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Ayoung woman, with a 

mountain of debts and 

a cancer-affected father 

back home in India is 

on the verge of being kicked out 

of the country by Immigration 

New Zealand (INZ) unless 

Immigration Minister Chief 

Ombudsman hears her case and 

dispenses justice. 

We cannot reveal her identity, 

for, the woman is petrified 

that she would be evicted even 

before she and her lawyer have 

had a chance to know what and 

why things went wrong. 

We will call her Bharathi. 

She stands on the precipice 

of uncertainty betrayed by a 

system and a few people who 

have tried to extort money, and 

worse, sex. 

Unfair Stamp of Fraud 

INZ has stamped her as 

‘Fraud’ and posted on their computer 

without proper investigation 

and without providing her 

an opportunity to explain. The 

unilateral decision, it has been 

alleged, was taken by INZ because 

‘somebody informed them 

so.’ 

We would like to know as to 

when INZ has started listening 

to rumours or allegations and 

victimise applicants, without following 

appropriate procedures. 

The young woman, came to 

New Zealand in 2016. 

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sue Post Graduation from one 

of the prestigious universities 

of New Zealand. Life was perfect, 

my tenure in the university 

was absolutely life changing. 

Working and studying with people 

from different countries and 

cultures made me more adaptive 

and prepared me for the diverse 

kiwi work force. It was a dream 

come true,” Bharathi told Indian 

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But she underestimated the job 

market. Every employer wanted 

‘New Zealand experience,’ wanted 

references and a ‘manager under 

whom she had worked.’ 

As a student, she had none of 

these. 

It was then that the cruel aspect 

of human beings hit her. 

Demand for sex and money 

An elderly person, also a 

person of Indian origin, told 

Bharathi that he had ‘connections’ 

with the Health Ministry. 

He wanted her to ‘pretend 

that she is his partner’ so that 

he could get INZ to issue a 

‘Permanent Resident Visa.’ She 

declined saying that she was in 

a genuine relationship with her 

partner from India. 

“Although I stopped seeing or 

talking to him, he approached me 

through another person saying 

that he can arrange, through an 

employer, a Work Visa for three 

years on payment of $40,000. 

These two incidents have left me 

to think the job market here in 

New Zealand is corrupt and very 

unfair. How do I get New Zealand 

work experience if I am not able 

to secure ajob in the first place?” 

Bharathi said. 

“My future is at stake just 

because someone called 

Immigration with false information. 

INZ is welcome to scrutinise 

and comb through my IRD/Pay 

Slips/Bank statements or any other 

documents to verify my claims 

but they have chosen to believe 

the person who has accused me of 

fraud,” she added. 

Hardship and loans in India 

Bharathi said that her financial 

situation in India is pathetic. She 

has a student loan of about $42,000, 

her house is on mortgage, her father 

is undergoing expensive treatment 

for a pre-cancerous condition 

and there is general gloom in her 

life. 

She has a job offer from an international 

company based in 

Auckland but without a proper legal 

status, she cannot be employed. 

Unfair and Unjust 

“I think that it is very unfair. It 

is very hard to get a job here in 

this country. When you finally get 

one, your struggle to get a work 

visa seems to be never ending. I 

am fighting for my work visa since 

March. I am sure many of us are 

going through this struggle, but I 

have chosen to bring this exploitation 

to the public,” Bharathi said. 

Indian Newslink has spoken to 

the Immigration Lawyer handling 

Bharathi’s case, a lawyer with a 

reputation to bring justice to victims 

of INZ’s unfair decisions. 

This is a test case for the fairness 

and openness that the Labour 

government has promised to New 

Zealanders and to international 

students. 

We hope the Immigration 

Minister and the Chief Ombudsman 

order a thorough examination of 

Bharathi’s case and reinstate the 

fair image of New Zealand. 

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Immigration lawyer wants offshore education agents regulated 

Venkat Raman 


An Immigration lawyer has called on 

the government to regulate offshore 

education agents and protect international 

students being exploited. 

Auckland based Alastair McClymont of Mc- 

Clymont Associates (Barristers & Solicitors) 

said in a statement that the New Zealand 

immigration system does not include specific 

mechanisms to regulate offshore education 

agents. 

He was reacting to a decision of Chief 

Ombudsman Peter Boshier not to proceed 

with acomplaint filed by his firm against 

Immigration New Zealand (INL) for deporting 

a large group of Indian students in 2017 

and 2018. Indian Newslink had carried news 

relating to this issue in its print and web 

editions and social media. 

Deported Indian students 

INL had earlier said that the students were 

deported because they had provided false or 

misleading information while applying for 

student visas to study in New Zealand. 

The students had contended that the 

information was provided by their education 

agents and that they were unaware of such 

information. 

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In his seven-page letter, Mr 

Boshier said that he was satisfied 

that INZ had followed the 

necessary investigations and 

procedures before deciding to 

deport the students. 

But he criticised the 

Department’s policy and 

methodology in processing 

student visa applications and 

noted that the Government 

decided not to put in place any 

mechanism to regulate or to 

monitor the actions of these 

fraudulent agents. 

Review of applications 

As a consequence of the 

Ombudsman’s investigation 

INZ has offered to review 

the files of 213 student visa 

applications. 

Associate Immigration Minister 

Kris Faafoi has agreed to 

personally reconsider seven 

applications in addition to the 

213 INZ has offered to audit. 

But Mr McClymont said that 

neither the Ombudsman’s decision 

nor the undertaking of 

the Minister went far enough 

to address the problem. 

“More needs to be done. 

If there is no evidence that 

the applicants were active 

participants in the fraud, their 

original visa status should be 

reinstated. The National Government 

created this mess. I 

am now asking our current 

government to show compassion 

and act humanely. 

“The Government has 

also held Indian student visa 

applicants solely responsible 

for the fraudulent documents 

that their Indian-based agents 

and advisors submitted to 

Immigration New Zealand on 

their behalf – even if the students 

had no knowledge of the 

contents of these documents,” 

he said. 

Education providers 

responsible 

Mr McClymont directed the 

responsibility of the dodgy 

Indian education agents to 

the education providers in 

New Zealand, who recruit, 

manage and pay the Indian 

agents to recruit the students. 

The students can choose from 

a selection of the schools’ 

agents, but they don’t pay the 

agents – the schools pay the 

agents. 

He claimed that Indian 

students are being targeted for 

deportation in greater numbers 

than other nationalities. 

“And this is despite Tongans, 

Samoans and Chinese overstaying 

in higher numbers. 

This can only be happening if 

there is a racial bias against 

Indian students and work visa 

applicants. Indian work visas 

are being declined at a rate 

10% higher than Chinese applicants 

in the same position,” 

he said. 

Unfortunate scapegoats 

Mr McClymont said that the 

Government is using Indian 

students as a scapegoat similar 

to the way that US President 

Donald Trump is targeting 

Mexicans as ‘bad people.’ 

“INZ is targeting Indians for 

deportation because it claims 

they belong to a demographic 

group that has been identified 

as risk of exploitation.” 

The INZ Compliance and 

Investigations Unit has been 

modelling data of overstayers 

to determine which groups 

most often incur hospital 

costs, overstay their visa or are 

involved in criminal activity. 

Its harm team has been using 

data such as past overstayers’ 

convictions and unpaid 

hospital debts to contribute to 

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The world welcomes ‘Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford’ 

Venkat Raman 


The news of the arrival 

of the first child (a baby 

girl) for Jacinda Ardern 

and her Partner Clarke 

Gayford on Thursday, June 21, 

2018, engaged the headlines 

of almost all media channels 

including print editions of 

newspapers all over the world. 

Thousands of messages were 

posted on Twitter, Facebook 

and other social media, apart 

from messages received 

through government channels 

and directly by media. 

Bhaktavar Bhutto 

congratulates 

Former Prime Minister of 

Pakistan Benazir Bhutto holds 

the record for being the first 

woman Prime Minister in 

modern times to deliver a baby 

while in office. 

Ms Bhutto was born on June 

21 and shares the birthday of 

Jacinda Ardern’s new baby. 

Her second daughter Bhaktavar 

was born on January 

25, 1990 in Karachi, Pakistan, 

while she was Prime Minister. 

Bhaktavar tweeted, 

“Congratulations PM @ 

jacindaardern on the birth of 

your daughter! Reposting this 

(from the Guardian), relevant 

as ever, “Benazir Bhutto 

showed you can be a mother 

and Prime Minister.” 

Ardern’s parents excited 

The Prime Minister’s 

parents have expressed their 

Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford with their baby at the Auckland Hospital on June 21. 

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excitement at the birth of their 

new granddaughter. 

The baby arrived at 445 

pm at Auckland City Hospital, 

weighing 3.31 kg. 

Ms Ardern’s father Ross 

Ardern told RNZ that he and 

his wife Laurell were “very 

proud” and warmly welcomed 

the new addition to their 

family. 

“She will be great company 

for our other two grandchildren 

and we look forward 

to meeting her. We are very 

happy that mum and baby 

are doing well. We know that 

Clarke and Jacinda will make 

a great team looking after the 

baby and we will of course be 

supporting them where we 

can,” he said. 

Finding a Name 

Prior to leaving Auckland 

Hospital to go home for the 

first time with her new-born, 

Ms Ardern announced to the 

waiting media that the baby 

has been named ‘Neve Te 

Aroha Ardern Gayford.’ 

“We struggled to decide on 

the name for many months. 

But we decided to wait for the 

baby to be born before taking 

a decision,” she told reporters. 

“We chose Neve, because we 

liked the name and we thought 

she looked like a Neve. Te 

Aroha is a name that we had 

decided earlier,” she added. 

About Neve and Te Aroha 

According to a source, 

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of Irish and Latin origin, 

meaning ‘Snow.’ 

‘Te Aroha’ means “The 

Loved, the Compassionate,’ 

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brilliance and mountain in 

the Waikato region, near 

Hamilton, the City where Ms 

Ardern was born, raised and 

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Ms Ardern said, “It seems 

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Report accuses Ministry of overspending, underreporting 

Phil Pennington 

The Ministry of Business, 

Innovation and 

Employment (MBIE) severely 

understated its 

spending on external contractors 

and consultants, spending 

$77 million and telling MPs it 

only spent $39 million. 

Government departments 

spent more than half a billion 

dollars on contractors and consultants 

last year, almost double 

that of eight years ago. 

The government said on June 

22, 2018 the total figure across 

29 departments was $546 million 

in the 2016-2017 financial 

year. 

The spending of another 

seven agencies has not been 

published. 

An independent review of 

MBIE spending on consultants 

and contractors - completed in 

April - showed it spent $77 million 

in this way in 2015-2016, 

but told a Select Committee that 

it had spent almost half that. 

No transparency 

“The review found that the approach 

the Ministry took and 

the answers provided to the 

Select Committee questions... 

were not as clear, full and transparent 

as they could have been 

about the Ministry’s spending 

on consultancy and contractors,” 

senior civil servant 

Wendy Venter said in the 22- 

page review. 

Picture of MBIE building for RNZ 

by Richard Tindiller 

The report appears to have 

been put on the Ministry’s website 

earlier this month without 

any public statements accompanying 

it. 

The review also showed that 

the Ministry spent $95.7 million 

last year - or about 15% of the 

Ministry’s entire spending - compared 

with its statements to MPs 

that suggested it spent just $73 

million. 

No basis for exclusion 

Ms Venter said that the 

Ministry gave the answers it did 

to MPs because it was the way 

it had reported on spending in 

previous years and it aligned 

with a “note disclosure” in its 

statements. 

“These reasons are not a sufficient 

basis for excluding these 

costs,” she said. 

When it released the $39 million 

figure at the start of 2017, 

the Ministry was reported saying 

that it had been “actively managing 

down its spend on contractors 

and consultants” since 

its creation, and that spending 

on contractors and consultants 

had dropped from $46 million in 

2012-2013. 

In fact, it had risen by 67% although 

it was unclear what the 

Ministry was excluding from 

spending figures in previous 

years. 

At the time, the Public Service 

Association said that all government 

agencies should “follow the 

lead” of MBIE and release details 

of their spending on contractors. 

