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India Abroad

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Entertainment Commercial Hindi cinema generalises issues: Irrfan

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HomeStart: the experts’ take Swati Sharma

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n our last issue, we explained the changes that the government has made to the KiwiSaver HomeStart scheme to allow more Kiwis buy their first home. For the uninitiated, the house price limits have increased from $550,000 to $600,000 for existing homes and from $550,000 to $650,000 for new build homes in Auckland. The income thresholds have gone up from $80,000pa to $85,000pa for individuals and from $120,000pa to $130,000pa for couples. This means that couples who earn $130,000 per year or less would be eligible for the KiwiSaver HomeStart grant worth $20,000, which, along with the five-year investment in the KiwiSaver worth $45,000, would make for the 10% deposit for a house worth $650,000 through a Welcome Home Loan.

Continuing our discussion, this week we spoke to experts from the industry to get you a realistic idea of whether these changes will do any good to the prospective first homebuyers or not. This is what they had to say:

Rakesh Bansal, Mortgage Adviser | Kiwi Mortgages “The revised income threshold at 85k for individual and 130k for a household under the new rules of KiwiSaver scheme is realistic and covers a majority of low-wage earners. The increase in price caps is also a step in the right direction and will benefit, as there are dwelling units available in this range, even in Auckland. A basic search on Trade Me for houses/townhouses/units in Auckland costing less than 600k recently returned more than 1,000 results, while for less than $550k, the available houses were only half that number.

That said, we believe more could be done in terms of the price cap, especially in Auckland. Raising price cap to 700k for old houses in Auckland would possibly make a lot of difference at the current price level.

The real issue first homebuyers are facing is the deposit requirement and the bank’s reduced capacity to lend at less than 20% deposit due to LVR restrictions imposed

by RBNZ. This necessitates exploring other and more direct solutions, for example, a more relaxed, say five per cent, deposit requirement for first homebuyers with conditions that they live in the house for at least two years and do not sell for five years.”

Ajay Kumar and Aseem, Mortgage Advisors | Global Financial Services “Something is always better than nothing.

Increasing the limit by $50K for existing homes and $100K for new homes may benefit some of the prospective buyers. In the same way, increasing the salary limit may also benefit some to buy their dream home. However, from our experience, we have only seen the grant being used in one to two cases out of 100.”

Suman Sharma, Mortgage Advisor | Reliance Financial Solutions Limited “These changes will definitely be helpful for first homebuyers, as increased income limit will enable more buyers to be eligible for subsidy under KiwiSaver HomeStart scheme. Similarly, with increased income caps, more buyers will be benefitted.

These days we come across many first homebuyers earning an handsome income—more than 80K individually or more than 120K jointly. They will definitely be benefitted with the increase in income threshold and will be eligible to buy their first home under the KiwiSaver HomeStart Subsidy scheme.”

Venu Chawdrapu, Registered Financial Advisor | Squirrel Mortgages “In my opinion, the latest changes to KiwiSaver HomeStart scheme will have a positive impact on the first-time homebuyers.

And the recent changes in regard to LVR restrictions by RBNZ for the investment properties all over New Zealand have also started impacting the market, which will favour first-time homebuyers, as the property market will ease in the coming times.

The $600k limit for an existing home and the $650k limit for a home to be built for Auckland properties will definitely increase their chances of getting their property. The income cap limit change to $85k for single and $130k jointly will also be beneficial. Earlier, in old rules, a lot of customers missed this opportunity.

My feeling is that apart from central suburbs, there are some other suburbs in Auckland where they can find reasonably good properties soon in the price range of $575–600k for existing homes and $650k new homes.

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Expats celebrating the spirit of independence IWK Bureau

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t has been 70 years since a giant nation took its first infant steps towards becoming a secular and democratic country. After nearly two centuries—the East India Company ruled from 1757 to 1858 and the British Raj lasted from 1858 to 1947—India gained independence from the mighty British Empire.

Over the years, under the leadership of Prime Ministers such as Jawarharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi, India has grown into the largest democratic country in the world. The midnight of August 15, 1947, holds a special place for Indians and more so for the ones

living away from the land they called home while growing up. Since the day the tri-colour was first hoisted, Independence Day is celebrated with much pomp and gaiety across the country with national and local parades and flag hoisting ceremonies as we remember the ones who selflessly gave up their lives for generations to come.

Although times have changed, with so many Indians venturing out of their home country, the day still holds the same significance as it did 70 years ago.

Celebrations have crossed the borders of India and extended to every Indian community across the world.

Like every year, Kiwi-Indians will be observing the Indian Independence Day in New Zealand. The High Commission of India in Wellington will be hoisting the national flag, which will be followed by a reading of Indian President’s message at Bharat Bhavan, 48 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie where all Indians, persons of Indian origin and their friends can assemble at 10:15 a.m. on Monday, August 15.

In Auckland, Indians can gather at Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan at Onehunga for a flag hoisting ceremony to be held on Saturday, August 13 at 10:30 a.m. by Bhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust. The ceremony will be followed by a cultural programme starting at 11:15 a.m.

Little-known facts about Indian Independence Day Significance of choosing August 15

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he date, August 15, was chosen by Lord Mountbatten because it also marked the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allied Forces. August 15 is also marks independence day of North Korea, South Korea, Bahrain and Republic of the Congo.

National anthem wasn’t adopted until 1950

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here was no national anthem when India became independent on

August 15, 1947. The Bengali version of Jana Gana Mana was, however, written in 1911, but was not regarded as the national anthem.

It was said that Rabindranath Tagore actually dedicated ‘Jana Gana Mana’ to the British Monarch. But refuting the controversy, Tagore later said that the song was written on his friend’s request and celebrates the victory of Bhagya Vidhata (fortune creator) of India and not of King George V.

Made up of red and green colour, it represented two major communities. Later on, Mahatma Gandhi suggested adding white strip and charkha or spinning wheel in order to represent the remaining communities and to symbolise progress of the country.

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ingali Venkayya of Bezawada (now Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh) made the first version of current national flag in 1921.

Not many people know that khadi or hand-spun cloth is the only type of fabric allowed to

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www.iwk.co.nz | 12 August 2016 be used for the flag. The Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission is the only licensed flag production and supply unit in India. Cotton, wool and silk are the only materials allowed to be used as raw material for khadi. Flying a flag made of materials other than khadi is a punishable offence and could lead to three years in jail and a fine.

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fter India’s independence, Portugal, amending their constitution, declared Goa as a Portuguese state. It was in December 1961 that Indian troops invaded and took over Goa.

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s many believe, Hindi is not India’s national language, but the official language. It was declared the official language on September 14, 1949. According to the Constitution of India, Hindi in Devnagari script is the official language of India.

The beginning of Kashmir conflict

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ccording to the records, after IndiaPakistan division in 1947, Jammu and Kashmir would have gone to Pakistan, had they not sent their men to attack and occupy the state. Mountbatten had said, “By sending its irregular troops into the state, Pakistan spoiled the whole thing.”

Nehru holds the record for number of I-Day speeches

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reedom fighter Bhagat Singh had great command on various spoken and written languages including English, French, Swedish and Arabic apart from Hindi, Punjabi and Multani, which allowed him to easily study great philosophers and thinkers.

Independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the national flag at the Red Fort and addressed the nation 17 times on the first independence day.

