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Friday, <strong>23</strong> <strong>Sep</strong>tember 2022<br />
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NEW ZEALAND 3<br />
NZ Traveller Declaration:<br />
A necessary annoyance?<br />
NAVDEEP KAUR MARWAH<br />
It was on <strong>Sep</strong>tember 12<br />
afternoon that Prime<br />
Minister Jacinda Ardern<br />
proudly announced that the<br />
Covid-19 traffic light system<br />
would end at 11.59 pm on<br />
the same date, spelling the<br />
end of more than two years of<br />
Covid rules.<br />
Ardern also confirmed<br />
that masks would only be<br />
required in health and aged<br />
care settings, and household<br />
contacts do not have to<br />
isolate along with positive<br />
cases if they return daily<br />
negative RAT results.<br />
“In short, we now move on<br />
to a simple two requirements<br />
system of masks in healthcare<br />
settings and seven days of<br />
isolation for positive cases<br />
only,” Ardern said.<br />
Though NZ has opened its<br />
border and removed most<br />
of the Covid-19 restrictions,<br />
one thing that still stays is<br />
the New Zealand Traveller<br />
Declaration (NZTD). Simply<br />
put, everyone travelling to<br />
NZ by air must complete a<br />
declaration and receive a<br />
Traveller Pass before travelling.<br />
Dr Ayesha Verrall<br />
This includes NZ citizens and<br />
residents, children and infants.<br />
It means that travellers to NZ<br />
still need to get government<br />
permission to come to<br />
Aotearoa, and for that, they<br />
need to fill out an online form<br />
which takes about 10 minutes<br />
to fill.<br />
For the uninitiated, the NZTA<br />
system went live at 11.59 pm<br />
on March 31, 2022, and was<br />
primarily introduced to ensure<br />
that people coming here had<br />
vaccine passes, among others.<br />
However, the government has<br />
now dropped that requirement.<br />
So, many people are asking<br />
that since the government<br />
has now removed most of the<br />
covid-19 restrictions, including<br />
wearing masks, why NZTD is<br />
still there?<br />
Prachi Rastogi, a Kiwi-<strong>India</strong>n<br />
Papakura resident, says, “I<br />
don’t understand the logic of<br />
having the Traveller declaration<br />
now. It is both time consuming<br />
and unnecessary stress for<br />
travellers, especially old ones.”<br />
"As a preparedness<br />
measure our ability<br />
to respond to a<br />
potential new variant<br />
of concern identified<br />
offshore relies on<br />
being able to contact<br />
trace at pace. On<br />
balance, I agree that<br />
the maintenance<br />
of this provision is<br />
appropriate.”<br />
- Dr Ayesha Verrall<br />
Sharing the frustration<br />
about the NZTD, another Kiwi-<br />
<strong>India</strong>n, Siddharth Verma, says,<br />
“I think NZTD is just useless<br />
and a complete waste of time.<br />
When we travel, we already<br />
provide similar information in<br />
the Customs form but then<br />
what is the need to fill in the<br />
same information twice?<br />
I don’t think NZTD serves<br />
any purpose presently. The<br />
Government should remove this<br />
requirement.”<br />
The Government<br />
Response<br />
To find the Government’s<br />
rationale behind continuing<br />
NZTD, <strong>India</strong>n <strong>Weekender</strong> got<br />
in touch with government<br />
authorities.<br />
Responding to our query,<br />
Minister for Covid-19 Response<br />
and Associate Minister of<br />
Health, Dr Ayesha Verrall,<br />
said, “The Director-General of<br />
Health recommended that the<br />
requirement to provide contact<br />
details and travel history<br />
information via the NZTD<br />
system for air arrivals should<br />
be retained to enable timely<br />
contact tracing, should this be<br />
needed.<br />
"As a preparedness measure<br />
our ability to respond to<br />
a potential new variant of<br />
concern identified offshore<br />
relies on being able to contact<br />
trace at pace. On balance, I<br />
agree that the maintenance of<br />
this provision is appropriate.”<br />
• Continued on Page 13
4<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
Friday, <strong>23</strong> <strong>Sep</strong>tember, 2022<br />
Read online www.iwk.co.nz<br />
Kiwi <strong>India</strong>ns honoured at<br />
NZICA’s gala award event<br />
DEV NADKARNI<br />
The second New Zealand<br />
<strong>India</strong>n Central Association<br />
Inc. (NZICA) Gala Awards<br />
event was glittering affair held<br />
at Auckland’s Mahatma Gandhi<br />
Centre on Saturday night (17<br />
<strong>Sep</strong>tember).<br />
More than 400 guests<br />
including Government ministers,<br />
members of parliament,<br />
diplomats and several<br />
dignitaries and eminent citizens<br />
from all over New Zealand<br />
attended Saturday’s event.<br />
Established last year in<br />
New Plymouth, the awards<br />
recognise those who have<br />
made a significant difference<br />
to New Zealand <strong>India</strong>ns and<br />
wider communities and is<br />
spread across categories of<br />
the spheres of activity such<br />
as social, educational, sporting<br />
and cultural that the awardees<br />
have contributed to.<br />
The evening began with the<br />
lighting of the ceremonial lamp<br />
at the hands of dignitaries and<br />
eminent guests, followed by a<br />
stirring waiata and haka by the<br />
Wheiao Kapahaka Group and a<br />
traditional <strong>India</strong>n semi-classical<br />
dance by Sushma Kuncha of<br />
Anuradha’s School of Dance.<br />
Former Governor General Sir<br />
Anand Satyanand, ministers<br />
Priyanca Radhakrishnan and<br />
Michael Wood, <strong>India</strong>n diplomat<br />
Mukesh Ghiya, Honorary Consul<br />
of <strong>India</strong> in Auckland Bhav Dhillon<br />
and Member of Parliament<br />
Melissa Lee delivered brief<br />
speeches.<br />
NZICA Gala Awards Convener<br />
Ashok Darji spoke about the<br />
genesis of the awards and<br />
congratulated the awardees<br />
who were chosen by a jury<br />
panel.<br />
The highlight of this year’s<br />
awards night was the Honorary<br />
Membership of the NZICA<br />
conferred on former NZ prime<br />
minister Helen Clark. Unable to<br />
attend the ceremony because<br />
she was away taking care of<br />
her ailing centenarian father,<br />
her long time Labour Party<br />
and United Nations colleague<br />
and former minister Chris<br />
Carter accepted the award<br />
on her behalf.<br />
Madanjeet Singh Bange and<br />
Ishvarbhai Rambhai were both<br />
conferred Life Membership<br />
of NZICA on the evening.<br />
The award ceremonies kicked<br />
off after a most energetic<br />
yet graceful Bharatanatyam<br />
performance by the extremely<br />
talented Abhishek Ravi, who<br />
incorporated Maori elements<br />
into the dance with the use of<br />
poi (which was also used deftly<br />
by dancers after the haka<br />
performance at the beginning).<br />
Raman Chhima of the<br />
Wellington <strong>India</strong>n Association<br />
(WIA) was conferred with the<br />
Wellbeing (Health) award;<br />
Shires of the Central Districts<br />
<strong>India</strong>n Association conferred<br />
the Wellbeing (Business) award.<br />
Spirited nonagenarian<br />
Ruxmaniben V. Kasanji (WIA)<br />
was awarded the ‘Hidden<br />
Gem’ while<br />
Ekta Nathu, also of WIA<br />
received the Young Achiever<br />
award. WIA’s Shardaben<br />
Patel<br />
received the<br />
Women Empowerment award.<br />
Auckland <strong>India</strong>n Association<br />
Inc (AIAI) President Dhansukh<br />
Lal received the award for<br />
the Association’s Centenary<br />
Celebration; Harshad Patel of<br />
AIAI received the Arts & Culture<br />
award and Pukekohe <strong>India</strong>n<br />
Association’s veteran leader<br />
Prithipal Singh Basra received<br />
the Outstanding Leadership<br />
award. Community of the Year<br />
award was conferred on Central<br />
Districts <strong>India</strong>n Association<br />
while Immigration NZ received<br />
the NZICA President’s Award.<br />
Speaking to <strong>India</strong>n <strong>Weekender</strong><br />
during the awards, NZICA<br />
President Narendra Bhana<br />
said, “I am privileged to have<br />
an opportunity to express my<br />
sincere congratulations and<br />
deep appreciation to each and<br />
every awardees.<br />
“It was a highly successful<br />
All for promoting Telugu Literature<br />
NAVDEEP KAUR MARWAH<br />
Alfred North Whitehead,<br />
a notable English<br />
mathematician, logician,<br />
educator and philosopher, once<br />
said, “It is in literature that the<br />
concrete outlook of humanity<br />
receives its expression.”<br />
And especially in today’s<br />
globalised world, for every<br />
culture, it becomes even more<br />
critical to preserve and promote<br />
its literature.<br />
And taking this sentiment<br />
forward was a recently held<br />
8th World Telugu Literary<br />
Conference that was held<br />
successfully non-stop for 24<br />
hours for the first time in New<br />
Zealand. For the uninitiated,<br />
World Telugu Literary<br />
Conference is a conference for<br />
the furtherance of the Telugu<br />
language. Literary luminaries<br />
attend and share their views on<br />
spreading and preserving the<br />
Telugu language.<br />
Organised by New Zealand<br />
Telugu Association (NZTA),<br />
Vanguri Foundation of America<br />
and six other organisations<br />
from <strong>India</strong>, Singapore,<br />
Australia, Norway, Canada and<br />
South Africa, the event saw<br />
numerous diaspora Telugu<br />
Writers from around the world<br />
coming together at Sai Baba<br />
Community Centre, Onehunga<br />
over the weekend (<strong>Sep</strong>tember<br />
17 and 18)<br />
The event was inaugurated by<br />
Hon Consul of <strong>India</strong> in Auckland<br />
Bhav Dhillon, who highlighted<br />
the contribution of diaspora<br />
writers to world literature and<br />
its constant importance.<br />
The program kicked off with<br />
the presentation of a research<br />
study done by Rekha Kuncha on<br />
the role of attitude in language<br />
shift and maintenance in the<br />
Telugu community submitted<br />
in 2001 at the University of<br />
Auckland, followed by research<br />
done by Lahari Kasarla on the<br />
use of Telugu language by<br />
young adults in 2021.<br />
The conference also took<br />
place online, with over 150<br />
Telugu poets, writers and<br />
scholars from about 30<br />
countries in five continents<br />
presenting papers and their<br />
literary work, which was viewed<br />
by over 10,000 worldwide.<br />
Srilatha Magatala of NZTA<br />
and Dr Raju Vanguri of Vanguri<br />
Foundation of America from<br />
Houston, Texas, conducted<br />
the proceedings with a touch<br />
of humour. The proceedings<br />
in 11 literary forums were<br />
conducted online by many<br />
stalwarts in Telugu literature<br />
from various countries. The<br />
event was broadcast live on<br />
many YouTube and Facebook<br />
channels.<br />
Many talented artists and<br />
organisations like Sangeeta<br />
Bharathi represented by Dr<br />
Padma Mallela and her students,<br />
Sushma Kuncha and Abhishek<br />
Ravi of Anuradha School of<br />
dance, Vasu Kunapuli of SG<br />
consultants, Rhythm School of<br />
dance, Hiral Pusarla and Kavya<br />
Itla of Wondergirls performed<br />
at the event.<br />
NZTA’s President Anitha<br />
Mogilicharla revealed that on<br />
both days, the event was very<br />
well planned and attended by<br />
almost 150 people. She said,<br />
“It is great that the event<br />
garnered an unprecedented<br />
response from speakers from<br />
various countries worldwide.”<br />
NZTA’s General Secretary<br />
Suneel Kuncha Said, “This is<br />
the second International event<br />
organised by NZTA successfully.<br />
We look forward to organising<br />
many more such events soon.”<br />
Even the guests appreciated<br />
the initiative and had all the<br />
praises for the organisers.<br />
One of the attendees, Kala<br />
evening. We have received<br />
so many compliments from<br />
our guests and sponsors.<br />
Attendees thoroughly enjoyed<br />
delicious food provided by the<br />
Auckland <strong>India</strong>n Association<br />
Catering Team and amazing<br />
ambience created by my team<br />
of Officers.”<br />
NZICA is the only national<br />
<strong>India</strong>n organisation in NZ set<br />
up as an umbrella body for<br />
regional <strong>India</strong>n community<br />
groups throughout the country<br />
operating since 1926. NZICA<br />
provides a central channel for<br />
<strong>India</strong>n communities to voice<br />
concerns.<br />
The association was<br />
established in 1926 by three<br />
<strong>India</strong>n associations such as<br />
Auckland, Wellington and<br />
‘Country Section’ to advance<br />
the cause of all <strong>India</strong>ns present<br />
in the country be it educational,<br />
health, welfare or cultural<br />
identity. Today the central body<br />
is connected with 18 other<br />
associations and has a track<br />
history of 96 years dealing with<br />
the issues concerned to the<br />
members of the associations<br />
and Kiwi <strong>India</strong>ns.<br />
Srihari, said, “Telugu is one of<br />
the most beautiful languages<br />
and the fourth most spoken<br />
language in <strong>India</strong>. It is called<br />
“The Italian of the East”<br />
because Niccol de Conti, a<br />
16th-century Italian traveller,<br />
found that the Telugu language<br />
finishes with vowels just like<br />
the Italian language. Very proud<br />
to be part of 8th World Telugu<br />
Sahithi Sadassu organised by<br />
NZTA.”<br />
Another guest Sridevi Krishna<br />
Pusarla said that the event<br />
provided the youth with the<br />
richness and heritage of the<br />
Telugu language. “It is a great<br />
event for not only us but<br />
for the younger generation<br />
as well. Such events provide<br />
the youth with the richness<br />
and heritage of the Telugu<br />
language. It was inspiring to<br />
listen to knowledgeable guest<br />
speakers from around the world<br />
and our local speakers enriching<br />
us on how to love and care for<br />
our Telugu language. I thank<br />
NZTA for organising such great<br />
events.”