The latest review covers only 

2015-2016 and last year. 

Varying reporting methods 

It found three other major 

departments varied how they 

reported spending on contractors: 

Inland Revenue, Internal 

Affairs and the Ministry of Social 

Development. 

“All agencies adopted different 

thresholds for the individual 

contracts reported. Those variations 

showed further policy guidance 

would help to and be “in 

line with the objectives of open 

government,” the Report said. 

MBIE could look at making 

more information publicly available, 

and doing more to ensure 

the spending details are correct, 

it said. 

The $95 million spending in 

2016-2017 was very close to 

the total spending indicated in 

a spreadsheet leaked late last 

year. The Ministry dismissed this 

spreadsheet as inaccurate. 

The leak triggered a hunt for 

the leaker. 

The Ministry told RNZ that investigation 

was complete, but the 

outcome was confidential as it 

was an employment matter. 

In March, RNZ reported that 

the Ministry’s answers to the 

Select Committee did not add 

up properly, but that the total 

spending “could be as high as 

$95 million depending how the 

latest figures are added up.” 

No clarification given 

At the time, the Ministry 

did not clarify why the Select 

Committee report numbers did 

not add up. “MBIE has always responded 

to Parliamentary Select 

Committee questions in good 

faith and in line with the available 

guidance,” a Ministry spokesperson 

said. 

“But we recognised that we 

could make improvements to increase 

consistency and transparency, 

and make the complex 

information provided easier to 

understand.” 

Many recommendations from 

the 2016-17 select committee annual 

review in February were 

implemented, and further improvements 

would follow this 

year, the ministry said. 

“We use contractors and consultants 

for projects and to cover 

peak demand where it is 

economic or necessary to do so, 

but we also want to be really 

transparent.” 

The Public Service Association 

said it had heard nothing and 

had not been involved. 

New Zealand’s accounting 

practices followed by departments 

did not require disclosure 

of spending on consultants and 

contractors, but this was considered 

good practice. 

Shameful act 

ACT Party leader David 

Seymour said it was a “great 

shame” the Ministry misled MPs 

about its spending. 

“It is a major problem that they 

misled the Select Committee, but 

let us just remember that the 

mischief started with this silly, 

arbitrary control on the number 

of people working for government, 

as opposed to cracking 

down on the number of things 

that government is asked to do to 

people by politicians.” 

Today’s figures also showed 

that the Department of 

Conservation spent $69 million 

on contractors and consultants, 

and the Internal Affairs 

Department $39 million. 

The government was now 

moving to remove a long-standing 

cap on the total number of 

core-service government employees, 

set at 39,000. 

This would reduce the need to 

use contractors, it said. 

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Jonathan Mitchell 

An advert for Beehive Bacon 

on a busy motorway exit in 

downtown Auckland states: “I’m 

15. He’s 27. My parents love him. 

Wake up and smell the bacon.” 

Advertising firm Contagion 

created it as part of a campaign 

with a “wake up and smell the 

bacon” tagline including: “My 

kids do swimming, French, piano, 

ballet and tennis. But we’re not 

competitive. 

“The boys will love a vegan fry 

up”; and “There’s an innocent 

reason he deletes his browser 

history.” 

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chief executive Gill Greer said 

the ad was sending the wrong 

message. 

“The age of consent for New 

Zealanders is 16 - regardless 

of gender or sex - and so what 

that’s implying presumably is 

something that is acceptable to 

parents - but is illegal,” she said. 

She said the billboard did not 

reflect family values. 

Contagion Chief Executive 

Dean Taylor said the firm was 

devastated the slogan had caused 

offence and would be pulling it 

down tonight. 

“We thought that might be 

funny – we obviously missed the 

mark - so we are pulling it down,” 

he said. 

Mr Taylor said the other billboards would stay in 

place. 

He said the idea of the slogans was to “take the piss” 

and call out things that were just not right. 

Meanwhile, workers at the Beehive bacon factory 

in Carterton have been involved in industrial action, 

refusing to work overtime. 

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Humans have devised many artforms, and 

as it is said, Art is nothing but an expression 

of self. An artist/e is hence someone who 

has mastered the art of conveying his/her 

thoughts in the most beautiful ways possible. 

A poet can make your intangible feelings 

come to life while a child’s innocent laughter 

can make you feel the purity of the entire 

universe in an instant. 

The Nine Emotions 

In all Indian schools of Art, we recognise 

the nine emotions, or the ‘nav rasa’ which literally 

translates as the nine essences of life. 

The nine emotions are love, joy, wonder, 

courage, peace, sadness, anger, fear and disgust. 

All these emotions and their expressions 

thereof gives rise to art of all kinds. 

Most of the Eastern schools of Philosophy 

believed that it is only through free expression 

that society and humanity as a whole 

can thrive and achieve greater stability and 

growth. 

It holds true for every civilisation that has 

flourished and has been successful as they all 

had art and music at the core of their social 

structure, and these societies encouraged artists 

to reach the pinnacle 

of creativity, which even 

to present day provides inspiration 

to many. 

Declining Creativity 

However, we are currently 

witnessing a world 

that teaches its young 

ones to control their 

thoughts and puts restrictions 

on their expressions 

and the result is that 

we have lesser artists, artistes, 

writers and philosophers 

and more bankers 

and technicians. 

While we are developing 

one part of their personality 

and intellect (the 

analytical side), we are 

not paying enough attention 

to developing the 

emotional and creative 

side of their being. 

If we need lesser chaos 

in the Universe, we need 

to start with these young 

minds. 

We need to calm the 

storms of discontent and 

provide them a medium 

to freely speak up 

about their thoughts and 

dreams, their fears and 

joys. 

Only then can we truly 

evolve to being better 

humans. 

We need all the arts to 

flourish and start acreative 

dialogue across all 

genres to bring about a 

change in the very way we think and 

live. Only then would the peace flow 

from within and surround the world 

around us. 

We need to laugh, play and be childlike 

and express all our thoughts and 

only then will we be true to ourselves. 

We need to unlearn many things that 

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Organised by the External 

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the knowledge of India among the 

Indian Diaspora. 

Eligibility criteria 

The quiz contest is open to 

Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), who 

are Indian nationals holding Indian 

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and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI), 

who are either former citizens of 

India or those who were earlier 

holding Persons of Indian Origin 

(PIO) cards. 

PIO are those who were born 

outside India but have ancestral link 

with India. 

The PIO card was merged with OCI 

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two years ago. As such, participants 

should have OCI cards since PIO 

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Participants in the ‘Bharat Ko 

Janiye’ Quiz should be in the 15-35 

age group. 

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The Contest will be conducted in 

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Rabuka ruffles feathers over debt to China 

Losirene Lacanivalu 

Recent claims about the 

Government’s Chinese 

debt made by SODELPA 

Leader Sitiveni Rabuka 

on the Australian television 

show 60 Minutes have been 

dubbed ‘unpatriotic’ by Attorney 

General and Minister for Economy 

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. 

Mr Sayed-Khaiyum, who is 

also the Acting Prime Minister 

clarified the issue at aPress 

Conference in Suva on June 21, 

2018 and raised serious concerns 

about the former prime 

minister’s claims after a number 

of media groups reached out 

for comments on the remarks 

Mr Rabuka made recently on 

the supposedly burdensome 

Chinese debt on the country. 

Mr Sayed-Khaiyum also said 

the SODELPA leader’s comments 

were not factual. 

The China Syndrome 

During the show, titled ‘The 

China Syndrome,’ Mr Rabuka 

is reported to have said that 

China’s plans in the nation was 

“domination” and “domination 

of the region.” 

On the TV show, Mr Rabuka 

said he was not comfortable 

with China’s involvement in 

Fiji’s affairs and there was a 

fear that the Chinese would take 

over Fiji’s ports and airports 

because it was happening 

around the world. 

Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said 

that Chinese loans stood at just 

10.6% of Fiji’s total debt, both 

external and internal, owed to 

the Exim Bank of China. 

Other debts 

He said that the Chinese debt, 

as percentage of Gross Domestic 

Product, was 4.7% 

As far as external debts was 

a concern, Fiji owed money to 

the Asian Development Bank 

(ADB), to the International Fund 

for Agricultural Development, 

World Bank, Japan International 

Cooperation Agency, Exim Bank 

of China and a Global Bond, he 

said. 

“Mr Rabuka made all sorts of 

claims, took them (60 Minutes) 

to MacGregor Road, to the 

building and said, ‘look at this, 

this is Chinese now and we owe 

money to them.’ No we don’t,” 

Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said. 

He also said the building 

at MacGregor Road that was 

shown on the television programme 

was a private equity. 

Worrying Statement 

He also described Mr Rabuka’s 

statements as worrying. 

“It was under Mr Rabuka’s 

Prime Ministership that the National 

Bank of Fiji collapsed, and 

now we can understand more 

why it collapsed, he obviously 

does not understand finance.” 

Speaking on the issue of ports 

and airports, Mr Sayed-Khaiyum 

asked why the country 

would give up its ports and 

airports. 

He reiterated that the Chinese 

debt Fiji is in currently was 

Sitiveni Rabuka 

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum 

used on the construction and 

tar-sealing of the road between 

Nabouwalu and Dreketi in Vanua 

Levu, Sawani and Serea Road, 

Naitasiri, the Sigatoka Valley road, 

Buca Bay, Moto Road and the 

Public Rental Board development 

and the Housing Authority 

sub-division. 

“They are the only projects for 

which we have a debt exposure 

for the Exim Bank of China. 

Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said that he 

was concerned that Mr Rabuka 

was a leader of an alternative 

government and was willing to 

spread false information. 

“The only consistency with Sitiveni 

Rabuka is his inconsistency,” 

he said. 

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Bank of Baroda has No NPL in New Zealand 

Venkat Raman 


Bank of Baroda (New 

Zealand) Limited, the first 

Indian bank to establish 

its presence in 2010 has 

registered a robust performance 

for the year-ended March 31, 

2018, with no provision made for 

Non-Performing Loans (NPL) in 

its books. 

But the Bank had to make a loss 

provision of US$ 8 billion for its 

operations in India. 

Robust Performance 

Mayank Mehta, Executive 

Director of the Mumbai based 

Bank of Baroda, told Indian 

Newslink that the total assets of 

the wholly-owned New Zealand 

subsidiary as at the end of March 

31, 2018 was about $116 million, 

of which loans and advances 

amounted to $86 million. 

“The Bank recorded a net 

profit of $1.26 million during its 

2017-2018 financial year. We are 

happy that Bank of Baroda (New 

Zealand) Limited is considered 

to be a ‘Well-Disciplined Bank’ by 

the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. 

We are poised to grow and roll 

out innovative products and 

services here,” he said. 

Mr Mehta was speaking to us as 

the Board of Directors was meeting 

at the Bank’s Head Office in 

Mt Eden, considering some of the 

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in India” 

Bank of Baroda (NZ) Limited Board of Directors at their meeting this 

morning (From left) Anupam Srivastav (Managing Director), Ranjna 

Patel, Vijay Goel (Directors) Claudio Sandro Oberto (Chairman) and 

Sarangapani Janaki Raman (Secretary). 

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June 18, 2018. 

“These eight years have been Mayank Mehta speaking to Indian 

Newslink on June 18, 2018 

eventful for Bank of Baroda 

New Zealand Limited. We have 

Bank of Baroda (BoB) At a Glance 

capital adequacy of 80%, “more 

Position As at March 31, 2018 

than comfortable” to manage our 

BoB Global 

BoB NZ Ltd 

lending activities. However, our 

In US$ Billions 

In NZ$ Millions 

approach has been one of caution 

and strict control of market exposure, 

which is why, we have not 

Total Business 161.42 115.88 

Deposits 90.73 67.06 

provided for any non-performing 

Advances 70.69 85.84 

assets,” he said. 

Capital & Reserves 8.29 47.20 

Mobile Banking and Expansion 

Cash Adequacy Ratio 12.87% 78.06% 

He later launched the Bank of 

Baroda Mobile Banking services 

Total Income 3.82 4.56 (Operating Income) 

at the Branch. 

