June 15 2019 INL_Digital_Edition

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The Sixth Annual Indian
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Arts & Culture Awards
Presentation Ceremony
will be held from 6 pm on Monday,
June 24, 2019 at the Newmarket
Room, Ellerslie Convention Centre,
located at 80 Ascot Avenue (near the
Racecourse) in Remuera, Auckland
Let the celebrations begin! Not
only for more than 100 winners in
more than 50 categories of Sports,
Community, Arts and Culture
segments but also for Indian
Newslink.
Indian Newslink Twentieth
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Your favourite publication will
commence its Twentieth Anniversary
celebrations at the event with
more than 700 guests representing
various communities across New
Zealand applauding the winners
and encouraging more to follow in
the ensuing years.
In many ways, it would be the
first of its kind in New Zealand, and
certainly for a newspaper. First
to recognise achievers in Sports,
Community, Arts (Non-Performing)
and Culture (Performing Arts) in
areas that have not been hitherto
recognised. First to recognise people
of other ethnic communities for
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Our Awards are for all communities- A section of guests at the Fifth Annual Indian Newslink Sports & Community Awards 2018
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Zealand. First to promote the success
of more than 105 achievers at one
ceremony.
Last year, we honoured Sports
veterans who have excelled in various
fields with Élite Sports Awards’
at the Fifth Annual Indian Newslink
Sports and Community Awards (held
on October 8, 2018) and promised
to include achievers in Arts and
Culture in 2019.
Initiatives and Relationships
Indian Newslink has a history of
leading initiatives – from being the
first Indian Newspaper in English
to be launched in New Zealand in
November 1999, to becoming the
first Indian fortnightly newspaper
(March 2003), launching the First
Indian Business Directory (2004),
the first and only Indian Business
Awards (November 2008), the first
Lecture Series (July 2011) and now
first ever combined Sports, Community,
Arts and Culture Awards.
Twenty years on, and operating
out of its expanded office in East
Tamaki, the publication continues
to be held in high esteem, across
several quarters.
The readership has been continuously
on the rise across our several
platforms- the print edition, three
websites, social media (including
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn),
and Biweekly newsletters.
And yet, the Indian Newslink
brand does not promote itself in
the superlative, because it believes
that ‘the best word is better said
by others!’ and self-proclamation
outrages modesty.
Its strength and recognition
comes from investigative and
balanced reporting, unequivocal
independence and the in-depth
analyses and willingness to support
the members of the community
wherever possible. Its ability to
cater to people, not only of Indian
origin, but across several ethnicities
has been the hallmark of its operations
over the past 20 years. There
is no official link to any government
and yet it promotes professional
relationship without compromising
its editorial integrity.
Inspiring communities
The Indian Newslink brand provides
a platform for all communities
to voice their opinions that conform
to normally accepted principles of
public decency and morality.
Through the medium, several
community initiatives are undertaken
by members of the Indian
and other Diaspora, and each year,
more people get inspired and come
together for the common good.
This extension to the Awards this
year not only recognises people who
have served the Indian community,
but ensures a wider inclusion from
the society, by honouring some
people from outside New Zealand, as
well as presenting Special Commemorative
Awards.
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Sports Categories:
1. Best Senior Division Cricket Player
2. Best Under 19 Cricket Player
3. Best Over 19 Soccer Player
4. Best Under 19 Soccer Player
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New Zealand Indian Central
5. Best Rugby Union Player
Association (NZICA)
6. Best Rugby League Player
7. Best Netball Player
8. Best Hockey Player
9. Best Over 19 Player Other Sports
10. Best Under 19 Player Other Sports
11. Best Sportsman and Best Sportswoman of the Year
(Winners of individual categories will be automatically entered)
Elite Awards: For men and women of the community who
have excelled in sports during their life and career.
Community Awards Categories:
1. Individual
2. Registered Association
3. Registered Charitable Organisation
4. Registered Places of Worship
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New Zealand Telugu Association;
6. Religious Services Individuals
Telangana Association of
New Zealand
7. Religious Services Organisations
8. Social Worker
9. Volunteer
10. Any others acceptable to the Judges
Arts Awards Categories:
1. Advertising Agency
2. Architect
3. Architectural Designer
Supported by:
4. Cartoonist
Muthamil Sangam
New Zealand
5. Copywriter
6. Graphic Artist/Designer
7. Painter
8. Photographer
9. Writer
11. Chef and other Creative People (Acceptable to the Judges)
Culture Awards Categories
1 Choreographer
2 Conductor of Musical Orchestra & Dances
3 Dancer (Indian Classical and Modern)
4 Director of Cultural Programmes
Supported by:
5 Musician (Vocalist & Instrumentalist)
Kannada Koota, Auckland;
6 Organiser of Cultural Programme Auckland Malayali Samajam
7 Producers of Cultural Programmes
8 Singer (Classical, Film, Folk and others)
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JUNE 15, 2019
Homelink
Report slams Criminal Justice System as ‘racist’
Ben Strang
Racism is embedded in every area of
the criminal justice system, according
to a Report released by the Safe and
Effective Justice Advisory Group.
The Report is also critical of how victims
are treated within the system, saying people
have a lack of faith in it, which suggests it is
not fit for purpose.
The Advisory Group has been around the
country in the past few months, tasked with
finding out what is and is not working in the
criminal justice system.
(Former Minister of Courts) Chester Borrows
is leading the Advisory Group, and said
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He said that there were serious issues in
New Zealand’s criminal justice system, and
the Advisory Group was now preparing a
number of recommendations that would be
submitted to the Justice Minister in August.
Victims disappointed
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justice system as traumatic as the crime they had suffered
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clinical, independent forensic evidence certainly
is not pleasant, if not downright disgusting to
people,” he said.
“Then there’s the interrogation, and the accusations
that are made through the interview
processes, or through the court processes,
and people who do go through the process of
a prosecution say they’d never do that again.
They feel just as damaged by the process as they
did by the offending.”
The Report states victims have a lack of faith
in the system, which undermines its integrity
and suggests it is not fit for purpose.
Māori ‘treated much worse’
The Report also looks at the over-representation
of Māori in the criminal justice system,
describing it as a crisis.
It states “the effects of colonisation undermine,
disenfranchise and conspire to trap
Maori in the criminal justice system” and that
“racism is embedded in every part of it.”
Mr Borrows said that was an inarguable fact.
“Most people outside, with no knowledge of
the criminal justice system and how it works in
our country, would say there’s one law for all
and everyone gets treated the same.
“Well, Māori would say, ‘Bring on the day
when it’s one law for all’ because currently as
it sits, Māori are treated much worse in every
aspect of criminal justice than any other race,
particularly Pākehā.”
The Report states Māori feel astrong sense
of disengagement from the system, one they
would not have agreed to when the Treaty of
Waitangi was signed.
Māori are eager to be part of the reform
process, and would like to use more Māori
principles incorporated.
Bias against sexual complainants
Mr Borrows said that the treatment of family
and sexual violence complainants was terrible.
“We have still got a lot of ridiculous bias
out there in relation to sexual complainants. I
mean that we have got lawyers standing up in
court making ridiculous accusations against
complainants because when a woman got up
in the morning, she put on a bra and knickers
that matched. “And [they] suggested to the jury,
that she intended having sex with someone at
the end of the day.
“You know, this is the 21st Century in God’s
own country, and it’s just rubbish to think that
those sorts of statements are allowed to be
made.”
The Safe and Effective Justice Advisory
Group will provide a further Report to the
Justice Minister in August, which will detail a
number of recommendations for the justice
system.
Ben Strang is a Reporter at Radio New
Zealand. The above Report and Picture have
been published under a Special Arrangement
with www.rnz.co.nz
Read our Leader, ‘Coloured Vision does no
good to justice system’ on Page 12.
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JUNE 15, 2019
Three Persons of Indian Origin on Honours List
Venkat Raman
Three Persons of
Indian Origin are on
the Queen’s Birthday
Honours List in New
Zealand, an announcement
of which was made on June 2,
2019.
Mr Arthur Robert Ashan
Amputch (Auckland) has
been appointed as an Officer
of the Order of New Zealand
Merit (ONZM) for services to
Engineering, while Anjum
Rahman of Hamilton and Shila
Nair (Auckland), a former
Reporter of Indian Newslink
and have been recognised
for their services to Ethnic
Communities and Women.
Arthur Amputch
Arthur Amputch (Picture from Christ the
King, Catholic School Website)
Arthur Amputch, who has
been honoured with a ONZM,
is a Civil Engineer by profession
and is currently Technical
Director of Riley Consultants
Limited based in Auckland.
A Former Director of
Tonkin and Taylor Limited,
he has been involved in the
design and construction of significant
infrastructure major
projects such as Auckland’s
Northern Motorway, SH1
Northern Corridor Extension
and Waterview Connection,
and Canterbury’s Kate Valley
Landfill.
Mr Amputch has contributed
to major award-winning
solid waste and environmental
protection projects. He was the
first engineer to win a Ministry
for the Environment Green
Ribbon Award, and a New Zealand
Planning Institute Project
Award, and has received many
other engineering, planning
and environmental awards.
In 2010, he was one of the
youngest elected Fellows of
Engineering New Zealand,
recognising his contribution
for developing best practice
design and management
guidelines for New Zealand.
Anjum Rahman
Anjum Rahman (Picture Supplied)
A Chartered Accountant by
qualification and profession,
Anjum Rahman has been a
champion of gender equality
and empowerment of women
for more than two decades.
Based in Hamilton, she has also
been a political and human
rights activist.
Ms Rahman is founding
member and Trustee of
‘Shama,’ the Hamilton Ethnic
Women Centre that provides
support services for ethnic
women. She is also a founding
and governing board member
of the Islamic Women’s Council
of New Zealand, established in
1990.
Her work has also focused
on sexual violence where
she was a founding member
of the Hamilton Campaign
of Consent and a member of
the Accident Compensation
Corporation Expert Reference
Group in 2017. She has been an
active member of the Waikato
Interfaith Council for more
than a decade and a Trustee of
the Ethnic New Zealand Trust.
Shila Nair
Shila Nair (Picture Supplied)
Shila Nair migrated to New
Zealand in 2002 and joined
Indian Newslink as a Reporter.
She has always been dedicated
to supporting vulnerable
women, children and youth
within ethnic migrant and
refugee communities.
Ms Nair began working for Shakti at its
women’s centre and has been pivotal in
its growth from a local ethnic community
organisation in Auckland to a national
umbrella organisation, Shakti Community
Council Inc., with specialist refuges and
centres in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington,
Christchurch and Dunedin servicing more
than 9000 women annually.
She completed a master’s degree in
counselling and is currently registered with
the New Zealand Association of Counsellors,
Primary Health Organisations, and ACC to
support the mentally unwell including survivors
of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Her focus has been on supporting Asian,
African and Middle Eastern women and she
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JUNE 15, 2019
Homelink
We salute the veterans and welcome the aspirants
Bhikhu Bhana
Indian Newslink is organising
its Sixth Annual Sports,
Community, Arts & Culture
Awards Presentation Night
on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Newmarket
Room, Ellerslie Convention
Centre, 80 Ascot Avenue, Remuera
in Auckland.,
The Sports Awards segment will
include the ‘Best Sportsman of the
Year’ and the ‘Best Sportswoman
of the Year’ along with other Sports
Awards.
We congratulate all these current
Sports achievers.
These young athletes would have
aspirations to achieve the highest
honour, and that is to represent
New Zealand in their chosen sport.
Importance in life
Sports is an important element
in the fabric of New Zealand life.
The achievements of New Zealanders
in many Sports including
Rugby, Cricket, Yachting, Rowing
and Squash are a matter of pride
not only to the community but
also to the country. New Zealand
punches above its weight in the
worldwide area.
Cricket is like a religion in India,
as evidenced by the crowds in
England at the current ICC World
Cup Cricket.
In Hockey, India used to win
Elite Sportsmen with Senior Leaders: (From left) Dipak Patel, Ramesh Patel, Mohan Patel,
Chandu Daji, Paul Patel and Manoj Daji
Gold Medals at the Olympic Games,
as if by right.
Holistic Approach
Indian Newslink is planning a
holistic approach acknowledging
Sportspersons of the Past, the
Present and the Future
What may not be well known
is the fact that the first Indian to
represent New Zealand was in 1959,
sixty years ago. Since then, more
than 50 persons have represented
New Zealand in various sporting
capacities.