Vogue featured the Nehru jacket

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or his dressing style and the popular ‘Nehru jacket’, Nehru was featured in Vogue magazine. The single-breasted jacket developed a fashion trend in the West. Apart from being listed in Time list fo ‘global fashion statement’, the Nehru jacket

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ecord-breaking numbers of Auckland’s future voters will be learning about local democracy and voting this election time.

A total of 11,500 students from 56 schools have signed up to take part in Auckland Council’s Kids Voting 2016. This compares to 8,316 students from 44 schools in 2013.

The programme is designed for students aged 11 to 15 (years 7 to 10).

Kids Voting gives young Aucklanders a chance to gain knowledge of local government, how it works in Auckland and why voting is so important. It can be adapted to suit the age and stage of learners.

Classroom activities kick off in midAugust to capture the pre-election buildup. Students spend several weeks learning about local issues and candidates and cast online votes in mock classroom elections on 23 September. The results will be announced at the same time as the final election result, on October 13.

Kids Voting is one of the ways the council hopes to support participation, stimulating awareness and discussion among students’ families and friends about the importance of voting.

Auckland local elections run from September 16 to midday October 8. To find out if you are enrolled, go to www. elections.org.nz.

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ending out a loud and clear message to employers, the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered a grocery store in Wellington to pay penalties and arrears of more than $53,000 for making a migrant worker pay more than $10,000 in “premiums”.

A Labour Inspector who investigated employment law breaches against Jaspreet Singh found that Singh was forced to pay his employer, Sun 2 Moon Limited, more than $10,000 in premiums and was not even paid the minimum wage and holiday pay, the NZ Herald reported. ‘‘The exploitation of migrant workers in New Zealand is unacceptable,’’ Labour Inspectorate regional manager Loua Ward said.

The grocery store has been reported to be operated by Luv Kumar Khatter. The investigation found that Singh was forced by his employer to pay the premium through an upfront payment of $5,000, regular small cash payment of $3,240 and funding company expenses worth $2,167 on his personal credit card.

Ward said that all the employers must adhere to the employment laws and keep proper time and wage records for all employees.

“The exploitation of migrant workers in New Zealand is unacceptable… No employer should require employees to pay

premiums or pay wages back. Employees must be paid for all hours they work,” she said.

The store, Sun 2 Moon Limited, located on the Wills St in Wellington CBD was replaced by a new store, Indian Spice Land, eight months ago and is under new management.

Condemning the act of forcing a migrant worker to pay premiums, the ERA said that it was an abuse of power by the employer and the money should be returned to Singh.

The grocery store was penalised for breaching the minimum employment standards including Employment Relations Act, Minimum Wage Act, Wages Protection Act and Holidays Act. Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment said that the inspectorate, as the key area of investigation, targeted employers that “exploit vulnerable migrant workers”.

The Ministry encourages anyone in such situation, or who knows of anyone in a similar situation, to call on 0800 20 90 20 and makes sure that their concerns are handled in a safe environment.

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In its 10th year ‘Discover Your Local Kindergarten Week’ will run from August 8 to 12.

People will be able to pop along to their local kindergarten and meet AKA’s qualified teachers and see why learning through play is so important for a child’s development.

Tanya Harvey CEO of AKA, says, “Everyone is welcome to come along and experience their local kindergarten first-hand, meet our brilliant teachers and see why AKA kindergartens are the natural stepping-stone to primary school and how our educational approach will best equip your children for a life of learning.”

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Safer communities together

New Zealand police seek to prevent crime, improve public security, and detect offenders. Here we take a look at how the police have been actively involved with the community to make the country safe and secure for its citizens.

Sergeant Gurpreet Arora District Ethnic Services Coordinator, Counties Manukau

Police in action

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July 26, a man entered a dairy in Papatoetoe. At this time, the victim was working alone in the store. The man was armed with a weapon and demanded money and cigarettes from the victim.

The victim complied with the demands. He exited the store and ran on foot. The victim did not receive any injuries as a result of the incident. The police are following strong lines of enquiry and are confident of apprehending the male responsible for committing the crime. ¡¡ At about 6:35 p.m. on Friday, July 22, a man wearing dark clothing entered a dairy in Mangere. At this time, the owner was sitting in the rear room of the store and heard the door buzzer sound when the man entered the store. Upon noticing the male on store CCTV cameras looking suspicious, the owner closed the door between

the rear room and the store and pushed a panic button that set an audible alarm. The male immediately left the premises.

As a result, the victim was safe and did not receive any harm. Police are investigating the matter.

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GFS’ Ajay Kumar awarded Mortgage Adviser of the Year 2016

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jay Kumar, founder and managing director of Global Financial Services Ltd (GFS) has another reason to celebrate. Adding to his list of achievements and recognitions is the prestigious Mortgage Adviser of the Year 2016 award that was presented to Kumar at Professional Advisers Association’s annual National Advisers Conference in Auckland on July 28. One of the most recognised industry awards by the leading industry association of New Zealand’s mortgage and insurance advisers, the PAA Excellence awards acknowledge the efforts of its members who demonstrate the founding values of the association: client advocacy, diligence in their work, compliance with relevant regulations and professional development. After receiving nominations from industry partners, an independent panel of judges scored the nominees across a range of criteria.

Talking about their decision to choose Kumar for the award, the panel said, “Ajay realised many years ago that the value he could add over and above getting a client

Ajay Kumar, founder and managing director of Global Financial Services Ltd

GFS offers tailormade solutions to their customers, puts forward better deals, and have unique plans that save interest. The company boasts of the CRM software developed by their team to help their clients.

a mortgage was helping them pay it off faster. He designed his own Interest Saver Plan (17) years ago and started using it with great success. Since then he has built his own IT platform to run it and all his processes and still today is using it himself to help clients achieve their dreams.”

Since 1999, GFS has been helping Kiwis realise their dreams by helping them get loans to purchase their first home, investment property, business or commercial property. Over the years, GFS has seen and handled

just about every type of scenario imaginable when it comes to lending. This rich experience and their focus on ‘customer first’ makes then stand out from their competition and win many accolades from the industry.

GFS offers tailor-made solutions to their customers, puts forward better deals, and have unique plans that save interest.

The company boasts of the CRM software developed by their team to help their clients. Technology has been one of the main reasons behind their success. Kumar says that their in-house software enables them to upgrade it to the meet the changing needs of their clients.

The PAA Excellence Awardees “exemplify quality advice and high-quality client care”, CEO of the PAA, Rod Severn said. “[It’s] highly contested across the industry, [and] our winners thoroughly deserve the acknowledgement and we congratulate them on their achievement,” he added.

On receiving the award, Kumar thanked the PAA for their support and guidance to the industry.

Kumar is possibly the only mortgage adviser in the country

to win the top mortgage adviser awards in a single year (or awards season). In the past year, he has won: ¡¡ New Zealand’s No. 1 mortgage adviser awards from ANZ Bank, ASB Bank and ranked Band 1 overall by TMM magazine based on business volume ¡¡ Mortgage Adviser of the Year 2016 by PAA and Best Financial Adviser by BNZ INIBA awards 2015 based on quality of advice ¡¡ Excellence in Customer Service

by Westpac Auckland Business Award 2015 (Auckland South) based on customer service

The Professional Advisers Association is the leading industry association of New Zealand’s mortgage and insurance advisers and acts as the representative voice of the industry. The PAA was launched in 1953. In 2012, the New Zealand Mortgage Broker Association (NZMBA) came under its fold and now the IFA is proposed to merge with PAA as well.

