May 1, 2011

As a part of its initiative to commemorate Counselling Awareness Week (May 9 to 16), Auckland based Home and Family Counselling is launching a free

An Auckland School may be the first educational institution in the country to develop and install special software that monitors the performance of students and

The Government’s ambitious Trade Academies Scheme aims to involve 700 students this year, with the opening of eight new academies throughout the country. Three Academies,

A group of Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) students will go ‘bald’ on May 19 in aid of the ‘Leukaemia & Blood Donation Foundation (LBF).

Residents of North Shore and neighbouring areas now have an opportunity to let their children learn about Indian culture and heritage. Indian Kids Klub, which

Fiji will continue to record progress in the education sector and pursue excellence in its primary, intermediary and tertiary educational institutions, President Epeli Nailatikau has

As South Pacific countries (Tonga, Tuvalu and Fiji) move towards democracy, enunciating the ‘Right to Public Information Act’ would be a step in the right

Indo-Fijians of Hindu, Sikh and Islamic faiths have traditionally marked Easter as a sporting and social occasion with the Diaspora descending on Fiji to showcase

The AMI bailout, which could amount to a $1 billion taxpayer-funded underwriting deal, is not because the company was badly managed or was inadequate for

The recent campaign by Anna Hazare (Indian Newslink, April 15) reflected India’s exhaustion with corruption and impunity. Each of these negatives is nowhere better evidenced

The public wrestling match between Dr Don Brash and Rodney Hide over the leadership of the ACT Party shows that the country’s extreme right wing

As the popularity of Labour and its Leader Phil Goff continue to slide, it is time the Party revisited what former frontbencher and Member Chris

I hope you had a relaxing Easter weekend break, which I spent catching up with friends and family, and working in my Electorate. Despite the

Hindus and Buddhists consider ‘108’ as a sacred number, significant in most religious festivals and offerings. There are 108 beads to the ‘Mala’ or Garland,

Budding artistes and those with a fleeting interest in Flute can have the benefit of a workshop and demonstration by one the foremost performers of

Hindi film music may have become a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide today but many would agree that it has lost the originality, melody and the

Bollywood, the most glamorous Tinsel Town of Hindi Cinema witnesses the arrival of thousands of new aspirants every day, trying to make a career as

Falling in love, getting married, starting a family and bearing a child are all facts of life but if their order of occurrence is jumbled

The Muthamil Sangam (MTS) won the Indian Community Cricket Tournament in a nail-biting finish at the Auckland Domain on March 20. The Team representing Tamil

A small group of Samaritans in Auckland has demonstrated the fact that determination and commitment can help achieve lofty goals. ‘Humanity First New Zealand,’ an

The Dilworth School in Auckland won the title at the recently held North Island Secondary School Wrestling Championship matches. Hamilton Boys finished second, while the

A Hindu organisation of volunteers recently participated in a swimming event to raise funds for the Christchurch Earthquake victims. The younger members of the Hindu