Here are a few examples of the
exceptional performance of our elite
sportspersons.
First Gold
We believe that the first persons
of India origin outside of India who
won a Gold Medal at the Olympic
Games came from New Zealand!
This is an amazing and exciting
information.
There are many more stories
about our elite Indian sportsperson
that can be written.
As an encouragement to the
young sportspersons, Indian
Newslink, in conjunction with
the New Zealand Indian Central
Association (NZICA) will acknowledge
five Elite sportspersons from
yester-years at its annual Awards
Ceremony.
Elite Sportspersons 2018
Those acknowledged in 2018
were (a) Narotam Puna family; four
sportspersons from one family to
represent New Zealand in Cricket,
soccer and Hockey, spreading three
generations (b) Ramesh Patel,
Hockey Olympian Gold Medallist
(c) Mohan Patel, Hockey Olympian
Gold Medallist (d) Dipak Patel,
Cricket World Cup player and Test
Veteran and (e) Siona Fernandes,
Olympics Boxing Representative and
a Bharata Natyam dancers.
We celebrate the elite Sportspersons
to ensure that their athletic
endeavours are not forgotten and
hope that would inspire our young
athletes.
Sports Awards 2019
You will find various categories of
Sport Awards for current athletes in
the print and web editions of Indian
Newslink and on social media.
There are Awards in the Cricket,
Soccer, Rugby Union, Rugby League,
Netball, Hockey, Golf, and other
Sports. From among the winners, the
Best Sportsman of the Year and the
Best Sportswoman of the Year will be
chosen and honoured at the Awards
Night.
We want every organisation
or individual to nominate worthy
candidates for these categories every
year.
Indian Newslink is also open to
suggestions on other categories in
the future.
We want parents, caregivers,
coaches, friends and organisations
to nominate young achievers in
any area of physical activity. There
are no boundaries here. This is an
opportunity to identify your talent
and hopefully, Indian Newslink
and NZICA can guide our youth to
achieve their true talent.
Opportunity and Responsibility
New Zealand is a country of
opportunities and there should be
no barriers for youths to reach their
potential.
It is in this area that we as a
community have an opportunity
and responsibility to make our youth
enjoy and achieve great results in a
sporting activity.
It is noteworthy that this year,
the Awards event has extended Arts
& Culture as additional segments to
include a wide range of talent. As
shown by Ms Fernandes, it is possible
to combine Sports and Culture at
a higher level.
I recommend you to purchase
tickets to attend the Sixth Annual
Indian Newslink Sports, Community,
Arts &Culture Awards 2019 and find
out our Elite Sportspersons for 2019.
Please see the advertisement
featured on the front page and on
Page 19 of this issue.
Tickets priced at $69 per person
(this event is not for persons below
15 years of age, except in the case of
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JUNE 15, 2019
The Speed Camera debate captures wide attention
Homelink
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Ben Strang
The government will not
be signing off on a vast
increase in the number
of speed cameras, unless
they’re well sign-posted.
RNZ revealed that the
government has been advised to
look into adopting the Swedish
method of speed camera use,
which would mean hundreds
more cameras and much larger
fines. Critics of the plan say it
would be a revenue grab, but
Associate Transport Minister
Julie Anne Genter said a perfect
camera system wouldn’t
generate a cent.
“We want any policy around
speed limits and enforcement
to back up that it’s about saving
lives, it’s not about stinging
motorists with fines for no
reason,” she said.
The Swedish Model
The Speed Reference
Group was one of five looking
into different parts of the road
safety debate. They said that the
government should investigate
using the Swedish model of
speed cameras, when it replaces
the current Safer Journeys Road
Safety Strategy next year.
Sweden will soon have more
than 3000 speed cameras on
about 9000 kms of road.
Ms Genter said it would be
crucial to warn motorists if more
cameras were installed.
“Certainly, I would not consider
it appropriate to massively
increase the number of speed
cameras, unless we were taking
the approach of insuring they
were very well sign-posted
The Swedish Method of Speed Camera use (RNZ Picture by Alexander Robertson)
and only targeted to the most
dangerous roads.”
Ms Genter said countries
with clearly sign-posted speed
cameras dish out fewer tickets,
because people start driving at
safer speeds.
She said that would be a
model worth investigating.
National’s take
National Party Transport
spokesperson Paul Goldsmith,
said that he was open to more
cameras but not to the extent of
Sweden.
“They encourage people to
slow down and keep to the speed
limit. It is a good idea but I am
not sure about thousands,” he
said.
Mr Goldsmith said that he
had not seen any evidence of the
effectiveness of speed cameras,
but he believed they did slow
drivers down.
“I assume that an element
of speed cameras does help
change behaviour, particularly
if they’re sign-posted. But you
have to weigh that up in terms of
expense, about other things that
you could do such as enforcement
around wearing seatbelts,
and not drink driving and other
important elements of the road
safety message,” he said.
Mr Goldsmith said cameras
should not be prioritised ahead
of roading improvements,
which he said was a key part of
Sweden’s roading network.
He said Sweden has more
than 8000 kms of motorways
and expressways.
Sweden also runs its camera
network through its version of
the Transport Agency, a move
that police are eager to see
happen here.
NZTA Board ready
Sir Brian Roche, the new
NZTA Chair, said that they would
step up to the challenge if asked
to take over the cameras.
A decision on the future
home of the speed camera
network is expected to be made
in the coming months.
The government’s new Road
Safety Strategy will be open for
consultation later this year and
will begin in 2020.
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JUNE 15, 2019
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Immigration New Zealand comes under attack for tardiness
Gill Bonnett
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is under fire from students
and education providers who say they are paying a heavy
cost for a poor planning of its restructure and forecast visa
numbers.
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway said delays in visa
processing were the number one thing people contacted him
about.
The international education industry said missed enrolments
were causing multimillion dollar losses and damaging New
Zealand’s reputation.
Unprocessed Visa applications
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processed and of those, about 1500 students have been waiting
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One master’s degree student
received his visa yesterday, having
applied mid-December for a course that
started in February.
He will now join his course in July.
The International Students’ Association
President Lukas Kristen said the
problem was affecting students and
their partners.
“Immigration New Zealand is just
taking a very long time to process
applications, which leads to students
either missing out on their courses, or it
leads to students being separated from
their partners and potentially family.”
Too late, too bad
Clare Bradley, Chief Executive, Aspire2
International, a private education
and training provider, said that while
some students would join a later intake,
others went to Canada and Australia.
Ms Bradley is on the board of Independent
Tertiary Education (ITENZ).
She said that even if visas were now
approved, fees of late-arriving students
would never be recouped.
She said that the industry had
suffered multi-million-dollar losses
and the cost would be significant for
universities, too.
Polytechnics and Institutes of
Technology were being hit hard, at a
time when they were already under
considerable financial strain, she said.
Trust in New Zealand lost
Trust in New Zealand among agents
and students was damaged and the
industry was having to redouble efforts
to promote itself.
Mr Lees-Galloway said that the
restructure caused short-term delays
but would hopefully lead to quicker
processing times, and higher-quality,
more consistent decisions in the
long-term. The question of whether
more staff should have been recruited
last year was a question for INZ, which
was doing everything it could to make
the changes run smoothly but was also
scrutinising applications more than it
used to.
“That’s why Ihave indicated to INZ
that I want them to keep me closely
informed about how things are going and what they are
doing,” he said.
Education institutes had been making their views
known about the delays, he said.
“I have certainly heard a lot from education industry
but by the same token, the education industry needs to
recognize that as a government, we have a view that they
need to move from volume to value.
“There have been unintended consequences of the
education system being used as a backdoor to residency.
And so, Immigration New Zealand is rightly tightening up
its processes.”
Assessment and Verification
INZ Visa Services Manager Michael Carley said it had
seen an increase in applications which needed greater
assessment and verification.
Applications from India between November and
February increased by 42%.
INZ said that the primary reasons for that rise were
thought to be last year’s post-study work visa changes and
the decision not to review in-study work rights.
The Ministry was seeking reasons why some student
visa applications were taking longer to finalise, Mr Carley
said.
“INZ appreciates that the increased processing time
is impacting some education providers and we have
received feedback from some providers regarding their
concerns about longer processing times. INZ has also
undergone a large change programme over the last 18
months, which has seen the consolidation of visa processing
by type,” he said.
International education contributes more than $5
billion to the New Zealand economy and is the country’s
fourth largest export earner, supporting almost 50,000
jobs.
First-time student visas are down 7% in the year to May
compared to the previous year. Enrolment numbers are
not yet available.
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Tax-free, incentive-galore Budget promises robust growth
Venkat Raman
Finance Minister Ayaz Sayed-Khaiyum
has taken some bold initiatives in delivering
his Annual Budget to Parliament in
Suva on June 7, 2019, the most of which
were in tax incentives to stimulate the economy
and attract local and foreign investment.
Fiji’s Budget for the fiscal year 2019-2020
showed a reduction of F$ 1.8 billion to F$ 3.8
billion, down from F$ 4.6 billion in last year’s
projections.
Five Factors
Mr Sayed-Khaiyum told Parliament that
he was driven by five factors in preparing
this year’s Budget, including implications of
an uncertain global economy, employment
and entrepreneurial opportunities to young
Fijians, encouraging innovation and improving
technology; environmental protection and
strengthening law and order.
“We expect the Gross Domestic Product
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for ten straight years of growth,” he said.
In Fijian terms, foreign reserves,
standing at $ 1.92 billion resonates a sound
economy, equating to more than four months
coverage of retained imports of goods and
non-factor services. With inflation at 2.1%, Mr
Sayed-Khaiyum claimed responsible financial
management.
Encouraging investments
Without giving details, he said that his
government was reviewing the Foreign Direct
Investment Act to encourage greater foreign
investment and reforming State-Owned and
Public Enterprises to become more profitable,
efficient and customer-oriented.
A week before presenting Budget 2019, Mr
Sayed Khaiyum launched the ‘Personal property
Securities Registry,’ to enable Fijians to use their
assets as collateral to secure loans.
In actual terms, access to finance has become
easier, with cost of borrowing lower than before.
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No new taxes or tax increases
have been announced.
“We are also conducting
a review of the Financial
Management Act (FMA) 2004
to make some key changes
that meet the high expectations
of transparency and
accountability in the modern
economy. Every year, before
the Budget announcement,
the government must table a
broad fiscal framework that
sets the stage for budgetary
preparations, thereby building
accountability and adherence
to fiscal projections,” he said.
Budget Highlights
Reintroduction of Export
Income Deduction with retrospective
application from 2018
and maintained for three years
at the rate of 50%. The Scheme
will expire next year.
The threshold to qualify for
25% investment allowance under
the Income Tax (Renovation
of Building Incentive) Regulation
reduced from F$ 1 million
to F$ 250,000. The incentive will
be extended to other buildings
apart from those in towns and
cities but will only be available
to commercial buildings.
Audio Visual Incentives
The Income Tax (Audio
Visual Incentives) Regulation
2016 will be amended with the
following changes: The film
tax rebate will be increased
from 47% to 75% and will
be based on the expenditure
incurred in Fiji and paid
to Fiji Resident companies
for goods and services; The
maximum rebate payable
per approved final certificate
will not be more than F$ 15
million; A200% tax deduction
will be available to companies
investing in camera and other
filming equipment for audio
visual productions. Income tax
holiday to companies setting up
production facilities including
equipment, cameras, editing
and postproduction studios.
Tax Reliefs
Income tax exemption for
seven years if capital investments
is more than $2 million.
Import duty exemption on
raw materials, plant, machinery
and equipment (including
spare parts) required for the
establishment of the business.
Tax exemption on interest
earned from Government,
State-Owned Entities and
Statutory Authorities financial
instruments (bonds, treasury
bills and promissory notes) by
individuals and private entities
excluding financial institutions.
Income Tax (Residential
Housing Development
Package) Regulations 2016 will
be amended to provide clarification
on a ceiling on the sale
price of residential housing so
that it is affordable to potential
average Fijian home buyers.
The incentive will only be
available with the following
condition to a multi-storey development:
Each storey to have
at least 15% of the units below
the price ceiling of $300,000.