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From Left: Bruce Cortesi, Chairman to the PAA Board presenting the award to Ajay Kumar (Founder & MD of Global Finance) at the awards ceremony

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he city will play host to a series of events in celebration of India’s 70th Independence Day, which falls on August 15.

First up, will be the potluck dinner and a special quiz night organised by the Indian Cultural Group (ICG) on August 12 at the Te Hapua Halswell Centre.

“Like last year, our quiz night will focus on questions about Indian culture, history and current affairs, and will be hosted by Dr Krishna and Dr Kishore. There will, of course, be songs and dances full of patriotic flavour, and the event will be very interactive in nature. We will also hoist the Indian flag,” said Sandeep Sachdeva, President of ICG. This will be followed by the Indian Social and Cultural Club’s (ISCC) mid-winter Ekta 2016 festival on August 13 at the Aurora Centre.

“The celebrations will be divided into two halves. The first will comprise performances on patriotic songs and dance sequences based on those.

After the interval, we will have performances in other genres. In all, over 20 groups will be showcasing their talent in the spirit of Indian independence,” said Thomas Shaji, treasurer at ISCC. The club has also organised a special flag hoisting ceremony on August 15 at 7:30 in the morning in Latimer Square in the city’s CBD.

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A mystical sufi evening with Sartaj

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ith more than 500 people—a sold-out show—in attendance at La Vida Centre in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, Satinder Sartaaj, the Punjabi singer, poet, and songwriter, mesmerised the city with his soul-stirring renditions of sufiaana music on August 5.

On public demand, Sartaaj, who gained popularity with his hit song Sai, performed various songs from his latest album Hazaarey Wala Munda.

Satinder Sartaaj performs in Christchurch on August 5

“The show started at six and went [on] late till 10:30 p.m. as the audiences kept demanding more and more songs to be performed by Satinder Sartaaj.

This shows how popular he is among the Indian-Punjabi diaspora in the Australasia.

“It was all in all a family show,” said Rajwinder Singh, the event organiser of the

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Ara plans ICT growth; opportunities for Indian IT professionals rise

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he Christchurch-based Ara Institute of Canterbury is implementing plans to transform vocational training opportunities throughout regional Canterbury. Through Computing for Free, Ara will connect a wide variety of learners in South Canterbury with accessible training for computer skills.

The initiative is part of a wider plan to improve access to vocational training across the region, particularly reaching out to those who may not otherwise enrol in training, with more flexible learning delivery and innovative programmes aligned to industry expectations. Computing for Free offers a range of self-paced, non-assessed short courses for beginner to intermediate users in Microsoft Office, Web Design and Photoshop programmes. Also offered is the industry recognised and relevant qualification, National Certificate in Computing Level 3.

The move came as a report by NZ Tech had recently noted that ICT as an industry employs almost 100,000 people, or five per cent of the workforce, in more than 28,000

companies and created $32b in output in 2015 countrywide.

But while the sector is growing fast with seven per cent employment growth and has an average wage of $95,000, companies suffer from a shortage of skilled workers and are looking to overseas to fill positions.

Meanwhile, Absolute IT—a North Island based recruitment firm—which claims to “captures [more than] 39,000 realtime contract and permanent employees’ remuneration as entered into itsalaries. co.nz”, in it’s latest Remuneration Report, had also noted that IT professionals in Christchurch, contrary to the nationwide trend, saw the highest jump in their salary packages [by 6.6 per cent] last year.

All this, analysts believe, augurs well for IT professionals from India, who might be looking to explore professional possibilities in New Zealand’s South Island.

Celebration of community radio

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he Big Listen, a nationwide campaign to celebrate Community Access Radio services in New Zealand, was launched in Christchurch on August 3,

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by the Minister for Broadcasting Amy Adams. The city’s community access radio service Plains FM 96.9, along with 11 other similar services, are part of the month-long initiative. Together, they, with support from NZ On Air, produce 480 individual programmes in more than 40 languages.

Throughout The Big Listen month of August, each station will celebrate their programme makers, sponsors and supporters through special audio content, events and happenings. More details can be found on thebiglisten.org.nz.

A laughter riot

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immy Moses, stand-up comedian and mimicry artist from Mumbai, and better known as the younger sibling of India’s ace comedian Johnny Lever, had the audience in splits on August 6 in Christchurch at his show Bollywood Masti Night.

Put together by Fiji-Indian Sunny Nambier and supported by TISI Sangam, the two-hour show had Moses’ mimicry pieces of famous Bollywood stars, as well as jokes on his observations of our daily lives.

The Jimmy Moses’ New Zealand tour now moves to Auckland where he will be performing on August 13.

Jimmy Moses during his stand-up act

Venerable Man Shin, Abbess of Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple NZ, Minister Nicky Wagner and Rakesh Naidoo, Strategic Advisor of Human Rights Commission at the reopening ceremony

Buddhist temple reopens

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fter almost four years of intensive earthquake repairs carried out by the Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA) South Island NZ and Fo Guang Shan (FGS) South Island, the FGS Buddhist temple in Riccarton, Christchurch, was finally opened to the public last weekend.

A one-stroke calligraphy exhibition of Master Hsing Yun was launched at the occasion.

For the last four years, the organisation had rented a place near the Air Force Museum and was being called the Cloud Water Cottage. As a prelude to the reopening, BLIA had organised a musical, Siddhartha, in May. It was adapted from the book, The Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha, written by Venerable Master Hsing Yun in 1950s, and depicted the life of Buddha, from his birth to enlightenment.

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The biggest ever building boom

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John Key Prime Minister

elping more young New Zealanders families into their own home is a priority for National.

That’s why we’ve just made some important changes to our KiwiSaver HomeStart scheme for first homebuyers.

These changes are part of National’s comprehensive housing plan to improve housing supply and affordability.

The HomeStart scheme provides government grants to

New Zealanders of up to $20,000 per couple to put towards a deposit on their first home, as long as they fall within certain house price and income limits.

In order to ensure more people can access these grants, we’ve now increased the house price and income limits.

From August 1, the house price limits increased by $50,000 for existing homes and $100,000 for new build homes right across the country.

These changes will help more first homebuyers get a foot on the property ladder, including in Auckland.

According to independent QV data, around 30% of all house sales in Auckland during the first

three months of 2016 were below the new Auckland HomeStart house price limits of $600,000 for existing homes.

Similar figures for the high demand areas of Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch showed between 46 and 71% of all house sales in the year to March in those cities were below their new HomeStart house price limits of $500,000 for existing homes.

Since the KiwiSaver HomeStart scheme started last year, it’s helped more than 15,000 New Zealanders across the country into their first home—not just in the main cities but also in the regions—and it’s expected to help around 90,000 people over five

years. National’s comprehensive housing plan is delivering results.

We’re now in the middle of the biggest building boom New Zealand has ever seen. And it’s about to grow even more.

Latest building consent figures just out show more than 29,000 homes were consented across the country in the past year—a 12year high.

This included more than 9,600 homes consented in Auckland— more than double the number of five years ago.