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NEW ZEALAND 5<br />
Kiwi-Marathis celebrate<br />
Ganeshotsav in grand way<br />
NAVDEEP KAUR MARWAH<br />
The<br />
Kiwi-Marathi<br />
diaspora in Auckland<br />
came together in full<br />
enthusiasm to celebrate the<br />
Ganapati Utsav by the Auckland<br />
Marathi Association Inc. (AMAI).<br />
The event, which took place<br />
on Saturday (<strong>Sep</strong>tember 17)<br />
at Freemans Bay Community<br />
Centre, saw more than 350<br />
people in attendance.<br />
The event was graced by the<br />
presence of dignitaries, including<br />
Minister for Diversity, Inclusion<br />
and Ethnic Communities,<br />
Priyanca Radhakrishnan; Head<br />
of Chancery of <strong>India</strong>n High<br />
Commission, Mukesh Ghiya and<br />
Leader of ACT Party, David<br />
Seymour.<br />
Sharing his experience,<br />
Seymour said, “Sensational<br />
(covid belated) celebration of<br />
Ganesh Chaturthi. New Zealand<br />
at its finest has many strands<br />
being who they are in harmony;<br />
it was a wonderful night.”<br />
Ghiya also called the event<br />
a wonderful program. He<br />
expressed his emotions on<br />
Facebook, “Feeling blessed<br />
and high morale booster after<br />
getting Ganapati’s blessings.<br />
Thanks to Auckland Marathi<br />
Association for the wonderful<br />
program and for inviting me.”<br />
The whole community hall,<br />
which was artistically decorated<br />
with flowers, lights, magnificent<br />
curtains and Rangoli, created<br />
by Smita Upadhye, provided<br />
the perfect festive ambience<br />
to the event.<br />
The puja rituals began at<br />
3.00 pm when all the members<br />
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Ganesha. The Lord was offered<br />
prayers and invocations,<br />
followed by Aartis and the<br />
distribution of Prasad among<br />
the members.<br />
This was followed by cultural<br />
performances, which included<br />
various Marathi folk dances<br />
like Gondhal. There was also<br />
a classical performance which<br />
was a tribute to Late Lata<br />
Mangeshkar, a speech on<br />
Lokmanya Tilak and lastly, a<br />
Dindi performed by Committee<br />
members and volunteers.<br />
Neha Nalawade, the President<br />
of AMAI, seemed delighted<br />
with the turnout at the event.<br />
She said, “I am overwhelmed<br />
at the support and response<br />
we got for the celebration.<br />
It was wonderful to see<br />
people singing Maha-<br />
Arti, enjoying the<br />
performances, and<br />
delighted to be<br />
able to celebrate<br />
our Bappa<br />
after a twoyear<br />
break due<br />
to the Covid-19<br />
pandemic. We<br />
hope to continue this<br />
celebration on Diwali, which will<br />
be celebrated on October 29 at<br />
Titirangi War Memorial Hall.”<br />
Another event highlight<br />
was the launch of AMAI’s<br />
initiative ‘Bring a book’, where<br />
community members donated<br />
notebooks and stationery. AMAI<br />
will present these to the most<br />
suitable service organisation<br />
locally or in <strong>India</strong>.<br />
Guests, too, couldn’t stop<br />
gushing about the event.<br />
One of the attendees, Priya<br />
Kulkarni, said, “The event<br />
recreated the magic and<br />
traditions of the Ganapati<br />
festival that we used to<br />
experience back in <strong>India</strong>. It was<br />
awesome to relive that through<br />
being part of this celebration.<br />
Everything transported me<br />
back to my hometown Mumbai,<br />
from food to dance.”<br />
“Feeling blessed<br />
and high morale<br />
booster after getting<br />
Ganapati’s blessings.<br />
Thanks to Auckland<br />
Marathi Association<br />
for the wonderful<br />
program and for<br />
inviting me.”<br />
As no cultural celebration<br />
is complete without the<br />
local delicacies, the guests<br />
were seen relishing authentic<br />
Maharashtrian food, which<br />
included Masale Bhat, Tomato<br />
Saar and Shrikhand Puri.<br />
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6<br />
NEW ZEALAND<br />
Every Kiwi-<strong>India</strong>n across NZ does<br />
feel pride when any <strong>India</strong>n product<br />
makes its way to Aotearoa.<br />
And the launch of Brand Telangana’s<br />
‘Rajanna Siri Pattu Sarees’ in Auckland<br />
made every Kiwi-<strong>India</strong>n delighted.<br />
The event took place on Saturday<br />
(17 <strong>Sep</strong>tember) at Mt Roskill War<br />
Memorial Hall.<br />
The event was graced by the presence<br />
of New Zealand minister Priyanca<br />
Radhakrishnan and Hon Consul of <strong>India</strong><br />
in Auckland Bhav Dhillon, who was<br />
accompanied by his wife, Ruby Dhillon.<br />
The credit for bringing Telangana’s<br />
Rajanna Sircilla district’s silk<br />
sarees, created by skilled weavers of<br />
Sircilla district of Telangana, ‘Rajanna<br />
Siri Pattu’ in NZ, goes to the Founder<br />
of ‘Brand Telangana’ Suneeta Vijay.<br />
She made it a point to take the work of<br />
Sircilla’s weavers to a global platform.<br />
Sharing her sentiments at the<br />
event, Radhakrishnan said it was<br />
commendable to introduce Rajanna Siri<br />
Pattu to the world.<br />
Assuring that all support would<br />
be extended in promoting Rajanna<br />
Sircilla weavers sarees in NZ, she said,<br />
“Telangana is one among fast<br />
progressing states in <strong>India</strong>. Initiatives<br />
and programmes like these will further<br />
strengthen the bilateral relations<br />
between the two countries.”<br />
Mr Dhillon, too, expressed his support<br />
to the indigenous weavers from<br />
Siricilla. He said, “It was an amazing<br />
showcase of pure Silk Rajanna Siri Pattu<br />
Sarees. Kudos to Telangana Diaspora<br />
led by Suneeta, Vijay Kosna and<br />
Kalyan Rao Kasuganti.”<br />
It may be noted Suneeta’s brilliant<br />
idea and vision to support the weavers<br />
in the Rajanna Sircilla inspired many of<br />
her friends from NZ, Australia, UK, USA,<br />
and Singapore to get involved, which<br />
resulted in the development of the<br />
Rajanna Siri pattu saree.<br />
Talking about the same, Suneeta,<br />
said, “It was four years back that I<br />
visited Rajanna Sircilla in Telangana<br />
and observed the techniques of saree<br />
Friday, <strong>23</strong> <strong>Sep</strong>tember, 2022<br />
weaving. I was highly impressed by<br />
the same, and that’s how I decided to<br />
promote Rajanna Sircilla sarees across<br />
the globe by creating a new brand<br />
Rajanna Siri Pattu, including in NZ.<br />
“The main motto behind Brand<br />
Read online www.iwk.co.nz<br />
Rajanna Siru Pattu sarees<br />
launched in New Zealand<br />
NAVDEEP KAUR MARWAH<br />
Telangana is to ‘Help people even when<br />
you know they can’t help you back.<br />
I endeavour to empower weavers,<br />
craft makers and artists of Telangana.”<br />
Attended by over 200 guests, including<br />
Brand Telangana’s co-founders Narsinga<br />
Rao Engati and Kiran Kumar Pokala, the<br />
event saw a fashion show displaying<br />
different varieties of Sircilla collections as<br />
well as dance performances by Sushma<br />
Kuncha, Swetha Chepur, Aishwarya<br />
Koka and Bindu Dance school. The<br />
emcee of the event was Rekha Kuncha<br />
who did a marvellous job.<br />
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, popularly<br />
known by his initials KTR, the politician<br />
serving as the Minister for Municipal<br />
Administration & Urban Development,<br />
Industries & Commerce, and Information<br />
Technology of Telangana, also extended<br />
his best wishes for the initiative. Though<br />
he could not make it to NZ, he posted<br />
a tweet saying, “My wholehearted<br />
compliments to NZ minister @<br />
priyancanzlp Garu & Sunita Vijay Garu<br />
for launching “Rajanna Siri Pattu” Sarees<br />
in NZ. Taking Siricilla weavers’ products<br />
global through ‘Brand Telangana’ is a<br />
great step forward in helping talented<br />
weavers.”<br />
"Telangana is one among<br />
fast progressing states<br />
in <strong>India</strong>. Initiatives and<br />
programmes like these<br />
will further strengthen the<br />
bilateral relations between<br />
the two countries.”<br />
- Priyanca Radhakrishnan<br />
Engineer turned local board member vies for a third term<br />
MAHESH KUMAR<br />
A<br />
well-known and respected<br />
community member, Shirish<br />
Paranjape, has lived in<br />
Christchurch for 20 years. His passion<br />
for the community and for making a<br />
positive change to everyday lives has<br />
only grown over the years. He represents<br />
the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />
Community Board and contesting this<br />
year to be re-elected for a third term.<br />
Paranjape grew up in Bhopal and<br />
moved to Mumbai (then Bombay) when<br />
he got a campus placement at Larsen &<br />
Toubro (L&T). He lived in Mumbai for the<br />
next 20 years. Over these years, he got<br />
married, had two daughters.<br />
In the year 2000, he applied for New<br />
Zealand Residency. Paranjape moved<br />
to Christchurch in January 2002 and<br />
worked with the city based AuCom for<br />
almost 20 years. While he loved the new<br />
job, city and life, there were times when<br />
the family missed the culture, traditions<br />
and support system that <strong>India</strong> as a<br />
society offers. Luckily, the <strong>India</strong>n Sports<br />
and Cultural Club (ISCC), provided<br />
Paranjape’s family with an opportunity<br />
to interact with the <strong>India</strong>n community in<br />
Christchurch, with his wife performing as<br />
a singer and his daughters giving dance<br />
performances at the occasional cultural<br />
events that the club organised.<br />
As the association grew, he was asked<br />
to take up the position of Treasurer of the<br />
club. Soon, he also officially represented<br />
the <strong>India</strong>n community to Christchurch<br />
Ethnic Council, which gave him more<br />
exposure and helped him understand<br />
Shirish Paranjape<br />
how the Council and other ethnic<br />
organisations worked. He also began to<br />
enjoy the interactions with the wider<br />
communities. Paranjape recalls, “I took<br />
up these opportunities to understand<br />
how other ethnic communities worked<br />
and learn from their experiences.”<br />
After the 2011 Christchurch<br />
Earthquake, he attended various ethnic<br />
community meetings. It was when<br />
hearing Jimmy Chen at the Ethnic<br />
Leaders Forum that the thought of<br />
contesting for the Local Board first<br />
came to Paranjape.<br />
In 2013, he put up his hand to contest<br />
for the local board. But, he had to stand<br />
from a different ward than his home<br />
ward in the elections. Though he lost the<br />
election, the experience taught him a lot.<br />
In 2016, he contested from Fendalton-<br />
Waimairi-Harewood Community Board<br />
and won the election. He got re-elected<br />
in 2019.<br />
Paranjape says, “The last six years<br />
have been incredible, and I feel I have<br />
been able to make some difference<br />
to the lives by advocating for various<br />
causes. My role involves working on<br />
various infrastructure projects where we<br />
act as a conduit between the community<br />
and the government. We convey what<br />
the community wants and advocate to<br />
get the projects approved or executed.<br />
But the role that I cherish the most<br />
is working with people. We strive to<br />
recognise and acknowledge those in the<br />
community who normally go unsung. It<br />
means a lot to people when they get<br />
appreciated. This also inspires others to<br />
act in similar ways.”<br />
Paranjape was also the first <strong>India</strong>n<br />
Justice of the Peace in Christchurch<br />
and a founder member of Rotary<br />
Christchurch New Horizons club. Both<br />
these roles and his active involvement<br />
with the <strong>India</strong>n community gave him<br />
various touchpoints to get insights into<br />
what the community needs.<br />
He is thankful to his former and<br />
current employers for supporting him<br />
and allowing him time to pursue his<br />
community work.<br />
He feels the role allows him to make<br />
a significant difference at a grassroots<br />
level that impacts everybody’s life and<br />
act as a spokesperson for the community<br />
enabling a positive change.<br />
Asked if a bigger role or more active<br />
participation in politics is on the horizon,<br />
he says, “I’m not currently thinking<br />
about it; instead, I’m concentrating on<br />
the task at hand and doing it right.”<br />
A goal-driven person, Paranjape sets<br />
a goal and works hard to achieve it. He<br />
gives an example of how he wanted to<br />
become a chartered engineer last year<br />
and set a goal of 1 year. He achieved the<br />
goal in July this year.<br />
He is following several other passion<br />
projects, like becoming a trained driver<br />
for the Christchurch peace train. He put<br />
up his hand when City council asked for<br />
volunteer drivers and is now a qualified<br />
driver.<br />
Furthermore, he wants to become the<br />
Christchurch Tram driver so that he can<br />
share his experiences and stories about<br />
living in Christchurch.<br />
The NZ Lotteries Commission selected<br />
him as a member of the Significant<br />
Projects Fund committee, providing him<br />
a front-row seat on some of the most<br />
iconic projects worth millions of dollars<br />
in funding, which he found an incredible<br />
learning experience.<br />
Paranjape says, “I want to make<br />
sure that people have a voice in the<br />
decisions that affect their lives, and<br />
we believe that by working together,<br />
we can accomplish great things. I also<br />
encourage the community to get<br />
involved at whatever level they can. You<br />
might not see it right now, but people<br />
out there need you to be involved in<br />
their lives. So, get involved!”