This requirement only applies
to the first five storeys of the
development.
The incentive will also be
available for a ground level
multi-unit housing developments.
The following incentives
will also be available (a)
Income tax exemption on
developer profits for the
entire project (b) Import duty
exemption on the importation
of capital equipment, plant and
machinery.
Climate Change Challenges
Fiji has been a strong
advocate of environmental
protection and Prime Minister
Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama
has championed the world on
Climate Change.
The seriousness with which
Fiji has addressed this issue
was indicated in Budget 2019.
“Fiji has led a concerted
global campaign to make
international climate finance
accessible, not on the basis of
the size of anation’s economy,
but on the basis of vulnerability
to climate impacts. Essentially,
this means, Fiji can now
access over F$ 55 million a year
annually at zero interest rate,
with an extended repayment
term of 40 years,” he said.
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Fiji government probes
death of American couple
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The Government of Fiji is investigating
into the death of an American
couple, says a communique
issued by the Ministry of Health and
Medical Sciences (MHMS).
According to reports, David Paul
(37) and his wife Michelle Calanog
Paul (35) arrived in Fiji on May 22,
2019. They are reported to have died
a couple of days later.
“The investigation into the cause
of the deaths is still underway.
MHMS considers this investigation a
priority and is continuing to collaborate
with the US Embassy in Fiji and
is working closely with the Fiji Police
Force forensics Department, the
World Health Organisation (WHO),
and the United States’ Centres for
Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC),” a Ministry communication
said.
Staff Released
The five staff placed under observation
in hospital as a precautionary
measure have been released and
are in good health. They are being
followed up at their homes by
Ministry of Health staff as a matter
of precaution. All other people who
had contact with the deceased couple
during their illness remain well.
This is supportive of the assessment
that there is no evidence of risk to
the public, aMinistry official said.
“The Ministry remains the
David and Michelle Paul (ABC News Picture
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only authoritative source for
information with regard to this
issue. The Ministry will continue
to provide regular updates on any
new information. In the meantime,
people should continue their lives
as usual, take care of their health
and seek medical attention if they
feel ill, as they normally would,” the
communique said.
“Results of the investigation
may take weeks, possibly longer.
At this stage, for reasons of patient
confidentiality, and out of respect
to the families of Mr and Mrs Paul
during this difficult time, the MHMS
and its partners involved in the
investigation will not comment on
specific details of the investigation.”
ABC News Release
In its Thursday (June 6, 2019)
news bulletin, ABC News of
Australia said that in text messages
to their relatives, the couple had
complained of being violently ill
but offered no indication that they
were worried the mystery ailment
that afflicted them would take their
lives.
“Michelle and David Paul died
two days apart after arriving in Fiji
on May 22 and becoming gravely ill
soon after. The Fiji Health Ministry
has been working with the US
Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention and the World Health
Organisation to determine the
malady that took the lives of two
seemingly healthy people. Text
messages obtained by ABC News
from relatives shed light on the
couple’s deteriorating conditions
and the treatment they were
offered by doctors at a local clinic,”
the bulletin said.
ABC News quoted Ms Paul as
saying in her text to her parents in
Nevada, “We are both going to doctor
now. We have been throwing up
for eight hours. Dave has diarrhoea.
My hands are numb. We will text
when we can.”
After returning to their hotel,
Michelle Paul wrote another text to
her mother, Juliet Calanog, giving
her an update on the treatment
they received at the clinic.
Fijilink
Former Fiji High Commissioner
Bal Ram passes on
Venkat Raman
My long-time friend
and former High
Commissioner of
Fiji to New Zealand
Bal Ram is no more, reporting
which is heart-breaking.
A common friend, Ajendra
Jokhan (Account Director, Red
Rock Consulting), called me a
while ago to say that 73-year-old
Bal died on Wednesday, June 5,
2019.
He left behind his wife
Nirmala, their sons Shekhar and
Amun, daughter Astuti, son-inlaw
Richard Kelly, daughterin-law
Salin Kaeowanpen and
grandchildren Abhishek, Aarav,
Laksh, Jiya, Divya and Asha.
Diplomat with a Mission
A man of immense
knowledge of world affairs,
Bal served the Government of
Fiji with passion and sense of
purpose and was posted to the
country’s diplomatic missions in
Malaysia (High Commissioner)
and United Nations (Diplomat)
before arriving in Wellington
in 2003.
He was the Head of the Diplomatic
Mission of Fiji during
tumultuous times but was a
source of endearment to the
officials in his host government
and the Fijian Diaspora.
He shared many common
Bal Ram (Indian Newslink File Picture 2006)
interests with many people in
Wellington including former
Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand,
former Fijian Diplomat
Prabodh Mishra, Ajendra and this
Reporter.
Those years of association,
frank dialogues and mutual
consultations are now committed
to memory, to be cherished.
Funeral on Monday
Fiji Indian Association of
Wellington Inc, at which he as a
Trustee, mourned his death.
The Funeral Service was held
on Monday, June 10, 2019 at the
Indian Association Hall, 48 Kemp
Street, Kilbirnie Wellington at 1
pm.
Among the speakers at the
Service were Sir Anand, Mr
Mishra and Fiji’s High Commissioner
to New Zealand Filimone
Waqabaca.
Private Cremation followed
for the family members after the
Service.
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Another $25 million to block human traffickers
Laura Walters
foreign fighters returning to Asian
countries like Indonesia and Malaysia
from attempting to make it to
The Wellbeing Budget
New Zealand, he said this was “not
contained a surprise immigration
initiative, aimed at
The politics of resettlement
specifically” about foreign fighters.
stopping ‘boat people.’ This is
There is no doubt some coalition
not a new risk. So, why the big boost
now?
The Government has allocated an
extra $25 million over four years to
preventing people being smuggled to
New Zealand by boat.
It was a surprise new initiative in
the 2019 Budget, and seemed more
in line with what an Australian
budget initiative might look like, Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway (Newsroom Picture by Lynn Grieveson)
politics at play, with the Green Party
opposed to the extra spending, and
calling for a higher refugee quota.
Meanwhile, New Zealand First
supported the new initiative.
The funding increase needed
to be looked at as part of New
Zealand’s wider settlement policy,
which is currently under review,
and public scrutiny.
with its anti-boat people rhetoric.
There was suggestion from some
that this was an anti-immigration
policy, and could be credited to New
Zealand First.
Keeping people safe
However, the Government
maintains the money is targeted at
keeping people safe, and preventing
them from attempting the treacherous
journey.
There is nothing new about New
Zealand’s immigration officials
working to prevent people from
getting on boats in Asian countries
– like Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri
Lanka – and attempting to make it to
New Zealand.
So far, no one has made it.
Immigration New Zealand (INZ)
Assistant General Manager Stephen
Vaughan said that the Department
currently has staff in Indonesia and
others based in Wellington doing
strategic coordination, operational
management and intelligence work.
“Having an on-the-ground
presence in Indonesia has proved
invaluable in building relationships
and enhancing New Zealand’s
intelligence collection,” he said.
However, the significant increase
in funding (from just over $1 million
a year, to close to $6 million a year),
rightly raised eyebrows, especially as
part of a Wellbeing Budget.
People smugglers active
Last year, a Parliamentary select
committee heard from INZ Head Of
Settlement Steve McGill that chatter
from people-smugglers, who were
selling New Zealand as a destination,
had not increased as a result of the
country’s change of government.
The suggestion was Jacinda Ardern’s
push for Australia to resettle
some of its Manus Island and Nauru
refugees in New Zealand had led to
New Zealand being seen as a more
viable option for asylum-seekers.
While talk from people-smuggling
syndicates targeting New Zealand
had not increased as a result of
Ardern’s comments, the Government
said that the general risk of
people-smuggling was increasing.
Immigration Minister Iain
Lees-Galloway said people-trafficking
was on the rise around the
world, and in the Asia-Pacific region.
Boats were getting bigger, and
people-smuggling ventures were
becoming more sophisticated, he
said.
Tanker to New Zealand stopped
About a year ago, Malaysian
authorities stopped a tanker, supposedly
headed for New Zealand, with
more than 100 Sri Lankan asylum
seekers onboard. This was believed
to be the first credible attempt in
terms of a boat that could have
made it to New Zealand shores.
Lees-Galloway said that the
Government was investing in people
and technology to help disrupt
people-smuggling ventures before
they got on the water.
“We want to save people’s lives,
and stop them putting their lives at
risk and attempting a journey which,
as I say, no one has successfully
achieved,” he said.
INZ’s Vaughan said that the new
funding included provision for extra
staff to increase New Zealand’s mass
arrival prevention and response
efforts, and boost the department’s
intelligence capability.
Lees-Galloway said it was not yet
decided where the additional staff
would be placed offshore.
Ardern also backed the spending,
saying it was consistent with New
Zealand’s longstanding policy, and
would save lives.
Aussie pressure denied
The extra spend would likely
please Australia, which in the past
has accused New Zealand of not
pulling its weight in this area.
The Immigration Minister said
efforts needed to be coordinated
within the region, but denied any
pressure had come from Australia to
increase funding or New Zealand’s
presence.
When asked whether preventing
In 2013, the former National
government changed the law to
allow for the detention of mass
arrivals by boat.
Human rights observers, including
Green MP Golriz Ghahraman
have criticised the law, which allows
for the detention of those seeking
asylum.
When asked whether the extra
money into prevention at the point
of departure meant the 2013 law
could be repealed, Lees-Galloway
said that law would stay as it was,
“for now.”
“That’s as much about having
good processes for dealing with
claims of asylum as it is about
preventing people from seeing New
Zealand as a soft touch,” he said.
Largest deterrent
“I would hope that the largest
deterrent is the fact that no one has
made it here, and that it remains a
treacherous, dangerous journey.”
Meanwhile, the Government is
coming under pressure to change its
refugee policy to allow those from
Africa and the Middle East - who
don’t have family links in New
Zealand - to resettle here.
The regional allocation and
family links parts of the refugee
policy were under review – as it was
every three years.
Lees-Galloway had described
India, Britain groups join hands for trade alliance
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got off to a flyer with
New Zealand India
Trade Alliance (NZITA)
‘Cricket
and the British New
Zealand Business Association
(BNZBA) inking their intensions at a
full house at Eden Park on May 29,
2019, on the eve of the Cricket World
Cup 2019.
The agreement aims to increase
trade between India, UK and New
Zealand.
BNZBA President Philip Wood said
that the Cooperation Agreement will
allow both organisations to provide
a regular and recognised platform
for promotion, innovation, entrepreneurship,
and start-ups between
India, UK and New Zealand.
Growing Opportunities
Membership of the two organisations
account for private sector
innovators, business owners, professionals
and managers, creating
scope to expand trade opportunities
within the region.
“There are huge growth opportunities
in the Commonwealth, but it
is extremely hard to build the right
relationships without assistance and
market knowledge.”
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Pawan Chopra and Sunil Kaushal (first and second from left) at the Signing Ceremony in Eden Park on May 29, 2019. (Picture Supplied)
Speaking at the signing ceremony,
NZITA Secretary General Sunil
Kaushal said, “The relationship will
promote cooperation and shared
information with regard to trade,
market development, and services
for members of each group. The
Agreement will make it easier for
New Zealand based companies
to expand into the Indian and UK
markets,” he said.
Areas of Coverage
The Agreement covers areas of
trade, commerce and industry with
a systematic approach to business
promotional activity, and participation
in exhibitions and trade fairs
to be held in New Zealand, UK and
India.
Earlier at the event, New Zealand
Cricket General Manager (High
Performance) Bryan Stronach said
that Blackcaps are working hard to
win their first Cricket World Cup
Trophy.
He was joined by Blackcaps
Opener Jeet Raval and New Zealand
the decision not to resettle those
from Africa and the Middle East
as part of the general policy as
“discriminatory.”
And while he would not say –
likely for fear of getting offside with
Winston Peters who did not see an
issue with the policy – it was clear
Lees-Galloway did not favour the
ban on refugees from Africa and the
Middle East.
Paper to Cabinet soon
Lees-Galloway was consulting
with the Greens and New Zealand
First and was expected to take a
proposal to Cabinet soon.
Labour had shared its position on
the policy with its coalition partners
but he refused to elaborate further
in public.
Having a sound resettlement
policy was part of the picture when
it came to deterring people-trafficking,
Lees-Galloway said.