The latest independent Construction Pipeline Report predicts Auckland’s residential building work will grow by another 58% by 2018. That would mean adding another 40,000 houses

Building a prosperous and fair NZ Kanwaljit Bakshi National List MP

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ational is working hard to ensure all New Zealanders enjoy safe, prosperous and fair workplace environments.

National is committed to boosting jobs for New Zealanders and creating workplace environments that support economic growth.

We have ensured workplace rules are fair and balanced to

help create jobs, protect workers’ rights and ensure New Zealanders are working in safe environments.

The government is committed to continue improving the employment relations framework in a way that encourages fair and productive workplaces and supports competition and innovation in the economy.

National has made New Zealand’s paid parental leave framework more modern and flexible in an affordable way.

We’ve extended PPL from 14 weeks to 18 weeks in the last two years.

We also extended PPL entitlements to more workers and increased the flexibility of

the scheme, meaning more Kiwi parents are now eligible for PPL. This is a practical way to ensure parents get more time with their children and help New Zealand kids get a good start in life.

National has increased the minimum wage every year since coming into office, from $12 to $15.25 in eight years. This is an overall increase of 27%, compared to inflation of around 11%.

We are focussed on giving our lowest paid workers more money in their pocket without imposing undue pressure on businesses or hindering job growth.

National is committed to ensuring the employment law is fair and supports a flexible,

modern workforce. We are focussed on improving NZ’s employment law framework to encourage fair and productive workplaces without imposing unnecessary compliance costs on employers in general.

For example, we banned zero hour contracts, where the employer does not guarantee any hours of work but expect employees to be available when required without compensation.

We’re protecting employees’ rights so it’s easier for them to plan their financial and personal lives.

The government has set up a working group to develop

every three years to Auckland right through until 2022—that’s almost another Dunedin every three years.

To help meet this demand for new housing and construction, we are supporting the industry to train more skilled workers.

There are currently 38,000 people in training for construction jobs across the country and we’re funding an extra 8,000 apprentices and trades training places over the next four years.

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uckland house prices have doubled since National took office.

According to the reserve bank, 46% of houses for sale in Auckland are being bought by investors.

Auckland’s home ownership rates were already down to 61.5% by the 2013 census, and they’ve dropped like a stone in the three years since then.

As such, it’s become nearly impossible for most young New Zealanders to own their own home.

So, with close to half of New Zealand facing a future of renting, we need to make sure it’s a comfortable and practical option for Kiwi families. While renting is commonly accepted overseas,

have no heart because people are moving through them so quickly.

As rents have risen across Auckland and the nearby regions such as Hamilton and Whangarei, we’re seeing this happen already.

Children move from one school to the next as rents rise and parents are forced to move further and further out.

This interrupts learning at school as well as social opportunities. When a child is constantly on the move, they aren’t able to form solid long-term friendships or relationships with neighbours and the wider community.

On top of this, it’s become common for tenants to have to fight through the Tenancy Tribunal to get their bonds back at the end of their rental terms or just give up and walk away.

I would like to see our rental laws reformed to give people who rent the security and confidence

to be able to put roots down in their communities, to participate in neighbourhood groups if they want to, and to commit to the local school.

When a family knows they’re likely to be moved on from their house, they’re less likely to invest time, money or energy into the upkeep of the house or the establishment of, for example, a veggie garden or sandpit for the kids.

On the other hand, if they hold a secure long-term lease, they’re going to feel free to make improvements that will not only benefit them and their children but also enhance the feel of the community.

To achieve this, we need to think about what we want from our rental laws.

For a start, I would like to see stable rents that are not allowed to escalate wildly. I’d like to see longer-term leases so

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momentum and helping more New Zealand families get ahead.

principles for dealing with claims of pay equity under the Equal Pay Act. The group will recommend how to achieve pay equity consistent with NZ’s employment relations framework.

Towards encouraging and assisting entrepreneurs, National is changing shop trading hours legislation to better suit modern businesses.

Under the proposed, local communities will choose whether or not to allow shop trading on Easter Sunday.

There is always more to do.

We will continue to listen to New Zealanders and work towards building a prosperous and fair New Zealand.

The growing woes of first homebuyers here it’s historically been seen as a stop-gap measure—something you do briefly while studying or saving for a house.

That’s no longer the reality.

Long-term renting is where the future lies for many New Zealanders. It’s up to us to move with the times and make sure that the rental system is fair, sustainable, and fit for purpose now that the scene has changed.

When renter’s rights are weak, families who rent become second-class citizens: transient, always vulnerable to being moved out, their children forced to attend multiple schools and dealing with all the disruption that entails.

As anyone who has moved house recently knows, it’s a stressful and expensive process. We shouldn’t be forcing it repeatedly on the same growing group of families.

It’s also a recipe for disaster: communities will develop that

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families can establish themselves with confidence in their chosen neighbourhoods.

And I’d like to see greater protections for tenants against arbitrary eviction or having their bonds withheld for spurious reasons.

As with rental markets everywhere in the world, a balance needs to be struck between the rights of tenants and the rights of landlords.

Landlords deserve a fair deal too, but at the moment with the drop in home ownership, it all seems tipped in their favour.

It’s our responsibility as parliamentarians to make sure the law is fit for purpose as society changes.

As more and more New Zealanders rent their homes, it’s time for our focus to turn to the fairness of our rental laws.

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FROM THE BEEHIVE

Budget 2016: $17.2m to support Syrian refugees

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ealth Minister Jonathan Coleman says $17.2 million over four years in Budget 2016 will help to support the 500 Syrian refugees arriving in New Zealand over the next two years.

“The government wants to support the Syrian refugees settling in New Zealand to successfully transition and adapt to the Kiwi lifestyle,” says Dr Coleman.

“Many of these refugees have suffered a great deal of trauma and they will require ongoing specialised support.

“While many of the refugees will need counselling and support services, others will need help to manage a range of disabilities and chronic health conditions.

“The right support for refugees from the outset gives them the best chance to succeed here in New Zealand.”

Last year the government announced New Zealand would welcome 750 Syrian refugees over the next two-and-a-half years in

Funding boost to go towards health costs associated with the refugees’ first six weeks at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre

response to the ongoing conflict in Syria.

This funding boost will go towards health costs associated with the refugees first six weeks at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre.

This includes an initial GP assessment and immunisation,

as well as access to mental health and disability services.

The funding will also go towards ongoing health costs, from primary care in the community to hospital-level care.

Dr Coleman says the majority of Syrian refugees will be resettled in Wellington and Dunedin.

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$7.7m Omokoroa to Tauranga cycleway underway

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ransport Minister Simon Bridges turned the sod on the Omokoroa to Tauranga cycleway as part of a multi-million plan to connect the city with the Western Bay of Plenty.

The $7.7 million, 19km cycleway will link Omokoroa with Tauranga’s existing urban cycleway network.

“This new cycleway will play a vital part in a planned cycle network that will offer more cycling and walking connections between Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty, providing people with a range of transport options,” Mr Bridges says.

“Over the next three years, about $15 million will be invested into cycling projects in the Western Bay through our Urban Cycleways Programme to help establish cycling as an integral part of the area’s transport network.”

The project includes a bridge over the Wairoa River and will provide an alternative way to

access the urban communities in the area, schools, parks and reserves and Tauranga Harbour.

