Kapoor has announced that she will be casting Sonakshi Sinha and Imran Khan together in Balaji’s next Bollywood. At a recent private screening of Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara in Mumbai, senior Balaji officials were impressed with the Imran-Sonakshi on-screen chemistry who have come together the silver…
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NZ drivers exposed to high pollution – study
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New Zealand’s clean-green image may be mis-leading motorists, as a new study has found that, despite New Zealand’s major cities having less congestion and lower traffic than other big cities in the world, they still produce high commuter exposure to finer pollution particles. New Zealand’s University of Canterbury (UC) transport…
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Micronutrients to help quit smoking – study
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Taking micronutrients could stop relapses for people trying to quit smoking, says a New Zealand researcher. The University of Canterbury masters student is hoping to demonstrate that micronutrients help with withdrawal symptoms. One in five adults currently smoke in New Zealand. Researcher Phillipa Newton says there is a history of…
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Live-work apartments launched in Sydney
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Six affordable live-work apartments are on offer for artists and other creative Sydneysiders as part of the City’s support for the creative community. The apartments, which feature space to live and work, will be part of the city’s new creative hub on William Street in Darlinghurst. Sydney Lord Mayor Clover…
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Sunju Min: need dramatic changes for women protection
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As I like to travel to foreign countries, it was one of my dreams to go to India because I heard it is a really beautiful country. But I think it will just remain as a mere dream. Why? There is so much sexual violence in India. It was not…
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Old Sikh man beaten in US
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An iron bar was used to viciously attack a fragile Sikh man in his 80s, outside a Gurdwara in the US, in what is suspected to be a hate crime. According to local media reports, Piara Singh, an 82 year-old Sikh man, was severely beaten on 5 May with an…
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Vaibhav Gangan’s review: Shootout At Wadala
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With the word ‘shootout’ in the title of the movie, I expected violence. But I hadn’t bargained for the bloodbath that every scene is soaked in, in the latest Sanjay Gupta movie ‘Shootout At Wadala’. There was no respite from violence from the time I settled in till I left…
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Highly skilled jobs grow in NZ
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About jobs in New Zealand, there’s some good news. While the unemployment rate continues to remain high, those employed are working in highly-skilled jobs. There are more highly-skilled jobs and fewer lower-skills jobs than three years ago. More New Zealand employees are working in highly skilled jobs than in any…