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NEW ZEALAND 7<br />
VENU MENON<br />
Hindi Divas 2022 was marked on<br />
18 <strong>Sep</strong>tember at the <strong>India</strong>n High<br />
Commission in Wellington.<br />
The event was conducted by the<br />
Wellington Hindi School in partnership<br />
with the High Commission, which<br />
coincided with celebrations to mark 30<br />
years since the school opened.<br />
Staff, children and former<br />
students hosted a morning of<br />
variety entertainment, speeches and<br />
prize distribution.<br />
Mayor Andy Foster gave away the<br />
prizes. Manoj Kumar Sahu, Second<br />
Secretary, <strong>India</strong>n High Commission, was<br />
the chief guest.<br />
Vijeshni Rattan, school principal,<br />
welcomed the gathering.<br />
A student announcer explained to the<br />
audience that he would be speaking in<br />
Fiji Hindi (and English) as that was the<br />
Hindi close to his heart.<br />
The school was founded by a group<br />
of Fiji <strong>India</strong>ns based in Newlands three<br />
decades ago.<br />
The inaugural lamp was lit by the<br />
school’s founding member and Wellington<br />
ISKCON president Jagdish Prasad and<br />
Ministry of Ethnic Communities CEO<br />
Mervin Singham, which was followed by a<br />
welcome song and a dance performance<br />
by tiny tots. Poetry recital, Hindi songs,<br />
and storytelling ensued.<br />
Dilesh Prakash, a former student,<br />
spoke in Hindi and traced the history<br />
of the school, which was followed by a<br />
Hindi play enacted by students.<br />
Ra Uniyal and Dr. Del Carlini of Health<br />
NZ addressed the audience on the need<br />
to observe Covid protocols.<br />
Jagdish Prasad spoke on the<br />
importance of going beyond language<br />
proficiency and embracing the Bhagavad<br />
Gita. While commending the teachers<br />
for their wonderful efforts, Prasad also<br />
expressed his disappointment at seeing<br />
teachers walking with their footwear on<br />
stage before the idol of Lord Ganesh,<br />
when students had removed their shoes<br />
Hindi Divas observed in Wellington<br />
out of respect.<br />
Education starts with the parents,<br />
Prasad reminded the audience.<br />
Next up, young student Samiksha<br />
Singh of the Mayur Dance Academy<br />
put on a scintillating Bharatnatyam<br />
performance, which was followed by a<br />
brief speech by chief guest Sahu who<br />
applauded the school for its yeomen<br />
service in promoting the Hindi language.<br />
Singham, who spoke next, applauded<br />
the school for its tenacity in coping with<br />
the challenges and “high expectations<br />
from families and communities” and<br />
commended Sunita Narayan, the<br />
school’s coordinator, for her inspiring<br />
efforts to preserve the mother tongue.<br />
“Learning the mother tongue was<br />
discouraged in many families for fear<br />
that it would set us back. Some people<br />
even felt ashamed speaking their<br />
own languages because people might<br />
associate [that] with being backward,”<br />
he observed.<br />
People now understand that<br />
preserving our mother tongues is<br />
critical to the formation of our identity,<br />
Singham noted.<br />
Sunita Narayan gave a pat on the<br />
back to the student announcers and<br />
declared the winners of the excellence<br />
awards. She was followed at the mike<br />
by school board chairman Kashmir Kaur<br />
who delivered the vote of thanks.<br />
The staff and dignitaries present<br />
then cut a cake to mark the school’s<br />
30th birthday.<br />
“I joined the Wellington Hindi School<br />
15 years ago. In a foreign country there<br />
are challenges and obstacles [ to the<br />
promotion of Hindi]. But we overcame<br />
all that.<br />
"Thirty years is a very long time for<br />
a school to exist in a foreign country,<br />
teaching language and culture. We are<br />
looking forward to the school going<br />
another 30 years. We have three<br />
branches now-in Newlands, Johnsonville<br />
and the CBD. We are very proud of this<br />
moment,” Rattan said.<br />
HOWICK WARD<br />
Maurice<br />
Williamson<br />
Sharon<br />
Stewart<br />
Maurice Williamson was the<br />
member of parliament for<br />
Pakuranga (included Howick) for<br />
30 years. He has recently returned<br />
to New Zealand from a diplomatic<br />
posting as New Zealand’s Consul<br />
General in Los Angeles and is also<br />
standing for the Auckland Council<br />
here in the Howick Ward.<br />
Sharon Stewart QSM is standing<br />
for re-election to the Auckland<br />
Council to continue serving<br />
the community that she loves.<br />
Having lived here for most of<br />
her life, her family history within<br />
the district goes back over 100<br />
years.<br />
Together we have serious<br />
concerns for how the Auckland<br />
Council has been managed.<br />
Rates keep rising, spending<br />
exceeds income and debt is<br />
ballooning. Of more concern<br />
is the fact the wishes of the<br />
general public are being just<br />
totally ignored. Your vote can<br />
ensure Auckland’s future.<br />
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NEW ZEALAND<br />
Friday, <strong>23</strong> <strong>Sep</strong>tember, 2022<br />
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AKKA celebrates Konkani<br />
culture, language in Aotearoa<br />
NAVDEEP KAUR MARWAH<br />
<strong>India</strong> is an extremely<br />
culturally diverse country<br />
and assimilates so many<br />
different cultures in itself.<br />
While some cultures such as<br />
Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi and<br />
Tamil are more prominent given<br />
the larger geographical spread<br />
and the numbers of people who<br />
speak these languages, there<br />
are also several lesser-known<br />
cultures, such as the Konkani<br />
Culture which runs all along the<br />
western coastal strip of <strong>India</strong>.<br />
Konkani people are an<br />
Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic<br />
community who trace their<br />
history as far back as the<br />
fourth millennium BC. With<br />
their population concentrated<br />
in South coastal Maharashtra,<br />
Goa, Northern Karnataka,<br />
Mangalore and North coastal<br />
Kerala they share their name<br />
with the coastline and the<br />
language they speak.<br />
The Konkani language is<br />
spoken throughout the western<br />
coastal belt of <strong>India</strong> – from<br />
Maharashtra through Goa,<br />
Karnataka and Kerala, though in<br />
distinct regional flavours.<br />
And since many <strong>India</strong>ns have<br />
Of the women, for the women and by the women<br />
NAVDEEP KAUR MARWAH<br />
It is always a great feeling when<br />
community members come together<br />
for a cause. And the recent event<br />
organised by Naaree Women’s group<br />
was all about women from diverse<br />
backgrounds coming together to raise<br />
charity.<br />
Organised by the group’s founders<br />
Gargi Trivedi and Kashika Singh, the<br />
Bingo Night in aid of Breast Cancer<br />
Foundation NZ took place on Saturday<br />
(<strong>Sep</strong>tember 17).<br />
Talking about the overwhelming<br />
response to the event, Gargi told <strong>India</strong>n<br />
<strong>Weekender</strong>, “ Our main reason to do<br />
a fundraising event in aid of Breast<br />
Cancer Foundation NZ is as we believe<br />
migrated to New Zealand, there<br />
is a small yet growing Konkani<br />
population in Aotearoa.<br />
In this twenty-first part of<br />
our series on <strong>India</strong>n cultural<br />
associations in NZ, we feature<br />
the Association of Konkani Kiwis<br />
of Aotearoa (AKKA) – the only<br />
association of Konkani-speaking<br />
Kiwis that was established in<br />
late 2018.<br />
Interestingly, the idea to<br />
have this association was<br />
initiated way back in 2004.<br />
Nitin Kundapur, AKKA’s Vice-<br />
President, gives more details:<br />
“It all started in 2004 in<br />
Auckland where a small group<br />
came together mainly for<br />
supporting those who are fighting<br />
breast cancer as well as admiring those<br />
who have survived it. Every Naaree<br />
who supported this cause is a celebrity<br />
within herself.”<br />
Adding to that, Kashika said, “Naaree<br />
group brings confidence in ladies who<br />
are twice shy in public but this platform<br />
has seen so many budding confident<br />
ladies coming out of their shell and<br />
become extroverts. Absolutely amazed<br />
at the overwhelming turnout ladies are<br />
now hungry for more I guess.”<br />
The evening at Columbus Coffee in<br />
Grafton had ladies who have fought<br />
breast cancer sharing their journeys.<br />
There was also a nurse from the Breast<br />
Cancer Foundation NZ who gave an<br />
interactive talk.<br />
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Ganesh Utsav.<br />
That was the only time<br />
when families gathered. Most<br />
families are in Auckland, some<br />
in Wellington, and a handful in<br />
Christchurch. These gatherings<br />
went on for a while, and in<br />
2016 a need was felt to expand<br />
the group and make it a formal<br />
organisation. That led to the<br />
formation of AKKA.”<br />
There is only one main wing<br />
of the organisation, and it has<br />
a family-based membership<br />
with a very nominal annual fee.<br />
What started with 15 families<br />
in 2016 is now over 40 families<br />
registered with AKKA.<br />
AKKA endeavours to keep<br />
the Konkani spirit alive and<br />
to pass it on to the younger<br />
generation. “Our main aim is to<br />
educate the younger generation<br />
and encourage them to speak<br />
and understand Konkani<br />
and its roots.<br />
"The future generation is<br />
evolving fast, and knowledge<br />
of one’s cultural background<br />
is essential. <strong>India</strong> is diverse in<br />
many ways, and we need to<br />
provide all possible resources<br />
to the coming generations,<br />
so that ethnic fabric and<br />
identity stay for years to<br />
come,” says Kundapur.<br />
Translating their vision into<br />
action, AKKA organises regular<br />
community gatherings on<br />
key festivals such as Ganesh<br />
Pooja, Choodi Pooja and Diwali.<br />
“We also have our annual<br />
sports meet and family picnics.<br />
Programmes are mainly centred<br />
around Konkani culture, sports<br />
and recreation, performing arts,<br />
etc. The forum is open to nonmembers,<br />
and all are welcome/<br />
encouraged to join,” reveals<br />
Kundapur.<br />
Kundapur further reveals that<br />
they want more families to<br />
join AKKA and to engage the<br />
younger generation. “We plan<br />
One of the event’s highlights<br />
was a pink walk by the ladies in<br />
attendance to support the cause<br />
which had the ladies wearing pink to<br />
support the cause.<br />
Gargi reveals that they kept<br />
their guest list limited due to<br />
Covid-19 still in NZ.<br />
For the uninitiated, Naaree Women’s<br />
Group - a women’s Facebook Group, was<br />
established during the lockdown in 2020<br />
It was a memorable evening<br />
with great food, bingo<br />
and spot prizes.<br />
Attendees, too, had a gala and shared<br />
their experience of the fun-filled do.<br />
Shital Sangani, one of the attendees,<br />
said, “It was really a great experience<br />
to be a part of this event, which had<br />
a very core purpose of enlightening<br />
all the Naaree on breast cancer<br />
- its symptoms, how to do a selfcheck-up<br />
and what are the facilities<br />
available for someone struggling with<br />
this. It was a very well-organised<br />
event that Naaree should be proud<br />
to pull off.”<br />
to have more gatherings and<br />
some fun theme-based events<br />
– hiking trips, Bring a pet event<br />
and more outdoor activities.<br />
We also want to focus on social<br />
media to discuss AKKA and its<br />
work. We want more people to<br />
attend for the effort, and the<br />
expense put into events.”<br />
Lastly, talking about<br />
AKKA plans, Kundapur says<br />
they have reached out to<br />
some international Konkani<br />
organisations and had a very<br />
positive response from Tristate-<br />
US, UK, Dubai, Mangalore-<strong>India</strong><br />
and Melbourne.<br />
Moreover, plans to have<br />
virtual Konkani culture classes<br />
are also under way.<br />
“We are also working on<br />
having our online Konkani<br />
School so that we can have a<br />
virtual classroom each month<br />
that will focus on Konkani<br />
speaking, a few songs,<br />
stories in Konkani for kids,”<br />
signs off Kundapur.<br />
Another guest, Roshni Shetty, said the<br />
event brought a lot of awareness about<br />
breast cancer. “Thanks, Naaree, for<br />
organising the pink ribbon event and for<br />
getting narees (women) together under<br />
one roof and educating and bringing<br />
awareness of breast cancer. I gained a<br />
wealth of knowledge from guest speaker<br />
Debra.”<br />
Geetika Jalota Bhatnagar, another<br />
attendee, revealed that she couldn’t<br />
wait for more such events.<br />
“Beautiful event - well planned,<br />
coordinated and efficient meet and great<br />
for a great cause. Kashika and Gargi<br />
did an awesome job collaborating and<br />
organising the event, which was a super<br />
success. Pink walk, bingo, talks, and<br />
mingling was superb way to socialise.<br />
I look forward to attending more such<br />
events.”