It will also provide an alternative route to the State Highway 2 corridor that connects the area to Tauranga City.

It is expected to be completed

by June 2018.

Mr Bridges said making urban cycling a safer and more attractive transport choice was a priority.

“Cycling is an important part of an effective integrated transport network, it creates more vibrant and connected communities, it’s good for tourism and it’s a fun, healthy way to get around.

“Through the Urban Cycleways Programme, central and local government are working together to deliver $333 million of new cycleway projects throughout the country over the next three years— the single biggest investment in cycling in New Zealand’s history.”

In total 54 projects are being funded under the programme nationwide.

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BIG TURNOUT AT NATIONAL HINDU TALKS

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he third National Hindu conference attracted all Hindu volunteers, organisations and temples to showcase their contribution to Fiji.

The event at Studio 6 in Suva on August 6 drew at least 200 delegates from government agencies, businesses, volunteers and Hindu organisations.

President of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) Fiji, Jay Dayal said, “The conference provided a platform to address how successful Hindus have been serving their communities.

“This was in line with our conference theme ‘Serving

From left to right: National President of Hindu Council of Fiji Jay Dayal, High Commissioner of India His Excellency Vishvas Sapkal, Kamlesh Arya of Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Fiji and Virendra Lal of Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha Fiji

Community, Serving Fiji’.”

He said the forum provided fruitful discussion on activities

and outcomes carried out in communities and their commitment to volunteering.

Mr Patel said the one of the major task undertaken by the VHP was their enormous involvement in the relief work for post-Cyclone Winston.

“Our members exercised all due care to reach out to people irrespective of their race, religion or creed,” Mr Dayal said.

High Commissioner of India to Fiji, Shri Vishvas Sapkal, said it was heartening to note that people of Fiji had retained their cultural values and developed organisations to preserve them.

“It is noteworthy that VHP is trying to make Hindi society aware of the various issues concerning them and building unity amongst people.”

Fiji’s contingent in Rio

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t was a proud moment for the Team Fiji contingent when flagbearer Osea Kolinisau led them into the Maracana Stadium during the opening of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Kolinisau who was dressed in traditional attire was honoured to be given the responsibility.

He focused on a bigger task in leading the men’s rugby sevens team to claim the country’s first gold medal in the Olympics.

Also present at the opening ceremony was Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and wife Mary.

The Team Fiji women’s rugby sevens players were not present as they have their two opening pool matches.

The acting President of Brazil, Michel Temer declared the Rio Olympics open after the cauldron was lit by Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, who won a bronze medal for Brazil in the marathon at the 2004 Olympic Games. Football

Team Fiji’s flag bearer Osea Kolinisau leads the contingent during the opening cermony of the Olympic Games at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

legend Pele had pulled out because of illness.

And in Pele’s absence, Gustavo Kuerten, the three-time French Open champion and tennis great, entered the stadium with the

Olympic flame. “Guga!” as the crowd cheered in his honour.

The Olympic flame was then passed on to de Lima to do the honours. He (de Lima) was leading the 2004 Olympic

marathon when tackled to the ground by a spectator. This saw him miss out on winning the gold medal that day but 12 years later he had his moment at his home Olympics.

Demand for skilled workers up: FNU

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iji’s widening gap for the demand and supply of skilled workers in the hotel and tourism sectors is being bridged by training offered by vocational institutions.

Fiji National University, National Training and Productivity Centre (NTPC), acting director Peni Taoi made the remark to 22 graduates in Nasese.

The students graduated with certificates of attainment in commercial cookery.

He said the training that students received would fill the gap in the hotel and tourism sector compared to what it was before.

“During the training course, students have learned to develop a set of distinct knowledge and qualities; the ability that you will need to move into the industry,” he said.

He said students made a landmark by being the first official graduates for the department of Hospitality and Tourism at the university.

FNU NTPC Department of Hospitality and Tourism Training Officer, Aman Kumar, said the training groomed students for the industry.

“Students learned the pressure in the kitchen, how to interact with guests, learning commercial cookery and also pastry,” Mr Kumar said.

“They would have the skills and knowledge to use in the industry or operate from home.”

There were 18 units for the programme where students graduated at the end of the six-month course.

Bring local, Fijian made designs to the fore: Koya

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inister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Faiyaz Siddiq Koya has encouraged designers to utilise local and Fijian-made products for the fashion industry.

“I encourage Fijians to show pride in local designs and Fijian made products,” he said.

Koya was the chief guest at the 2016 Project Jejemon that was held at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva on Saturday, August 6.

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“Fashion designing, in general, plays an important role in Fiji,” he said.

“Fiji leaves no stone unturned when it comes to [the] fashion industry.”

Project Jejemon producer and Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) Television show host Andhy Blake said, “Project Jejemon is a great platform for up and coming designers or anyone who is passionate [about] the fashion industry.

“They can use this platform to showcase their talent.

“We would like to pride ourselves being the biggest fashion awards programme in the country.”

Mr Blake said they also wanted to nurture the dreams of designers and models and discover fresh new talent in Fiji.

“This year’s line-up of designers was all fresh faces and all new designers. But next year I am forecasting to have more new talent and it would be great to see fresh talent coming from the rural areas,” he said.

Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Faiyaz Siddiq Koya presents the Jejemon Project Model of the Year Award to Kristina Nagan

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Minister Akbar lauds India music group

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inister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Rosy Akbar commended the Indian group of classical musical performers as they performed for the people of Ba on the night of August 4.

The six from Pune, India, were in Fiji with some Indian doctors who had been doing free health screenings and conducting medical awareness around the country since last week.

The Director for Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Kishan Kanojia, said the Indian Classical Musical Event for Medical Awareness had been allied with the visiting Indian doctors supported by Sahyadri Speciality Pacific Hospitals Ltd, the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation.

“We have done successful shows in Suva and Labasa as well and these evening performances are for the people to come and enjoy in peace.

“We are honoured to hear such live serene voices from Pune in India,” Mr

Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Rosy Akbar (centre) with the Classical Music group from India and the doctors along with director for Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Kishan Kanojia at Civic Centre in Ba

Kanojia said. Akbar said she was inspired by what the team had to offer, not only in terms of medical services but also cultural heritage.

The medical team had conducted free medical check-ups during the day at

the designated hospitals. Group leader, Sanjeev Abhyankar described Fiji as a peaceful place and he was touched by the love and friendliness of the people.

The music group left for Auckland, New Zealand, on August 5.

Roy Krishna is Fiji Airways brand ambassador

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rishna, who is captain of the Fijian national football team and plays for the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League, is one of Fiji’s most recognisable athletes and only professional footballer abroad.

“I’m honoured and excited to join the Fiji

there allow you to just breathe. Time slows down here, and you’re never in a rush. It’s the perfect place to unplug and de-stress.

It’s exactly what I do when I’m home.”

Fiji Airways managing director and chief executive, Andre Viljoen, said, “We’re of course delighted to add another extremely

Professional Fijian footballer, Roy Krishna, has been announced as a new brand ambassador for Fiji Airways and its subsidiary Fiji Link

Airways team and my fellow Ambassadors, to promote our home to the world,” he said.

“I’m particularly keen on sharing the very best of northern Fiji and hope more and more people chose to visit there.

“Northern spots [such as] my hometown Labasa, Savusavu and Taveuni are raw and naturally beautiful. The wide open spaces

popular Fijian to our pool of Ambassadors.

