Venkat Raman
Auckland, February 15, 2023
Please read the issue here and share it with your family, associates and friends.
We lead the issue with our forthcoming event, the first for this year.
The Twelfth Annual Indian Newslink Lecture 2022 will be held at JW Marriott Hotel (formerly Stamford Plaza Auckland) on Monday, February 27, 2023. We are grateful to the management of Pullman Hotel who did their best to see if the flood-damaged venue booked earlier could be readied for the Lecture.
This is the first New Zealand operation of JW Marriott, one of the largest hotel chains in the world and we are delighted that Indian Newslink has the opportunity to host its Lecture at this famous venue. In fact, it is a homecoming for us- we launched our Business Awards at this venue in November 2008 and about three years later, in July 2011, our Lecture Series. Our brands have grown, thanks to your patronage and the opening of the JW Marriott provides us with a fresh opportunity to host the event.
While JW Marriott Hotel offers limited Valet Parking (on payment), there are a few Wilson Car Park facilities close to the Hotel. Please check our advertisement for details.
New Zealand Immigration
Immigration Minister Michael Wood will be the Guest Speaker at this formal, Black Tie Dinner event. He will be speaking on ‘Rebalancing Immigration to optimise Human Capital.’
India’s High Commissioner to New Zealand Neeta Bhushan will provide her Reflections on the Lecture, Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities Minister Priyanca Radhakrishnan will be the Master of Ceremonies, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown will deliver the Welcome Address, Praveena Karunaharan, Company Secretary and Group Head-Governance, Risk and Regulator Affairs, Snowy Hydro Limited, Sydney, Australia, will provide the Concluding Remarks and Raj Pardeep Singh, Principal and Partner at Legal Associates Barristers and Solicitors will provide the Curtain Raiser on the Lecture.
New Zealand is a migrant-dependent nation. It will be so for a length of time and all that talk of managing the indigenous population and optimisation of inherent human resources has never worked and there is no hope that they will in the future.
We need a sound Population Policy to define our demographic balance, understand the demand for skills and manage the supply accordingly.