“We need to ensure there are
legitimate pathways to people seeking
refuge and asylum ... Because if
those are working well, there is less
incentive for people to take the risk
of engaging with people-smugglers.”
Last year, the coalition
announced the refugee quota would
rise from 1000 to 1500 by 2020.
The Budget allowed for $140
million over four years to support
the quota increase, and to “ensure
successful refugee settlement
outcomes.”
Meanwhile, a community sponsorship
pilot had also run over the
past year, allowing for a further 25
refugees to resettle in New Zealand.
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is a Senior Political Reporter of
Newsroom based in Wellington,
covering Justice, Education
and Immigration. The above
article, which appeared on the
Newsroom website has been
reproduced here under a Special
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Cricket Players Association Chief
Executive Heath Mills for a panel
discussion which ranged from the
Players’ Personal and Professional
Development, participation in the
India Premier League and building
the next generation of Black Caps
from the grass roots.
The event was hosted by Eden
Park who are looking forward to a
busy Summer of Cricket featuring
the touring Indian and England
teams.
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JUNE 15, 2019
Know your employment rights and obligations
Don’t get caught out!
If you are new to New Zealand, it
is essential that you are aware of
minimum employment rights and
obligations in this country.
This applies to both employees and
employers.
You Have The Right To:
1. get a written employment contract
(agreement) before you start working.
2. get advice or support from someone
you trust before you sign the contract.
3. have your contract kept updated and a
right to a copy when you ask for it.
4. be paid at least the minimum wage if
you are 16 years or older.
5. get rest and meal breaks, for example,
during an 8-hour work period, you have
the right to get both:
● two 10-minute paid rest breaks
● one 30-minute unpaid meal break.
6. take 11 public holidays off work on full
pay, if they are days you would normally
work.
7. get paid 1.5 times your normal pay
rate plus another day off, if you work on a
public holiday that is otherwise a normal
working day.
8. get paid leave under these circumstances
after you have been employed for
6 months or you meet the ‘hours worked’
test:
● 5 days’ paid sick leave a year
● up to 3 days’ paid bereavement leave
on the death of your spouse or partner, parent,
child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild,
or your spouse or partner’s parent
● up to one day’s paid bereavement
Every employer who exploits
migrants can be imprisoned and/
or fined up to $100,000. Plus, there
are a range of other penalties and
remedies available.
By New Zealand law, all employees
in this country have minimum
leave on the death of a person not included
above, if your employer accepts that you
have suffered a bereavement with regard
to certain defined factors
● up to 10 days’ paid domestic
violence leave a year.
9. get 4 weeks of paid annual holiday
(annual leave) each year, after you’ve been
employed for 12 months.
10. get parental leave for up to 12
months and parental leave payments
to care for a new baby if you meet the
6-month or 12-month rule.
11. ask at any time for short-term flexible
working arrangements for up to 2 months
to help you deal with the effects of domestic
violence.
12. ask your employer for details of
your time worked, leave and holiday
entitlements.
13. be treated fairly and to a proper
process if you lose your job through being
fired or made redundant.
14. be protected from unlawful discrimination
because of your age, ethnicity, sex,
disability or religious beliefs.
15. be protected from adverse treatment
(being treated badly or unfairly) because
you might be affected by domestic violence.
16. work in a safe workplace with proper
training, supervision and equipment
provided by the employer.
employment rights that can’t be taken
away from you.
Luciane Bryant, Information and
Education Manager, Employment New
Zealand MBIE says,
“There is a lot of information to be
aware of and we make it easy by
providing Employment New Zealand
resources via our website, publications
and phone line.”
So there is no practical reason why you
shouldn’t know this vital information.
It’s all there for you to use free of charge.
We have provided 20 key points
Your Employer Cannot:
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you should know just as a starting
point”
Here’s 20 minimum rights for employees
everyone should know - it’s
important you know your rights!
17. make deductions (take money) from your pay if you don’t agree to it, except for
deductions set out in law, such as income tax.
18. ask you to pay them for giving you a job.
19. demand to keep your passport
20. make you do a 90-day trial period at the start of a new job if a business has 19 or
fewer employees, unless all of these conditions are met:
● you agree to it first
● it’s written in your employment contract
● the agreement includes the notice period
● you both sign it before you start working.
You and your employer must be fair to each other by dealing in good faith. This
includes being open, honest and responsive towards each other.
These are just some and not all the rights that employees have. All such rights are obligations for
employers.
Check out the new foundation online learning module to employment rights in New Zealand –
An introduction to Your Employment Rights.
This module is a quick summary to your employment rights.
All employees are encouraged to complete this introductory
module first. It is designed for all employees covering both
current and future workers.
To get started, visit: https://employment.elearning.ac.nz/ - It’s
free and easy to register.
So, know your employment rights and obligations – don’t get
caught out!
Remember to contact Employment New Zealand for information
and help.
Visit www.employment.govt.nz and enter keywords “Rights and Responsibilities” (This includes
resources in 18 other languages).
Phone: 0800-209020 toll free for employment information and translation service on request
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EMPLOYEES
Stand up for your
employment rights!
EVERY EMPLOYER who exploits
migrants can be imprisoned
and/or fi ned up to $100,000.
For more information and your free
minimum rights and responsibilities
guide visit www.employment.govt.nz

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JUNE 15, 2019
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Coloured vision does no
good to justice system
Where the Pacific sits in the Security Debate
The Report of the Safe
and Effective Justice
Advisory Group does
not bode well for our
Criminal Justice System. While
the full findings of the Group
lead by former Courts Minister
Chester Borrows will be made
available in August 2019, his
briefings thus far point to the
fact that all is not well and
that victims were particularly
disappointed.
“For crimes against a person,
especially sexual crimes and
crimes of indecency, most complainants
know it is very, very
difficult. These sorts of crimes
often happen when there is nobody
else around; so, it is often
one word against another. The
manner of getting clinical, independent
forensic evidence
certainly is not pleasant, if not
downright disgusting to people,”
he said.
Systematic Racism
Consolation, if there can
be any, is that New Zealand
is alone in its racial tint. It is
perhaps more embedded in
Britain and the United States of
America and throughout much
of Europe. The reason for this
rot is more social and historical,
and related to migration
of any kind. In New Zealand,
it started when the British set
foot, leading to the Treaty of
Waitangi, which is now being
questioned.
Radley Balko, an Opinion
Writer, said in a Washington
Post Column that of particular
concern to some on the right is
the term “systemic racism,” often
wrongly interpreted as an
accusation that everyone in
the system is racist.
“In fact, systemic racism
means almost the opposite. It
means that we have systems
and institutions that produce
racially disparate outcomes,
regardless of the intentions of
the people who work within
them. When you consider that
much of the criminal-justice
system was built, honed and
firmly established during the
Jim Crow era; an era almost
everyone, conservatives included,
will concede rife with
racism, this is pretty intuitive.”
In Britain, something simpler
and bigger has changed.
Respectable, middle-class
Britishness, a rather embattled
identity that feels under threat
from all manner of coarse and
alien trends, now involves at
least an aspiration to be colour-blind.
Overt, unashamed
racism, even when far less vicious
than the sort displayed
by Stephen Lawrence’s killers,
has become indecent.
Australian press freedom
in peril: Should we worry?
Last week’s police raid
on some sections of the
Australian media has
become an issue of concern
to the veterans in the industry.
Stalwarts say that the
government’s claim that the
ABC, The Australian and others
breached national security
in publishing sensitive reports
has been discounted.
Should we worry in New
Zealand- that our freedom
could also come under a
cloud? Looking at the world,
we find that the freedom of the
press is atrophying.
Muzzling at its worst
According ‘Freedom House,’
a think-tank in the United
Kingdom, the muzzling of journalists
and independent news
media is at its worst point in
15 years.
The ‘Committee to Protect
Journalists,’ says that the number
of journalists jailed for
their work is at the highest level
since the 1990s. While the
deterioration has come from
all quarters, especially ‘media-tight’
countries such as
Russia, Nicaragua, East and
South Africa and the Arab
Gulf, even US President Donald
Trump has frequently demonised
the news media as
the “enemy of the people.”
However, America’s strong
First Amendment and independent
courts have prevented
him from acting on these illiberal
outbursts. Nonetheless,
his rhetoric has given succour
to autocrats in other countries,
who have passed laws outlawing
“fake news” and quickly
set about persecuting political
opponents.
New Zealand politicians value
the free press. We hope it
will remain that way.
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Sam Sachdeva
Whether Indo or
Asia, the Pacific
has often seemed
an afterthought
in geostrategic
discussions. With growing Great
Power rivalry in the region, that
may be starting to change - for both
good and bad.
Pacific Leaders could be forgiven
for feeling they are often shunted
to the sidelines during the debate
about the best way to frame the
current state of the world.
Counterweight to China
The US vision of a “free and open
Indo-Pacific” seems primarily about
a greater role for Japan, India and
Australia as a counterweight to
China, while the more traditional
Asia-Pacific construct is, for some,
about maintaining the centrality of
the ASEAN bloc.
In neither case do smaller Pacific
nations feature prominently; as
Peacifica NGO director James Cox
put it on Twitter, “The moral of the
story [is] in any ‘-Pacific’ the Pacific
loses out.”
But the return to the Pacific of
what Foreign Minister Winston
Peters has called “Great Power
rivalry,” with the US and China
vying for influence, has begun to
shift the spotlight towards the region
- demonstrated by the inclusion of
an inaugural session at this year’s
Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on
“strategic interests and competition
in the South Pacific.”
Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary
General of the Pacific Islands Forum
(PIF) and the only Pacific Islander
on the session’s five-person panel,
told the audience the Pacific “finds
itself inextricably at the centre of
an era of strategic competition”
with significant implications for the
region’s development.
The Australian Claim
Frances Adamson, Head of
Australia’s Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade, insisted that her
country “does not see the region
through the lens of strategic competition”
- a claim greeted sceptically
by some at Shangri-La on the eve
of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s
visit to the Solomon Islands to
unveil $250 million in infrastructure
funding.
As Dr Anna Powles, a Senior
Lecturer in strategic studies at
Massey University, told Newsroom:
“At least be honest about it...strategic
anxieties around China led to the
recalibrated policies towards the
Pacific, so put it out there, acknowledge
it then move on from it and
talk about how to build relations.”
Admiral Philip Davidson of the
US Indo-Pacific Command sought to
borrow the language of the Pacific,
speaking of a “synergy” between the
Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy
and the Boe declaration on regional
security signed by PIF leaders last
year.
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General
Dame Meg Taylor
(Photo: FAO/Alessandra Benedetti)
Military bases in the Pacific
But while Davidson spoke about
the “long and rich” American history
in the Pacific, it seemed clear his
focus was on more recent events as
he responded to a question about
the potential for China to develop
new military bases in the Pacific.
“China has made it quite plain
that their long-term ambition is to
lead the international order...bases
in Djibouti, ambition for bases elsewhere
in the Indian Ocean speak to
the concerns we should all have in
the Pacific islands chain as well.”
Concern about the so-called
“debt-trap diplomacy” from China
in the Pacific was also alluded to
in a plenary speech by Acting US
Secretary of Defence Patrick Shanahan,
as he spoke about countries
“engaging in predatory economics
and debt for sovereignty deals”.
Three elephants fighting, but one
winning
But there seems to be a disconnect
between what some nations
see as the priority for the Pacific,
and what those in the Pacific itself
believe.
That was perhaps best illustrated
by Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto,
Acting Commander of the Republic
of Fiji Military Forces, who said that
there were in fact three elephants
fighting for influence at the
moment: China, the US, and Climate
Change.
“Of the three, Climate Change is
winning - Climate Change exerts the
most influence, if you like, on the
countries in our part of the world,”
Naupoto said.
Taylor agreed, describing Climate
Change as the “single greatest
threat to the security of the Pacific”
and calling for the securitisation
of the issue to bring the rest of the
world into the fold.
“When others want to come
into the region, we want to know
what they are going to do to align
themselves to our agenda - not we
align ourselves to their agenda.
New Zealand’s Role
Defence Minister Ron Mark, who
has been enthusiastic about the
New Zealand military’s role in the
war against climate change, backed
her as he put the climate and the
Pacific front and centre during
his speech at the closing session of
Shangri-La.