“Our brand is all about being uniquely Fijian, and having someone like Roy will help us reach a bigger audience who will be interested in visiting Fiji.

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will do more to further boost the profile of Labasa and Fiji Link.” As part of the Fiji Airways Ambassadorship, Mr Krishna will appear in Fiji Airways and Fiji Link marketing, public relations and social media campaigns.

He joins National 7s Coach Ben Ryan and Fijian-Australian sports superstar Jarryd Hayne who are also Ambassadors for Fiji Airways.

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reating the right environment for sustainable and quality business growth was one of the topics of discussion at the 2016 CPA Australia-Fiji Branch Congress.

Three Fijian companies showcased their high-quality range of food and beverage products at the Auckland Food Show, which started on July 28.

Pacific Trade & Invest partnered with Carpenters (Fiji) Limited, FMF Foods Limited and J Punja NZ Limited to promote their products in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Auckland Food show is for Pacific Island companies that are established and seeking to strengthen their consumer presence in New Zealand.

The four-day event featured eight Pacific Island companies in total at PT&I’s Pacific Hub stand. They showcased and sold their products including, coffee, water, biscuits, coconut oil, beer, chocolate and vanilla.

The other companies were Banz Kofi from Papua New Guinea; Samoa Breweries and Pacific Oil Limited from Samoa; C-Corp Limited from the Solomon Islands and Niue Vanilla International from Niue.

The aim The Auckland Food Show is aimed at consumers with some 300 stands and more than 35,000 expected visitors.

The show picks up on consumer trends towards fresh ingredients and flavours from around the world, sourcing top recipes and cooking at home for friends and family.

Ahead of the show, PT&I Trade Development Manager, Joe Fuavao, said, “The Auckland Food Show is a good opportunity for the Pacific Island businesses to interact directly with thousands of consumers.”

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Editorial Dream big, India

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

—Pierre de Coubertin

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You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”

Michael Phelps has stood by his words at the Rio Olympic Games. All eyes are set on him when he enters the pool.

The record-breaking swimmer has captivated the attention of not just the US but also the world. On Tuesday night, he celebrated a double triumph after winning his 20th and 21st Olympic gold medals in the Men’s 200m butterfly and as anchor of Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay.

Phelps just keeps adding medals, after all, he has found something that he loves and has since then, never given up.

The first week of the Summer Games has seen quite a few unexpected turns, heartbreaks, and historic moments for athletes around the world.

For New Zealanders, the first medal came from Natalie Rooney in women’s trap shooting—a silver after Australian Catherine Skinner made her way to win a thrilling 12–11 in the finals. Next up was the women’s rugby team who settled for silver as well.

Once again the success of the bigger countries highlights India’s weakness at any Olympics. The statistics speak for themselves: the United States and China—the medal tally leaders—have more than 400 participants at the Games, while India has only 121. Even little New Zealand has almost 200 athletes in Rio. Indians have had it hard so far. Luck hasn’t favoured them as they lose out on opportunities of getting the Olympic gold.

India, the world’s second most populous country, has been taking part in the Olympics since 1900 and does not have many medals to its credit.

One reason for this shortcoming is the fact that Indian parents give more emphasis to academic, and not enough to active pursuits. Sport is for recreational purposes only.

Another reason for the poor showing is the country’s obsession with just one sport—cricket. India’s sports authorities would do well to pay more attention to the development of its young people on the sports field, and try and change the mentality that work and education are the only livelihoods.

However, in Rio this year, all is not lost. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar scripted history when she became the first woman to make it to the Olympic final. Hopes are high from the 23-year- old who will compete on Sunday, August 14.

Pick of the week

Spotlight on Rio

Months leading up the event, Rio made headlines across every major newspaper, criticised for its lack of preparation for the Summer Games. Amid protests, a government upheaval, security scares, and the Zika virus, the Games continue; much like the athletes who have crossed hurdles on their road to Rio. But the looming question still remains: will the Olympics make things better or worse for Rio? The real impact on the host city will probably be seen long after the curtains are drawn.

70th anniversary

Back in India, the country is set to celebrate its 70th Indian Independence Day on August 15—day when patriotic hearts in India and beyond its borders beat as one.

On the local front, in our last issue, we spoke about how the National Government’s changes to its KiwiSaver HomeStart scheme will affect you. In our current issue, we ask experts for their take on the amendments made to the scheme.

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Celebrating cultural diversity: The picture of the Egyptian beach volleyball player Doaa Elghobashy facing German player Kira Walkenhorst at the Rio Olympics has been doing rounds on social media. It shows a stark contrast between their outfits where Doaa is covered from head to toe while Kira is wearing the traditional two-piece outfit.

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Substantial issues on India’s future economic development Amit Kapoor

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ndia has, at various points, been referred to as a slumbering elephant, a roaring tiger and now

by TN Ninan in his recent book as the slow and steady tortoise. It is because it is seen as a country with an above average track record of growth since its ‘reforms by stealth’ began in the 1980s.

The nation seems to be going through an interesting phase in its economic development. Recently the Lok Sabha approved the GST bill, which takes India closer to the dream of creating a common unified market.

Ninan’s book and Vijay Joshi’s recent one on India’s long road ahead takes a broad sweep of India’s political economy and its future course.

Joshi’s India’s Long Road Ahead is written more from an academic, theoretical and conceptual viewpoint. It explains the role of the state and the market and how their performance fares in the case of India.

The chapter on education and healthcare

is particularly revealing and gives the case of ‘government failure’ and makes the case for better monitoring and careful analysis before increasing spending, which has been the common wisdom in policy prescriptions for these sectors.

The author describes the objective of India’s economic development as ‘rapid, inclusive, stable and sustainable growth of national income within a political framework of liberal democracy’. The simple objective shows clear and precise thinking on economic policy issues.

The main prescription is that the markets are thoroughly distorted and for the country to achieve rapid growth, it would need to unleash the creative energy of its workforce along with correcting the distortions of land, labour, and capital markets.

That will lead to productivity growth.

Along with this, streamlining trade policy, entering the global value chains and an improved investment climate are cited as other areas requiring critical scrutiny.

In spite of this, India may not be able to achieve the ‘super fast growth’ defined as

per capita income growth of six per cent or above for three decades.

Ninan’s book, The Turn of the Tortoise is written in a more journalistic style. He

uses his pragmatic journalistic sense to frame a coherent framework about issues and performance in key areas such as the manufacturing sector where India has underperformed and continues to do so.

Ninan, like Joshi, contends that India has an underperforming state, which is also the case for failure of the government to provide basic services, and is rife with corruption.

Ninan ends the book with three mega trends: change in the scale of markets, shrinkage of state in sectors that are dominated by the public sector, and shifting centres of gravity from New Delhi to state capitals and even at the third tier of governance at the level of urban agglomerations.

The book ends on a positive note by mentioning that the spirit of the present age 17 is of greater freedom and the surface churn within the rumblings of a liberal democracy cannot hurt the country’s stability. In that sense, it truly is the turn of the tortoise.

The two books overall offer rich insights for readers looking for understanding the present and future of India.

Perfect storm gathering over Smriti Irani’s new ministry Abhirup Bhunia

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s Textiles Minister Smriti Irani settles into her new job overseeing an industry that is India’s largest source of formal jobs, the government’s hope that it will continue to be an employment engine is under growing threat, as job-growth plateaus and exports wilt against the Vietnamese and Bangladeshi competition.

