Category: News
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Editorial: No grounds to ease immigration rules further
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Just five years ago, the Government relaxed the immigration conditions placed on wealthy investors. Already, however, it is being lobbied to ease the rules even further. A group called the Construction Development Alliance wants to…
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Uphold migrant workers’ rights, UN urges
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The United Nations experts have appealed to all countries to sign up to a landmark treaty on the rights of migrant workers that came into force some 10 years ago. Forty-seven countries have ratified the treaty but that number is far too low given the abuse and exploitation that…
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NZ employers look to new Kiwis to bridge skills gap
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As skills shortages increasingly impact on New Zealand businesses, employers are looking for new ways to find great people to meet their needs. Many are now looking to newcomers and returning Kiwis who bring the powerful combination of international work experience, qualifications and experience gained from working offshore,…
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NZ ranked world’s most socially advanced country
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New Zealand is the most socially advanced nation in the world according to a global index published by US-based nonprofit, the Social Progress Imperative, and released at the 2014 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. New Zealand topped the rankings across a wide range of measures–according to the Social Progress…
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Royal visit: ‘Infantile prank’ a misunderstanding
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A London-based Kiwi, whose controversial Maori cultural advice to British newspapers was branded an “infantile prank” in his home-country, is reportedly “quite upset” his comments were misconstrued.Tredegar Hall was quoted in…
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Kiwis still unsure of Asians
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Despite nearly a quarter of Aucklanders being Asian, the wider Kiwi community still has an unwillingness to engage with a group it considers to be “exotic other”, a diversity expert says.An Asia NZ Foundation survey found four out…
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Indianorigin businesswoman to appear in court for assaulting sister
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An awardwinning Indianorigin businesswoman in Britain will appear in court on Monday for assaulting her younger sister at a market place Sharon Kaur 46 a highprofile entrepreneur allegedly attacked her younger sister Kulvinder by grabbing her hair from behind spitting at her and clawing at her face outside a shop…
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Indian priest faces deportation for molestation in US
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An Indian-American priest who admitted to fondling a girl while attending dinner at her grandmother’s home in Minnesota has been sentenced to 25 years of supervised probation, according to media reports.
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Man who beat Indian-American computer scientist fatally gets 12 years in jail
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A New Jersey court has sentenced last of five men charged with the 2010 fatal beating of an Indian-American computer scientist Divyendu Sinha to more than 12 years in prison.
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Obama names Indian-American as alternate IMF director
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US president is nominating Sunil Sabharwal, an independent Indian American investor in the payments sector, to a key job as US alternate executive director at International Monetary Fund.
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BJP’s Indian-American supporters bet on ‘chai pe charcha’ in the US
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The Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) is organising hundreds of “chai pe charcha” events in the US and calling up people in India to influence potential voters.
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Surrey senior afraid to leave his home after vicious daylight attack in Newton
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Bal Gills 72yearold father used to walk through his Newton community up to three times a day But since a brazen daytime attack two weeks ago that left his father Gurcharan Singh Gill with six stitches in his head and a fractured cheekbone and jaw hes too afraid to leave…
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Kiwis wish to learn Chinese, but choose French
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Kiwis are interested in learning the Chinese and the Japanese language, according to a recent survey. (See video at the end of the article to learn beginner’s Chinese online.) The Asia New Zealand Foundation’s annual Perceptions of Asia and Asian Peoples in 2013 survey has found that New…
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US rapper makes racist comments about Sikh man draws flak
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An American rapper has made racist comments about a Sikh man in a picture he posted on a website but withdrew it later after drawing flak for his remarks online
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Indian-American disqualified from Congressional poll
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An Indian-American Republican candidate has been disqualified from contesting Congressional election by a California court, even as it cleared another candidate from the community to contest the polls.
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AAP’s Punjab strategy made in US, Canada
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The Punjab chapter of AAP is getting technical and strategic inputs from its offshore supporters.
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Indian-origin doctor pleads guilty to taking bribes in US
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An Indian-origin pediatrician in the US has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by a diagnostic firm.
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Op Bluestar a stain on post1947 India Cameron
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British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday called Operation Bluestar and the events that followed it in India in 1984 a stain on the postindependence history of India and said that Britain should celebrate the contribution Sikhs made to the country
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NZ doctors putting patients at risk
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Mistakes by doctors are inevitable in the current working environment, says the union representing New Zealand’s resident doctors. Recently, a man died in an Auckland hospital from a tear in his aorta after the doctor overlooked an X-Ray. According to the coroner’s report, Trevor Bourke, 69, could have been saved had the doctor…
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Indian-American in immigration scam settles with US body
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An Indian-American businessman and two Chicago based organisations will pay $15 million to settle charges of raising $158 million dollars from close to 300 investors as part of an immigration scam.