Venkat Raman
Auckland, June 30, 2021
Deputy Prime Minister and Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson, Minister for Transport, Workplace Relations and Safety Michael Wood, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff, Act Party Leader David Seymour will be Our Chief Guest and Special Guests of Honour at the Seventh Annual Indian Newslink Sports, Community, Arts and Culture Awards 2021.
They will be joined, among others by Labour, National and ACT MPs and Directors of political parties and community leaders at the annual event scheduled to be held on Monday, August 2, 2021 at Mahatma Gandhi Centre, located at 145, New North Road, Eden Terrace, Auckland.
These Awards are open to persons of Indian, Fijian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Nepali origin who are permanently resident in New Zealand or New Zealand citizens.
The growing importance of people of our communities in various Sports encouraged us to launch the Indian Newslink Indian Sports Awards in 2012. These Awards were the first of its type in New Zealand.
Recognition and Reward
For the past 22 years, Indian Newslink has been reporting the achievements of our sports personalities in a number of fields, including Soccer, Cricket, Tennis, Netball, Hockey, Golf, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Boxing and Kabaddi. While some of them have risen to the national level playing international matches and tournaments, until 2012, there was no avenue to celebrate the achievements of many others as a community.
A panel of judges will evaluate the entries, select the finalists and winners and announce their names at the Awards Presentation and Dinner Night.
Nomination forms can be downloaded from our website www.indiannewslink.co.nz
They must be completed and sent to inscacawards@gmail.com on or before 6 pm on Thursday, July 15, 2021.
Tickets for the Awards Night, priced at $50 plus GST per person (including dinner) and tables seating ten persons each at $500 plus GST are now on sale. Further details can be obtained from on (09) 5336377; Mobile: 021-836528; Email: venkat@indiannewslink.co.nz