Operating Profit 2.08 1.26 (NPAT) 

“We are digital savvy in New 

5467 3 

Zealand. All our transactions 

Employees 55662 20 

have been digitalised and we are 

105 (in 23 Countries) 

- 

planning to introduce many other 

innovative products,” he said but operations in New Zealand are Bank of Baroda account for the 

stopped short of giving details. strong, NPL is a major headache bulk of these loans. 

Bank of Baroda New Zealand for commercial banks in India, Mr Mehta said that the total 

Limited has three branches in forcing the Reserve Bank of India amount of his Bank’s NPL was 

the country, one each in Mt Eden (RBI) to issue new strictures. about US$ 8 billion, which is 

(Auckland Central), Manukau According to RBI figures, soured about 12% of the gross assets 

(South Auckland) and Wellington. loans, which include non-performing, 

of the bank or 5.47% of the net 

Mr Mehta said that the bank 

restructured or rolled- 

assets. 

adopted a cautionary stand in over loans, reached a record high The Bank made a loan loss 

opening new branches. 

of INR 9.5 trillion (US $148 billion) provision of about US$ 42 million 

“However, we will consider in the middle of 2017, before covering 68% of its NPL for the 

branch expansion as we move dipping slightly, prompting some year-ending March 2018. 

along,” he said. 

relief among bankers that the Capital Adequacy Ratio 

NPL in India 

worst was over. 

“While we are taking all the 

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loans, we believe that we have 

provided adequately- about 68%. 

We have in place a number of 

measures,” he said. 

RBI has been asking the 

lending banks to take recourse to 

One-Time-Settlement (OTS) plan 

with their NPL, which Mr Mehta 

said his Bank would apply as the 

last resort. 

“As well as following the 

‘normal’ process of recovery, we 

have initiated processes of debt 

recovery through the Debt Recovery 

Tribunal (DRT), National 

Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) 

and then OTS. As a bank we have 

a strong capital adequacy ratio of 

12.87%, well above the prescribed 

limit of 9% of risk-weighted 

assets,” he said. 

In fact, most banks in India 

have about 12% capital adequacy 

ratio. 

Last MONTH, Ratings agency 

Fitch downgraded viability 

ratings of State Bank of India 

and Bank of Baroda by a notch to 

‘bb+’ and ‘bb’ respectively citing 

the lenders’ weakened risk profile 

due to poor asset quality and 

the vulnerability of their capital 

buffers to moderate shocks. 

But Flitch said that Indian 

banks’ solid and resilient funding 

and liquidity positions remained 

intact and while deposit growth 

had slowed since demonetisation, 

depositor confidence remained 

high due to state banks’ government 

ownership. 

“This is evident in banks’ retail 

deposit composition, which 

generally exceeds 80%,” it said.


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The English Fortnightly (Since November 1999) 

ISSUE 395 | JULY 1, 2018 

Are Indian students 

naïve and vulnerable? 

Alastair McClymont has 

been our friend since 

Indian Newslink was 

established 19 years 

ago. 

We consider him one of the 

finest and most experienced 

barristers and solicitors and 

immigration lawyers in the 

country. 

His passion to get justice for 

the wronged is laudable and 

often he undertakes legal work 

on pro bono basis. 

His crusade against Immigration 

New Zealand (INZ) has our 

support since we too believe that 

the Department is often myopic 

and discriminatory. 

However, his observations 

on the decision of the Chief 

Ombudsman Peter Boshier not 

to proceed with the complaint 

he filed against the decision of 

INZ to deport a large group of 

Indian students in 2017 and 2018 

necessitate a closer analysis. 

We have carried Mr McClymont’s 

press statement in full in 

our web edition as well as social 

media and a redacted version 

under Homelink of this issue. 

That INZ does not get it right 

many a time, creating serious 

inroads into the life and career 

of people could be testified by 

our frontpage story in this issue. 

Deportation of Indian students 

In arguing against the deportation 

of the group of Indian 

students, Mr McClymont said 

that they were victims of fraud 

perpetrated by education agents 

in India. 

It has also been reported that 

these agents were in collusion 

with some banks in providing 

false documents. 

Following are some of the 

points that he raised in his Complaint 

to the Chief Ombudsman: 

1. The dodgy education 

agents in India represent education 

providers in New Zealand 

who manage and pay them; they 

do not represent the students 

2. Students choose from 

a selection of agents, but do not 

pay them 

3. The students signed 

blank forms – “a practice in the 

Indian cultural context” strongly 

encouraged by the agents of 

education providers 

4. INZ has uncovered in 

parallel investigations, cases in 

which Indian education agents 

have created fake email addresses 

on behalf of students for 

purposes such as averification 

of information and undertaking 

interviews 

Exploitation by agents 

It is trite knowledge that some 

education agents in India demand 

large sums of money from 

prospective students making 

wild promises such as assured 

employment upon arrival, 

reduced term of study to take 

up full time jobs and permanent 

residence status in less than a 

year. While it is true that education 

agents should act on behalf 

of education providers, they 

often double dip and entertain 

false promises and engage them 

in fraudulent behaviour. 

It is hard to believe that 

students, who go overseas for 

tertiary studies would be so 

naïve as to sign blank forms, 

allowing education agents to fill 

them as they please. 

Signing blank forms may have 

been a practice some years ago 

in some families because of 

the implicit and inherent trust 

between siblings, parents and 

other close relatives, but not 

any more. Indians today, for 

the most part, do not sign blank 

documents, and commercial 

banks do not and cannot give 

false statements. It is however 

possible that a ‘temporary 

statement of available funds’ 

is issued but only when such 

monies are actually lodged in to 

the account. Such an act would 

require the full knowledge and 

consent of the account holder. 

Rogue agents 

It is true that students choose 

from a pool of agents and do not 

pay them in the case of a large 

number of such operators who 

have established a reputation. 

This newspaper is aware of 

a large number of such honest 

agents. 

But the problem is that of a 

small number of rogues who rot 

the system. 

They exploit students who 

want to go overseas by any 

means and extort money. We 

often hear of reports parents 

having mortgaged their land, 

jewellery and other assets to 

pay large sums of money to the 

agents. On arrival, the students 

face the harshness of reality. 

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Trump-Kim Summit high on 

glow but slow on substance 

Dr Marc Lanteigne 

The watershed Summit 

between US President 

Donald Trump and 

North Korean leader Kim 

Jong-un held in Singapore on June 

12, 2018 was a mixed success, topheavy 

with imagery and ‘smile 

diplomacy’ but light on concrete 

initiatives and promises. 

Although the Summit was 

ground-breaking, in the sense 

that this was the first time a 

sitting American president has 

ever met directly with a North 

Korean head of state, the work 

ahead in ensuring that relations 

between the two states do not 

deteriorate to levels seen last year 

will be amuch more difficult and 

time-consuming task. 

Shedding the past 

After a short one-to-one session 

between the leaders and their 

interpreters, larger meetings 

with American and North Korean 

officials followed, and by mid-afternoon 

the two leaders emerged 

to sign a document which the 

President called ‘pretty comprehensive’ 

while the North Korea 

(officially the Democratic People’s 

Republic of Korea - DPRK) Chairman 

stated that meeting served to 

‘leave the past behind.’ 

Trump suggested at the end of 

the meeting that the process of 

denuclearisation could proceed 

‘very quickly’ and that the door 

was potentially open for Kim to 

visit the White House. 

The four main points of the 

agreement included (a) A promise 

by both sides to establish a 

new relationship in order to 

create ‘peace and prosperity’ (b) 

The pacification of the Korean 

Peninsula (c) North Korea would 

work towards ‘complete 

denuclearisation’ as stated in the 

Panmunjom Declaration struck in 

April between Mr Kim and South 

Korean President Moon Jae-in (d) 

Both states would work to recover 

prisoners of war and the remains 

of those missing in action from 

the 1950-53 Korean conflict. 

Lack of detail 

The document was unusually 

light on specifics. Critical questions 

remain, such as how the 

initiatives will be carried out and 

under what timeframe, and what 

will be the role of South Korea in 

future talks. 

The meeting was a considerable 

victory for the Kim regime, 

given that it finally, after several 

decades, received the degree of 

recognition that it had been seeking 

from Washington, and was 

US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un 

(Picture from Wikimedia Commons) 

treated as an equal to the United 

States in the course of the talks. 

Of note was the North Korean 

leader was not taken to task 

for his country’s human rights 

record and previous belligerent 

behaviour. 

As well, the negotiations which 

will follow will likely need greater 

international participation and 

engagement, which may be 

difficult given the frosty relations 

between the US and several key 

friends and allies in the wake 

of the failed G7 meeting and 

opposition to the tearing up of 

the Iranian nuclear deal by the 

Trump government last month. 

Permanent Peace? 

Both sides have talked about 

establishing a ‘Permanent Peace.’ 

This could mean some sort of 

document affirming the formal 

end of the Korean War, which 

technically is still going as no 

peace treaty was ever signed 

between the North and South, but 

only an armistice in 1953. 

However, any peace treaty 

would also need to involve South 

Korea, and likely China given 

that Beijing has maintained that 

it wishes to be part of the peace 

process. 

Tokyo is also concerned about 

any peace agreement since Japan 

has been frequently threatened 

by North Korea in the past. 

A future outcome of the 

talks could be a revival of the 

Beijing-backed ‘Six-Party Talks’, 

which included the two Koreas 

along with China, Japan, Russia 

and the United States. 

President Trump surprised 

many by suggesting that further 

US-South Korean military exercises 

would be suspended as a 

gesture of goodwill, a move which 

was reportedly not discussed 

with Seoul beforehand. 

This decision ran counter to 

previous US vows that it would 

not accept a ‘freeze-for-freeze’ 

option, meaning a promise to suspend 

these exercises in exchange 

Emergency at Hawke’s Bay DHB 

Hawke’s Bay DHB may 

have to activate its 

emergency plan if a 

nurses’ strike goes 

ahead while it deals with an 

increasing number of winter 

illnesses and influenza cases. 

“The health system is likely 

to come under greater strain 

through the winter as the 

expected increase in acute 

activity occurs, with the added 

complexity of influenza and the 

threat of a nurses’ strike,” Chief 

Executive Kevin Snee said in a 

report. 

We are likely to be on a major 

incident footing throughout 

July and August as a minimum. 

However, we have undertaken 

for a continued halt to DPRK 

missile and warhead testing. 

While the South Korean 

government continues to throw 

its support behind US-led peace 

initiatives, there remains the 

question of whether the United 

States and South Korea are completely 

on the same page as the 

peace process continues. 

The China equation 

China, too, will be essential to 

any lasting peace and denuclearisation 

of North Korea, given its 

great power status in the region 

and its strong overreaching 

economic relationship with the 

DPRK. Beijing was largely left on 

the side-lines in this process, but 

the [Chinese] Xi Jinping government 

has made it clear that it supports 

the nuclear disarmament 

on the Korean Peninsula but also 

wishes to be directly involved in 

the peace process to come. 

As a spokesperson for the 

Chinese Foreign Ministry stated at 

the end of the Singapore Summit, 

‘no one will doubt the unique and 

important role played by China; a 

role which will continue.’ 

Persisting uncertainty 

There is still much uncertainty 

about what can be accomplished 

in a single meeting despite its 

high profile. 

The foreign policy team 

of President Trump is still 

greatly untested and has showed 

numerous signs of being divided 

and prone to posturing, as the 

G7 Summit in Québec this month 

illustrated. 

As for the North Korea side, the 

regime has already won a victory 

of sorts given that it is receiving 

international recognition on 

levels never before seen, and 

there is the possibility of future 

international contacts not only 

with the United States but also 

with other major countries. 

Dr Marc Lanteigne is Senior Lecturer 

in Security Studies at the 

Massey University Centre for 

Defence and Security Studies. 

considerable planning to put 

ourselves in a good state of 

readiness,” he said. 

It came as the hospital remained 

under financial pressure, 

with the DHB now forecasting a 

$3.1 million deficit for the financial 

year ending June 30, 2018. 

It had previously been expected 

to make a $1.5 million. 

-Anusha Bradley (Courtesy: 

www.rnz.co.nz)


The government’s flagship 

KiwiBuild housing project 

could save millions of 

dollars if homes are built 

sustainably, a Report says. 

