INL Nov 1 2019 Digital Edition

More documents

Recommendations

Info

06 NOVEMBER 1, <strong>2019</strong> Thousands of school students in Auckland are amongthose set to benefitfrom grants which will see $1 million allocated to community organisations which help arange of health; cultural, environment, education and other causes. Online voting An online platform has been opened which allows Kiwis to vote for the charities and groups they feel are most deserving of funding to benefittheirlocal community. Anyone can vote for the cause of their choice each day, with $5 provided by thefund for every vote cast. More than300,000 visitors are expected to visit the site in thecoming weeks to cast their vote. Fifty-seven projects were chosen to receivefunding from 167 charitable applicants with local schools making up around two-thirds of the finalists selected. Projects funded While the most common use of the grants is the development of new playgrounds and shaded areas for school students, the applications were received from adiverse range of causes which includesmart pest control traps that can send an alert when they have been triggered, funding for native tree planting and bird habitats, and support for those living with asthma. West Auckland based The TrustsChief Executive Simon Wickham said thatthe million-dollar initiative is an example of how the model is able to support charities Educationlink Choiceopen for$1million funding students, Charities Supplied Content The Trusts Chief Executive Simon Wickham (Picture Supplied) while providing amodel for the retail sale of alcohol with better community outcomes. Flow from liquorsales “Most of the profits from liquorsales around thecountry are retained by store owners or overseas shareholders. Under our model, millions of dollars from the proceeds of our retail and hospitality operations and investmentsare retained in this community-owned social enterprise and returned to the community both now and in the future,” he said. “Manyofthe beneficiaries from these grants could not have otherwise been able to secure funding from other sources,” he said. The causes were chosen by apanelwhichincluded Sir Bob Harvey,LindaVagana and members of the Portage and Waitakere Licensing Trusts. Anyone can register onevote each dayatmilliondollarmission. co.nz until $1 million of funding has been distributed. The bidders The 57 charities/groups vying for donations include: Hobsonville Point Primary School, Flanshaw Road School, ListonCollege, WhenuapaiSchool,Asthma New ZealandIncorporated -Auckland Region,Silver Fern MotorSport Charitable Trust,Hobsonville School, Henderson South School, Rutherford Primary School, Green BaySchool,Massey Primary School, Edmonton Primary School, Rudolf Steiner Schools (Titirangi) Trust ,Laingholm Primary School, Auckland Kindergarten Association,Kelston Primary School, Rosebank School, Avondale Primary School, Konini School, LovingCare Kindergarten, Titirangi Playcentre, Summerland Primary School, Ranui School, Waitakere Primary School, PihaSurf Life Saving ClubIncorporated, Waitakere Workers Educational Association trading as WEST: West Auckland Enterprise Skills andTraining, Henderson HighSchool, Bellyful West Auckland (Bellyful NZ Trust), RoadSafety Education Limited, Sport Waitakere, Glendene School, Piha Volunteer Fire Brigade, St Paul’sSchool, St Dominic’sCatholic College, Te Kohanga Reo oteMarae o Hoani Waititi, SCOW, Swanson Playcentre, Oratia School, Matipo Primary School, Woodlands Park School, Laingholm Baptist Church,Glen Eden Athleticand Harriers Inc, RedLeap Theatre Charitable Trust Board, Diving Waitakere -The Auckland Diving CommunityTrust, The Whau River Catchment Trust, Waitakere Chinese Association, BayRoskill SportsClub,Auckland Climbing Youth Development ClubIncorporated, Massey Amateur Swimming Club,Kelston Community Hub, New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust, Waitakere Hindi Language and Cultural School, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori OHoani Waititi Marae, Just Move Charitable HealthTrust, Waitemata Table Tennis, West CityBand, Inc. and Waitakere Auckland Brass Band. Lamborghini awes but drives poor children farinlife ‘Bread’ navigates the student mindset Venkat Raman When young Mustafa Sheikh took amillion dollar Lamborghini to a low decile school in Auckland, it was not to show off his wealth; instead it was to show the children that the rich man’s car wasbornout of dream on paper and that they too achieve great things in their life with the right thinking and approach. The Lamborghini,inhis view,does notillustrate material value in children. He said that the concept of monetary worth is developed laterinlife. To achild,aLamborghini is asymbol of freedom, abeacon of hope. “The energy of children crowding around thecar was electrifying. Foratthat very moment, no matter which issues might havebeen going on at home or anyissues at school were forgotten,” he said. Forall that pomp and show, Mustafa is not adreamer but adoer. The first step in the move towards bridging the gap between thehaves and have-nots is to show theinspire the latter to muster courage and grow,hesaid. Creative thinkers “Children are creative thinkers. They believe in aliens, Santa and superheroes. We start our mentoring programme