Of the Boe declaration and its
emphasis on the environment as a
security issue, Mark said: “It gives
us a compass for action and we
must follow it.”
But while Adamson, Davidson
and the other non-Pacific panellists
all referenced the importance of
climate action, Powles said the
session was “hit and miss” in
New Zealand Defence Minister Ron Mark
(Photo: IISS)
acknowledging the likely security
ramifications.
“If you think about water security,
access to water sources, access
to food sources, the security issues
that occur as a consequence of
forced displacement...we know for
a fact there are multiple conflicts
that had their roots in climate
insecurity.”
Clash of the giants
Taylor could be forgiven for
feeling frustration at the US-China
conflict overshadowing the real,
existential concerns in the Pacific
about climate change, but she said
the clash of the giants could not be
ignored.
“They’re the two biggest
players and they have to work it out
because it all filters down to the rest
of us.”
But were those big players
listening to the plight of the Pacific?
Powles was not optimistic: “It
was extremely polite, fairly unremarkable
and underwhelming...
it was very transactional, there
wasn’t in agreat deal in there about
building relationships, about that
soft power side.”
As LaTrobe University’s Nick
Bisley noted, there is only so much
oxygen to go around the region,
and there was a risk the US and
China would consume it all.
“The other real concern is
that strategic competition in the
South Pacific kind of crowds out
everything else and becomes, not
proxy wars, but picking winners
and picking sides.”
Mark appeared more confident
that those focusing on the military
contest did not outnumber others
calling for more assistance and
support in the region.
Emphasis on discussions
“If you were to weigh up the
numbers of the voices there, I
would say that there is more in the
latter camp – it is just that some of
the other voices might be louder.”
There will be more chances for
the Pacific to be heard, with the
International Institute for Strategic
Studies promising to place a greater
emphasis on discussions and events
about the region.
But Taylor said she and other
leaders were not relying on anybody
else to do their work for them.
“Partners will come and go
in the Pacific. However, we -the
people of the region - will remain.”
Sam Sachdeva attended the
Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
thanks to a travel grant from the
Asia New Zealand Foundation. The
above article, which appeared on
the Newsroom Website, has been
reproduced here under a Special
Agreement with Newsroom.

JUNE 15, 2019
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Expanding network lifts customer service at Global Finance
A unique Award from AIA testifies high brand value
Venkat Raman
When Sam Tremethick,
Regional Head,
Institute of Financial
Advisors and High
Net Worth at AIA Group Office in
Hong Kong visited New Zealand
last fortnight to present a Special
Memento to Global Finance in
Auckland, it was considered an
unusual occurrence.
Global Finance and its Managing
Director Ajay Kumar are considered
a premium asset by AIA, one
of the largest insurers in the world
and the Award was in recognition
of the services provided over the
past 20 years.
“We consider this a great
honour,” Mr Kumar said.
Arguably, Global Finance scored
a first; there has never been an
occasion in the past for AIA to
recognise any other insurance
advisor or broker.
Mr Tremethick has since been
appointed Chief Partnership Insurance
Officer at AIA New Zealand
based in North Shore, Auckland.
The Award was the second presented
by AIA in as many months.
In May, the insurer presented Global
Finance with the ‘Top Advisor
Award,’ for being the top insurance
advisor within the AIA system in
New Zealand.
Customer remains supreme
“These Awards are a testimony
to the high standard of service that
Global Finance has been providing
since its establishment 20 years ago.
We have always been a customer-driven
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Global Finance Managing Director Ajay
Kumar with the AIA Award
because of them. They are our apex
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Three branches Statement
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Police raids infringe press freedom in Australia
Colin Peacock
Three times in one week, the
powers-that-be intruded on
journalists in Australia to try
and dig out sources of controversial
stories of clear public interest.
Media freedom advocates there say
a new law is now needed to reinforce
the right to know. Should we take note
too?
The Afghan Files
The Police raid that rocked
Australia’s public broadcaster the ABC
related to a series of stories two years
ago known as ‘The Afghan Files.’
Under the heading Defence leak
exposes deadly secrets of Australia’s
special forces, it alleged misconduct of
Australian troops serving in Afghanistan
revealed in what is alleged to be
leaked classified material.
One man already faces charges for
that.
ABC Investigations Editor John
Lyons said that watching Police Officers
sifting through source material
on ABC premises was like “ having
surgery while conscious.”
“I was seeing and hearing things
which I’d rather not be. It felt acomplete
violation of us both as journalists
and citizens, and it had nothing to do
with national security.”
But this wasn’t the only intrusion
by Australian Federal Police on
journalism which hit the headlines
this week.
Another on ‘The Australian’
Annika Smethurst’s paper The
Australian was incensed about police
raiding her home in pursuit of a story
about alleged illegal spying by the
Australian Signals Directorate.
“Several officers arrived at the
house of the award-winning Political
Editor yesterday (June 8) with a search
warrant, rifling through her personal
items including her underwear,”
the paper reported, pulling down its
online paywall so that all the world
could see its stories.
“She was subjected to what her
employer and the Union has dubbed
intimidation and harassment,” The
Australian said.
Sydney talk Radio host Ben Fordham
then revealed he was targeted
this week after reporting asylum
seeker boats were making their way to
Australia, citing a source at the Home
Affairs Department.
He said he that was contacted twice
more by “senior figures” wanting to
identify the source of the leak.
Un-Australian: Alan Jones
His 2GB colleague Alan Jones,
the Station’s heaviest hitter, told his
listeners all this was un-Australian
because his colleague’s story and Ms
Smethurst’s spying yarn were both in
the public interest.
Mr Jones, who has been a vocal
supporter of Liberal Party Prime
Ministers over the years, went on
to call out the Prime Minister Scott
Morrison personally.
“The least the government should
say is that this will never ever happen
again under our government. You
have a smile on your face that you are
a good sort of avuncular dorky sort of
bloke and we are relying on you. You
are the hope of the side here. This is
not Australia as we want it to be,” he
said.
New Security Laws
Mr Morrison has insisted the AFP
were simply following the law.
Man described as ‘dangerous
white supremacist’ to remain in jail
Katie Todd
Frank Finch, 22, will be imprisoned
for crimes including theft
and unlawfully getting into a
motor vehicle, but the police
have also laid an additional charge
of threatening to kill, for which he
appeared in the afternoon and will
enter pleas on next month.
Ahead of yesterday morning’s
sentencing, Finch’s grandfather, Rod
Finch, had voiced concerns that his
grandson could kill someone if released
from prison because he holds
white supremacist beliefs, was a
member of a gang and had expressed
a willingness to kill.
Having served just under six
months on remand in prison already,
it was possible he could have been
released today -but he wasn’t. Judge
Anthony Couch jailed him for 14
months, meaning Finch will serve at
least another two months in prison.
Likely to reoffend
Citing psychiatric reports, Judge
Anthony Couch said Finch clearly
had no remorse and was likely to
reoffend if released.
“The conclusion of the psychiatrist
is that you lack motivation to make
meaningful change in your life or
to take any steps to avoid further
offending. The psychiatrist also complains
that you didn’t need extensive
and long term support in a highly
structured environment to gain the
skills to even consider pursuing a
viable life outside of prison,” he said.
Finch’s lawyer Allister Davis had
asked for a sentence of intensive
supervision, and speaking after the
sentencing, he said the jail term was
a missed opportunity.
“But that opportunity may arise
Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reacts to the raids (Photo: Screenshot
Frank Finch appears in Christchurch District
Court (Photo for RNZ by Katie Todd)
again in the future. At the moment,
we’ve got ayoung man with some
pretty serious psychological problems
and issues that’s in jail. Idon’t believe
that it’s helping him at all, but he’s
done the crime has got to do the time
I suppose,” he said.
Additional charge surprising
Finch’s grandfather was also at
court today, and said the additional
charge of threatening to kill, laid by
police last night, came as a surprise.
But Rod Finch felt today’s proceedings
were a step in the right direction.
“Last Friday, there was nothing in
place to support Frank on his potential
release today, so at least we’ve got
a proposed program, which I believe
will, over time, get Frank back into
the community as a law-abiding
contributor to society -and that’s all
he wants.”
He said he is happy he spoke out
about his concerns that his grandson
could kill someone, and hopeful
there may be future opportunities
for Frank to turn his life around and
reintegrate safely into society.
“He’s intelligent, and he knows
where his weaknesses are. But how
do you support a person? There need
to be astructure where he’s going to
get that support.”
Former Australia Rugby Coach Alan
Jones (Facebook)
Help from Transforming
Justice Foundation
Nevertheless he said it took
a lot of time and effort before
his concerns were heard, and
it took help from Scott Guthrie
of the Transforming Justice
Foundation.
Mr Guthrie still had concerns
about Finch re-offending once
he was released.
“I think that we’ve done
enough now for Corrections to
be fully aware ... to be behind
Frank when ... he does get
released, it won’t be into the
mainstream community. It’ll be
a slow and sure release to make
sure he is ready to go back into
the community,” he said.
Mr Guthrie said it should
not have taken the work of Rod
Finch and a volunteer such as
himself to get Corrections to sit
up and pay attention.
He said Frank Finch is a drug
addict and there needed to be
more money spent on drug
and alcohol counselling for
prisoners.
“Then also, once the prisons
are released, they just drop
them to the community with
a cheap $300 and a big pocket.
They’ve got very little support.
There’s not enough money
within corrections to support
these people when they come
into the community.”
At his second appearance
yesterday afternoon, Frank
Finch was remanded in custody,
and in three weeks he is expected
to enter a plea.
Katie Todd is a Reporter at
Radio New Zealand. The
above Report and Picture
have been published under
a Special Arrangement with
www.rnz.co.nz
Peter Greste, UNESCO Chair of
Journalism at the University of
True enough, said leading
Australian media freedom advocate
Peter Greste in the Guardian. But only
because Australia’s parliament has
passed a slew of national security laws
in recent years that restrict and even
criminalise the legitimate work of
journalists.
The National Security Amendment
Act in 2014 introduced jail terms of up
to ten years for journalists who disclosed
covert intelligence operations.
The Foreign Fighters Act provided
for journalists to be jailed for publishing
news reports or ads that might
help terrorists recruit.
A year later, the Data Retention
Act empowered the Police and other
state agencies to access journalists’
metadata that could reveal their
confidential sources -in some cases,
without a warrant.
A year ago, Mr Greste told Mediawatch
that they pressed hard for
public interest tests in all these laws to
protect journalism.
“The government is drafting
legislation so loosely that it effectively
criminalises some of the most important
work of journalists and that’s
what we need to protect.”
The pushback
Last year, Australian news media
united to oppose the National Security
Legislation Amendment Bill which
Mr Greste said could criminalise all
steps of news reporting, from news-
Queensland, Australia (AFJ Picture)
gathering and researching to handling
information and publication.
The Bill was eventually watered
down, but this week’s ABC raid shows
public interest tests don’t always
protest reporters.
When the Police descended on the
ABC in Sydney on Wednesday (June 5),
the lengthy warrant documents cited
a much older law: the Crimes Act 1914.
“In 2018 the laws changed to give
public interest defences to journalists
but it’s not applying in this case,”
said Paul Barry, the host of the ABC
TV show Media Watch, talking to
reporters outside ABC HQ while raid
was going on inside.
“That may be because the offence is
too old but that is a scandal.
“It’s also ascandal that the
whistle-blower himself has gone
through the whistle-blower process,
complained to his superiors that
something illegal has been done and
then decided that he was forced to
disclose it to the public.”
If the alleged whistle-blower went
to the media as a very last resort
after concerns were not addressed
internally, should give us pause for
thought too.
Intelligence and Security Act
In 2017, a new law overhauling
powers of spy agencies here, the
Intelligence and Security Act made it
easier for people to make a “protected
disclosure” to the in-house watchdog
the Inspector General of Intelligence
and Security.
But those who pass information to
journalists may face up to five years
in jail.
This has yet to be tested, but it will
be brave member of the intelligence
services who leaks information the
media on that basis.
Journalists will also have the added
worry of possible prosecution themselves
if pressed to reveal sources.
No breach of security
Mr Greste, speaking on behalf of
the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom
- said there’s no evidence the reporters
raided or probed in Australia this past
week have compromised national
security in any way.