Commissioned by Green 

Building Council, a not-for-profit 

building organisation, the 

Report said that all 100,000 

KiwiBuild homes should include 

factors such as energy efficiency, 

warmth, and the amount of 

building waste. 

The Report’s author, Economist 

Shamubeel Eaqub, estimated 

that if KiwiBuild homes were 

built to the ‘Homestar 6’ standard, 

New Zealanders could benefit 

by up to $330 million in the 

next 30 years. 

National Rate Tool 

The Council has described 

‘Homestar’ as an independent 

national rating tool that measures 

the “health, warmth and efficiency 

of New Zealand houses.” 

A home is rated on a scale 

from 6 to 10, it said, and houses 

with a rating of six or higher 

were “warmer, drier, healthier 

and cost less to run.” 

“If we are really building houses 

for first home buyers and 

low-income households, then we 

want to make sure that the houses 

we are building for them are 

not expensive to operate and expensive 

to keep healthy. Right 

now New Zealand is doing exactly 

that,” the Report said. 

“We build homes that are not 

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Economist says KiwiBuild should be sustainable 

Tom Furley 

Construction starts on the Kiwibuild project 

(Picture for RNZ by Sophia Duckor-Jones 

very healthy, that are difficult 

to heat, difficult 

to keep warm, difficult 

to get dry. We need to 

break the cycle and this 

is one way of doing it.” 

Encouraging private 

developers 

The Report also noted 

that building KiwiBuild 

homes sustainably could 

spur private developers 

to go green and decrease 

the additional cost. 

“In the UK, what we 

have seen is when the 

standards first come in, 

they tend to be quite 

expensive to build because 

it is new, it is hard 

to source material, all 

those sorts of things. But 

over time, that premium 

tends to shrink, generally 

over the course of five 

years.” 

Over time, Mr Eaqub 

said savings could be as 

high as $680 million if 

the costs decrease and 

10,000 extra homes were 

built. 

“Despite knowing that 

these higher standard, 

higher quality homes are 

good for your wallet and 

good for the community, 

it is not happening. 

“The take-up rate is 

quite slow. I think there’s 

a real opportunity with 

KiwiBuild to just show 

how quickly you can 

move the industry in 

terms of building up capability, 

to bring down 

those costs. And also to 

show the market this is 

something that people 

value.” 

In the next decade, 

Auckland’s Councilowned 

Panuku expects 

to build 10,000 homes to 

Economist Shamubeel Eaqub 

(RNZ Picture) 

Logistics is the line between Order and Disorder 

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Homestar 6 standard. 

Monumental 

Opportunity 

The Green Building 

Council said that had 

pushed other large developers 

to also consider 

the standard, with 25,000 

houses currently in the 

works. 

Chief Executive 

Andrew Eagles said 

KiwiBuild was a massive 

opportunity for the 

government to live up 

to its emission promises 

and change the country’s 

thinking about housing. 

“With KiwiBuild, we 

have a monumental, 

once in a lifetime opportunity 

to shift how we 

think about homes. So 

when you see 100,000 

homes built to Homestar 

it clearly signals that this 

is possible and that others 

could be doing.” 

He acknowledged that 

the government was being 

pressed to produce quantity 

but said quality was 

equally important. 

“Wouldn’t it be sad if 

in 10 years time we look 

at the homes we’re building 

through KiwiBuild and 

we’ve got mouldy homes 

that have high energy bills 

and that are significantly 

behind where we could 

be?” 

The Report said that 

New Zealand’s Building 

Code was “recognised as 

being behind international 

standards,” citing 

criticism from the OECD 

and International Energy 

Agency. 

Progressive Standards 

Mr Eagles said that progressing 

standards could 

start with KiwiBuild for 

now. 

“Then, what happens 

is everyone sits up and 

says if this is possible why 

are we putting up with a 

sub-par building code because 

people can do this. 

Then, you set a trajectory 

to a decent building code 

which considers overheating, 

which gives us good 

insulation in our homes. 

Housing Minister Phil 

Twyford said that it was 

too early to say whether 

the government would 

decide to build to the 

Homestar efficiency. 

“Our big focus at the moment 

is on getting homes 

built initially and making 

sure that they are affordable. 

But we would be nuts 

if we did not use this opportunity 

to build better 

quality homes, to increase 

the thermal efficiency, to 

reduce the lifetime cost of 

living in these houses.” 

“In all of those areas, 

there is an opportunity to 

set new standards and I 

certainly want us to be at 

least better than code but 

let’s see how ambitious we 

can be. 

“We have to improve the 

quality and standard of 

housing in New Zealand 

and this whole area about 

thermal efficiency is central 

to it.” 

While being noncommittal 

about the Homestar 

standard, he said that the 

built environment was 

one of the main ways the 

government could reduce 

carbon emissions to meet 

its net zero target by 2050. 

Tom Furley is a Reporter 

at Radio New Zealand. 

Indian Newslink has 

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New Zealand marks milestone with EU trade talks 

the US and China should be sorted 

out according to WTO rules, 

Chris Bramwell 

there appears to be no justification 

for these US actions and so 

rightly they are challenged in the 

WTO.” 

When the WTO was facing 

challenges to its authority, Mr 

Finny said it was exciting to see 

the EU deal progress, alongside 

the revised TPP. 

“For a lot of our trade we will 

New Zealand and the 

European Union have 

formally launched negotiations 

for a Free Trade 

Agreement (FTA). 

The EU Commissioner for Trade 

Cecilia Malmström said it was an 

important milestone in EU-New 

Zealand relations and that the negotiations 

would aim to remove 

barriers to trade in goods and services, 

as well as develop rules 

to make trade easier and more 

sustainable. 

New Chapter with NZ 

“This is about opening up a new 

chapter, new economic possibilities 

for our companies, big and 

small, and we will focus on the 

small and medium-sized companies,” 

Ms Malmström said. 

Protectionist attitudes towards 

agriculture and EU rules allowing 

some traditional foods or wine to 

be produced only in certain areas 

- will be just some of the challenges 

in getting the deal over the line. 

Trade Minister David Parker 

said it was hoped that the FTA 

could be completed within a couple 

of years but noted that some 

of the sticking points in the deal 

were likely to be around geographical 

indicators, and the EU 

Trade Commissioner had asked 

for work on those to start early so 

that it did not delay the deal. 

Minister hopeful 

EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and Trade Minister David Parker at the EU Trade 

negotiations press conference. Photo: RNZ/Chris Bramwell 

“That demonstrates a willingness 

on the European side of the 

negotiation which we share in 

New Zealand, to bring this to a 

conclusion as soon as we can, and 

we are hopeful that we can wrap 

it up on our side within a couple 

of years, but only time will tell,” 

Mr Parker said. 

The deal would not include 

Investor State Dispute Settlement 

clauses that have been controversial 

in other agreements, such as 

the CPTPP. 

Former trade negotiator 

Charles Finny said that the volatility 

went further than US and 

China. 

“The steel and aluminium tariffs 

that are now in place and 

impacting on New Zealand, impacting 

on EU, Japan, as well as 

China, Canada and Mexico,” Mr 

Finny said. 

“Most immediately, there is this 

$50 billion tariff bill being put on 

Chinese exports and China is retaliating, 

and we have to watch 

that very closely - it could get 

bigger.” 

New Zealand was not given 

an exemption when the Trump 

administration decided to impose 

import tariffs on steel and 

aluminium. 

State of WTO 

Mr Finny had major concerns 

about the state of the World 

Trade Organisation (WTO), and 

its ability to enforce global trading 

rules. 

“It is important that when dealing 

with someone attempting 

to bully that there are other big 

players prepared to stand up and 

retaliate because bullies don’t like 

that,” he said. 

“Problems like that between 


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Migrants get a feel of New Zealand at Expo 

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New migrants, international 

students, migrant 

workers and tourists 

got to know first-hand 

the existing and emerging opportunities 

for them to progress 

their education and career at the 

Sixth Annual ANZ Migrant Expo 

last fortnight. 

Organised by the ANZ Bank 

as a part of its service to the 

migrant community, the ANZ 

Migrant Expo, held at the ‘Cloud’ 

in Queen’s Wharf on Saturday, 

June 16, 2018, witnessed about 

12,000 visitors flocking more 

than 70 stalls exhibiting a widerange 

of services and facilities 

offered by the New Zealand government, 

government agencies, 

departments, and private sector 

companies and organisations. 

Service Providers’ Stalls 

They included the New 

Zealand Police, Inland Revenue 

Department, Immigration New 

Zealand, Immigration Advisers 

Authority, Employment New 

Zealand, Tertiary Education 

Commission, the Auckland Council 

and the Auckland District 

Health Board. 

Companies and Commercial 

and Non-Commercial organisations 

included ANZ, airline 

operators, education providers, 

health services providers, 

telecommunication companies, 

immigration consultants, lawyers, 

the media, the New Zealand 

Jack Huo speaking at the ANZ Migrant Expo 

(Picture by Hemant Parikh) 

A visitor at the Indian Newslink Stall (Indian 

Newslink Picture) 

Indian Central Association and 

others. 

Informative Seminars 

There were six seminars 

conducted through the day on 

issues such as ‘Pathway from employment 

to residency,’ ‘Safety,’ 

‘Understanding the New Zealand 

The Korean Drummers at the Expo (Picture by Hemant Parikh) 

Health System,’ ‘Mental Health 

Awareness,’ ‘Renting Properties,’ 

‘First Homebuyers’ and ‘Getting 

Ready for Employment.’ 

Earlier, speaking at a formal 

opening ceremony, ANZ Bank 

Head of Migrant and Auckland 

Asian Banking Jack Hou said that 

as a nation of immigrants, more 

than 90% of New Zealanders feel 

that they have some connection 

to another country through 

family, friends, travel or other 

interests. 

Understanding New Zealand 

“While we are a small country, I 

believe that our connection to different 

cultures makes us stronger 

as a nation, and more diverse 

and inclusive as a people group. 

New Zealand, and Auckland in 

particular, is a wonderful melting 

pot of a wide range of cultures. As 

a result, we are seeing more demand 

for migrant services, many 

of which have representatives at 

the ANZ Migrant Expo,” he said. 

Mr Hou said that understanding 

that new migrants, international 

students and others must 

be aware of employees’ minimum 

rights and housing, how to 

structure their resumes, who to 

call in an emergency and most 

other important services and 

facilities available in the country 

were among the informative stall 

at the Expo. 

“It can be difficult knowing 

what questions to ask, and then 

who to go to when you have those 

questions. That is why information 

days like ANZ Migrant Expo 

2018 can be so beneficial,” he 

said. 

ANZ’s connectivity 

Mr Hou said that as the largest 

bank in New Zealand, ANZ has a 

duty to serve its customers. 

“We recently announced a 

programme providing $100 million 

of interest free loans to help 

Kiwis insulate their homes. This 

has been well received with more 

than 500 customers across New 

Zealand registered for the loan. 

Visitors at some of the stalls (Picture by Hemant Parikh) 

“We also have 15 migrant 

banking centres across New 

Zealand with more than 600 staff 

fluent in a range of languages 

including Mandarin, Cantonese, 

Korean, Hindi, and Japanese with 

a range of products designed to 

meet the unique needs of migrant 

customers,” he said. 

Among those who attended 

the opening ceremony were 

ANZ General Manager (Retail 

and Business Banking) Andrew 

Webster, Branch Managers, 

Customer Relations Officers and 

other officials of the Bank, Labour 

MP Raymond Huo, Auckland 

City District Commander Superintendent 

Karyn Malthus and 

other Police officials, community 

representatives and company 

executives. 

Cultural performances held 

throughout the day included local 

kapa haka groups, Korean drummers, 

Chinese, Indian, Samoan, 

Tongan and Filipino dances. 

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Beyond Headlines, media houses have other confrontations 

TimMurphy 

Former MediaWorks Chief 

Executive Sussan Turner 

popped up on the board of 

media companyNZME this 

week -six weeks after her termas 

aDirector of TVNZ endedquietly 

with no reappointment by the 

Labour-led government. 

Sussan Turner 

Turner was aone-termer on the 

board of thestate broadcaster. 