by getting students to write theirdreams on a Mustafa Sheikh: Converting dreams into reality Mustafa's Lamborghini Aventador SVJ at aSchool piece of paper in aclassroom. Alternatively,wecan display to them aliteral dream embodied by aLamborghiniphysically in-front of them.Weshow the children this car andsay now,that is whatadream can accomplish,let us rework your personal goals to aim higher becausewejust showedyou what is possible,” he said. Thisyoung entrepreneur established ‘Bread,’ acharity that aims to mentor youngsters onto positive life-change and lead them on thepath of success. As well as eradicating child poverty from theface of New Zealand, he aims to promote a healthy, vibrant society that will spell overall wellbeing. About Mustafa Sheikh Graduating from Gisborne Boys’ High School in 2012, Mustafaobtained his BSc and BSCHonours fromthe University of Auckland and soon thereafter launchedhis career. With proclivities towards charity andcommunity care projects, he volunteered at the StarshipHospital and thereafter established ‘Bread.’ “Wecannotsleep knowing that tens of thousands of young Kiwis go to school hungry, that manyofthem walk to school barefoot and that they staywet and cold on every rainyday,” he said and asked, “How can we sitback and not help our communities?” He believes that every child deserves to grow without a worry in the world. “But these children are missing out. They too have dreams,” he said. Mustafa believes that Mentoring allows in understanding students. Continued on Page 7 THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS STARTS HERE DISCOVER YOUR OPTIONS aut.ac.nz/studybusiness
NOVEMBER 1, <strong>2019</strong> Continued from Page 6 “If astudent is really passionate about Rugbybut doesn’t have the right gear, we can help thembygiving them a pair of boots,” he said. Changing approach in life Mustafasaid that the goal of ‘Bread’ is to inspire and motivate students’ mindset and add asparkle to their day. “One mayask how donating apairofrugbyboots contributes to alleviating poverty in our communities. Poverty is by definition is an income below acertain threshold leading to difficulty accessing certain resources such as food or clothing. Its issues are far more complex thansimply being hungry,” he said. Mustafa and his team (comprising Co-Founder Hamish, aYear Five Medical Student andTrustee Crystal) hold mentoring sessions with a group of students (mainly Year 7and 8) regularly,inspiring and promoting theirdreams. Motivating youngminds “Wecover aspects such as goal planning and career guidance. If astudent wants to sidestep likeSonny Bill Williamsorbecome anurse, doctor or anything else, we will do ourbest to support their vision. We will set goals and motivate them to do what they desire. The mentors are volunteers, alarge majority of mentors are medical students from Auckland University. We often hostlunches for our studentstoo,” he said. This Lamborghini has sparked students to dream. It’s Bread’sresponsibility to now assist them with their new goals,hesaid. National MP says skilled migrants areignored Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi New Zealanders are knownfor their welcoming nature. Our country rightly welcomespeople whochoose to come here to live, work, and makeour country abetter place. Which is why, it is so perplexing to seethe current Government granting residency to convicted criminals when there arequeues of law-abiding people whoare deniedthe opportunity to add valuetoNew Zealand. Fewer Indian students Currently,weare seeing visa-processing delays across the board and New Zealand businesses are paying the cost of having delays for desperately neededworkers. Theuncertainty,delays and refusals from Indianvisa applicants has skyrocket under the Labour government. There are now fewer Indian students getting visas to study in New Zealand, partner visas for marriage faceextremely long stays and families visitors are waiting more than 6monthsbefore their visas applicationsare often turned down. One area that seems to have a streamlined visa process is when the Minister has to approve residency for aconvicted criminal. Residency for drug offender We already know that the Government spent less than an hourapproving residency for convicted drugoffender, gang associate and fraudster Karel Sroubek who was granted residence when he was in prison, Euthanasia risks people with disabilities Danielle vanDalen With a final amended version of the End of Life Choice Bill on which voting is expectedtotakeplace this month, potentially followed by a referendum next year, it is time to decide whether this is alaw thatweactually want. It is important that we learn from the example of the United States which hasfound that, amongother risks, no safeguard can sufficiently protect people with disabilities. The State in Oregon Oregon is widely recognised for having particularly restrictive assisted dying legislation, and yet dangers to people with disabilities remain. Only afew weeks ago, for example, the US National Council on Disability presented areport to the President on “The Danger of Assisted Suicide Laws,” outlining their concerns based on the experience of the nine US states, including Oregon, where thisis legal. The National Council is particularly concerned that “safeguard provisions in US assisted suicide laws are inadequate, can be readily circumvented, or fail to protect patients from pressure to end their lives.” People with disabilities are frequently pointed to as apopulation vulnerable to the risks of euthanasialegislation. TheNational Council have seen the risks turn into reality in places likeOregon, where assisted suicidehas been legal for 25 years. Despite safeguards that attempt to limit the law to those who have terminalillnesses with six months to live, euthanasia and assisted suicidelegislation does not deal with the potential for misdiagnosis and the indirect pressure for peoplewith disabilities to makethischoice. Vulnerable population Determining apatient’s prognosis is always difficult. This is especially true for patients with disabilities, where the boundaries betweendisability and terminal illness can become blurred.Asthe report points out, “faulty prognoses pose con- but it now emergesthat the Minister of Immigration has now also approved residency for arecidivist drink-driver- a person who has sixdrink driving convictions and has putthe public’ssafety at risk. At the same time, my office has received numerousenquiries from constituents who are at breaking point mentally due to theirpartnership applications beingdeclined or being processed for over many months in offshore branches. Professionals declined Manyofthese applications siderable danger to people with new or progressive disabilities or diseases, whomay often be misdiagnosed as terminally ill, but who [have and] could potentially outlive these prognoses by years or even decades.” Blurred lines don’t makefor good legislation. Whether or not someone feels pressure to die is alsoincredibly difficult to determine. Sometimes this is direct, but often it is indirect. Forsomeone with disabilities, pressure can lead to concerns about the impact their life and care is having on others. When euthanasia is an option thiscan result in indirect pressure to make that choice. In Oregon’s most recent annual report, for example, 54% of people who were assisted to die named being aburden on family, friends, or caregivers Educationlink 07 are from highly skilled individuals, IT solutions architects, IT Managers and Charted Financial Accountants, whoNew Zealand desperately needs and who have over theyears paid more yearly taxes thanNew Zealand’s median wages. The Government needs to sort out its priorities. New Zealand needs more skilled migrants who can addvaluetoour country.We don’t need anymore fast-tracked residency visasfor convicted criminals. Kanwaljit Singh Bakshiisa MemberofParliament on National List and the Party’s Spokesperson for Internal Affairs. as onereason for doing so. No safeguard has been able to protect against this. UnlikeOregon, however, assisted dying is not law here yet. We have an opportunity to prevent introducing these risks to New Zealanders with disabilities, but we need to listen to theexperience of the United States where no safeguard has been able to provideproper protection. Our politicians, and all New Zealanders, need to recognise theirresponsibility to protect and value New Zealanderswith disabilities by voting against the Bill at third reading, as well as in apotential referendum next year. Danielle vanDalenisa Researcher at the Maxim Institute basedinAuckland. David Seymour MP forEpsom Honour thelegacy of MahatmaGandhi One of the key principles for which Mahatma Gandhi is known is equality and conveying the message of non-violence. He saw that anumber of things needed to change in the Indian way of life. Mahatma Gandhi promoted civil rights for women, abolition of the caste system and fair treatment of all people regardless of their religion or background. These are values which our diverse population of New Zealanders uphold. For an appointment, please contactme on 09 5227464 or mpepsom@ parliament.govt.nz On the occasion of the Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary Iamcalling on Auckland Council to provide astatue to honour Mahatma Gandhi inone of Auckland’s public spaces. Sign thepetition! parmjeetparmar.national.org.nz/honour_the_ legacy_of_mahatma_gandhi Dr ParmjeetParmar National List MP based in Mt Roskill Parmjeet.parmar@parliament.govt.nz Epsom Electorate Office Level2,27GilliesAvenue,Newmarket PromotedbyDavidSeymour,MPfor Epsom,27Gillies Avenue,Newmarket Funded by theParliamentaryService. Authorisedby Parmjeet Parmar MP,Parliament Buildings,Wellington.
Page 1 and 2: GET THE NEWS YOUMISSED! EVERY WEDNE
Page 3 and 4: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Homelink Parent Ca
Page 5: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Homelink Jallianwa
Page 9 and 10: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Businesslink Media
Page 11 and 12: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 IRD visits bring d
Page 13 and 14: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Businesslink 13 KO
Page 15 and 16: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Dairy fear blocks
Page 17 and 18: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Youngster with fin
Page 19 and 20: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Entertainmentlink

INL Nov 1 2019 Digital Edition

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?