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NEW ZEALAND 9<br />
Labour, National lock horns<br />
over state of economy<br />
VENU MENON FROM THE<br />
PARLIAMENT PRESS GALLERY<br />
Acting Prime Minister and Minister<br />
of Finance Grant Robertson raised<br />
his decibel level to drown out the<br />
heckling from Opposition benches while<br />
defending the Labour government’s<br />
fiscal policy in Parliament on Tuesday.<br />
New Zealand’s public debt remained<br />
under 20 per cent of GDP, Robertson<br />
claimed.<br />
“Our level of national debt is lower<br />
than what National left us,” Grant added,<br />
while forecasting a surplus in the 2024-<br />
25 fiscal year.<br />
Robertson told the house he was<br />
hugely optimistic about the NZ economy<br />
that had been resilient through Covid.<br />
He claimed the prospects were strong<br />
with borders reopening and tourists<br />
and international students returning.<br />
Exporters were continuing to earn.<br />
However, National Party finance<br />
spokesperson Nicola Willis hotly<br />
contested those claims.<br />
Referring to the Appropriation<br />
(2022/<strong>23</strong> Estimates) Bill, which had its<br />
third reading in Parliament, Willis said:<br />
“We see the biggest spending Budget in<br />
NZ’s history.”<br />
She said real wages had declined by<br />
3.7 per cent in the past year. Prices<br />
were rising in NZ at the fastest rate they<br />
have in 32 years, while wages were not<br />
keeping up.<br />
Willis claimed the government’s<br />
budget failed to address the drivers<br />
behind the cost-of-living crisis.<br />
She drew attention to the bungling<br />
over the recent cost- of-living payments<br />
of $350 made to more than 6000 New<br />
Zealanders living overseas.<br />
Willis listed a litany of government<br />
failures, including the Three Waters<br />
Reforms, the long waiting times for<br />
emergency treatment, fewer elective<br />
surgeries, fewer children attending<br />
school, declining numeracy and literacy<br />
rates, state housing waiting lists<br />
quadrupling, “and 4000 families putting<br />
their children to sleep in a motel room.”<br />
Willis concluded that government<br />
spending was out of control with plans<br />
to spend $51 billion more this year than<br />
the National Party did in its last year of<br />
government.<br />
This represented a 70 per cent<br />
increase in spending, she said.<br />
It was left to David Parker, Minister<br />
of Revenue, to fend off National’s<br />
onslaught.<br />
He disputed Willis’ figures, saying<br />
government spending stood at 31.6 per<br />
cent of GDP.<br />
Parker added in 2013 government<br />
spending was 32 per cent of GDP under<br />
the National government after five<br />
years.<br />
“Vaccine and mask mandates have<br />
gone and the trees are blooming.”<br />
Parker highlighted the low<br />
unemployment rate of 3.3 per cent<br />
while admitting inflation was high. “But<br />
in Europe it’s higher.”<br />
He cited Stats NZ figures to show<br />
median weekly earnings from wages and<br />
salaries grew 8.8 per cent in the year<br />
2022.<br />
Parker said the country’s net debt<br />
was lower than Australia, the US, Japan,<br />
the UK and Europe, and peaked on a<br />
net debt basis at less than 20 per cent<br />
of GDP, a “stunning result for NZ that<br />
shows prudent fiscal management.”<br />
Parker touted figures to show exports<br />
were up.<br />
Notwithstanding Covid, merchandise<br />
exports rose while primary sector<br />
exports have for the first time crossed $<br />
15 billion. “We enabled productivity and<br />
supply lines to be maintained.”<br />
With claims, counter claims and<br />
disputed figures bandied about in the<br />
House, it was clear the last word had not<br />
been said on the state of the economy.<br />
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Friday, <strong>23</strong> <strong>Sep</strong>tember, 2022<br />
Kiwi <strong>India</strong>ns graduate from Health<br />
Care Assistance programme<br />
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SANDEEP SINGH<br />
Seven Kiwi-<strong>India</strong>ns have graduated<br />
from Auckland Hospital’s newly<br />
introduced Health Care Assistance<br />
(HCA) Earn and Learn Program this week,<br />
giving wings to their aspirations and<br />
rising up on the professional healthcare<br />
career ladder.<br />
A total of 44 Health care Assistants<br />
have graduated on Wednesday,<br />
<strong>Sep</strong>tember 21 at the Auckland Hospital<br />
as Health Care Assistants with around<br />
15.9 per cent being of the Kiwi-<strong>India</strong>n<br />
origin.<br />
Sarina Prasad, who was working as a<br />
cleaner in the ward 77 (Orthopaedic)<br />
of Auckland Hospital since 2014 is<br />
one such recent Kiwi-<strong>India</strong>n graduate<br />
who has become a professional Health<br />
Care Assistant after going through nine<br />
months of earn and learn program at<br />
Auckland Hospital.<br />
Sharing her inspirational journey with<br />
the <strong>India</strong>n <strong>Weekender</strong> Prasad said, “I<br />
am extremely delighted after having<br />
graduated from this earn and learn<br />
program and become a full-fledged<br />
health care assistant.”<br />
“Now I will be able to do what I love the<br />
most – helping our wonderful, registered<br />
nurses in serving patients in the ward,”<br />
said a visibly elated Prasad.<br />
Prasad had first arrived in New Zealand<br />
from Fiji around 2009 on a spouse<br />
work visa along with her husband<br />
and has been working in Auckland<br />
hospital since 2014.<br />
“I was always excited when we were<br />
called upon to help our nurses. But there<br />
were many things that I could not do<br />
despite having a passion because I was<br />
not professionally trained to do so.”<br />
Sarina Prasad (right) holding the certificate Jane Lees, Nurse Director Patient Management Services at Te<br />
Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumei, Auckland.<br />
“Now I will be able to help nurses<br />
in delivering professional care to our<br />
patients,” Prasad said.<br />
When asked if she received ample<br />
support from the ward 77 where she was<br />
previously working Prasad emphatically<br />
said, “In fact it were the colleagues at<br />
my ward who inspired me to consider<br />
opting for the Earn and Learn Program<br />
and upskill myself into a trained health<br />
care professional.”<br />
The Health Care Assistance (HCA)<br />
Earn and Learn Program is designed<br />
to train and upskill primarily (but not<br />
exclusively) those already working within<br />
the health care sector (as non-technical<br />
professional such as hospo, cleaning,<br />
childcare etc) and retrain them as health<br />
care professionals.<br />
The course may augur well for the<br />
current crisis of acute shortage of skilled<br />
health care workers in New Zealand.<br />
Revealing more details on this<br />
program HCA Earn & Learn Programme<br />
Lead, Helen Nattrass said, “This program<br />
was launched in August 2021 as one<br />
of the many measures of responding<br />
to staff shortage in health care sector<br />
where it aims to retrain health care<br />
assistants without having to lose regular<br />
stream of income.”<br />
“It can be hard to give up income<br />
to re-train, but with Earn and Learn<br />
programmes students can now make<br />
the transition, like Sarina did, from nonhealthcare<br />
roles like cleaners, hospo,<br />
childcare and caregiving.”<br />
“So far the program has helped People<br />
transition from roles like cleaners, hospo,<br />
childcare and caregiving into healthcare,<br />
Removed a financial barrier to training<br />
from day one – they no longer have to<br />
give up an income, Provide much needed<br />
support to our nurses and other staff<br />
during a particularly challenging year,<br />
Opened the door to other health careers<br />
like nursing, phlebotomy and midwifery<br />
and increase our Māori, Pacific and <strong>India</strong>n<br />
staff to better reflect our communities.”<br />
Helen Nattrass said.<br />
Following this week’s cohort of<br />
graduates another group of 18 students<br />
from the second cohort, who finish<br />
their studies in July, a subsequent third<br />
cohort who enrolled in the program<br />
in May will also be graduating soon. A<br />
fourth group of students are set to start<br />
in late <strong>Sep</strong>tember.<br />
Expressing satisfaction on the<br />
retention rates of the program, Helen<br />
said, “The retention rate is high – from<br />
the first group of 31 students, 26 are on<br />
track to graduate.”<br />
Health Care Assistant Earn and Learn<br />
Programme<br />
The programme:<br />
The programme takes about 9 months<br />
to complete, and students work to<br />
complete a level 3 qualification in<br />
Health and Wellbeing. They can remain<br />
at Auckland City Hospital as one of the<br />
valued Health Care Assistants, or the<br />
qualification can be a springboard to<br />
other careers in health.<br />
What does a Health Care<br />
Assistant do?<br />
Our Health Care Assistants (HCA)<br />
provide help and support on the wards<br />
under the direction and delegation of a<br />
registered nurse.<br />
They work across clinics, wards,<br />
the emergency departments and in<br />
operating rooms, and have a wideranging<br />
role, from supporting patients<br />
with comfort and concerns to ensuring<br />
the environment is ready to provide the<br />
best care to our patients.<br />
Te reo warriors hailed for saving Maori language<br />
VENU MENON IN WELLINGTON<br />
The public gathered in strength<br />
outside Parliament on <strong>Sep</strong>tember<br />
14 to witness the commemoration<br />
of the historic day, 50 years ago, when<br />
a group of Maori activists presented<br />
a petition calling for te reo Maori<br />
to be declared an official language<br />
of New Zealand.<br />
Children clambered atop statues and<br />
streetlights for a better view of the<br />
event, which was marked by speeches<br />
delivered by Minister of Finance Grant<br />
Robertson, standing in for Prime Minister<br />
Jacinda Ardern who was away in the UK,<br />
as well as kaumatua [ Maori elders] drawn<br />
from among the original petitioners.<br />
The descendants of some of those<br />
petitioners were present on the occasion.<br />
There was Minister of Maori<br />
Development Willie Jackson, nephew<br />
of Syd Jackson who founded the Nga<br />
Tamatoa, the core activist group that<br />
submitted the petition in 1972.<br />
Also present to mark the occasion was<br />
Rawiri Paratene, father of Green Party<br />
co-leader Marama Davidson, who was<br />
one of the original petitioners.<br />
Jackson thanked his uncle’s<br />
generation for stepping up to save<br />
the Maori language.<br />
The minister noted that they belonged<br />
to a generation who were some of the<br />
first to grow up without their indigenous<br />
Robertson receiving petition at Maori language event<br />
“When a strong, determined<br />
and revolutionary group of<br />
New Zealanders challenged<br />
the Crown to do better, they<br />
knew that if things didn’t<br />
change, te reo Maori would<br />
be lost. Because of their<br />
actions, your actions, and<br />
the actions of others like<br />
them, Maori is an official<br />
language of this country.”<br />
language. Jackson added: “We must<br />
akiaki [encourage] our people. We must<br />
bring them along. There is real language<br />
trauma and sometimes people need time<br />
to heal. Kei te pai [It’s fine]<br />
“If you keep whakahe whakahe<br />
[criticising] our people, they may stop<br />
speaking Maori.”<br />
Earlier, at a function held at the<br />
National Library, Jackson said he was<br />
proud to present the government’s view<br />
from a Maori perspective in terms of<br />
“where we are now.”<br />
Robertson said: “When a strong,<br />
determined and revolutionary group<br />
of New Zealanders challenged the<br />
Crown to do better, they knew that<br />
if things didn’t change, te reo Maori<br />
would be lost. Because of their<br />
actions, your actions, and the actions<br />
of others like them, Maori is an official<br />
language of this country.”<br />
“These are events that are happening<br />
today that those who signed the petition<br />
[in 1972] may not have even considered<br />
possible at the time.<br />
"For the changes that they have made<br />
to our nation, that you have made to our<br />
nation, I am proud and I am grateful,”<br />
Robertson added.<br />
Robertson charted the progress made<br />
by indigenous Maori in the land of its<br />
origin.<br />
“We have the kohanga generation. We<br />
have more te reo Maori in the news. We<br />
have our children learning te reo in every<br />
setting in our educational system. And<br />
we have a much greater appreciation<br />
and understanding of te reo across<br />
Aotearoa. In fact today, throughout<br />
Aotearoa, people are learning te reo<br />
in record numbers. We can always do<br />
more, but the start has been made.”<br />
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, a young<br />
schoolgirl and niece of Hana Te Hemara,<br />
who was a 22-year-old activist and a key<br />
member of the group that presented the<br />
1972 petition with 30,000 Maori and<br />
Pakiha signatories, delivered a stirring<br />
speech to round off the proceedings.<br />
Clarke’s speech was followed by a<br />
powerful haka and karanga performed<br />
by schoolchildren.<br />
Maori was made an official language<br />
after Parliament passed the Maori<br />
Language Act in 1987.