Her departure on April 30 was not 

announcedand the Minister of 

Broadcasting Clare Curran is yet to 

appoint areplacement. 

Her expertise in radio at 

MediaWorks will be of value for 

NZME, which ownsthe other half 

of the commercial radio market, 

and struggles in the music brands 

against the dominant MediaWorks 

stations. 

Turner was consideredclose 

to former National Minister of 

Finance andTertiary Education 

Minister Steven Joyce andas 

well as theTVNZ board role, 

took up apublic appointment 

to the Auckland University of 

Technology Council under the last 

government. 

She will be the fifth and final 

directorfor NZME, which has been 

building aboardsince listing two 

years ago in what wasthen to be 

aprecursor to anew mergedcompanywith 

Fairfax NZ/Stuff. That 

merger did not win approval from 

theCommerceCommission or 

the High Court but the companies 

now await the result of achallenge 

heard this month before the Court 

of Appeal. 

Turner,Chief Executiveofprivate 

education companyAspire2, 

joins former ASB Chief Executive 

BarbaraChapman, accountant 

Carol Campbell, investment banker 

David Gibson and chair and 

former ad man Peter Cullinane on 

the NZME board. 

Papers sheddingSales 

Quarterly newspaper circulation 

figures released on Thursdayshow 

manyofthe country’spapers shedding 

sales at around 10% or more 

in the past year, compounding 

years of falls. 

The two best performingtitles 

in the country forminimising the 

decline in sales were both from the 

south -the Otago Daily Times dropping 

just 3% andthe Ashburton 

Guardian by 3.3%. 

Stuff suffers downtrend 

Stuff Ltd, which owns two of 

the country’sSundaypapersand 

the DominionPost in Wellington, 

The Press in Christchurch and 

Waikato Times in Hamilton, led 

the downward drift. 

The DomPost was offby10% 

in the year-to-March, the ABC 

figures showed, to45,733 copieson 

average eachday.Its Christchurch 

stablematewas off 9.55 to 46,441 

StuffLimitedStable of Newspapers (Picture Courtesy: RNZ 

and the Waikato Times by 12.6% to 

17,755. 

Of regional papers,Stuff’s titles 

in Manawatu, Taranaki, Nelson, Timaru 

and Southland were all down 

by between 11% and 13%-afar 

steeper fall than newspapers owned 

by rival company NZME, which 

saw its Hawke’sBay and Northland 

papers decline at much lower rates 

than the industry average. 

Stuff Ltdisproudly digital 

first -using itsStuff website and an 

audience of more than 2.1 million 

unique readersamonthtoexpand 

into other digital products and 

ventures. It clearly is not fighting 

as hard corporately to prop up its 

newspaper sales. 

New Zealand Herald drops 

NZME’s flagship NewZealand 

Herald contained its circulation 

drop to 6% year-on-year but its 

average daily sales are now an 

anaemic 113,752from 121,059last 

March. Within its total auditednet 

circulation theHerald has ‘directed 

circulation’ or free or promotional 

copies totalling 6566 aday,far 

higher proportionatelythan the 

DomPost at 563 or The Press at 243. 

Nielsen Readership 

On the same day, the circulation 

figures for physical salesofthe 

papers are released, publishers also 

makepublic the Nielsen readership 

numbers. 

These are for the total number of 

individuals reading titles,not the 

number paying foracopy. 

There has always been abig gap 

between the two sets of figuresand 

now publishers also cite their ‘total 

brand audience’ including digital 

readersand total companyaudience 

which can include radio audiences 

as well. 

Forexample, NZME claim adaily 

brand audiencefor the Herald in 

print and online of more than one 

million andthe companycites 

an audienceof3.2 million New 

Zealanders from a“fused” database 

for last year “read, watch, listen or 

otherwiseengage with our brands.” 

Take your pick. 

The Herald had agood Nielsen 

surveytoMarch 31 -its average 

issue readership was up by 8% 

to 459,000 from ayearago. But 

print readership numbers,too, are 

considerably lower than past years. 

In 2008, the Herald had an average 

issue readership of 585,000and in 

2013, that number was 539,000. In 

early 2017 the Herald’snumber had 

fallen to just over 400,000 so this 

week’sresult is acomeback. 

With the current Herald 

Audit Bureau of Circulation figure 

(above) at 113,000 for the March 

2018 year, the latestNielsentotal of 

459,000 translates to four readers 

for every paid copy. 

The Herald on Sundayhas a 

Nielsen readership of 349,000 and 

an ABC sales figure of 82,373 - 

meaning eachcopyonaSundayis 

read by 4.2 people as well. 

Nielsen does not routinely 

release its readership data publicly. 

Stuff Ltddid not appear to issue 

readership numbers by separate 

newspaper. 

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‘Let Me Go’ arrives in New Zealand with its author 

Is Dhundh Mein across India which was launched by 

Dynamism of love and leave gets worldwide rave 

popular music director Shankar Mahadevan. 

Venkat Raman 

He has entertained audiences in over 500 concerts 

them close is a lost school bag, 

across USA, India, New Zealand and Australia. 

One of the most prolific a missed school bus leading to 

Born in Bangalore, Shriram spent his schooling days in 

writers and singers will a walk back home, and a few 

Gujarat. 

be in Auckland next cutlets to beat the after-school 

He later obtained an MBA from the Melbourne Business 

School and is currently working on his third novel 

month to celebrate the hunger. 

launch his latest book. 

Melbourne based Shriram Iyer 

will also conduct ‘Book Talk’ of 

‘Let Me Go,’ a compelling novel of 

romance and suspense. 

The event will be held on 

Sunday, August 5, 2018 at the 

function hall (First Floor) of 

Shivani Indian Vegetarian Restaurant 

located at 23 Eric Barker 

Place, off Kolmar Road, close to 

Hunters Corner in Papatoetoe, 

South Auckland. 

Shriram will also sign copies of 

his books purchased at the event, 

which will be held from 11 am to 

1 pm. Entry is free for all. 

After a five-year hiatus, 

Shriram Iyer’s second novel, the 

highly anticipated ‘Let Me Go’ 

was released in bookstores across 

India in November 2017. 

The E-book version is globally 

on Amazon. 

Here is an overview of what 

promises to be an unputdownable 

book. 

About ‘Let Me Go’ 

A boy and a girl can become 

friends. But can they remain 

friends forever? 

When Anshuman Kale meets 

Indira Kelkar, all it takes to bring 

As the now best friends grow 

up together, there is nothing 

that can come between their 

friendship. Or so they think! 

At the climax of their teenage 

years, as Indira falls in love with 

a man five years older than her, 

she finds herself caught between 

friendship and love, neither of 

which she can let go. 

But as their lives begin to take 

a turn, for good, for bad, and for 

the worse, Anshuman is forced 

to rethink one of the things he 

had considered a given: ‘He and 

Indira would be best of friends 

forever.’ 

Now estranged for years, 

Anshuman is looking forward 

to marrying the love of his life, 

while Indira is waiting to hear 

back on her euthanasia appeal. 

What could have gone so 

wrong that she wants to end her 

life? 

As their lives intersect once 

again, how far will Anshuman go 

for Indira? 

To Friendship . . . With Love 

About the Author 

‘Let Me Go’ is published by Fingerprint 

Publishing (an imprint 

of Prakash books) and is slated 

for release in India in November. As readers 

might remember, Shriram’s first book ‘Wings of 

Silence’ was published by Westland Books/Grey 

Oak Publishers in 2012 and was translated into 

Korean by Darun Publishers. 

A recipient of the Shankar’s International 

Award for creative writing from then President 

Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1996, Shriram has 

also authored a few unpublished short stories, 

adapted scripts for theatre and screenplays for 

short films. 

Shriram has had memorable success as a 

singer and songwriter, with over 2.5 million 

views on YouTube. 

In 2007, he released his first pop music album, 

in Melbourne. 

A Labour of Love? 

Shriram refers to the creative arts as a labour of love, 

but outrageous commercial success could make him look 

at things differently. 

Along with his other creative pursuits, Shriram 

has had two seasons as a Commentator for Cricket 

Australia, sharing the same media space as legendary 

commentators like Harsha Bhogle, Michael Slater and 

Mark Waugh. 

The Audiobook is an up and coming format for books 

and Shriram was chosen by Audible India to narrate 

books which include those written by former President 

of India Pranab Mukherjee, Shashi Tharoor, Devdutt 

Pattnaik, Ram Gopal Varma, Suhel Seth and voiceovers 

for bestsellers such as Savi Varma’s Everyone has a love 

story and MS Dhoni’s Biography written by Biswajeet 

Ghosh. 

The Marketing 

Consultant 

Following his MBA degree, Shriram worked for large 

corporates like Sensis and AGL, feeding his passion for 

the SMB (Small-to-Medium Business) sector. He currently 

helps the SMB segment develop customer acquisition 

strategies and drives their campaigns using social media 

marketing tools. 

He also writes a monthly business column for a 

Melbourne-based newspaper. 

To Buy ‘Let Me Go’ 

The book is available on Amazon and bookstores 

across India. Interested readers can also avail sample 

chapters by visiting: www.authorshriram.com/home 

Email: shriram2.iyer2@gmail.com 

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18 Communitylink 

Pontiff says we have a ‘New Zeal’ for humanity 

Venkat Raman 

beauty 

is enhanced 

by the ‘inner 

“Nature’s 

beauty’ of 

New Zealanders, making this a 

‘Country of God,’ a visiting Saint 

has said. 

Shri Sugunendra Theertha 

Swamiji, Pontiff of the Shri Puthige 

Mutt, Udupi in the South Indian 

State of Karnataka, said that 

although he is on his maiden visit 

to this country, “New Zealand 

vibrates with piety and spirit of 

goodwill and understanding.” 

Peaceful and harmonious 

“I notice that people of all 

religions and beliefs live and 

work with peace and harmony. I 

have heard and noted that people 

of varied ethnicities attend 

events and religious ceremonies 

and participate in them with 

fervour. People of Indian origin 

are an asset to New Zealand. 

Apart from other unifying factors 

like Cricket, Indians have earned 

the respect of all New Zealanders 

through their hard work,” he 

said. 

He was speaking to Labour 

MP (Mt Roskill) and Ethnic 

Communities Under-Secretary 

Michael Wood at the residence 

of Sathyakumar Katte, a devotee 

of Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji 

on Friday, June 15, 2018, where a 

number of devotees had assembled 

to pay obeisance to him. 

“This is a land that displays 

‘New Zeal,’ with his high level of 

tolerance and friendship. I am 

told that your Prime Minister 

is expecting her first baby 

and I pray and wish her a safe 

delivery. I also hope that she will 

visit India and expand our good 

relations,” he said. 

Labour MP blessed 

He presented to Mr Wood a 

Shri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji honours Labour MP Michael Wood at the residence of Sathyakumar Katte on 

Friday, June 15, 2018 

Shri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji with the Katte Family 

unique framed picture of Mother 

Earth, seated on a Lotus Flower, 

floating on water, holding in 

eight hands, symbols of various 

religions, the ‘Chakra of Shakthi,’ 

the Sun shining above – all of 

which signified the concept of 

‘Vasudhaiva Kuttumbakam,’ 

meaning ‘The World is One 

Family.’ 

Later, speaking to Indian 

Newslink, he said that having 

visited 25 countries across the 

Continents, he was gratified to 

find that people of India were 

conscientiously speaking the 

Special Prayer brings devotees 

from afar to Balaji Temple 

Ragavan Rengachariar 

traditional values of India, its culture, 

fine arts and social values. 

Duty to Youth 

“It is our duty to engage our 

young people in activities that 

promote the goodness of human 

beings, inculcating in them the 

same moral, educational and 

cultural values that we have 

imbibed, so that their country of 

domicile benefits, bringing at the 

same time pride and joy to their 

mother country, that is India,” 

Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji 

said. 

He said that the modern world 

RAMS Foundation Trustee Ragavan Rengachariar honours Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji with the title, of ‘Vishwa 

Vithala Sarathy’ at the Residence of Umesh on Sunday, June 17, 2018 

is characterised by speed, haste 

and ‘everything and everyone’ 

expecting instant results because 

of the advancement of science 

and technology. 