The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom
(AFJ), recently published a White
Paper calling for a new law to protect
the public interest.
“The tool we recommend is a
Media Freedom Act that positively
puts the role of the press in the middle
of our legal system. At the moment,
there is nothing in Australian law that
explicitly protects press freedom in the
way that the First Amendment does in
the US constitution. The onus should
be shifted to the authorities to show
why the public interest defence should
not apply. It is also important that the
exemption include whistle-blowers,”
Mr Greste wrote in a piece for The
Conversation.
Mr Greste was famously locked
up in an Egyptian jail on trumped
up terrorism charges in 2013 while
reporting for Al Jazeera.
“I’m not suggesting that Australia is
about to become Egypt any time soon
but what we are seeing seems to me to
be on the same spectrum.”
It could be time to ponder where
New Zealand sits on that spectrum too.
Colin Peacock writes the ‘Media
Watch’ column for Radio New
Zealand. The above article and
pictures have been published under
a Special Arrangement with www.
rnz.co.nz.
Read our Editorial, Australian Press
Freedom in peril: Should we worry?
under ‘Viewlink.’
Clichés send wrong messages
of employment
Danielle van Dalen
ajob you love, and you’ll
never work a day in your life.”
“Choose
This cliché was printed on a
sign outside the career advisor’s office at
my school, and the underlying message
always bugged me.
The idea that all of us get the luxury of
“choosing” the perfect job is woefully out
of touch, but more importantly, it’s just
wrong to assume that it would be good
for us to avoid work.
In fact, steady employment is good
for our mental, emotional, and physical
health, even when it isn’t fun.
Following the release of last week’s
Well-Being Budget, economist Simon
Chapple was frustrated by its failure
to make “unemployment one of their
central well-being priorities.”
He’s right to point out this oversight,
as the benefits of work go beyond simply
providing income.
More meaningful life
Despite our Monday morning
protests, studies show that employment
is “a source of meaning” that provides
structure and purpose for many of us.
The World Happiness Report finds
that having the structure of a working
day, “regularly shared experiences
and contacts with people outside the
family, links to goals and purposes that
transcend individual, personal status and
identity, and the enforcement of activity,”
are all important benefits we gain in employment.
More than that, it’s an area of
life in which we can participate in society.
Not only is it proven that work can be
good for us, it is clear that not working
can have negative effects. Gordon Waddell
and A Kim Burton state that: “Unemployment
is generally harmful to health”
and is linked with “higher mortality,”
poor “physical and mental health and
well-being”, with the impacts reaching
beyond the unemployed individual and
into society. In fact, “mass unemployment
is a major blow to society. It reduces the
happiness of those unemployed by as
much as bereavement or divorce, and it
also infects those who do have jobs with
the fear of losing them.”
Reducing involuntary unemployment
The World Happiness Report also
found that when seeking to improve
a state’s happiness “governments
should give great weight to policies that
reduce involuntary unemployment,
including retraining, job matching, public
employment, low-wage subsidies, [and]
education support.” Finding a job can be
stressful and demoralising for many, and
it’s important to recognise that not everyone
is able to work. But this is where
good policy can play a part, preparing
and assisting those who are able to work,
while supporting those who are not.
Despite the Wellbeing Budget having
come and gone, we need the Government
to recognise their role in prioritising
employment. It’s important for all of us.
As Mr Chapple states, “to place
[unemployment] in such a position of
prominence would be to inaugurate policies
considerably more transformational
that this coalition has thus far delivered.”
We need to stop giving our young
people the wrong impression of work,
spouting unhelpful clichés, and setting
them up to be disappointed.
Instead, we need to embrace the
reality that while work isn’t always fun,
it’s incredibly important for our own
health and the health of our society.
Danielle van Dalen is a Researcher at
the Auckland-based Maxim Institute.

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Spiritual Master to outline Leadership qualities
Venkat Raman
An internationally renowned philosopher
and orator is to deliver a series
of lectures on leadership qualities in
Auckland next fortnight.
Madathumkandy (M K) Angajan, who
relates modern management principles and
concepts to Vedanta, will speak on ‘20 Qualities
of a Leader’ from June 17 to June 19, 2019 in
Auckland.
Lectures in Auckland
Organised by the Auckland based New Zealand
Vedanta Society, the first of the Lectures
will be held on Monday, June 17, 2019 from 730
pm to 9 pm at the Hillsborough Room, Fickling
Convention Centre, 546 Mount Albert Road,
Three Kings.
The second and third talks will be held
from 730 pm to 9 pm on Tuesday, June 18 and
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at Mount Roskill War
Memorial Hall, 13 May Road, Mount Roskill.
The lectures in English will be based on the
Third Chapter of the Bhagavad Geeta.
Admission is free and open to all.
“Attending the lectures will enable people to
enhance their knowledge on the Art of Living,
thereby improving their standard of life and
happiness. This will be an investment to yield
value of time spent. The effort will therefore be
rewarding,” Event Convenors Rajendran (Raj)
and Shanta Naidu said
Mr Angajan is no stranger to New Zealand
(he is an annual visitor) and has captured
the attention of hundreds of people with his
sound knowledge of the Hindu Holy Scriptures
and the ability to connect to ordinary people
Madathumkandy (M K) Angajan (File Picture)
Flu Vaccine stock runs low as
demand peaks
Farah Hancock
Are free flu shots
targeted to the right
people?
School children,
sometimes described as
walking ‘petri dishes,’ might
be a double-whammy win for
influenza reduction.
As Australia suffers a
terrible season of influenza
which has already killed more
than 100 people, news broke
New Zealand has a vaccine
shortage.
Last year, 1.3 million doses
of the influenza vaccine were
distributed.
Just a week into this year’s
flu season and 1.26 million doses
have been sold and national
stocks are running low.
Pharmac has said that it is
unlikely more will be able to be
sourced.
Health providers are now
being asked to target the
vaccines they have left to those
most at risk.
These are pregnant women,
the elderly, and those with
chronic illnesses. For these
people the vaccine is publicly
funded.
Deaths in Auckland
To date, three Aucklanders
have died from influenza: a
12-year-old, a 20-year-old and
a 62-year-old, and there’s a
spike in doctor visits of people
suffering influenza symptoms.
Annually, it is estimated that
influenza kills around 500 New
Zealanders, either directly or
from complications such as
pneumonia, or respiratory or
cardiac issues.
In the 2018 flu season,
majority of people hospitalised
were under 65. A third were
hospitalised and half of those
who ended up in intensive care
had no pre-existing conditions.
The previous flu season was
markedly different. The influenza
virus strain circulating
affected older people more. In
2017, it was mostly those over
65 and with pre-existing conditions
who were hospitalised.
Image Courtesy: The Nelson Daily
Who responds best to the
vaccine?
While a person over 65
might be most vulnerable to
particular strains of influenza
virus, there is a chance a
vaccine won’t be as effective
for them as it would be for a
younger person.
As we age our immune
system wanes. A 10-year-old’s
body will often do a far better
job developing antibodies to a
virus than a 65-year-old’s body.
There’s a case to be made
for immunising school-aged
children to protect them as well
as reduce the overall rate of
influenza circulating.
University of Otago Public
Health Specialist Professor
Michael Baker said this is
happening in some overseas
countries such as the United
Kingdom.
“That is a huge shift in thinking
to a population protective
effect.”
Varying effectiveness
Unlike the measles vaccine,
which is 97% effective, the
yearly influenza vaccine varies
in effectiveness. Influenza
viruses have the ability to mutate.
Each year vaccine makers
try to stay one step ahead of the
coming flu season and choose
four strains most likely to
circulate.
Sometimes this works well,
other times it doesn’t.
Effectiveness rates can vary
between 30 and 65 percent.
Traditionally this has meant
individual protection has
been the focus of vaccination
programmes.
“With influenza, because the
vaccine is still only moderately
effective, the philosophy has
been to give it to the most
vulnerable. The next step in
thinking is you also give it to
people who spread it a lot,
like little kids. Then you get a
population protective effect
and you’re dampening down
transmission, the bonus effect
of protecting the recipient, and
reducing circulation,” Professor
Baker said.
The vaccine shortage
Pharmac is responsible for
purchasing flu vaccines for
the country and works with
the supplier to determine the
number of doses needed for the
following year.
The shortage is the second
time in months there has
been vaccine issues. In March,
Christchurch ran low on
measles vaccines in the middle
of an outbreak.
Unlike measles, the influenza
vaccine is reformulated each
year based on predicted virus
strains. There’s a lead time of
several months to make the
vaccine.
Farah Hancock is a
Newsroom Reporter based
in Auckland who writes on
conservation, technology and
health. The above Report (is
a highly edited version- full
text at www.indiannewslink.
co.nz) has been published
under a Special Arrangement
with Newsroom.
discussing their day-to-day challenges and
problems.
About M K Angajan
Mr Angajan established the ‘Life Mastery
Foundation,’ dedicated to the study, research
and dissemination of value education, principal-cantered
living, life skills and higher human
values encompassing philosophical, cultural,
moral and educational spheres.
Through the Foundation, he helps people
globally from all walks of life, to overcome
depression, enhance their Happiness Quotient,
and combine dynamic action with mental
peace; balance high ambition and performance
without the frustration.
For more than 30 years, Mr Angajan has
been deeply involved in the study of Vedanta
and Hindu scriptures, Management 7 Leadership
Philosophy, life mastery, human values
and the human mind.
Enlightened Coach
He is an enthralling keynote speaker
and has presided at several prestigious
events and conferences all over the world.
He has coached business leaders, inspired
entrepreneurs, youth and students to
optimise their performance and lead a life
of fulfilment.
His natural curiosity and desire to
seek answers to greater questions of life,
universe and timeless unchanging knowledge
of the self and spirituality, inspired
him to switch from a flourishing career in
Electronics Engineering to the philosophy
of Vedanta, the time-tested knowledge of
life and living.
Inspiring Entrepreneurs
Mr Angajan’s books, ‘Value System for
Success’ and ‘From Gods to Godhead,’ audio
books, CDs and DVDs on various topics
have received world recognition.
His scientific rationale, practical
approach and passionate presentation
grounded by wisdom, expertise and
humour has earned him the patronage
of many Fortune 500 Companies and
international schools of business.
They include IBM, Toyota, Eskom, BP,
MDRT, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Multichoice,
Standard Bank, VW, TATA, Reserve
Bank of India, Nedbank, Indian Institute of
Management, Hindustan Petroleum, Legal
Aid Board, Larsen & Tubro, Old Mutual and
Chambers of Commerce.
St John School Programme promotes safety
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Every week more than 135 children
are hospitalised in New Zealand for
a range of unintentional injuries – of
which more than half are due to falls.
During the month of May, more than
12,000 primary school students throughout
the country have been learning how to
prevent these types of injuries, through the
ASB St John in Schools Programme.
Leading injury causes
The ‘Make it Safe May’ injury prevention
modules, developed by St John in partnership
with ACC, focus on the four leading causes of
child injury requiring hospitalisation: burns,
poison, falls/slips and drowning.
On average, St John treats and transports
more than 70 children (aged 0-18) to a medical
facility or hospital each week, due to falls or
slips.
Fractures make up more than a quarter of
these incidents. Other weekly child hospital
admissions include non-traffic transport like
falling off skateboards (12), sharp objects (7),
poisons (5) and hot objects (4). In addition, one
child is hospitalised every two weeks due to a
water incident.
“St John is called to far too many
preventable incidents involving children.
We have been working with ACC to deliver
bespoke modules with the hope of reducing
the number of child hospital admissions due
to unintentional injury,” St John Director of
Community Health Services Sarah Manley
said.
Last year alone, St John treated and transported
more than 3,300 children to medical
clinics or to hospital, due to falls and slips.
“We have been coaching Kiwi kids how to
avoid these common incidents by teaching
them how to identify potential risks at home
and at school, how to make safe decisions, the
importance of knowing what we put in our
mouths and keeping dangerous items out of
reach,” Ms Manley said.
Interactive online facility
In conjunction with Make it Safe May, St
John and ACC developed an interactive online
activity to teach children about understanding
how to make their home safe. This is now
available for free at: www.stjohn.org.nz/
safetychamp.
ACC’s Head of Injury Prevention, Isaac
Carlson said that educating children on injury
prevention is one of several initiatives critical
to changing behaviour around being safe and
taking measured risk.