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NEW ZEALAND 11<br />
Celebrating 129 years of New<br />
Zealand Women’s Suffrage<br />
NAVDEEP KAUR MARWAH<br />
<strong>Sep</strong>tember 19 holds<br />
extraordinary importance<br />
in New Zealand’s political<br />
history. Gender equality isn’t<br />
a new concept in NZ, and it<br />
was on this date in the year<br />
1893 that the governor, Lord<br />
Glasgow, signed a new electoral<br />
act into law giving all women<br />
in NZ the right to vote. As a<br />
result, Aotearoa became the<br />
first self-governing country in<br />
the world to extend this right<br />
to all women.<br />
On November 28 1893,<br />
90,290 women cast their votes<br />
in the parliamentary elections, a<br />
far higher turnout of registered<br />
voters (82 percent) than among<br />
male voters (70 percent).<br />
This year on the 129th<br />
anniversary of this day, also<br />
known as Suffrage Day,<br />
here’s what current women<br />
parliamentarians and leaders<br />
have to say about the<br />
significance of this historical<br />
day, for them and for NZ as a<br />
country.<br />
Priyanca Radhakrishnan<br />
Minister for the Community<br />
& Voluntary Sector,<br />
Diversity, Inclusion & Ethnic<br />
Communities, and Youth;<br />
Associate Minister for Social<br />
Development & Employment<br />
and Workplace Relations and<br />
Safety<br />
“I chose to migrate to NZ<br />
all those years ago for a few<br />
different reasons. One of them<br />
was because I loved the fact<br />
that NZ was the first country<br />
where women won the right to<br />
vote.<br />
I worked predominantly in the<br />
women’s right sector prior to<br />
entering Parliament, advocating<br />
for change that improves<br />
the status of women. It is a<br />
privilege to be able to continue<br />
to contribute to that work as<br />
part of our Government.<br />
“When I walk the halls of<br />
parliament, the photos on the<br />
wall are a constant reminder of<br />
how far we’ve come – and also<br />
how much further we have to<br />
go to achieve gender equality<br />
for all, including women of<br />
colour.”<br />
Dr. Megan Woods<br />
Minister of Housing, Minister<br />
of Energy and Resources,<br />
and Minister of Building and<br />
Construction, alongside<br />
Associate Minister of Finance<br />
“Happy Suffrage Day - on<br />
this day in 1893, NZ led the<br />
world when women won the<br />
right to vote.<br />
“On a much less noteworthy<br />
anniversary - It’s also on<br />
this date in 2010 that I was<br />
selected to be the NZ Labour<br />
Party candidate for Wigram.”<br />
Saunoamaali’i<br />
Karanina Sumeo<br />
Equal Employment Opportunity<br />
Commissioner<br />
“<strong>Sep</strong>tember 19 marks 129 years<br />
since women across Aotearoa<br />
NZ fought and earned the right<br />
to vote. This unprecedented<br />
change came about through<br />
a groundbreaking movement<br />
forged by a group of mana<br />
wāhine led by Kate Sheppard.<br />
“It’s heartening to know that<br />
more people believe in gender<br />
equality. The National Council<br />
of Women of NZ’s latest Gender<br />
Attitudes Surveys shows<br />
that around 80% of people<br />
believe gender equality is a<br />
fundamental right.<br />
“While we reflect on how far<br />
we’ve come to achieve gender<br />
equality, there is still a long way<br />
to go for ALL women across<br />
Aotearoa NZ to live a life of<br />
dignity and become equal!”<br />
Angela O’Leary<br />
Hamilton City Councillor<br />
“As we celebrate the 129th<br />
commemoration of New<br />
Zealand Suffrage Day. It’s been<br />
129 years since those giants<br />
that went before us won the<br />
right for women to vote.<br />
“It’s extra special that we<br />
celebrate this occasion as we<br />
start voting all over the country<br />
to elect our next bunch of local<br />
government representatives.<br />
Let’s make sure we all<br />
acknowledge the struggles<br />
those women faced and use our<br />
voices and our votes! Happy<br />
Suffrage Day!”<br />
Naisi Chen<br />
Labour List MP<br />
“Kate Sheppard (the leading<br />
light of the NZ women’s<br />
suffrage movement) and the<br />
suffragette movement are a<br />
source of pride for all<br />
New Zealanders.<br />
Winning the right to vote was<br />
a major step in the pathway to<br />
gender equality – something<br />
we must continue to fight<br />
for today. As part of the<br />
largest contingent of women<br />
ever elected to Parliament at<br />
the 2020 General Election, I<br />
feel a sense of hope but also<br />
responsibility to advance this<br />
cause. As only the second<br />
Chinese woman elected to<br />
Parliament, I am committed to<br />
progress in this space.”<br />
Golriz Ghahraman<br />
Green Party MP<br />
“What a day to honour the<br />
past and celebrate our hardwon<br />
rights by casting a vote in<br />
local elections for progressive,<br />
inclusive candidates. We<br />
celebrate the wins for equality,<br />
those who fought before us,<br />
those still fighting in the face<br />
of death and torture, and those<br />
who will celebrate our wins.”<br />
Nicola Grigg<br />
National Party MP<br />
“Suffrage Day is the day<br />
we celebrate NZ becoming<br />
the first country in the world<br />
to give women the right to<br />
vote. Thanks to the bravery of<br />
women like Kate Sheppard and<br />
the work they did on our behalf<br />
leading up to the historic 1893<br />
law change, women like me are<br />
not only able to vote but also<br />
to become Members<br />
of Parliament in<br />
NZ’s House of<br />
Representatives.<br />
“The white<br />
camelia became<br />
the symbol of<br />
the suffragette<br />
movement as<br />
many supporters<br />
wore them in their<br />
buttonhole, while<br />
opponents wore red.<br />
I am privileged to be the<br />
National Party’s spokesperson<br />
for Women and will continue to<br />
do everything I can to continue<br />
their legacy of pushing for<br />
equality and equity for the<br />
women of NZ.”<br />
Jenny Salesa<br />
Labour Party MP<br />
“On this day in 1893, Aotearoa<br />
New Zealand became the first<br />
self-governing country in the<br />
world in which women had won<br />
the right to vote.<br />
“A little later, over 90,000<br />
New Zealand women went to<br />
the polls on 28 November<br />
1893 - 82% of women eligible<br />
and enrolled.<br />
“In 2022, our Local Body<br />
elections are now on – I<br />
encourage all women to<br />
vote today to celebrate your<br />
right, which was won after a<br />
hard battle by the suffrage<br />
movement.<br />
“Suffrage Day gives us all<br />
the chance to celebrate our<br />
suffrage achievements and<br />
progress on the rights of<br />
women but also to reflect on<br />
how we can continue to support<br />
women in the ongoing fight for<br />
gender equality.”
QUOTE OF THE WEEK<br />
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of <strong>India</strong> was right when he said the<br />
time is not for war. It is not for revenge against the West, or for opposing<br />
the West against the east. It is the time for a collective time for our<br />
sovereign equal states. To cope together with challenges we face.<br />
- French President Emmanuel Macron<br />
Editorial<br />
Optimism must be<br />
based on judgment<br />
and not rhetoric<br />
The unedifying spectacle of elected representatives locking horns in<br />
Parliament over the Labour government’s fiscal policy is matched<br />
only by a lack of direction and definition in the debate. Each political<br />
grouping appears to have its own take on the ground realities of the<br />
economy, leaving the average New Zealander neither better informed nor<br />
hopeful for the future.<br />
Minister of Finance Grant Robertson insists public debt remains under 20%<br />
of GDP, with visions of a surplus in the fiscal years ahead.<br />
While that may look like painting a pretty picture of the economy with<br />
broad strokes, the Opposition National’s approach appears to be to spraypaint<br />
the canvas.<br />
The National Party’s finance spokesperson Nicola Willis catalogues a<br />
litany of government failures, including the Three Waters Reforms, the long<br />
waiting times for emergency treatment, fewer elective surgeries, fewer<br />
children attending school, declining numeracy and literacy rates, state<br />
housing waiting lists quadrupling, and thousands of families checking into<br />
motel rooms with their children.<br />
Willis sees Labour running the biggest spending budget in NZ’s history.<br />
The Labour government appears to be basing its credentials on its<br />
management of the economy through the pandemic. But whether that<br />
model works now that borders have reopened, and the economy needs to<br />
shift gears and get going is a moot question. Robertson’s optimism about<br />
the economy hinges on tourists and international students returning.<br />
A record low unemployment rate of 3.2% has helped shore up tax revenue<br />
beyond the Treasury’s forecasts for financial year 2022 to date.<br />
But a tight labour market remains a key constraint. The government needs<br />
to manage its immigration policies to ensure that demand is not hamstrung<br />
by a shortage of workers as more New Zealanders head overseas. If wages<br />
don’t keep up with rising cost of living, that would provide a push for the<br />
brain drain to Australia and beyond.<br />
If the number of people leaving is not balanced by the number of people<br />
arriving, net immigration can be expected to drop, though the Treasury is<br />
forecasting annual net immigration to gradually increase to around 41,000<br />
by June 2026.<br />
Shortage of workers will retard growth and add to the inflationary spiral.<br />
If the brain drain picks up through 2022 and spills into 20<strong>23</strong>, the<br />
government will be under pressure to further fine tune its policy around<br />
immigration.<br />
The introduction of the Green List intended to make it easier to recruit<br />
overseas migrants for specific ‘hard- to –fill’ skill roles, which also includes<br />
a ‘straight to residence pathway’ for those in select occupations, may fall<br />
short of its objectives.<br />
NZ looks set to continue to struggle to meet its labour requirements for<br />
the foreseeable future, resulting in pressure on wages.<br />
Geographically, New Zealand is an island. Economically, it is not.<br />
The global economic outlook impacts New Zealand at the best and worst<br />
of times. Key drivers include the war in Ukraine and China’s Covid 19<br />
management which is hampering that country’s economy.<br />
But the Labour government’s optimism on exports would appear to be<br />
borne out. Notwithstanding Covid, merchandise exports rose while primary<br />
sector exports have for the first time crossed $15 billion, belying fears of<br />
supply line disruptions.<br />
On the domestic front, however, the government’s cost- of-living dole<br />
of $350 for those earning less than $70,000 a year, delivered in three<br />
monthly installments, which is aimed at offsetting the rise in cost of living,<br />
appears to have boomeranged, at least as a public relations move as an<br />
election year approaches.<br />
National was quick to pounce when the government bungled by delivering<br />
the cost-of-living largesse to a non-targeted segment of the population living<br />
overseas. Around 2.1 million New Zealanders are estimated to benefit from<br />
the cost-of-living payments. Along with other subsidies on public transport<br />
and fuel, the government’s total support package tips $1 billion.<br />
With the Treasury now acknowledging that inflationary trends are embedded<br />
in the economy, it is hoped that the Labour government’s optimism about<br />
the economy is based on sound judgment rather than rhetoric.<br />
IN FOCUS : Picture of the week<br />
<strong>India</strong>n External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, on a 10-day official<br />
visit to the United States, met with his Brazilian counterpart Carlos<br />
Franca and South African Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla. The trio<br />
reaffirmed the cooperation between <strong>India</strong>, Brazil and South Africa.<br />
This week in New Zealand’s history<br />
24 <strong>Sep</strong>tember 1917<br />
Bere Ferrers rail accident<br />
Ten New Zealand soldiers were killed when they were hit by a train at Bere<br />
Ferrers in southern England. The accident occurred as troops from the 28th<br />
Reinforcements for the NZ Expeditionary Force were being transported from<br />
Plymouth to Sling Camp on Salisbury Plain.<br />
25 <strong>Sep</strong>tember 1951<br />
Māori Women’s Welfare League established<br />
Eighty-seven delegates attended the first day of the inaugural conference of<br />
the Māori Women’s Welfare League in Wellington. Dame Whina Cooper was<br />
appointed as president.<br />
28 <strong>Sep</strong>tember 1899<br />
New Zealand answers the empire’s call to arms<br />
Premier Richard ‘King Dick’ Seddon asked Parliament to approve an offer to the<br />
British government of a contingent of mounted riflemen to serve in South Africa.<br />
Amid emotional scenes, the members overwhelmingly endorsed the motion – only<br />
five voted against it.<br />
29 <strong>Sep</strong>tember 1862<br />
New Zealand’s first professional opera performance<br />
Dunedin’s Royal Princess Theatre was the venue for a performance of<br />
Donizetti’s Daughter of the regiment by the visiting English Opera Troupe,<br />
supplemented by local performers.<br />
30 <strong>Sep</strong>tember 1972<br />
New Christchurch Town Hall opens<br />
Designed by prominent Christchurch architects Warren and Mahoney, the Brutalist<br />
(blocky, using lots of concrete) structure was officially opened by Governor-<br />
General Sir Denis Blundell.<br />
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NEW ZEALAND 13<br />
‘Lack of community centre,<br />
library, road safety main<br />
issues in Botany, Howick’<br />
SANDEEP SINGH<br />
Ajay Bal – a wellknown<br />
business and<br />
community leader and<br />
candidate for Howick local<br />
board elections, is campaigning<br />
on three key issues - lack of a<br />
community centre, a library<br />
and road safety issues in the<br />
Botany-Howick area to inspire<br />
voters to cast their votes for<br />
him in the local elections 2022.<br />
Ajay was speaking with<br />
the <strong>India</strong>n <strong>Weekender</strong> and<br />
responding to the question<br />
of the main issues that he<br />
was standing for, and he<br />
thinks would make a genuine<br />
difference if elected to the<br />
position of local community<br />
board member.<br />
Responding to the question,<br />
Bal emphatically said, “We do<br />
not have a community centre<br />
which could fit 100 or 150<br />
people together. If we have to<br />
organise a community event,<br />
then either we have to go<br />
Howick or we have to go to the<br />
other side of the motorway –<br />
Papatoetoe. The second thing<br />
Ajay Bal<br />