The textile and apparels industry employs 105 million people directly and indirectly and is thought to have the potential to create 50 million more jobs by 2025, holding the key to growing unrest over India’s inability to create the millions of jobs it needs every month.

But a rising skills gap, falling exports, low productivity, rising debt and low foreign investment is jeopardising the target set for the textile and apparels sector: additional $30 billion in exports and 10 million additional jobs over the next three years.

Instead, textiles and apparels employment fell 0.11% in April–June 2015, rose 0.18% in July–September 2015 and 0.23% in October–December 2015, according to Labour Bureau estimates; and exports of cotton commodities, which account for 24% of textile and apparel exports, declined 34% in the last three years, according to data from United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade). While exports of some commodities, such as knitted/crocheted and non-

Textiles Minister Smriti Irani

knitted/crocheted apparel and clothing, grew 12% and seven per cent, textile and apparel exports from India declined more than seven per cent between 2013–14 and 2015–16.

Why the textile industry is key to India’s job aspirations

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he textiles sector has been instrumental in creating mass employment, particularly for women, and has lifted millions out of poverty as they moved out of farm jobs in many countries, including Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mauritius, Cambodia and Pakistan. Textiles were the largest creator of Indian formal sector jobs, with 499,000 added over the last three years, IndiaSpend reported in July 2016.

There is strong international evidence that exports help create additional jobs and push up wage and income growth. With fears that India is experiencing jobless growth and scepticism

With fears that India is experiencing jobless growth and scepticism abounding, the country’s ability to cash in on its “demographic bonus”, the world’s largest workingage population—869 million by 2020—is in doubt, IndiaSpend reported in May 2016. abounding, the country’s ability to cash in on its “demographic bonus”, the world’s largest working-age population—869 million by 2020—is in doubt, IndiaSpend reported in May 2016. But in the 15 years between 1997 and 2012, employment in the organised sector shrank, wrote Mint columnist Manas Chakravarty, who called this “the biggest failure of economic liberalisation”.

Over 22 years of unprecedented economic growth (1991–2013), less than half the Indians who sought jobs, 140 million of 300

million, got them, according to a United Nations Development Programme report. India will need to generate 280 million jobs between now and 2050, the year when the working-age population (15–64) will peak, the report said.

The rate of employment in the sector, as we said, is dropping.

A driving reason is that cotton, which commands the highest share (24%) of textiles and apparels exports, witnessed an 11% decline in production over the last two financial years.

Crop damages in Punjab and Haryana and low rainfall in Gujarat and Maharashtra may be the reason for the lowest annual cotton output in five years, according to a report in the Business Standard.

This will potentially increase prices, making Indian textile products uncompetitive, at a time when India’s exports are facing competition from Bangladesh, Vietnam and China.

While India still exports more than Vietnam and Bangladesh in absolute terms, over the last three Vietnam’s exports grew 34.92% and Bangladesh’s 13.52%, as India’s exports declined seven per cent.

From a 43% and 87% lead over Bangladesh and Vietnam in textile and apparel exports in 2013–14, India’s lead has now declined to 16% and 28% in 2015–16.

Vietnam is a part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade bloc, and so enjoys preferential access to the US, the world’s largest importing country with 19% share of global textile and

clothing imports. India is not a member of the TPP, meaning it does not get preferential or duty-free access to important markets.

Lots of schemes, but productivity and skills falter

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here is much for Irani to do, such as evaluate, bolster or scrap multiple government schemes that do not appear to have boosted low productivity and skills evident in India’s textile industry.

Some of these programmes include the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme and Integrated Skill Development Scheme.

One of the major problems with the sector—as in most sectors in India—is the dominance of informal establishments where worker productivity is about 15 times lower than formal establishments. The lack of skills in the textiles sector pervades levels such as workers (operators, weavers, tailors et al), supervisors, managers, quality control representatives, merchandisers and designers/developers, according to a National Skill Development Corporation report.

Foreign direct investment (FDI), a driver of productivity, modernisation and skill development, in textiles more than doubled in 2013–14 over the preceding year, but investment growth stagnated in 2014–15.

That year, no more than 0.64% of FDI into India went to textiles

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ndia, on Monday, August 8, took a major step towards a unified goods and services tax regime across the country, with the parliament passing the relevant constitution amendment bill in what is seen as the most radical indirect tax reform in over six decades.

The Lok Sabha passed the amendments to the bill adopted

by Rajya Sabha during its passage last week.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present in the Lok Sabha when the bill was passed.

Intervening during the nearly six-hour debate on the bill, he said Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill will go a long way in helping states, support small entrepreneurs and also curb the menace of corruption.

He said that the new tax law will be an important step towards getting the country rid of “tax terrorism” and also make “consumers the king”.

The Constitution (122 Amendment) Bill, 2014 and amendments were first declared

approved by a two-thirds majority of 443 members of the lower house voting in its favour in the final vote and none against.

AIADMK, which had staged a walk out in the Rajya Sabha, did so in the Lok Sabha also.

The government had moved amendments in the Rajya Sabha to the bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in 2015, to accommodate concerns of opposition, notably the Congress.

The new regime seeks to subsume all central indirect levies such as excise duty, countervailing duty, and service tax, as also state taxes such as value-added tax, entry tax and luxury tax, to create a single, pan-India market.

Some items, notably potable alcohol and petroleum products, will be outside its purview for now. Replying to the debate, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that demand for reducing the indirect taxes and hiking direct taxes is not practical, adding corporate tax in India was kept “competitive” on purpose, in comparison with other countries.

Jaitley hit out at the Congress, saying the 18% cap on GST rate

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

was suggested by the party when the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha and later tabled in the Rajya Sabha.

The leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge took a dig at PM Modi, saying he had opposed the bill as Gujarat Chief Minister by calling it “retrograde in nature”.

“We were the creators of the GST. We were the first to bring the GST. We support it. Those who are passing the GST now, why were they opposing it when

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Following the passage by parliament, at least 50% of the states will have to ratify it for it to become law. This apart, while the centre will have have to take Parliament’s

nod again for its version of the GST, states too will need to do the same, which may not be a quick process.

To reach a compromise, the government had to concede to two main demands of the Congress— scrapping the proposal to levy a one per cent additional duty so that states get compensated for at least two years and make the dispute resolution mechanism stronger and empowered.

But the third demand of specifying the GST rate in the bill itself did not accede.

Even though the idea of a pan-India GST was first mooted in 2003, it was seven years later that a formal bill was first introduced. But this lapsed when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was voted out and the Modi government took over.

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Second India-Russia n-power plant may get powerful new reactor Anjali Ojha

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s the world’s first Generation 3-plus nuclear power unit was connected to the electricity grid in Russia last week, experts in India said the next nuclear power plant that India and Russia are to jointly set up may get a similar reactor.

The Unit 6 of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant in Russia has the most powerful VVER-1200, with 20% more capacity than earlier generation VVER-1000 reactors that India has at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. It was connected to the Russian power grid on Friday, August 5.