Deliverance of Karma 

“Certain things cannot happen 

instantly. Take for instance, ‘Karma.’ 

Although Karma is a result 

of cause and effect, the result is 

not instantaneous. Karma is like 

a ‘deposit made in a bank.’ It has 

to mature to yield its interest. 

Just like a seed needs time to 

grow, give its fruits, Karma takes 

time to yield. People are often 

impatient to realise the fruits of 

their work,” he said. 

Since his arrival ten days ago, 


has been visiting dozens of 

homes of his devotees throughout 

Auckland, at each of which he 

was received with piety, respect 

and special poojas. His devotees 

say that the ‘Power of His Presence’ 

is felt for long. 

Temple Ceremony 

More than 800 people including 

Members of Parliament, leaders 

of other religions and various 

ethnicities were present at Shri 

Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan Temple 

in Onehunga, Auckland, to participate 

and witness ‘Saamoohika 

Sansthana Pooja,’ a collective 

offering to the Deities of Rukmini 

Sathyabhama Sametha Shri 

Vithala. 


has brought with him Deities 

that were worshipped in the 13th 

Century AD by Madhwacharya, 

also known as Purana Prajna 

and Ananda Teertha, a Hindu 

Philosopher and Chief Proponent 

of the Dvaita School of Vedanta. 

Among the highlights of the 

event was a music concert by 

Balachandra Bhat, Director, 

Source Link Agencies Limited, an 

Auckland based company and a 

long-time devotee of Swamiji. 

On Sunday, June 17, 2018, 

RAMS Foundation Trustee and 

Indian Newslink Religious Correspondent 

Ragavan Rengachariar 

honoured the Swamiji with the 

‘Vishwa Vithala Sarathy’ Award 

and Certificate at the residence of 

Umesh 

Balaji Temple in Hamilton 

celebrated the 

‘Aani Thirumanjanam’ 

on Saturday, June 23, 

2018 in the presence of a large 

number of devotees from local 

Hamilton and Auckland. 

‘Thirumanjanam,’ or Holy 

Bath performed during the 

Tamil month of ‘Aani’ (and 

hence the name) is a Special 

Day for the Main Deity of a 

Temple. 

Lord Sudarshan, the celestial 

Chakra of Lord Narayana 

was offered a special 

Abhishek with turmeric paste 

and turmeric mixed water. 

Sudarshan Havan 

The occasion was also used 

to conduct a special ‘Sudarshan 

Havan.’ 

The Special Pooja started 

in the morning with sponsors 

of the Havan, with recitals in 

praise of this Chakra Lord and 

the traditional prayer verses. 

At the end of the Havan, 

the ‘Purna Ahuthi’ was 

offered concluding the Havan 

performed by Chief Priest 

Pandurangan and Assistant 

Priest Kishore Simha Bhatt. 

The formal Pooja consisted 

Sudarshan Havan in progress (Picture Supplied) 

of usual prayers with 

various verses for Lord 

Balaji (Sri Venkateswara) 

and his consorts Goddess 

Mahalakshmi and Bhu 

Devi. 

The Priests and 

Scholars recited the 

Pasurams (poetic verses) 

of Periayalzhvar, who was 

one of the very famous 

twelve ardent devotees of 

Lord Narayana over the 

centuries. 

Theses recitals were 

in Tamil and the way in 

which the renditions were 

done were reminiscent 

of the prayers offered at 

Venkateswara temples in 

South India. 

Special Attributes 

Special decorations and 

floral offerings were made 

during the special prayers. 

Priest Pandurangan, 

who prepared the 

Special Prasadam was 

also noted for the depth of 

knowledge of the Temple 

procedures and devotion 

to the Lord. 

The prayers concluded 

with Maha Mangala 

Aarthi to the deities. 

Then of course all the 

devotees were treated to 

the Mahaprasad. 

Shri Balaji Temple in 

Hamilton has grown 

within a short time with 

the deities being decorated 

in the traditional way 

with sponsorships and 

the spectacular Crown 

installed recently (Indian 

Newslink, May 15, 2018). 

The ‘Panch Pyare’ entering the ‘Gurudwara Singh Sabha Christchurch’ 

Christchurch Gurdwara 

moves into new building 

Jitender Sahi 

It was a dream come 

true on Sunday, June 10, 

2018 for the Sikh Community 

in Canterbury 

as the ‘Gurdwara Singh 

Sabha Christchurch’ moved 

into a new building. 

The new Gurdwara, under 

the umbrella of the New 

Zealand Sikh Society South 

Island Inc is located at 537 

Ferry Road, Christchurch. 

It took seven years (after 

the 2010/2011 earthquakes 

and the aftershocks) for 

the Christchurch Sangat to 

become a reality. 

However, the prayers 

never stopped during this 

period with the Sangat 

gathering every Sunday 

at the Community Hall in 

Cashmere. 

Work in progress 

The team efforts headed 

by Harjit Singh resulted 

in the New Zealand Sikh 

Society South Island Inc 

acquiring the building. A bit 

of work was carried out to 

bring the building to align 

with values of Sikhism. 

It is still work in progress 

and we invite anyone wanting 

to contribute financially 

or otherwise to contact us. 

The whole team was very 

emotional when the gates 

opened. 

It was amazing to see a 

large number of attendees 

coming as far as from Timaru 

to get the blessings and 

become part of this historic 

event in South Island. 

Other activities 

The Gurdwara will be 

open every day in the 

morning and evening for 

prayers. 

The Sikh Society’s plan is 

to organise weekly Punjabi 

classes for children within 

the Gurdwara premises 

shortly. 

There will be daily Sri 

Sukhmani Sahib Path and 

kirtans as well as langar 

organised every Friday, 

Saturday, and Sunday. 

Jitender Sahi is a 

spokesperson for the 

New Zealand Sikh Society 

(South Island) Inc.


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Awards at the Indian Newslink 

Indian Business Awards in 2017 

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opportunities to grow personally, 

financially and socially. 

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Rachana said. 

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20 Entertainment link 

Alisha Farrer at the Manish Malhotra show in London Communication is an art in which Alisha Farrer is adept Makeup is a passion for Alisha Farrer 

Perseverance takes youngster to the heart of Indian film industry 

Venkat Raman 

While thousands of 

young men and 

women land every 

day in Mumbai, 

Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru 

hoping to make it in Hindi, 

Tamil, Telugu and Kannada 

films, success is reserved only to 

a few who are highly talented or 

fortunate or both. 

While a handful begin their 

journey in the so-called Bollywood 

with anyone willing to give 

them an entry level opportunity, 

just one or two get the golden 

chance of being cast under a 

highly acclaimed banner. 

Love Games 

One such is Alisha Farrer, an 

ambitious model and actor who 

debuted in ‘Love Games,’ an 

erotic directed by Vikram Bhatt 

and produced by his brother 

Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt. 

Released on April 6, 2016, the 

film did well in the box-office, 

making Alisha an actress with 

the ‘luck to turn the wheel of 

fortune.’ 

However, ‘Hotel Beautifool,’ 

was the first film that she signed 

‘three days after landing in Mumbai 

in September 2014 along with 

her father Rainer (Roly) Farrer 

from Perth, Australia, where she 

was born, raised and educated. 

Parental Push 

It is not common for Indian 

parents to enthusiastically promote 

the Show Business dreams 

of their daughters, but in the case 

of Alisha, her father encouraged 

her to ‘break free,’ go to Mumbai 

and give vent to her talent. 

“Dad is a Christian from Delhi, 

“Alisha 

Farrer is a 

new Star on 

the Galaxy” 

and mom (Kavita) is from Punjab. 

They raised me and my two 

younger sisters Raina and Shirani 

with love and care but always 

allowed us to pursue whatever 

we wanted to do in our life and 

career. I began as a makeup artist 

and then went into the world of 

modelling in Perth. I began to 

explore the world,” Alisha said. 

Miracle in Mumbai 

It took just three days after 

landing in Mumbai with her 

father in September 2014 for 

Alisha to get her first break in 

Hindi films. 

“I have heard that thousands 

of people from all over the world 

come to Mumbai and wait for 

months and years to just get a 

chance for screen test. I signed 

to act in ‘Hotel Beautifool’ within 

three days after my arrival in 

Mumbai. It was a miracle and 

I enjoyed every moment,” 

Alisha said speaking to Indian 

Newslink between shots from 

Mumbai. 

Director Sameer Iqbal Patel was 

about to commence the second 

schedule of the film and hence 

Alisha’s arrival proved propitious 

for her. 

“Show Business has been my 

passion since my formative 

years and I always wanted to be 

a makeup artist, dancer, model 

and actor. I lived in the protected 

world of my parents and my 

younger sister Raina but as a 

girl who loved independence, I 

was keen to find my way into the 

Hindi film industry. I am grateful 

to my father who was always a 

source of encouragement and my 

mother (Kavita) who supported 

my efforts. I have just begun 

my journey and look forward to 

milestones,” she said. 

Testy First Day 

Meeting people and speaking to 

them with objectivity is natural 

for Alisha, whose graduate (BA) 

degree in Journalism from the 

Curtin University and a degree 

from the West Australian Academy 

of Performing Arts (both 

based in Perth) instilled in her 

confidence and courage to face 

audiences. 

“But the first shoot was very 

testy,” Alisha said. 

“It was the first day of shooting 

for ‘Hotel Beautifool,’ and I was 

to ask Johnny Lever questions 

about a painting. I was a bundle 

of nerves; it took 23 takes before 

the shot was approved by the 

director. I guess everyone has 

gone through their first camera 

appearance,” she said. 

“This is nothing new. Almost 

everyone from Amitabh Bachchan 

to Zarina Wahab have had 

their fear of the lens on the first 

day of their shooting. In fact, 

actors who have dozens of films 

to their credit, are tensed on the 

first day of shooting a new film,” 

we wanted to say but stopped 

short. 

Jhol and MOH 

‘Hotel Beautifool’ was released 

in August 2017 but immediately 

after completing its First Schedule, 

she was offered the role of 

‘Ritu’ in ‘Jhol,’ a comedy film 

produced under the ‘Shasan Arts’ 

banner, following which she 

began shooting for her upcoming 

college-based film ‘Zindagi’ 

(Rajshri Productions) in Delhi. 

The film is currently under post 

production. 

There is much hype over 

‘MOH,’ a romantic thriller directed 

by Rajesh K Rathi in which 

Alisha has been cast opposite Dev 

Sharma and Ashima Sharma. 

“I am really excited about this 

film, which is now in its final 

stages of production. It is due for 

release in November this year 

and I am sure that it would be 

successful. Having been raised 

in Australia, my accent was 

different, but I have overcome 

this problem. I love to have my 

own voice in dubbing. It brings 

out the ‘real me’ on the screen,” 

she said. 

Alisha has also acted in Kumari 

18+, a Telugu film. 

“It is a pleasure to work in 

South Indian films, especially 

Telugu. Everyone is punctual 

and cooperative; I suppose that 

is why Telugu films are so very 

successful,” she said. 

Catwalk and Catcalls 

Modelling came naturally for 

Alisha and her father said that 

she started performing on the 

stage when she was just five 

years of age. 

“Her talent, skills, confidence 

and family support have taken 

her to a level that often remains 

a dream to many. I believe that 

parents should encourage their 

children to achieve their goals 

and objectives in life. We are 

proud that our little girl has 

completed four Bollywood films 

and hundreds of thousands of 

fans all over the world follow 

her on Facebook and other social 

media,” Roly said. 

Awards and Citations 

While her histrionic talents 

have been exposed on the big 

and small screens (her television 

appearances include ‘SuperCops 

vs SuperVillains,’ ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein,’ 

‘Ishqbaaaz,’ ‘Gumrah: 

End of Innocence,’ DD National 

and MTV Splitsvilla X), her stage 

performances have also brought 

her accolades. 

Among the Awards and Citations 

to her credit have been ‘Best 

Dancer and the Most Talented 

Dancer,’ in Jaipur; First Runner 

Up in Miss North India (2012 New 

Delhi-Gurgaon). 