is that we do not have a leisure<br />
centre in the area.”<br />
When pointed if this lack of<br />
two key public amenities in<br />
the neighbourhood challenged<br />
the generally held perception<br />
that the Botany and Flatbush<br />
suburbs were a bit flashy,<br />
Bal was quick to say that<br />
those were relatively new<br />
developments and there were<br />
plans in place for eventually<br />
building community and<br />
leisure centres.<br />
“However, as of now, the plan<br />
to build such public amenities<br />
is relatively delayed, and I am<br />
campaigning to advocate for<br />
bringing forward those plans<br />
and expedite the construction<br />
of much-needed community<br />
and leisure centres,” Bal said.<br />
Explaining further the role<br />
of local community boards<br />
in spending the ratepayer’s<br />
money on public amenities<br />
based on priorities and<br />
identified gaps, Bal said, “I feel<br />
confident that once elected,<br />
I will be able to advocate for<br />
expediting investment towards<br />
these two immediate priorities<br />
of building a community and<br />
leisure centre.”<br />
Sharing one of the biggest<br />
challenges in his election<br />
campaign so far, which is<br />
probably shared mutually<br />
by many other fellow Kiwi-<br />
<strong>India</strong>n and ethnic candidates,<br />
Bal said, “Getting voters,<br />
particularly within our Kiwi-<br />
<strong>India</strong>n community inspired<br />
enough to cast their votes was<br />
the biggest challenge.”<br />
“There is much palpable<br />
support when you meet people<br />
individually while door knocking<br />
or at community events, yet<br />
there is always an element of<br />
uncertainty if it will eventually<br />
translate into votes, which is<br />
what actually matters,” Bal<br />
emphasised.<br />
Currently, voting is open<br />
for Auckland’s local council,<br />
including the Mayor, with<br />
postal ballots having arrived<br />
in letterboxes of Auckland<br />
residents and votes being<br />
accepted till mid-day, October<br />
8. Reiterating his key message<br />
to prospective voters in the<br />
community, Bal concluded by<br />
saying, “It is high time for the<br />
community to vote in local<br />
elections and ensure there is<br />
enough representation and<br />
diversity on decision tables.”<br />
• Continued from Page 3<br />
Moving on, we got in touch<br />
with New Zealand Customs,<br />
which protects and promotes<br />
NZ through border management,<br />
about the need and future of<br />
NZTD. A Customs spokesperson<br />
said that NZTD is still needed for<br />
contact tracing in case a new<br />
variant is detected.<br />
The spokesperson said,<br />
“Air travellers to NZ still need<br />
to provide information, through<br />
their NZTD before departure for<br />
NZ, for contact tracing purposes<br />
in case of a new Covid-19 variant<br />
of concern being detected. In the<br />
event of a variant of concern,<br />
this information may be used by<br />
health agencies.<br />
"In the longer term, the NZTD<br />
system will provide a platform to<br />
manage future risks such as other<br />
pandemics or new biosecurity<br />
threats.”<br />
The spokesperson confirmed<br />
that the travellers no longer need<br />
to upload proof of vaccination as<br />
part of their Traveller Declaration.<br />
The spokesperson further<br />
revealed that by June 20<strong>23</strong>,<br />
digital NZTD would likely replace<br />
the current paper arrival card.<br />
“By June 20<strong>23</strong>, the NZTD<br />
will enable travellers to<br />
digitally complete their<br />
full travel declaration including<br />
customs, immigration, and<br />
biosecurity declarations as well<br />
as health risk assessments as<br />
required. It is intended that<br />
this will replace the current<br />
paper arrival card”, said the<br />
spokesperson.<br />
Tanya Mehra
14 INDIA<br />
Prime Minister Narendra<br />
Modi was right when<br />
he said that the time is<br />
not for war, France President<br />
Emmanuel Macron said at<br />
the ongoing 77th session of<br />
the United Nations General<br />
Assembly in New York City.<br />
"Narendra Modi, the Prime<br />
Minister of <strong>India</strong> was right when<br />
he said the time is not for war.<br />
It is not for revenge against<br />
the West, or for opposing the<br />
West against the east. It is the<br />
time for a collective time for<br />
our sovereign equal states. To<br />
cope together with challenges<br />
we face," he said.<br />
This statement came in<br />
reference to PM Modi and<br />
Russia's President Vladimir<br />
Putin's conversation where the<br />
former said, "Today's era is not<br />
of war and I have spoken to you<br />
about it on the call. Today we<br />
will get the opportunity to talk<br />
about how we can progress on<br />
the path of peace. <strong>India</strong> and<br />
Russia have stayed together<br />
with each other for several<br />
decades." Prime Minister spoke<br />
this during a bilateral meeting<br />
on the sidelines of the Shanghai<br />
Cooperation Organization's<br />
summit in Uzbekistan's<br />
Samarkand.<br />
"We spoke several times on<br />
the phone about <strong>India</strong>-Russia<br />
bilateral relations and various<br />
issues. We should find ways to<br />
address the problems of food,<br />
fuel security and fertilizers.<br />
I want to thank Russia and<br />
Ukraine for helping us to<br />
evacuate our students from<br />
Ukraine," PM Modi added.<br />
Responding to PM Modi,<br />
Russian President Vladimir<br />
Putin said that he knows about<br />
<strong>India</strong>'s position on the Ukraine<br />
conflict and "we want all of this<br />
to end as soon as possible".<br />
"I know about your position<br />
on the Ukraine conflict. I know<br />
about your concerns. We want<br />
all of this to end as soon as<br />
possible," Putin said.<br />
"But the other party, the<br />
leadership of Ukraine has<br />
claimed... that they refuse<br />
to engage in the negotiation<br />
process. They said they want<br />
to achieve their objectives,<br />
Friday, <strong>23</strong> <strong>Sep</strong>tember, 2022<br />
Piyush Goyal meets NZ Trade<br />
Minister Damien O’Connor<br />
Union Minister of<br />
Commerce and<br />
Industry Piyush Goyal<br />
on Tuesday met with the New<br />
Zealand Minister of Trade and<br />
Agriculture, Damien O'Connor<br />
and held a discussion on the<br />
economic ties between the two<br />
countries.<br />
"Met New Zealand's Minister<br />
for Trade & Export Growth<br />
@DamienOConnorMP. Both<br />
countries are keen to build<br />
on their existing strong trade<br />
& economic ties and expand<br />
partnerships across new &<br />
emerging sectors," Goyal<br />
tweeted. NZ Trade Minister is<br />
meeting with counterparts in<br />
<strong>India</strong> this week to strengthen<br />
trade relationships.<br />
"Spectacular outlook from<br />
my meeting today with<br />
friend and trade colleague @<br />
PiyushGoyal,"Damien<br />
O'connor tweeted.<br />
Earlier, Minister Damien met<br />
Jaishankar began his<br />
hectic diplomatic week<br />
with a series of bilateral<br />
and multilateral engagements<br />
on the sidelines of the highlevel<br />
session.<br />
External Affairs Minister<br />
S Jaishankar reiterated<br />
<strong>India</strong>’s deep commitment<br />
to multilateralism during his<br />
meeting with President of<br />
the 77th session of the UN<br />
General Assembly Csaba Korosi<br />
“discussed the criticality” of<br />
Sustainable Development Goals<br />
agenda for global progress.<br />
“Delighted to meet @<br />
UN_PGA Csaba Korösi at UN<br />
headquarters. Congratulated<br />
him on his priorities for<br />
#UNGA77. Assured him<br />
of <strong>India</strong>’s fullest support.<br />
New Zealand Minister of Trade and Agriculture, Damien O'Connor and <strong>India</strong>n Union<br />
Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal<br />
with the Minister for Agriculture<br />
and Farmers' Welfare Narendra<br />
Singh Tomar. The two ministers<br />
discussed a number of<br />
topics related to agriculture<br />
and agricultural trade in<br />
both countries.<br />
"Great meeting my<br />
counterpart Minister for<br />
Agriculture and Farmers'<br />
Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar.<br />
We have a shared commitment<br />
to strong rural communities,<br />
and I look forward to building<br />
PM Modi was right, time is<br />
not for war: Macron At UN<br />
Discussed the criticality of SDG<br />
agenda for global progress.<br />
Shared <strong>India</strong>n experiences<br />
in that regard. Reiterated<br />
<strong>India</strong>’s deep commitment to<br />
multilateralism,” Jaishankar<br />
tweeted Monday.<br />
Jaishankar, in New York<br />
for the high-level UN General<br />
Assembly session, began<br />
his hectic diplomatic week<br />
with a series of bilateral and<br />
our partnership through<br />
increased dialogue on all<br />
things agriculture," Damien<br />
O'connor tweeted.<br />
The NZ minister also held<br />
a bilateral meeting with the<br />
Union Minister of Fisheries,<br />
Animal Husbandry and Dairying,<br />
Parshottam Rupala and<br />
discussed the potential bilateral<br />
cooperation to strengthen Foot<br />
and Mouth Disease capability<br />
with him to advance <strong>India</strong>'s and<br />
New Zealand's primary sectors.<br />
multilateral engagements on<br />
the sidelines of the high-level<br />
session.<br />
Official sources said that<br />
while issues such as UN<br />
reform and inter-governmental<br />
negotiations are more closely<br />
associated with the office of<br />
the President of the General<br />
Assembly, for <strong>India</strong> it is<br />
important that Korosi has a<br />
strong social development<br />
During the meeting, both<br />
sides felt that there is much<br />
to learn from each other in the<br />
related fields. The cooperation<br />
discussed today will help<br />
enhance bilateral cooperation<br />
between the two countries.<br />
Both the dignitaries discussed<br />
various ideas to further<br />
strengthen the close and unique<br />
<strong>India</strong>-New Zealand friendship.<br />
<strong>India</strong> and NZ historically share<br />
close and cordial ties.<br />
Diplomatic<br />
relations<br />
between the two countries<br />
were established in 1952.<br />
Commonalities<br />
such<br />
as membership of the<br />
Commonwealth, upholding of<br />
common law practices and<br />
pursuing shared aspirations<br />
of achieving economic<br />
development and prosperity<br />
through democratic governance<br />
systems provide an excellent<br />
backdrop for deepening<br />
ongoing ties.<br />
as they say, on the battlefield<br />
militarily. We will keep you<br />
abreast of everything that<br />
is happening over there," he<br />
added. "The rare reproach<br />
showed the 69-year-old<br />
Russian strongman coming<br />
under extraordinary pressure<br />
from all sides," the Post said.<br />
Putin said that relations<br />
between Russia and <strong>India</strong> are<br />
in the nature of a privileged<br />
strategic<br />
partnership<br />
and continue to develop<br />
very rapidly.<br />
Jaishankar reiterates <strong>India</strong>’s deep commitment to<br />
multilateralism in meeting with UNGA president<br />
commitment, with focus on<br />
issues important for <strong>India</strong> as<br />
well as for the developing<br />
countries and global South.<br />
Sources added that <strong>India</strong><br />
believes that the global agenda<br />
should focus much more on the<br />
genuine, pressing needs of the<br />
international community, which<br />
currently are energy security<br />
concerns, food security<br />
concerns, fertilizer and health<br />
concerns, debt concerns and<br />
trade disruption concerns.<br />
The sources stressed that<br />
there is a growing sense in the<br />
world that these issues are<br />
not getting their fair share of<br />
attention and expressed hope<br />
that the new UN PGA would<br />
focus on such issues.<br />
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<strong>India</strong> will overtake<br />
UK to become 3rd<br />
largest economy by<br />
end of decade: UK<br />
High Commissioner<br />
<strong>India</strong> will overtake the United<br />
Kingdom to become the<br />
third largest economy by<br />
the end of the decade and thus<br />
New Delhi and London need<br />
to work together, British High<br />
Commissioner to <strong>India</strong>, Alex Ellis<br />
said on Tuesday.<br />
"For two economies roughly<br />
the same size, <strong>India</strong> will grow<br />
fast overtaking the UK to<br />
become the third largest<br />
economy by end of the decade,<br />
thus both need to work<br />
together," Ellis said at the <strong>India</strong>-<br />
UK business outreach trade and<br />
investment alliances program<br />
in New Delhi. He further said,<br />
"The UK has left European<br />
Union is an opportunity to write<br />
our own rules which can really<br />
work well with <strong>India</strong> as there is<br />
political will... PM Modi and the<br />
UK PM Liz Truss spoke just over<br />
a week ago and had a very good<br />
conversation."<br />
Earlier, UK High Commissioner<br />
told ANI that New Delhi<br />
and London have the high<br />
ambition of completing the<br />
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)<br />
by Diwali this year, which will<br />
increase employment and bring<br />
economic development to <strong>India</strong><br />
over the next 25 years.<br />
On being asked, if it could<br />
be a "Diwali Dhamaka", the UK<br />
High Commissioner nodded,<br />
saying, "I hope so."<br />
"I think we have high ambition<br />
on completing the FTA by<br />
Diwali. The FTA will create more<br />
jobs, more growth, and more<br />
opportunities for <strong>India</strong> to grow<br />
and develop," he added.<br />
The bilateral trade between<br />
<strong>India</strong> and the UK is likely to<br />
double by 2030 from the<br />
current level helped by greater<br />
economic engagements<br />
between the two countries,<br />
diversification of global supply<br />
chains, and overall ease of doing<br />
business, as per an industry<br />
report released last month.<br />
According to the report,<br />
618 UK companies have been<br />
identified in <strong>India</strong> that together<br />
employ approximately 4.66 lakh<br />
people and have a combined<br />
turnover of Rs 3,634.9 billion.<br />
58 of these 618 companies<br />
featured in the report's Growth<br />
Tracker (companies with<br />
turnover greater than Rs 500<br />
million and 10 per cent yearon-year<br />
growth) - these fastgrowing<br />
UK companies achieved<br />
an average growth of 36.3 per<br />
cent, which is a 10 per cent<br />
jump from 2021 where fastgrowing<br />
UK companies clocked<br />
an average growth rate of 26<br />
per cent.<br />
Meanwhile, last month the<br />
two countries concluded the<br />
fifth round of talks for the Free<br />
Trade Agreement (FTA), as per<br />
the Ministry of Commerce and<br />
Industry.