“As children gain the skills to identify
hazards in real life situations they learn to
asses and respond to risks. The more they do
that the more they learn to manage risk well.
What they gain is a life-long skill - not only for
Further information can be obtained from Raj and Shanta
Naidu on (09) 8286785 or 021- 02500197; 021-0303645;
Subbiah on 021-2050347; Suresh on 022-10661.
St John at Wiri Central School in South Auckland
St John’s Bandage Exercise Programme
their benefit, but for the benefit of their families
and communities as well,” he said.
St John recently presented Wiri Central School
in South Auckland with an AED, following a lucky
draw for schools which participated in the injury
prevention modules.
Maori high on admissions
According to ‘Safekids Aotearoa,’ Māori are
over-represented in paediatric hospital admissions,
with 29% percent of all child unintentional
injury admissions being Māori children. About 40
Tamariki Māori are hospitalised each week from
unintentional injury.
To help reduce these statistics, St John is now
looking into how to translate the injury prevention
modules into Te Reo Māori.
Primary schools interested in the ASB St John
in Schools programme can find out more and
contact St John online at www.stjohn.org.nz/
schools.
About ASB St John in Schools programme
The ASB St John in Schools programme
provides pre-school and school-aged children
with the skills and confidence to take action in
response to an emergency situation.
St John Community Educators teach young
people first aid basics and knowledge to take
responsibility for their own health and wellbeing,
along with those around them.
St John tutors teach different skills to different
age groups offering four modules: Responding
in an Emergency, Injury Prevention, Disaster
Preparedness and Camping.
St John Community Educators have taught in
Māori and Samoan immersion classes.
Short educational videos for assisting in
learning have been developed.
With support from ACC, the common goal is
to deliver to a total of one million New Zealand
students (pre-school through to intermediate) by
2023.

JUNE 15, 2019
Telanganites mark their ‘Birthday’ in Auckland
Venkat Raman
Communitylink
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People of Telangana origin
from the Southern State
in India marked the fifth
anniversary of the formation
of their territorial entity with
enthusiasm and unity in Auckland
last weekend.
National MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar,
Waitakere Indian Association
President Mahendra Sharma.
Sunita Sharma, Vice-President
Sunil Kaushal and community
leaders were among the Guests of
Honour at the event organised by
the Telangana Association of New
Zealand (TANZ) at Mount Eden War
Memorial Hall on Sunday, June 2,
2019
TANZ President Narendra Reddy
Patlola led ateam of officials including
Vice Presidents Uma Salvaji
and Dayananda Katakam, General
Secretary Vinod Erabelly, Treasurer
Arunkumar Paidgummula and
members of the Executive Committee
in organising the Programme
that included classical and modern
dances and other entertainment
items.
While the officials and special
guests held a vigil in honour of
those who fought for the creation
of Telangana as a separate State,
the Association facilitated many
members of the Telangana community
who have served TANZ and
the people of New Zealand over the
years.
National MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar with (from left) Uma Salvaji, Sunita Sharma, Mahendra Sharma,
Sunil Kaushal and Kalyan Rao Kasuganti
Progressive State
The State of Telangana was
formed on June 2, 2014 after 60
years of struggle and it now stands
as the Number 1 State in India in all
aspects, Mr Patlola said.
Located at the Centre-South
stretch of the Indian Peninsula on
the high Deccan Plateau, Telangana
is the 12th largest and most populated
State in India with a geographical
area of 112,077 kms. As per 2011
census, the population of the State
was 350 million.
According to available figures,
Telangana’s Gross Domestic Product
during the current financial year
(2018-2019) is expected to have
reached US$ 130 billion, the eighth
largest in India. The State economy
is expected to grow at 10.4% with
per capita income of US$ 2700.
Services dominate
The Services Sector continues to
the largest in the State economy,
accounting for 65%, followed by
Agriculture (18%) and Industry
16%.
However, Agriculture has the
largest labour force at 55.6%,
while the Services Sector has only
26.6%, indicating the high level of
technology being used. The State’s
Industrial sector has only 17.8% of
the total workforce.
Rice is the major food crop and
staple food of Telangana. Other
important crops include tobacco,
mango, cotton and sugarcane.
Telangana is blessed with good
water resources with the Godavari
and Krishna Rivers flowing
through, along with smaller Rivers
such as Tungabhadra, Bima, Dindi,
Kinnerasani, Manjeera, Manair,
Penganga, Pranahitha, Peddavagu
and Taliperu.
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, built
across the Krishan River is the
biggest in the world.
‘Promise’ fulfilled
Telangana was ruled by the
Guests and Officials hold vigil for those who fought for the creation of Telangana State
Classical Dances were a part of the Telangana Formation Ceremony (Picture Supplied)
Nizam of Hyderabad. It joined the
Union of India in 1948 after an Indian
military invasion.
The ‘Promise’ of aseparate State
for the people of the Telangana goes
back to August 15, 1947 when India
became independent. The ‘Promise’
was not fulfilled even in 1957 when
the ‘Linguistic Reorganisation of
States’ was implemented.
Since then, the people of Telangana
have been demanding delivery of
that ‘Promise’ peacefully. It became
a reality in February 2014, one
of the major acts of the outgoing
government of Dr Manmohan Singh.
Telangana is an independent State
today with Hyderabad as the Capital.
Andhra Pradesh (AP) continues
as an independent State sharing Hyderabad
as the de jure Capital, while
Amaravathi is its de facto capital.
The promulgation of a Statute declaring
Telangana as an independent
State provided for such sharing for
ten years. ‘Telangana Formation Day’
is therefore a very important and
emotional event for the people of
Telangana.
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JUNE 15, 2019
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‘Raga Sisters’set newbenchmark forCarnatic Music
Meenakshi (Meena) Iyer
Musicisall about
transporting people,
speaking alanguage
which languages fail
to express, Lata Mangeshkar, the
famousplayback singer has said.
The RAGA Concert by popular
sisters Ranjani and Gayatri was a
memorable concert presented on
the last dayofthe Sangeethothsavam
by the New Zealand Carnatic
Music Society (NZCMS).
It was truly a fitting finale to the
music lovers of Auckland.
The Programme began with a
welcome speech by Priya Vijaysetting
the tone for theevening’sgrand
concert. The concert in every sense
was afusion of devotion, melody,
and innovation.
Versatileand Professionalism
Ranjani and Gayatri with their
versatility and professionalism
kept theaudience spell bound for
31/2 hours and left the audience
completely mesmerised with their
pristine music and charming
disposition.
Their wide repertoire filled with
mind bogglingcreativitywas indeed
amusical treat to thelovers of
Carnatic music.
They started with the composition
of Dikshitar’s‘Ramachandra
Bhavayami’ in Vasantha Ragam
followed by ‘DayamadoRanga’of
PurandaraDasa in Rithigowla.
Their uncannyability to connect
to theaudience was portrayed
visibly in ‘Sitapathi’ofThyagaraja
Kriti in KhamasRaag.
Ranjani and Gayatri’spassion
was displayed in every gemof
rare compositions, be it Mukhari
Ranjani and Gayatri at the New Zealand Carnatic Music Society Sangeethothsavam on
June 1, 2019
Ragam or Ragamalika which was a
combination of Shubhapanthuvarali
or Jog Brindavani filled with swara
Alpana and eloquent interpretations
of variousRagas.
Strong form of emotion
Music is thestrongest form of
emotion and the two sisters bought
forth the feelingsthrough powerful
lyrics by rendering songs in different
languages with ease andcomfort.
No wonder they are among the
most popular singers in India.
‘Eppadipadinaro’ and‘Eppovarovaro,’the
twofamoussongs
laden with lyrics of loftywisdom
and philosophystill echo in our
minds and hearts.
MeeraBhajan ‘Paga Ghungaru
Bandhe’ in Shuddha Sarang, created
an atmosphere of devotioninthe
packed auditorium and theclimax
of divinity in thewell-presented
‘Kavadi Sindhu.’ ‘Abhang, Bhola Ba
Vithala’was very well received by
the music enthusiasts.
Theaccompanying artists
deserve applause for their brilliant
performance. Vidwan KV Prasad is
acknowledged as afront ranking
mridangam artist. His expertise
and deep knowledge of rhythm was
beautifully exhibitedinthe Thani
Avartanam.
Vidwan Vittala Rangan apromising
young violinist was agreat asset
to the evening concert. Since the
sisters are violinists themselves, they
could appreciate hisvirtuosity.
On the whole it was asoul
stirring music concert and far above
entertainment or should we saya
Programme of enlightenment.
TheProgramme was aptly concluded
by MalathiVasudevan who
complimented theartistes for their
excellent performance and vote of
thanks by Ravi Nagraj.
Atribute to the RAGA sisterswith
this small Acronym:
R-Resplendent with Resonating
voice
A-Aesthetic dress code with
Appealing music sense
G-Gorgeousand Grandeur
personified
A-Authenticity of all renditionsand
Accolades!
Meenakshi Iyer (Meena Venki) is a
teacher, with unquenchable interest
in the performing of artsofIndia
and reviews music, dance and other
programmesofthe Indian community.She
lives withher husband in
Auckland.
Our Reporteradds:
Malladi Brothers
Concert held on Saturday,June 1, 2019
Malladi Brothers at the New Zealand Carnatic Music Society Sangeethothsavam on June 1, 2019
Sriranjani Santhanagopalan at the New Zealand Carnatic Music Society Sangeethothsavam on
June 1, 2019 (Pictures Supplied)
Sreerama Prasad and Ravi
Kumar are known for powerful rendition
of Ragas, aquality that they
inherited from their grandfather,
the LateMalladi Ramamurthyand
their fatherMalladiSuri Babu, who
belong to afamilyofmusiciansin
AndhraPradesh.
Advanced training from
Nedunuri Krishna Murthy, an
exponent in Carnatic Music, helped
them to honetheir innovative skills
and the pedagogy of Dr Sripada
Pinakapani boostedtheir professional
standards.
They are recipients of several
awards including those given by
‘All IndiaRadio,’ ‘Sri Voleti Venkateswarulu
Award’ by SriKrishna
Meeraset to capturehearts in the Wellington
Aarti Bajaj and her Team to perform later this year
Venkat Raman
Gana Sabha and the ‘Best Concert
Award’ from theChennai Music
Academy.
Sriranjani Santhanagopalan
Concert held on Sunday,
June 2, 2019
An energetic andversatileperformer,
Sriranjani Santhanagopalan
is the daughter and discipleofR
Santhanagopalan, one of the most
prominent singers of thecontemporary
era. Growing up to the music
of stalwarts such as Madurai Mani
Iyer, Semmangudi Srinivasan and
Ramnad Krishnan, her abilityto
raise to high levels of Carnatic Music
has been proved at several concerts
worldwide.
Following itsphenomenal
success in Auckland,‘Meera,’
the legendary 16th Century
Princess-turned ascetic, will
arrive in Wellington later this year.
AartiBajaj, Producer and
Director of theShow,who heads
theGoldCoast-based Wild Dreamer
Productions, saidthat‘Meera’ will go
on stage, and that detailsofthe event
including dates and venue will be
announced shortly.
Acomplement of 200 cast and
crew will participate in presenting
thespectacle in theCapital, as they
didatthe ASB Waterfront Theatre
in Auckland from May31toJune 2,
2019.
More than six monthsinthe
making, ‘Meera’inAuckland
performed farther thanits promise,
with amultinational, multicultural
cast and crew,including people of
South Asian, East Asia, European and
Maori origin.
As aRomantic story,itbrought
forth theemotions of amortal Royal
woman in love with an immortal
Lord Krishna, enjoying ‘His proximity,’
while suffering thepaininflicted
by her ownfamily.
As aproduction, ‘Meera’achieved
something unique- acombination
of Indian classical dances, hiphop,
Meera (Aarti Bajaj) with Krishna
(Paul Menezes)- Inexplicable Love
trapeze andeven the time-honoured
Middle Eastern Belly Dancing.
The audio-visual effects were
astounding,while ateam of experts
in marketing, photography, videography,
logistics, backoffice support
and manyothers, worked tirelessly
to achieve what someone had said
would be ‘Mission Impossible.’
But turning the impossibleis
the wont of Aarti and ‘Meera’ is an
outstanding example.
