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4 HOMELINK February 15, 2016 Depressing debts destroy Kiwi dream Jenny Salesa Jenny.salesa@parliament.govt.nz Happy New Year,Indian Newslink readers. I wish you all happiness and prosperity for 2016. As we embark on the 2016 school year, many parents are thinking about what the future holds for their children. Students in their last years of high school will be making some important life decisions. If your child goes into trades training,takes up an apprenticeship or goes on to study at university they will certainly face big fees and living expenses. Big time trouble Training for a career is both necessary and exciting, but the big loans and debt that most people will need to take out are hardly the stuff of the great Kiwi dream. And they will make all those other big life decisions – buying a house, marriage and having children – so much harder. That is partly why New Zealand is experiencing the lowest rates of home ownership since the 1950s. Young Kiwis are coming out of post-school education with an average debt of $20,000 that can take them nine, long years to pay. Labour has been thinking hard and consulting widely about how to help New Zealanders, and this country, thrive and flourish in the new global economy. Part of the solution we have found was announced by labour Leader Andrew Little in his State-of-the-Nation speech on January 31, 2016. Working Futures Our Working Futures Plan will offer three years of free, postschool, education to everyone who has never studied past high school before. Under this Plan, all New Zealanders would be equipped to meet the changing face of work in the 21st century. Everyone would have the opportunity to learn and to achieve in life, without sacrificing their ability to own a home or establish a family. Further, the nature of work is changing swiftly. Research shows 46%of current jobs will either be vastly different or obsolete within as few as 10 to 20 years. The Working Futures investment in New Zealand’s skills and qualifications will ensure Kiwis can keep up with the evolving nature of work. Since this offer would be available throughout your lifetime,your entitlement to free education could be used for re-training for the several career changes that are becoming partand-parcel of the 21st century work experience. Skills shortage Working Futures is only part HELPING FAMILIES GET AHEAD of Labour’s response to the crisis in skills shortages that is facing many industries, particularly in infrastructure, road transport and ICT, for example. Skill shortages can be a standard feature of an evolving economy but it is hugely important that governments respond positively to such challenges and adapt accordingly. One of my goals as Spokesperson for Employment, Skills and Training is to see that apprenticeships properly valued and available, once again,to play a vital role in New Zealand’s skills and training environment and in driving economic growth. Trades Training I would like to enhance the relevance of trades training and apprenticeships, to see many more people ups killing,increasing well-paid, work-force participation. The Government seems hell bent on ignoring the issues. We cannot, which is why, Labour’s Working Futures Plan is all about investing in long-term lifetime learning. This is the sort of investment a positive, future-looking government should be making. It’s a game-changer for the New Zealand economy, our society and our families. Jenny Salesa is elected Member of Parliament from Manukau East and Labour Party Spokesperson for Employment, Skills and Training. Minister clarifies Social Housing Issue In her article titled, “The moving experience of homeless people,’ published under Viewlink in our February 1, 2016 issue, its author (Labour Party Policy Council Member) Priyanca Radhakrishnan had said, “A policy that pays people who are vulnerable to leave their home – a city that they are familiar with, where the family is, where their children go to school – to move to the provinces is a policy that potentially promotes social isolation.” In our Editorial in the same issue, we had interpreted her as arguing ‘rather vociferously that evicting people from state houses in places like Auckland and moving them to smaller towns and provinces is not the solution to the imploding problems related to housing.’ It would appear that our interpretation itself was subject to interpretation. Not eviction The Office of Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett issued the following statement: “The Government is not evicting people from state houses in Auckland and making them move to other towns against their will. The Minister has said she is considering offering people on Paula Bennett the Social Housing Register - that is, those without a home who are waiting to get into social housing - financial incentives to move to areas outside Auckland where there is less demand and where they’ll be housed more quickly. They would have a choice and would be supported to move, but no decisions have been made yet about whether this policy will be implemented or how it would work exactly. The Government’s priority is to ensure that people get a roof over their heads more quickly, and this is one way that could help that.” KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI NATIONAL LIST MP RT HON JOHN KEY PRIME MINISTER Funded by the ParliamentaryService & authorisedbyJohnKey MP,ExecutiveWing, Parliament, Molesworth St,Wellington DR PARMJEET PARMAR NATIONAL LIST MP Kanwaljit’s email: bakshi.mp@parliament.govt.nz Parmjeet’s email: parmjeet.parmar@parliament.govt.nz HON SAM LOTU IIGA MINISTER FOR ETHNIC COMMUNITIES www.national.org.nz At $11/kg picking your own. Afun summer activity for the family. Our cafe serves light refreshments &snacks, baked goods &real fruit ice-cream or frozen yoghurt NowOpenInTwo Locations; 397 JaryRd, Ohaupo 299 Central Rd South, Ngatea Open 7days 8AMto6PM www.blueberry.co.nz
February 15, 2016 HOMELINK 5 One slip can get you into hot immigration waters It would be wrong to assume that ‘no one will find out,’ for the long arm of the law sooner than later reaches out to the wrong Kamil Lakshman kamil.lakshman@idesilegal.co.nz Hindsight, it is often said, is a great thing. When we take stock of events and developments, many things that were not apparent at the time of their occurrence come to light. Such introspection may necessitate changes to our line of thinking, policy and practice. It is a phase in which we become witnesses rather than being participants. We become better equipped to see the play before us gaining a big picture perspective. If you get involved, then the play absorbs you into its realm, making you subjective rather than objective. That is in the nature of things. Most importantly, we feel sorry for such players who harm others. We cannot be a part of people who are greedy, egotistic and wanting to outdo others. It is their play. We must simply watch and get on with it. Divine intervention We should also have an understanding that one is probably accounting for something, better now than later. This understanding and approach will make one stronger. Lucky are those who have such wisdom in and around them. One can only be grateful for the divine intervention, the love of our creator evident in this wisdom. Those going through immigration challenges and struggles must not lose their perspective or objectives in order not to become victims. Empowering migrants Empowerment is needed through these times. Potential immigrants and those involved in the application process should not forget that there is a larger world out there and the outcome of the immigration process is not the end of all things. Bribes, concealing facts or providing false documents (or agreeing to all these) are not the way forward. Dubious deals and dishonesty will only cause more troubles, leading to decline of applications and even long-term impact. Wrong assumptions Many people living in developing countries are so desperate to get to New Zealand that they are prepared to go to any extent to achieve their objective. The objective may be desirable but it is equally important that the means to achieve it are fair, just and subject to scrutiny. It would be wrong to assume that ‘no one will find out,’ for the long arm of the law sooner than later reaches out to the wrongand then it would be too late to mend. Kamil Lakshman is a Lawyer & Principal of Wellington based law firm Idesi Legal Limited. She can be contacted on (04) 4616018 or 021-1598803. Email: kamil.lakshman@idesilegal.co.nz; The opinions expressed in her article above are her own and not that of Idesi Legal Limited or the New Zealand Law Society, or its Wellington Branch, or its affiliated bodies and committees or Indian Newslink. Readers can send their comments (names can be withheld) to editor@indiannewslink.co.nz
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