Read online www.iwk.co.nz Friday, 9 <strong>Sep</strong>tember, 2022<br />
WORLD 15<br />
Queen Elizabeth's<br />
funeral: For one<br />
day, the nation<br />
stood still<br />
It was a day when people<br />
stood still - on the streets<br />
and in their homes - to<br />
witness Queen Elizabeth II's<br />
final journey.<br />
Royals and world leaders were<br />
inside Westminster Abbey. But<br />
outside there were many more,<br />
ordinary mourners lining the<br />
streets of central London. And<br />
further beyond - in living rooms<br />
and parks, in pubs, cinemas<br />
and town squares - the British<br />
public marked the first state<br />
funeral for nearly six decades in<br />
millions of individual ways.<br />
Large crowds gathered in<br />
central London on Monday<br />
to pay their respects to<br />
Queen Elizabeth II as she<br />
made her final journey from<br />
Westminster to Windsor.<br />
The coffin, topped with the<br />
Royal Standard and Imperial<br />
State Crown, was carried to<br />
Westminster Abbey on the<br />
State Gun Carriage of the Royal<br />
Navy, drawn by 142 sailors.<br />
King Charles III and other senior<br />
members of the Royal Family<br />
followed behind on foot.<br />
Streets around Westminster<br />
were packed with people hoping<br />
to catch a glimpse of the<br />
procession from Westminster<br />
Hall to the Abbey, where the<br />
funeral service was held.<br />
Some 2,000 guests were<br />
inside the Abbey for the<br />
funeral service, including wider<br />
members of the Royal Family<br />
and dozens of world leaders<br />
and politicians from across<br />
the globe. While the streets<br />
of Westminster were packed,<br />
other parts of London were<br />
eerily quiet with many people<br />
using the Bank Holiday to gather<br />
round TV screens at home to<br />
watch the historic events.<br />
Big Ben tolled at one-minute<br />
intervals as the procession<br />
made its way slowly through<br />
the streets of the capital. Gun<br />
salutes were also fired every<br />
minute from Hyde Park.<br />
Among the personal touches<br />
was a handwritten message<br />
from the King, which was<br />
placed with a wreath of flowers<br />
cut from the gardens of<br />
Buckingham Palace, Highgrove<br />
House and Clarence House<br />
at his request. It read: "In<br />
loving and devoted memory.<br />
Charles R."<br />
After the coffin was<br />
transferred from carriage to<br />
hearse at Wellington Arch,<br />
it then travelled by road to<br />
Windsor Castle. There were<br />
further crowds of people along<br />
the route and thousands more<br />
waiting in Windsor, where there<br />
was another short procession.<br />
Two of the Queen’s corgis,<br />
Muick and Sandy, were also<br />
waiting for the procession at<br />
Windsor Castle - as was Emma,<br />
the late monarch's pony.<br />
There was a final ceremony at<br />
St George's Chapel in Windsor<br />
Castle, where the Imperial State<br />
Crown and the Orb and Sceptre<br />
were removed from the coffin<br />
by the Crown Jeweller. They will<br />
eventually be returned to the<br />
Tower of London.
16 ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Raju Srivastava death:<br />
Anil Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav,<br />
Vivek Agnihotri pay tributes<br />
Raju Srivastava died at<br />
the age of 58 in Delhi.<br />
Several Bollywood<br />
celebrities paid their tribute<br />
to the comedian on social<br />
media platforms.<br />
Comedian Raju Srivastava,<br />
who made a mark as a standup<br />
comic and also featured in<br />
films, died on Wednesday after<br />
over 40 days of hospitalisation.<br />
Raju died at the age of 58 in<br />
Delhi's AIIMS.<br />
He was admitted after<br />
suffering a heart attack on<br />
August 10 while working out at<br />
a Delhi hotel gym.<br />
Several Bollywood celebrities<br />
grieved his death on social<br />
media platforms and paid<br />
Vivek Agnihotri has message<br />
for Oscar entry Chhello Show,<br />
The Kashmir Files fans<br />
Vivek Agnihotri has<br />
wished Chhello Show<br />
'best film award'<br />
at the Oscars.<br />
He has also shared a message<br />
for fans of The Kashmir Files.<br />
Filmmaker<br />
Vivek<br />
Agnihotri has wished Pan Nalindirectorial<br />
Chhello Show the<br />
'best film award' at the 95th<br />
Academy Awards.<br />
Taking to Twitter, Vivek<br />
also shared a message for<br />
those fans ‘rooting for' his<br />
film The Kashmir Files for the<br />
Oscars. Vivek shared a poster<br />
of the film, titled Last Film<br />
Show in English.<br />
Vivek captioned the post,<br />
"A big congratulations<br />
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan<br />
has turned narrator for a new<br />
series titled 'The Journey<br />
of <strong>India</strong>'. The show will commemorate<br />
<strong>India</strong>'s tapestry of heritage, innovation<br />
and contemporary marvels that have<br />
paved the way for cutting-edge<br />
advancement. Arjun Nohwar, General<br />
tribute. Taking to his Instagram<br />
Stories, Anil Kapoor posted a<br />
photo from their film together<br />
and wrote, "Om Shanti."<br />
Film director Vivek<br />
Agnihotri shared a video<br />
message on Twitter.<br />
He credited Raju for solely<br />
to the entire team of<br />
#LastFilmShow (Chhello Show)<br />
for being selected as <strong>India</strong>’s<br />
official entry.<br />
Wishing them the best film<br />
Manager- South Asia, Warner Bros.<br />
Discovery said, "As <strong>India</strong> celebrates<br />
75 years of Independence, this<br />
commemorative new series reflects<br />
Warner Bros. Discovery's commitment<br />
to bringing to life unique stories that<br />
inspire. We are proud to work with the<br />
iconic Amitabh Bachchan to take the<br />
shouldering the trend of<br />
stand-up comedy. He wrote<br />
in Hindi, "There is no such<br />
friend or stranger whom Raju<br />
Srivastava did not make laugh.<br />
Raju brother, gone too soon.<br />
You were a true legend of<br />
stand-up comedy. Om Shanti<br />
#RajuShrivastava."<br />
Actor Ajay Devgn posted a<br />
black and white photo of Raju<br />
on Twitter.<br />
He said, "In your lifetime you<br />
gifted us laughs & more laughs,<br />
on & off the screen.<br />
Your untimely demise makes<br />
me very sad. RIP Raju. Om<br />
Shanti. May the Almighty give<br />
your family strength in this<br />
hour of bereavement."<br />
award at the #Oscars20<strong>23</strong>. I<br />
thank all the well-wishers and<br />
especially media which was<br />
rooting for #TheKashmirFiles<br />
(folded hands emojis)."<br />
Friday, <strong>23</strong> <strong>Sep</strong>tember, 2022<br />
Deepika Singh, who<br />
grew up in a joint<br />
family in Delhi, said she<br />
faced many difficulties in her<br />
childhood that have made her a<br />
strong person.<br />
Deepika Singh, who rose to<br />
fame after starring as the lead<br />
in the Star Plus show Diya Aur<br />
Baati Hum, has said that one<br />
of the reasons acting attracted<br />
her was that she saw it as<br />
a jackpot. This was because<br />
the actor, who grew up in a<br />
joint family in Delhi, saw many<br />
financial crises while she was<br />
growing up.<br />
Deepika, who is the eldest<br />
of four siblings, said she had<br />
a nice childhood but also saw<br />
many ups and downs. She<br />
also recalled that she and her<br />
siblings were once sent back<br />
home from school without their<br />
bags as their bus fees weren't<br />
paid on time.<br />
The actor told Pinkvilla, "After<br />
school, I'd go to my papa's<br />
factory because my school<br />
bus didn't go to Paharganj. I<br />
was at Airforce school till 8th<br />
standard, then I shifted to a<br />
government school.<br />
And it was I who went to<br />
the principal, showed my mark<br />
sheets, and report cards, and<br />
got admission on my own<br />
because my father didn't want<br />
me to leave the last school.<br />
But I was observing that<br />
because of our financial crisis,<br />
the fees for the school bus<br />
are not being paid.<br />
My principal at Airforce school<br />
told me that 'agar aapke bas<br />
ki nahi hai to itne bade school<br />
mein kyun aate ho (Why do you<br />
come to such a big school if you<br />
can't afford it). That gave me a<br />
audience on a vibrant journey of <strong>India</strong>,<br />
capturing the ethos of the nation, its<br />
diverse culture and the spirit of its<br />
people."<br />
Spanning a wide range of subjects, this<br />
one-of-a-kind series provides an in-depth<br />
look at the nation's progress, influences<br />
and accomplishments during the past 75<br />
Read online www.iwk.co.nz<br />
Deepika Singh recalls<br />
principal’s cruel words<br />
when dad went bankrupt:<br />
‘Agar apke bas ki nahi hai...'<br />
kick that I want to do something<br />
so big that this school<br />
regrets it later."<br />
She also recalled, "I saw<br />
many downfalls that made me<br />
very strong. My father had an<br />
embroidery factory but it was<br />
facing many losses. When we<br />
were little, a shipment had<br />
gone from Mumbai to America,<br />
but then the plague spread<br />
around the same time so<br />
they burned it thinking it may<br />
have been infected.<br />
There were a lot of loans, my<br />
father went kind of bankrupt.<br />
But he still managed for 2-3<br />
years before he met with an<br />
accident and was put on bed<br />
rest for a year.<br />
"We didn't feel its impact<br />
too much when we were at<br />
home with our big family but<br />
did feel it at school when the<br />
fees won't go. I was old enough<br />
to see those things. We would<br />
get taunts. This one time<br />
they kept our school bags and<br />
sent me and my sister home<br />
without them. Those things<br />
made us understand that our<br />
time has changed."<br />
When Mahesh Bhatt compared Alia<br />
Bhatt to Smita Patil: ‘Why shouldn’t I…'<br />
Actor Alia Bhatt recently<br />
received the Smita Patil<br />
Memorial Award for best<br />
actor. While she celebrated<br />
the milestone with an<br />
announcement on Instagram,<br />
let’s rewind to the time when<br />
filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt<br />
reasoned why his daughter<br />
Alia is similar to the iconic<br />
Smita Patil. During an interview,<br />
he cited the example of Alia<br />
who had been working for<br />
only four years back then. The<br />
filmmaker said that Alia, like<br />
many other actors, has the<br />
potential to follow the path of<br />
Smita Patil who excelled in both<br />
commercial and experimental<br />
movies from a young age.<br />
Mahesh said, “There is a new<br />
dawn and new energy. There is<br />
a new beginning, I must say. I<br />
see a lot more actors, including<br />
a few regional and parallel<br />
cinema actresses and also my<br />
daughter Alia Bhatt walking the<br />
way this great actor Smita did<br />
way back in time. She could act<br />
both in commercial and parallel<br />
films and not become clichéd.”<br />
“Why shouldn't I mention my<br />
daughter Alia? She has done<br />
Highway and also some lighter<br />
roles at a very young age. She<br />
can do both commercial and<br />
experimental films as she has<br />
grown up seeing Smita Patil and<br />
Shabana Azmi's movies by my<br />
production house," he added.<br />
Amitabh Bachchan turns narrator for new series 'The Journey of <strong>India</strong>'<br />
years; from technological advancements,<br />
successful space missions, the world<br />
of cinema, fascinating stories of faith<br />
found across the length and breadth of<br />
the country to diverse food culture.<br />
'The Journey of <strong>India</strong>' will premiere<br />
in <strong>India</strong> on October 10. More details<br />
regarding the series are awaited.