Alisha is a regular invitee to 

participate in fashion shows and 

host programmes all over the 

world. Here is a sample: fashion 

show by famous Bollywood 

designer Manish Malhotra in 

London; Independence Day Celebrations 

in Sri Lanka; modelling 

and cultural programmes in 

Thailand, London and different 

States in India. 

Forthcoming Show in Perth 

Alisha is due to in Australia 

over the next fortnight to appear 

in a show with her sister Raina at 

the Perth Crown Casino. 

“I look forward to the event, 

due to be held on Sunday, July 8, 

2018. I also hope to have my own 

Make-Up Studio and Boutique in 

Australia,” Alisha said.


Model of the Fortnight 

Entertainmentlink 

21 

“Dark is Beautiful,” and say it with pride 

I stopped seeing 

my skin colour as a 

“Once 

flaw but a gift from 

God to change the views of the 

society on what it means to be 

beautiful, the magnitude of my 

confidence grew,” says Sabby Jey, 

our Model of the Fortnight. 

She is an advocate for ‘Dark is 

Beautiful,’ an organisation that 

helps women feel confident in 

their own skin and challenge 

dark skin shaming in South Asian 

countries. 

Miss Universe aspirant seeks 

funds for Children’s Charity 

Priyena Prasad (Standing second right) with other Miss Universe New Zealand Contestants 

(Pictures Supplied) 

Venkat Raman 

AMiss Universe New 

Zealand contestant is 

organising a Netball 

Tournament this month to raise 

funds for ‘Variety, the Children’s 

Charity.’ 

Priyena Prasad, a young 

New Zealander of Fijian origin 

said that the Tournament is 

scheduled to be held on Sunday, 

July 29, 2018 at the Manurewa 

Netball Centre, located at 95 

Browns Road, Manurewa, South 

Auckland. 

Winners of the Tournament 

would receive $600, $500 and 

$400 respectively as First, Second 

and Third Prizes. 

“There would be food stalls at 

the Tournament, which is being 

organised for members of the 

Fijian and Indian communities. 

In addition to the prize money, 

I am seeking sponsorship of my 

event called the ‘Entrepreneurial 

Challenge,’ which is a part of 

the Miss Universe New Zealand 

Contest. I am hoping to raise as 

much as possible for ‘Variety’ 

as well as for the Pageant. I am 

Looking forward to the support of 

our people,” Priyena said. 

The Miss Universe New Zealand 

Final will be held on Saturday, August 

4, 2018 at SkyCity Convention 

Centre in Auckland. 

About Priyena Prasad 

Twenty-One-Year old Priyena 

Prasad was born in Auckland 

and was educated at Epsom Girls 

Grammar School. She is a Fijian 

by lineage (her parents are from 

Suva and Ba) and is currently 

employed at the Social Development 

Ministry and is pursuing 

graduation studies in Business at 

Massey University. 

Passion for Sports 

Her passion for sports took 

her to the Auckland and North 

Harbour NPC where she was the 

only girl of Indian origin to play 

with the Fiji Under 21 team. 

“While I am grateful for what 

Sabby is a professional model 

and an upcoming actor in Tamil 

films produced in Tamil Nadu. 

Stage and Screen aspirant 

As well as working as a model 

for many agencies and appearing 

in television commercials and 

printed advertisements in New 

Zealand and India, she is keen to 

make it big in the film industry. “I 

hope to act with Joseph Vijay, my 

favourite Tamil actor and then 

try my luck in Hollywood,” she 

said. 

Priyena Prasad promotes, ‘Variety,’ a Child Charity 

Priyena Prasad ready for Netball Tournament 

I have achieved in Netball, I 

thought it would be a good time 

to try out for the Miss Universe 

New Zealand Competition,” she 

said. 

Priyena Prasad can be contacted 

on 020-41449581. Email: 

priyena0@gmail.com 

This New Zealand-born youngster 

of Sri Lankan origin, has 

completed a graduate (Bachelor 

of Business with Finance and 

International Business Major) 

from the Auckland University of 

Technology (AUT). Her parents 

and younger sister live in Sydney. 

Employed at Huawei as a Key 

Opinion Leader for their latest 

‘Huawei P20’ Sabby also works 

as ‘influencer’ for many local 

Kiwi brands including Judy Gao 

Couture and Caci Beauty. 

Social Media Management 

She recently established 

‘Sabby Jey Social Limited,’ a social 

media management company to 

provide social media strategy to 

increase sales generation through 

Facebook and Instagram for New 

Zealand companies. 

Her hobbies include working 

out at the gym and staying fit. 

She works with her personal 

trainer Vanya Simeonova, a Bikini 

Athlete three times a week. 

Singing and Dancing are her 

favourite hobbies. 

Timely treatment benefits 

cardiovascular patient 

Supplied Content 

Aroutine cardiovascular 

risk assessment was able 

to highlight the need for 

intervention for a patient 

attending one of Procare’s affiliated 

Medical Centres. 

People with diabetes like ‘Mr X’ 

attend medical centres every three 

months for assessment of blood 

pressure, lipid profile and Hba1c (3 

month average blood sugar) levels. 

During these appointments, an 

ongoing prescription for medications 

is prepared for them. 

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment 

Medical centres also have a yearly 

task of completing a cardiovascular 

risk assessment for patients like ‘Mr 

X’ who have long term conditions. 

This assessment calculates an estimate 

of health risk that can indicate 

the need for further intervention or 

intensification of treatment. 

People with diabetes have a 

greater risk of damage to the blood 

vessels and this can bring greater 

possibility for heart and brain events 

(heart attack or stroke), along with 

possible damage to eyes, kidneys and 

nerves. Because of the seriousness 

of the potential impact of these 

health conditions this yearly check is 

important. 

Patient information 

The check needs two recent blood 

pressures, a blood test with lipids 

(cholesterol) and Hba1c levels, a 

foot check and a report from eye 

screening along with other patient 

information like smoking status, 

medical conditions and medications 

issued. Information on the patients 

exercise level can also be added. 

In January 2018, Mr X’s calculation 

was completed, showing areas of 

concern. 

The Hba1c had increased greatly 

“Do the things that make you 

light up and excited. It may just 

be a hobby but who knows, you 

could make it your career if you 

are smart and work hard at it,” 

she said. 

-Venkat Raman 

If you wish to be featured 

as our Model of the Fortnight, 

please write to editor@indiannewslink.co.nz 

Blood Pressure check is a part of routine 

examination of patients suffering from cardiovascular 

diseases (Picture Supplied) 

and the need for regular sugar 

lowering prescriptions was given to 

the patient. 

Education around food and ways 

to increase physical activity was also 

given. 

Dietary differences 

Decreasing high GI (Glycaemic 

Index) foods including less 

carbohydrates, eating less high GI 

foods (for example containing less 

sugar, flour, rice and potatoes) and 

reducing calories overall can make a 

big difference to glucose levels. 

Regular physical activity with 

greater effort and variety also has 

significant benefits for health and 

blood sugar levels even if weight loss 

does not happen. 

As gaining muscle mass reduces 

insulin resistance and glucose levels 

and so decreases the potential harm 

to health. 

Benefits of lifestyle change 

Mr X was able to change his lifestyle 

once he realised the benefit to 

making the changes, he has obtained 

a dog to encourage regular exercise. 

He is taking the sugar lowing 

medications regularly now that 

he understands the benefit of well 

controlled glucose levels. 

His estimated risk level is now 7% 

as of June 2018, reduced from 10% 

in January. 

A 30% reduction in risk for serious 

medical complications is a good 

result for Mr X and the staff at the 

medical centre.

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H O T E L & S U I T E S 


22 Classifieds/Entertainmentlink 

Search begins for Miss Indianz 

2018 and other titles 

Grand Finale on Saturday, September 15, 2018 (730 pm) at Mahatma Gandhi Centre, Auckland 

A RESHABH D. PARIKH PRODUCTIONS EVENT 

MISS INDIANZ 2018 

Celebrating 

Kiwi-Indian Elegance 

since 2002 

16th 

Annual 

Event 

Venkat Raman 

Every year, as he 

launches his Miss 

Indianz Pageant 

and Competition, 

Dharmesh Parikh of Reshab 

D Productions Limited and 

Rhythm House Limited calls 

us and our colleagues at 

Radio Tarana to discuss promotional 

strategies for what 

is now the country’s most 

“Indian Newslink and 

Radio Tarana are the only 

two organisations that have 

been a part of my journey 

which began in 2002. They 

have shared my anxieties, 

challenges and problems and 

supported me in overcoming 

them. I believe this is a 

unique relationship and we 

will continue our association 

with these two very valuable 

partners,” he said. 

Core Principles 

We have always 

encouraged Mr Parikh to 

follow principles of honesty, 

integrity, accountability 

and transparency and have 

enabled him to establish Miss 

Indianz as a unique brand 

that attracts young talent and 

aspirants. 

“We do not ask our contestants 

to seek sponsorship or 

sell tickets for the show but 

request them to concentrate 

on their costumes, various 

segments of the show including 

the talent and Q&A 

Round. There is no burden 

on them. The only tough 

part of Miss Indianz is the 

intense competition that the 

contestants face, because is 

each is as good as the other,” 

he said. 

Expanding reach 

Miss Indianz was confined 

to Auckland in the initial 

years but has now grown to 

evince the interest of young 

women from Hamilton, 

Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, Palmerston 

North, Wellington, 

Christchurch and other 

centres. 

With some of the title 

winners and runners-up 

winning in global contests, 

the level of popularity and 

confidence is high. 

Major challenge 

“A major challenge for 

contestants outside of 

Auckland is taking time out 

to be here for the event. This 

is clear evidence that Indian 

fashion, music and dance are 

becoming more popular in 

this country,” Mr Parikh said. 

With this issue, we begin 

profiling each of the contestants 

as the files are received. 

Therefore, they are not in 

any order. 

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Mahatma Gandhi Centre, 

145 New North Road, Auckland 

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Kamya Patel 

Born in Kapadvanj, a small town in the Kheda 

District of Gujarat in India, Kamya Patel arrived 

in New Zealand when she was four years old. 

A student pursuing Biological Sciences degree at the 

University of Auckland, she has appeared in TV commercials 

and has appeared in ‘Brave Love,’ a film directed by 

John Calder. 

(Pictures by of Kamya Patel by Peter Jenning) 

‘Sanju’ testifies the growing trend of biopics 

The recently released Hindi 

film Sanju follows agrowing 

trend in Bollywood of 

making biopics on famous 

people. 

Ranbir Kapoor plays the titular 

role in the Rajkumar Hirani 

directed film based on the life of 

actor Sanjay Dutt. 

It is for the first time though 

that a film has been released on 

the life of a current actor in the 

industry. The film focuses more 

on the human story of the person 

behind the macho actor Sanjay 

Dutt. 

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Chasing new ideas 

Filmmakers are always 

looking for new stories and 

ideas to engage and entertain 

the audiences. Biopics can be 

an attractive proposition if the 

material is presented in an 

interesting and more importantly 

neutral manner. 

Sports with all their highs and 

lows carry stories which can 

be interestingly translated on 

screen. 

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 

One of the best biopic on Indian 

athletes was the 2013 Rakesh 

Mehra directed Bhaag Milkha 

Bhaag. Farhan Akhtar played the 

titular role of the track and field 

sprinter from Punjab, Milkha 

Singh. It narrated the multiple 

Asian Medal winner’s life and 

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Kartika Singh 

Born in Fiji,Kartika Singh migrated to New Zealand 

with her family when she was just three years old. 

Following her school years at Waitakere College, 

she joined a Hairdressing School and is now an entrepreneur 

by her own right. 

“As a self-made businesswoman, I believe that there 

are no secrets to success. It is the result of hard work and 

learning from failures. My journey as a business woman 

started four years ago all I knew was that I imagined, I 

believed and I achieved,” Kartika said. 

(Pictures of Kartika Singh by Keethan Sundar) 

travails. 

The film was aheart 

warming tale of the triumph 

of hope over misery, 

and won both critical and 

commercial acclaim. 

MS Dhoni biopic 

The biopic on MS Dhoni 

was also well received as it 

was a well researched and 

authentically presented 

portrayal of India’s World 

Cup winning captain. 