The Princess who wouldn’t be
Aarti as ‘Meera’ proved that she
is avolcano of talent. She was at
once ajoyous Princess,enjoying the
comforts of lifebut even as achild,
envisionsKrishna (yes, theLord, an
Avatar of Vishnu, aprankster and
the God that delivered the Bhagavad
Geeta to theworld)asher true lover,
her master andher husband.
Compelled to marry Bhojraj,
another member of aRoyal Clan, she
Uda Bhai (Marianne Infante)- Performance
extraordinaire
desists fromhis touch and advances,
although entirely moral andlegal.
She pleads with himtounderstand
her- “Krishna is my true love. How
can Ibeyour wife, when Iam
already His?”
Youmay find thelogic strange but
if you were to read history from East
and West, you would reckon what
love does to people. And that Divine
Love is even stranger than fiction.
Love shouldbeovert
Thelife of Meera, you would say,
was one of unwanted misery; she
could have loved Krishnainsecrecy,
after all, He cannot be seen in the
human form;and shecouldhave led
astately life with all theregency and
luxury attachedtoit.
But honesty to self and to
everyone else wasthe trait of Meera.
Theend is something thatwill touch
your heart.
PaulMenezes as ‘Adult’ Krishna
Peace and Contentment as Meera joins her
Master in the Heaven with Angels around
brought stature to therole even as sat
likeastatueinmuch of theplay; he
at once wonyour attention with his
untold wordsof‘Meera, Iamalways
here, whyworry?’Heinfact, saves
Meerafrom the poisonousdesigns
of sister-in-law Uda Bhai (superbly
played by Marianne Infante) and
brother-in-law Vikram Singh (somewhat
convincing portrayal by Rishab
Kapoor).
Superbactors anddancers
BarbaraPresita and Rajesh
Ranjith as theNarrators, were the
connecting links between the past
and the present-oflittle andadult
Meera. ZaraLeinster as Teenage
Meerawas adelight to behold and so
were Dylan Thuraisingham (Prince
Bhojraj), JosephTarei (King Rao
Duda, Meera’sGrandfather) and
manyothers.
Aarti has put togetherdancers
adept in Bharata Natyam, Kathak,
Dancers and Narrators are amagnificent part
of Meera
Ballet, Indian Folk, Jazz, Wild Percussion
andContemporary formats of
dances and Pole and Belly Dancers
who blend well with thethemeof
Meera.
The performance of the Maori
troupe atthe endwas acrown in the
jewel.
General Shagun Choudhary
This Review will notbecomplete
without anhonourable mention of
Shagun Choudhary, who, as theNew
Zealand Producer, was theAchiever
of whatwould have beenMission
Impossible.Atireless worker who
took every chagrin and moment
of frustration and challenge with
fortitudeand asmile, she deserves
creditfor the success of this great
event.She was theGeneral who led
from the front, an army of men and
women who gave their time, effort
and talent thatare not easy to find.

JUNE 15, 2019
Football Ferns eye the World Cup as campaign opens
The veteran New Zealand
defender Abby Erceg has
said that they are in a good
place mentally and physically
heading into the FIFA Women’s
World Cup.
The Tournament started last
weekend.
This is the fifth time New Zealand
has been to aWorld Cup finals and
fourth straight.
The Football Ferns have never
won agame at a finals and are yet to
make it past group play.
This will be the fourth tournament
for the US-based Erceg.
She retired twice, before returning
earlier this year following the independent
review into the organisation
and previous coach Andreas Heraf.
Team well settled
Erceg said that the set-up is
certainly a lot more settled.
“Less stress off the field will
automatically relate to less stress
on the field, playing at this level is
stressful enough we don’t need to
add anything off the field and bring
that into the game, so if a player can
go in with a clear mindset I think
that will help,” she said.
There are eight players in the
Football Ferns squad who have more
than a hundred caps, while another
seven have more than 50 caps.
“It’s probably the most
experienced squad we’ve ever
had,” said Erceg, while some of the
younger players in recent years have
managed to get valuable game time
under their belts and we haven’t had
that in the past, we’ve pretty much
stuck to the same eleven.”
Critical time
“Game time is actually really
critical to their development, they
need to learn to play at that level and
Football Ferns in action against Canada in the 2015 World Cup
Photo: Photosport Image from Photosport published by RNZ
we’ve been able to have that for the
last couple of years, so in terms of
experience, young players have a lot
more experience and so do the older
players so I think it brings up the
team a little bit more than previous
World Cups and Olympics.”
This is a fourth straight World Cup
for 29 year old Erceg and possibly
her last.
“They are still special and you
never take these events for granted,
four is really special and not a lot
of players in our team have that
experience so I do cherish that but in
saying that we’re not at these events
just to be here.”
“We’ve done that in the past which
is great and we’ve enjoyed those
experiences, but this is our fourth
time being here we can’t just turn up
and hope to play well, we really have
to put in a good performance.”
Facing the challenge
The Ferns lost 1-0 to the Netherlands,
drew 0-0 with Canada and
drew 2-2 with China at the last World
Cup in Canada in 2015 and finished
bottom of their group.
“It’s more business this time we’re
really making sure we’re nailing
down technically and tactically what
we need to do to get through the
group stage.”
Erceg says getting out of their
group, which contains world
number five Canada, eighth ranked
the Netherlands and 46th ranked
Cameroon, is their aim.
“At previous World Cups I think
our goals have been a bit unrealistic,
but Ithink here we’ve been extremely
realistic about where we’re at and
what we’re capable of.”
“We have to take it stage by stage
and the first stage is getting out
of our group, which is the most
important thing and that will require
us taking points off the other teams.”
New Zealand open their World cup
campaign against the Netherlands in
Le Havre on 12 June.
The opening game is between host
France and South Korea tomorrow.
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between the New
Zealand Police and
Netball New Zealand
was marked by an exhibition
match between the New Zealand
Police national Netball
team and a Northern Zone
invitational side on Sunday
(June 9, 2019).
The three year deal is
aimed at educating young
players on career opportunities
with the Police and with
the launch taking place at the
Auckland Under-19 representative
tournament at Auckland
Netball Centre.
Natural fit for Police
“The Partnership was a
natural fit for Police as we are
actively wanting to increase
the number of women
applying to work for us. We
are encouraging Netballers to
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career,” New Zealand Police
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and Capability Kaye Ryan said.
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Partnership deals
The Partnership initially
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New Zealand Police National Netball with Northern
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Netball NZ U19 Champs and supporting
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University Tertiary Games.
The Partnership will extend to other
events and Netball initiatives over the next
three years.
Netball New Zealand CEO Jennie Wyllie
said that Netball New Zealand is delighted
to be able to partner with the New Zealand
Police.
‘Look Ahead’
“It’s agreat message to ‘Look Ahead’ and
think about your future career, and a career
with the New Zealand Police certainly
utilises all the skills and values learned as
Netballers, and provides a career which
provides a huge contribution back to the
community.
Most importantly there’s no reason to
stop playing Netball if you become a Police
officer, and you can play at all levels” she
said.
The New Zealand Police National Netball
team was made up of Beko Netball League
player Eseta Autagvaia and premier players.
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sport hold a winter sports tournament
attended by all 12 Districts with over 1200
athletes from all different sports disciplines.
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JUNE 15, 2019
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Crusaders to retain name until Super Rugby 2020
The Crusaders are retaining
their name at least until the
end of next year’s Super
Rugby competition, but will
drop the knight and sword image
from their logo in 2020.
The Organisation will also
undertake a thorough review covering
all elements of its brand. Any
recommended changes are expected
to be announced by the end of this
year, and come into effect for the
2021 season.
Aftermath of Christchurch
massacre
Calls for a name change were
made after the Christchurch Mosque
massacre on March 15, 2019, given
the clear links to historical wars
against Muslims.
The Team has built itself on
a ‘crusading’ brand, with prematch
entertainment including
Fiji takes the World Rugby Sevens Crown in Paris
Sheevas Dayal
The HSBC World Rugby Sevens
Series 2019 Awards celebrated
the Best of the Season, which
saw Fiji crowned Series Champions
at the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris on
Sunday (June 2).
This Season has been one of the
most competitive yet with just two
points separating first and second
placed Fiji and USA going into the final
event of 2019.
Fiji Head Coach Gareth Baber’s outfit
marched on to cap their series-clinching
day with the tournament victory
after beating New Zealand 35-24 in the
Cup final.
Added significance
This year’s series carried added
significance as the principal route to the
Crusaders Flag Photo: Photosport
sword-wielding knights riding into
battle on horseback.
But in the wake of the
Christchurch Mosque shootings, the
appropriateness of the name, the
iconography, and all it represented,
was called into question.
Critics say that the name
and some of the branding and
imagery is inappropriate given the
connection to the Crusades - a series
of holy wars waged by Christians,
The Winning Team from Fiji
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with the
top four teams automatically qualifying
alongside host nation Japan.
USA, New Zealand and Fiji booked
their spots at the HSBC London Sevens
last week and South Africa completed
the line-up in Paris this weekend.
largely against Muslim countries, in
medieval times.
Research Company engaged
The Crusaders acknowledged
those concerns soon after the March
attacks, and engaged an independent
research company to look at a
possible name and brand change.
New Zealand Rugby and the
Crusaders have received the results
of that research, and Crusaders
Chief Executive Colin Mainsbridge
said that the findings would dictate
the organisation’s next steps.
“Today we are committing to undertaking
a thorough brand review,
that will cover all elements of the
brand, from the organisation and
team’s values and vision through to
the logo and team name,” he said.
Any changes recommended by
the brand review will be announced
by the end of this year, and come
The annual HSBC World Rugby
Sevens Series Awards celebrated the
athletes, coaches, teams and moments
that played such a pivotal role in
inspiring a new generation of players
and fans this season.
World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill
into effect in the 2021 season.
In the meantime, Mainsbridge
said the Crusaders name will be
retained for the 2019 and 2020
seasons, but an interim change to
the logo will come into effect for
next season, with the removal of the
knight and sword image.
Appropriate step
NZ Rugby Chief Executive Steve
Tew said the removal of medieval
theming was an appropriate step
for now, but added that any further
consideration of the brand needed
to be broader than a response to one
event.
“Even prior to March 15, 2019,
the Crusaders had signalled their
intention to complete a brand
review. While the events of 15 March
have accelerated and escalated that
brand review, we do not want this
to be solely a response to that tragic
event,” Tew said.
Focus on future
The research findings pointed
Beaumont said, “This has been the biggest
and best season on the HSBC World
Rugby Sevens Series yet. Every player
involved in the HSBC World Rugby
Sevens Series is a tremendous athlete,
world class performer and incredible
ambassador for the sport and we can’t
thank you enough for the commitment
and passion that you demonstrate all
season-round. You are brilliant role
models and play a monumental part in
the success and growth that we have
seen in rugby sevens over the years.”
“The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series
Awards are an opportunity for us to
celebrate the very best in field, and with
four different round winners and the
top four teams being the first to book
their spots at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
Games, there’s alot to commend as
another season draws to a close.”
Tight Contest
Jonathan Castleman, HSBC Global
out that any change to the brand
must be “focused on the future and
not seen as a knee-jerk reaction to a
single event”.
The research also highlighted that
the practical execution of a name or
brand change took time, Tew added.
“So even if we wanted to, no
significant change would be feasible
prior to the next Super Rugby
season when you take into account
obligations to commercial contracts
that are linked to the existing brand,
merchandise, and lead times on
apparel.
“We have therefore concluded
that we are better to pause our
thinking on the team name at this
point and instead allow that to
become one of the outcomes of a full
brand review.”
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Head of Brand Partnerships, added:
“What a year it has been on the HSBC
World Rugby Sevens Series! One of the
most tightly contested competitions in
years and at both ends of the table.
“As a long-term partner of rugby
sevens it is with great pride that we see
the sport continue to thrive all over the
world with new teams challenging the
existing powerhouses of the sport and
fans packing into stadiums globally.
Just as we have for the duration of our
partnership with rugby sevens we are
excited to continue to help the sport
succeed in all of its goals and we can’t
wait to see where, working together, we
can go in the future.”
Sheevas Dayal is Rugby Correspondent
for Indian Newslink. He lives in
Auckland. The above is an edited
version. For full text of the above
article, please visit
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