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Technology<br />
Apple confirms serious new<br />
problems for iPhone 14 buyers<br />
Apple's new iOS 16 operating<br />
system is about to get its first<br />
significant set of bug fixes,<br />
including those that will address users'<br />
complaints over shaky cameras when<br />
using some apps, and a frustrating copy<br />
and paste bug that asks users far too<br />
often if an app has permission to access<br />
their clipboard, among other things.<br />
Apple's aim with the paste permissions<br />
feature was to protect users' privacy,<br />
as the prompt highlights when apps are<br />
reading the clipboard where sensitive<br />
data could be stored -- even when users<br />
may not be aware that's happening.<br />
TikTok, for instance, was found guilty<br />
of snooping on clipboard data, as were<br />
dozens of other iOS apps. But the prompt<br />
is not supposed to appear repeatedly, as<br />
it's doing in iOS 16, which is distracting<br />
and annoying.<br />
Breaking down the problems, Apple<br />
states that “After setting up your<br />
iPhone, you might experience one or<br />
more of the following issues”:<br />
• You can't receive iMessages or<br />
FaceTime calls.<br />
• You see a green message bubble<br />
instead of a blue one when you send<br />
a message to another Apple device.<br />
• Conversations in Messages show up<br />
as two separate threads, instead of<br />
one.<br />
Apple recommends that users update<br />
to iOS 16.0.1 “to resolve this”, but a)<br />
these bugs are not listed in the iOS<br />
16.0.1 release notes, and b) Apple<br />
suggests backup steps if you’re “still<br />
having issues” after updating. These are:<br />
• In the Settings app, tap ‘Cellular’. Make<br />
sure that your phone line is turned on.<br />
If you use multiple SIMs, make sure<br />
that the phone number you want to<br />
use is selected and turned on.<br />
• In the Settings app, tap ‘Messages’.<br />
Then tap ‘Send & Receive’.<br />
• Tap the phone number that you want<br />
to use with Messages.<br />
• Go back in the Settings app, and tap<br />
‘FaceTime’.<br />
• Tap the phone number that you want<br />
to use with FaceTime.<br />
The news of the iOS 16 update to<br />
address this issue and others was<br />
first reported by The Wall St. Journal.<br />
MacRumors additionally confirmed, via<br />
a reader email exchange with an Apple<br />
exec, that the annoying paste pop-ups<br />
was not intended behavior and would<br />
soon be fixed.<br />
The exec suggested the issue was<br />
not one that was caught internally, but<br />
admitted other users had experienced<br />
the same problem.<br />
Apple also confirmed to TechCrunch it<br />
was aware of the issues and noted a fix<br />
would be out next week.<br />
While the developer and public beta<br />
builds for iOS 16 had been relatively<br />
stable this time around, a full public<br />
Apple confirms iPhone 14 Pro camera prone to<br />
shake, rattle in apps like TikTok and Instagram; fix<br />
for issue on the way<br />
release of a new operating system<br />
often uncovers new issues that weren't<br />
discovered during testing phases -- in<br />
some cases because those issues don't<br />
impact all users.<br />
That seems to be the case with the<br />
camera shaking issue, for example,<br />
which had been reported by some early<br />
adopters on social media.<br />
They found select photo-sharing apps<br />
like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram<br />
would record shaky videos when the<br />
rear-facing camera was used from inside<br />
the social media app, and their new<br />
iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max would make<br />
loud noises. This problem didn't occur<br />
when using Apple's first-party camera<br />
app, however, indicating the issue is<br />
rooted in software.<br />
This is not a universal bug, as it turns<br />
out, but Apple hasn't explained why<br />
some users encountered this problem<br />
and others did not. Here at TechCrunch,<br />
for instance, no one could replicate the<br />
issue when testing Apple's new devices,<br />
including the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max,<br />
running iOS 16.<br />
Some other iPhone 14 Pro users also<br />
said their phones became unresponsive<br />
when restoring from iCloud and<br />
transferring data from older iPhones, the<br />
Journal reported.<br />
This will be addressed in the upcoming<br />
update, as well, it noted.<br />
Apple has not indicated which day<br />
next week users can expect the update,<br />
but if you're impacted by any of these<br />
issues, you may want to visit the iPhone<br />
Settings to check for the update directly.<br />
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A big, bountiful salad is the best way to celebrate delicious seasonal produce!<br />
Broccoli salad<br />
Ingredients<br />
• 1 pound broccoli crowns<br />
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil<br />
• 3 tablespoons mayo, I like Sir<br />
Kensington's or vegan mayo<br />
• 1½ tablespoons apple cider vinegar<br />
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard<br />
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup or honey<br />
• 1 garlic clove, minced<br />
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt, more to taste<br />
• cup diced red onions<br />
• cup dried cranberries<br />
• Smoky tamari almonds<br />
• ½ cup almonds<br />
• ½ cup pepitas<br />
• 1 tablespoon tamari<br />
• ½ teaspoon maple syrup<br />
• ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika, more to<br />
taste<br />
Methods<br />
• Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a<br />
baking sheet with parchment paper.<br />
• Chop the broccoli florets into ½-inch pieces<br />
and any remaining stems into ¼-inch dice.<br />
Peel any woody or course parts from the<br />
stem first.<br />
• In the bottom of a large bowl, whisk<br />
together the olive oil, mayo, apple cider<br />
vinegar, mustard, maple syrup, garlic, and<br />
Ingredients<br />
Carrot Ginger Dressing<br />
• ½ cup chopped roasted carrots, from 3/4<br />
cup raw carrots<br />
• 1/3 to ½ cup water<br />
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil<br />
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar<br />
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger<br />
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt<br />
• Salad<br />
• 1 batch Roasted Chickpeas<br />
• 1 bunch curly kale, stems removed, leaves<br />
torn<br />
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice<br />
• ½ teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil<br />
• 1 small carrot, grated<br />
• 1 small red beet, grated*<br />
• ½ watermelon radish, very thinly sliced<br />
• 1 avocado, cubed<br />
• 2 tablespoons dried cranberries<br />
• ¼ cup pepitas, toasted<br />
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds<br />
• Sea salt & Freshly ground black pepper<br />
Instruction<br />
• Make the dressing and roast the chickpeas:<br />
Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a large<br />
baking sheet with parchment paper.<br />
• Toss the chickpeas with a drizzle of olive<br />
oil and sprinkle with pinches of salt and<br />
pepper. Place the carrot pieces for the<br />
dressing in their own corner on the baking<br />
sheet to roast alongside the chickpeas.<br />
Roast for 25 to minutes, or until the<br />
chickpeas are browned and crisp and the<br />
salt.<br />
• Add the broccoli, onions, and cranberries<br />
and toss to coat.<br />
• Place the almonds and pepitas on the<br />
baking sheet, toss with the tamari, maple<br />
syrup, and smoked paprika and spread into<br />
a thin layer. Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until<br />
golden brown.<br />
• Remove from the oven and let cool for 5<br />
minutes (they’ll get crispier as they sit).<br />
• Toss the almonds and pepitas into the<br />
salad, reserving a few to sprinkle on top.<br />
Season to taste and serve.<br />
Kale salad with carrot ginger dressing<br />
carrots are soft. Set the roasted chickpeas<br />
aside. Transfer the carrots to a blender<br />
and add the water, olive oil, rice vinegar,<br />
ginger, and salt.<br />
• Blend the dressing until smooth and chill<br />
in the Place the kale leaves into a large<br />
bowl and drizzle with the lemon juice, ½<br />
teaspoon of olive oil, and a few pinches of<br />
salt.<br />
• Use your hands to massage the leaves until<br />
they become soft and wilted and reduce in<br />
the bowl by about half.<br />
• Add the carrot, beet, watermelon radish,<br />
half of the cubed avocado, cranberries,<br />
pepitas, a few more good pinches of salt<br />
and a few grinds of pepper, and toss.<br />
Drizzle generously with the carrot ginger<br />
dressing.<br />
• Top with the remaining avocado, more<br />
dressing, the roasted chickpeas and<br />
sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Season to<br />
taste and serve.<br />
Notes - Make the dressing ahead so it has<br />
time to chill in the fridge before adding to<br />
the salad.<br />
Healthy taco salad<br />
Ingredients<br />
• 2 corn tortillas, sliced into strips<br />
• Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling<br />
• 1 medium head romaine<br />
lettuce, chopped<br />
• 1 cup shredded red cabbage<br />
• ½ cup cooked black<br />
beans, drained and rinsed<br />
• 2 red radishes, thinly sliced<br />
• ½ cup sliced cherry tomatoes<br />
and/or pico de gallo<br />
• 1 avocado, sliced<br />
• Jalapeno slices, optional<br />
• Cilantro Lime Dressing, the<br />
creamy avocado variation<br />
• Sea salt<br />
• Lime wedges, for serving<br />
• Shiitake Taco 'Meat'<br />
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive<br />
oil<br />
• 8 ounces shiitake<br />
mushrooms, stemmed and diced<br />
• 1 cup crushed walnuts<br />
• 1 tablespoon tamari<br />
• 1 teaspoon chili powder<br />
• ½ teaspoon balsamic vinegar<br />
• Sea salt and freshly ground black<br />
pepper<br />
Instructions<br />
• Preheat the oven to 400°F<br />
and line a baking sheet with<br />
parchment paper.<br />
• Toss the tortilla strips with a tiny<br />
bit of olive oil and a few pinches<br />
of salt. Spread onto the sheet<br />
and bake for 10 to 14 minutes<br />
or until crispy.<br />
• Make the Shiitake Taco “Meat”:<br />
In a medium skillet, heat the<br />
olive oil over medium heat.<br />
• Add the mushrooms and cook,<br />
stirring only occasionally, until<br />
they begin to brown and soften,<br />
3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the<br />
walnuts and lightly toast for 1 to<br />
2 minutes. Stir in the tamari and<br />
the chili powder.<br />
• Add the balsamic vinegar and<br />
stir again. Remove from the heat<br />
and season with salt and pepper<br />
to taste.<br />
• Assemble the salad with the<br />
romaine lettuce, cabbage, black<br />
beans, taco meat, radishes,<br />
tomatoes, avocado, jalapenos,<br />
if using, and generous dollops of<br />
cilantro lime avocado dressing.<br />
• Drizzle with olive oil and<br />
sprinkle with sea salt. Serve with<br />
lime wedges and extra dressing<br />
on the side.<br />
Grilled corn salad<br />
Ingredients<br />
• 3 ears of grilled corn on the cob<br />
• 1 red pepper, diced<br />
• 1 green pepper, diced<br />
• ½ small cucumber, diced<br />
• 2 ripe peaches, pitted and diced<br />
• 1 small avocado, pitted and<br />
diced.<br />
• 8 basil leaves, thinly sliced<br />
• juice of 1 lime, plus lime wedges<br />
for serving<br />
• 3 tablespoons Chile Lime<br />
Dressing, plus more to taste<br />
• sea salt<br />
• Chile Lime Dressing (this makes<br />
extra)<br />
• ¼ cup Sir Kensington’s Avocado<br />
Oil Mayo or vegan Fabanaise<br />
• 1 tablespoon olive oil<br />
• ¼ cup chopped cilantro, including<br />
stems, plus more for garnish<br />
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice,<br />
plus extra slices for serving<br />
• serrano chile, plus more to taste<br />
• pinch of garlic powder<br />
• pinch of onion powder<br />
• sea salt<br />
Method<br />
• Make the dressing: In a small<br />
food processor, combine the<br />
avocado mayonnaise, olive oil,<br />
cilantro, lime, serrano, garlic<br />
powder, onion powder and a few<br />
generous pinches of salt.<br />
• Pulse until combined. Chill until<br />
ready to use.<br />
• Slice the kernels off of the grilled<br />
corn and place in a large bowl.<br />
• Add the red pepper, green<br />
pepper, cucumber, peaches,<br />
avocado, basil, lime juice, a few<br />
pinches of salt, and toss.<br />
• Add a few tablespoons of<br />
dressing, toss again, then taste<br />
and add more dressing and/or<br />
salt to taste.<br />
• Serve with extra dressing and<br />
lime slices on the side.<br />
Chicken Broccoli<br />
Ingredients<br />
Method<br />
• 500 chicken breast fillet, skin off • Cut chicken breasts in half and<br />
• 2 broccoli, chopped<br />
if too thick slice lengthways, as<br />
• 420g canned cream of chicken soup well.<br />
• 3/4 cup mayonnaise<br />
• Fry each piece gently on both<br />
• 1/2 lemon, juiced<br />
sides.<br />
• 1 tbs mild curry powder *to taste<br />
• Steam broccoli until tender.<br />
• Place broccoli in a long or square<br />
casserole dish, then add chicken.<br />
• Mix soup, mayonnaise, lemon<br />
juice and curry powder in a bowl.<br />
Pour evenly over chicken and<br />
broccoli.<br />
• Bake at 180C for 50 minutes.<br />
• Serve with rice.
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