Critics though were quick 

to point out that it did 

not delve into the murky 

issue of match fixing at 

the Indian Premier League 

(IPL) at all. 

Mohammed Azharuddin 

A classic case of a 

biopic gone wrong is 

Azhar. Emraan Hashmi 

played the role of cricketer 

Mohammad Azharuddin in 

the Ekta Kapoor produced 

film. The 99 test veteran 

scored three centuries in 

his first three tests against 

England. 

Azhar was appointed 

India’s captain in 1989 and 

lead India in 3World Cups. 

Later he was accused and 

implicated in match fixing 

charges. But the film appeared 

to many as a futile 

case in point of portraying 

half baked caricaturist 

Sinthia Kumar 

characters, trying to glorify 

the cricketer and absolve 

him of any wrongdoings. 

Neerja 

Neerja is another example 

of a well made biopic. 

It struck a chord with the 

audiences as it brought to 

light a wonderful story of a 

brave and selfless woman. 

Filmmakers have to 

strike a fine balance 

between ensuring biopics 

are not gimmicky but still 

engaging. Also any film is 

a commercial product and 

cannot come across as a 

documentary. The actor’s 

commitment to a role also 

reflects on screen and can 

add tremendous value to 

the enterprise. Remember 

the striking physical resemblance 

Ranbir Kapoor’s 

Sanju has to the real life 

Sanjay Dutt. 

More biopics coming 

Coming days will see a 

large number of biopics 

release. Former India 

Hockey Captain Sandeep 

Singh, martyred war hero 

Captain Vikram Batra and 

Commonwealth Games gold 

medallist Sania Nehwal all 

are having films made on 

their lives. 

Audiences are keen to 

watch the stories of well 

Eighteen-year-old Sinthia Kumar is currently studying 

to gain a Bachelor’s degree in Business at the AUT 

University. 

As an athlete, she has played Football and Volleyball while 

at High School. 

She also studied dance, drama and performing arts, all of 

which she says are her passion. 

“Dancing and photography are my hobbies and I am a 

proud winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year at the Lion 

Foundation’s Young Entrepreneur Scheme (YES),” she said. 

(Pictures of Sinthia Kumar are by Andrew Bignal) 

known people on screen. 

Bollywood has realised the real life stories 

of people make for a rich and layered reel 

interpretation. The onus lies on filmmakers 

to create a balanced product fairly representing 

all aspects of the person’s life, and 

respecting the audience’s sensibilities at the 

same time. 

Apurv Shukla is a Sports and Entertainment 

Commentator for Indian Newslink.


Entertainmentlink 

Chicking comes to Auckland with trendsetters 

Venkat Raman 

23 

When A K Mansoor, 

Dubai based 

Managing Director of 

Chicking, one of the 

fastest growing food chains in the 

world, formally opened the outlet 

in Sylvia Park in Auckland on 

Tuesday, July 26, 2018, it marked a 

spectacular new Chapter. 

For shop owner and entrepreneur 

Kamanie Silochan, it was the 

fructification of months of hard 

work, consents, compliance and a 

host of other things. 

Soon after its opening at 9 am 

with a traditional powhiri at 

New Zealand’s largest shopping 

complex opened its doors to business, 

men and women gathered 

at Chicking, as if there was no 

morrow. 

That in fact has been the 

trend at every centre where the 

fast food chain established its 

presence, beginning with Dubai 

in 2000. 

Passion for quality 

Chicking is a vivid demonstration 

of Mr Mansoor’s passion 

for quality, affordability and 

commitment to every market 

around the world. 

“I believe in careful, planned 

and strategic growth that can 

be managed easily. Having 

created Chicking 19 years ago 

in the United Arab Emirates, the 

vision was to mark its presence 

worldwide. The Auckland outlet 

is the 146th in the chain, followed 

by Hamilton,” he said, speaking to 

Indian Newslink from the world’s 

AK Mansoor with Kamanie Silochan at Chicking, Sylvia Park 

newest Chicking Restaurant. 

Extensive range 

Kamanie said that staying away 

from the junk food industry, 

Chicking offers healthy, tasty food, 

with its range comprising 21-piece 

Family Bucket, Individual Meals, 

Supreme Sandwiches, Wraps 

and Sandwiches, Chicking Pizza, 

special meal for children and 

salads. 

Grilled Chicken and Griller 

Burgers are a speciality at 

Chicking. 

“This is a totally new and satisfying 

dining Restaurant. Chicking 

will add to the great shopping 

experience of Sylvia Park. We 

will continue to achieve customer 

satisfaction,” she said. 

New Zealand Master Franchisers 

Amal Jayaprakash and Abbey 

Abraham said that a Chicking 

Restaurant will be opened in Wellington 

on September 14, 2018. 

“We are planning to expand 

and establish our presence at 

all cities and major shopping 

centres. Chicking is set to change 

Sinthia Kumar 

Kamanie Silochan with her husband Basanth, daughter Bhasuree 

and son Jathin 

the dining scene in New Zealand,” 

they said. 

Worldwide Presence 

Mr Mansoor said that he plans 

to have more than 1000 Restaurants 

in over 70 countries across 

the Continents by 2025. 

“This would be the only 

worldwide Halal Restaurant, with 

standardised specifications and 

our own innovative recipe,” Mr 

Mansoor said. 

According to him, the cost of 

establishing a Chicking Franchise 

is no more than US$ 50,000 per 

Restaurant. 

“It could become cheaper as we 

expand our Restaurant chain to 

more countries. Our equipment 

comes with guarantee of quality 

and reliability. Everything good 

need not be expensive,” he said. 

Modest beginnings 

Born and raised in the Hindu 

Temple town of Guruvayoor near 

Trissur in Kerala, Mr Mansour 

arrived in Dubai in 1987 and 

commenced his career on a salary 

of about US$ 50 per month. 

Keralites are known for hard 

work, enduring hardships with 

perseverance, patience and the 

courage to venture into new 

areas of activity. They are known 

to learn the industry of their 

involvement well with a sound 

knowledge of the market. 

Understanding the trend in Dubai 

in the mid-1980s, Mr Mansoor 

commenced his entrepreneurial 

adventure with video and electronic 

shops. 

Seven years after arriving 

in Dubai, he started ‘Al Bayan 

Cargo.’ The year was 1994 and the 

Emirate was on the threshold of 

accentuated growth. 

‘Al Bayan Water’ came in 2000 

and became an instant success. In 

a region that is devoid of potable 

water, the Company was a boon 

to consumers. Fifteen years later, 

Mr Mansoor sold it to concentrate 

on his other ventures within Al 

Bayan Group. 

One of them was Chicking. 

With intense research and 

evaluating market dynamics 

The Chicking Team at Sylvia Park 

(Indian Newslink Pictures/Ronny Kumaran) 

in the fast food industry, the 

mantra of consistency in taste and 

constant innovation was adopted 

as key for converting Chicking as 

successful global brand. 

Al Bayan Group 

The current portfolio of Al 

Bayan Group of companies 

comprises versatile business 

operations in the service and 

manufacturing sectors, including 

healthcare, marine engineering, 

allied industries and fast food. 

“Our Mission and Vision are 

combined to fulfil the Group’s 

objectives with stringent quality 

measures conforming to the 

highest standards through diverse 

range of solutions, especially 

in health and hygiene sectors. 

We strive consistently to deliver 

impeccable service that exceeds 

customer expectations finding 

more room for innovation and 

process improvement, thereby 

rendering quality lifestyle to the 

community,” he said.


24 Sportslink 

All Blacks frustrate France and wrap up the Steinlager Series 

The Final Test in Dunedin (49-14) reinforces their supremacy 

Sheevas Dayal 

Damian Mckenzie, the All 

Blacks halfback scored 

twice and winger Rieko 

Loane’s hat trick saw 

the All Black’s depth as they 

accomplished a 49-14 triumph 

over France in Dunedin that 

gave them a3-0 series sweep. 

The final match, held at the 

Forsyth Barr Stadium on June 23, 

2018 was a treat to watch. 

Veteran Full-back Ben Smith 

and replacement Crusaders 

flanker Matt Todd also scored as 

the All Blacks tried to shut the 

game down in the second half. 

Indomitable McKenzie 

Damian McKenzie started at 

his preferred position and the 

All Blacks profited from his 

speed and innate ability to find 

the gaps and exploit spaces. 

The French could not defend 

McKenzie attacking the line the 

way he did with such pace and 

intricacy to his angle that he was 

able to twice score directly off 

first phase possession without a 

hand being laid on him. 

It was an intolerable business 

for France, who no doubt had 

hoped that an All Blacks side 

with four new caps in it, would 

have been raw, nervous and 

vulnerable. 

Skipper replaced 

France scrum-half and Captain 

Morgan was replaced by Baptiste 

Damian McKenzie makes an offload against France. 

Photo Courtesy: Andrew Cornaga for Photosport (Through RNZ) 

Serin early in the match, who 

scored a try whilst returning 

centre Wesley Fofana crossed 

the line for the visitors, who 

were beginning to impress in 

the first half before arelentless 

ABs had their say. 

Refereeing Controversy 

There was more refereeing 

controversy as McKenzie rounded 

up the Referee John Lacey to 

go through a hole in the French 

defence to score a try. 

France lost the first two Tests, 

going down 52-11 in the first 

and 26-13 in the second. Both 

of those defeats hinged on poor 

refereeing decisions; a Yellow 

card in the first Test (at Eden 

Park, Auckland, on June 9) which 

saw the French outfit smashed 

after holding the All Blacks to 

11-11 after 50 minutes and a red 

card in the second (at Westpac 

Stadium, Wellington on June 16) 

which cost them a match they 

could have won. 

The Score Board 

New Zealand 49 (B Smith, M 

Todd, D McKenzie (2), R Loane 

(3), Tries; DMcKenzie; seven 

conversions 

France 14 (B Serin, W Fofana 

tries; A Belleau- two Conversions 

All Blacks: 15 Ben Smith, 

14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Jack 

Goodhue, 12 Sonny Bill Williams, 

11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Damian 

McKenzie, 9 Aaron Smith; 1 Joe 

Moody, 2Codie Taylor, 3Owen 

Franks, 4 Sam Whitelock (c), 5 

Scott Barrett, 6 Shannon Frizell, 

7 Ardie Savea, 8 Luke Whitelock. 

Replacements: 16 Liam Coltman, 

17 Karl Tu’inukuafe, 18 Ofa 

Tuungafasi, 19 Jackson Hemopo, 

20 Matt Todd, 21 TJ Perenara, 

22 Richie Mo’unga, 23 Jordie 

Barrett. 

France: 15 Benjamin Fall, 14 

Teddy Thomas, 13 Remi Lamerat, 

12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Gael Fickou, 

10 Anthony Bellau, 9 Morgan 

Parra (c); 1 Dany Priso, 2 Camille 

Chat, 3Uini Atonio, 4Bernard Le 

Roux, 5 Yoann Maestri, 6 Mathieu 

Babillot, 7 Kelian Galletier, 8 

Kevin Gourdon. Replacements: 

16 Adrien Pelissie, 17 Cyril Baille, 

18 Cedate Gomes Sa, 19 Felix 

Lambey, 20 Alexandre Lapandry, 

21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Jules 

Plisson, 23 Maxime Medard. 

Sheevas Dayal is our Rugby 

Correspondent. He covered the 

Three-Test Steinlager Series held 

in Auckland, Wellington and 

Dunedin over the past three Saturdays- 

June 9, June and June 23, 

2018. His reports were published 

in our Web Editions, Facebook, 

Twitter and LinkedIn on the days 

following the matches. 

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A RARE O PP O R TU N I TY NOT T O BE MISSED! 

Monday, July 9, 2018 at 630pm 


Pullman Hotel 

Corner Princes Street &Waterloo Crescent, Auckland 

Guests of Honour: 

Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand 

Former Governor General of New Zealand 

Lady Susan Satyanand 

Master of Ceremonies 

Hon Jenny Salesa 

Minister of Ethnic Communities, 

Building &Construction 

Reflections 

Dr Rajen Prasad 

Former Member of 

Parliament 

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