Eminent nuclear scientist and former Chairman of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India M.R. Srinivasan said that India expects to build similar units at the second site where India and

The Kudankulam nuclear power plant

Russia will be setting up a nuclear power plant. “The launch of the new 1,200 MW NPP, such as the one at Novovoronezh is of interest for India. We expect to build the larger size units at the second site that is likely to be made available for Russian reactors,” said Srinivasan, who has played a key role in the development of India’s nuclear power programme. He also said that the safety features

at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, built by India and Russia, were good, but those in the VVER 1200 plants are expected to be better.

Both sides have plans to build complete construction and commissioning of 12 power units in the next two decades.

While Kudankulam is the first plant with six units, two of which are functioning now, the site

for the second plant is yet to be finalised. Rosatom official said that all of the post-Fukushima requirements have been applied to the new Novovoronezh NPP nuclear units.

The VVER-1200 units have better power economy, and involve lesser staff, a Rosatom official said.

“The project provides us with the possibility to build reference nuclear power plants across areas with diverse natural and geographical conditions and technogenic impacts.

“It can be implemented on sites with nine different foundations, from rocks to soft soils,” the official said.

The main feature of the VVER-1200 project is its unique combination of active and passive safety systems, and the nuclear power unit is equipped with two protective shells with a ventilated space between them. The internal

protective shell ensures that the space where the reactor is placed is sealed, while the external shell is designed to resist natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or accidents such as explosions or plane crashes.

Passive safety systems in the plant are capable of functioning even in the case of a complete loss of power supply, officials said.

A core melt localisation device (CMLD), or the “core catcher”, is installed at the bottom of the station protective shell. It is made for localisation and cooling the molten core material in case of a hypothetical accident which can lead to damage of the core.

“The “core catcher” allows to preserve the integrity of the protective shell and thus to exclude radioactive emission in the environment even if the hypothetical accident is severe,” the official added.

India’s financial conditions index improves sequentially: study

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he overall financial conditions index in India rose 28% sequentially to 61.1 in the first quarter of 2016–17 from 47.8 in the previous quarter of 2015–16, indicating healthy improvement, a joint study by apex industry bodies said on Sunday, August 8.

“The improvement shows [a] reduction in [the] cost of funds, comfortable liquidity position and better external financial linkages while economic activity is yet to pick up on [a] quarterly basis,” said the study on Financial Conditions Index (FCI) by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). A strong rebound led to the cost of funds index jump 58% to 70.7 in the quarter under review (Q1) of 2016–17 from 44.8 in Q4 of 2015–16, funding liquidity index rose 47% to 67.2 from 45.7 and external financial linkages index increased 52% to 54.6 from 36 quarter ago.

“The Financial Conditions Index (FCI) at 61.1 implies a majority of the respondent banks and financial institutions reporting improvement,” the report said.

Economic activity index, however, declined 20% to 51.8 in last quarter from

improvement in the growth rate of real GDP over the previous quarter.

On annualised basis, the overall FCI declined 17.5% to 61.1 in Q1 from 74.1 in same period year ago, as cost of funds index

Financial conditions index rose 28% sequentially to 61.1 in the first quarter of 2016–17

64.6 in the previous quarter. A total of 41 major banks and financial institutions, with combined total assets of Rs 72 lakh crore, participated in the joint survey.

Among the sub-indices, the cost of funds index improved maximum (70.7) in line with the expectations of the banks and financial institutions. Rise in the funding liquidity index to 67.2 signals a strong expectation of it improving further in subsequent quarters.

Similarly, increase in the external financial linkages index to 54.6 indicates that the Indian financial sector remained unperturbed from effects of the US Fed interest rate. A majority of the banks and financial institutions, however, expected

declined 14.8% to 70.7 from 83, funding liquidity index 14.7% to 67.2 from 78.8, external financial linkages index 16.5% to 51.8 from 69.1 and economic activity index 25% to 51.8 from 69 in like period year ago.

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INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED IN RAJAN’S LAST MONETARY POLICY UPDATE

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eserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan kept key policy rates unchanged in his last monetary policy review on Tuesday, August 9, with little elbow room for easing due to the country’s retail inflation inching closer to the upper tolerance level of six per cent.

The repurchase (repo) rate, or the interest commercial banks pay the central bank for short-term loans, remains unchanged at 6.5%. The cash reserve ratio (CRR) that scheduled banks have to keep in liquid funds also remains unaltered at four per cent of deposits.

In the previous policy update, too, conducted on June 7, the policy rates were left unaltered.

“Recent sharper-thananticipated increase in food prices has pushed up the projected trajectory of inflation over the rest of the year,” Rajan said. Strong improvement in sowing on the back of good monsoon rains and supply-side management auger well for food inflation outlook, he added.

“In view of this configuration of risks, it’s appropriate for the Reserve Bank to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at this juncture while awaiting space for action. The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan

and will continue to emphasise adequate provision of liquidity.”

Rajan also said easy liquidity conditions are now prompting banks to modestly transmit the past policy rate cuts of the central bank on to customers and that pro-active liquidity management by them should facilitate more such pass-through.

The stock markets, which had opened on a positive note on Tuesday, took a sharp dip after the policy announcement.

But they recovered some ground eventually.

Tuesday’s policy update will also be the last one that will afford the central bank governor the liberty to fix policy rates, with the

government set to entrust such a task with a soon-to-be-constituted Monetary Policy Committee, facilitated by amending the statute. The target inflation rate has already been set at four per cent—plus or minus two percentage points. Against this, the central bank retained the inflation projection of five per cent

by March 2017 with risks tilted to the upside.

On growth, Rajan said the momentum was expected to be quickened by the normal monsoon that should raise agricultural output and rural demand. A stimulus to consumption spending was also

expected on account of the Pay Commission award.

“The passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill also augurs well for the growing political consensus for economic reforms,” he said but added timely implementation will be challenging. On the whole, he said, this new tax regime should boost government finances and investor mood. India Inc appreciated RBI’s decision to keep key policy rates unchanged and stick to the inflation target of four per cent.

According to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the government’s decision to stick to the inflation target of four per cent is positive, and in this context, a further push to demand through lowering of interest rate would have translated into higher investments.

Harshavardhan Neotia, President, FICCI said the industrial sector requires continuous focus and while capacity utilisation rates have improved in a few segments, higher investments call for a sustained uptick in demand.

“FICCI would also like to reiterate that the process of transmission of earlier rate cuts by banks remains slow,” said Neotia.

“As mentioned in the statement, we hope Reserve

Modi calls for protecting Dalits, ending discrimination

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rime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, August 7, called for protecting Dalits and said if the country has to progress, peace, unity and harmony can’t be neglected.

Addressing a meeting of BJP’s booth-level workers of Telangana, he said discrimination will not be allowed and warned that the “country and the world will not forgive us”.

He also called for putting an end to politicising the caste issue and alleged that some parties, which considered Dalits as their vote bank and afraid of the initiatives taken by his government, were trying to raise such issues by somehow influencing Dalits.

“I want to tell all such people, if you want to attack, attack me, not my Dalit brothers. If you want to shoot, shoot me, not my Dalit brothers,” Modi said without naming any party.

He turned emotional while addressing thousands of party workers at L. B. Stadium.

This was the second time during his day-long speech that Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed discrimination as a social problem

spoke about the recent attacks on Dalits.

Earlier, in his speech at a public meeting at Gajwel in Medak district, Modi asked called for isolating and punishing fake “gau rakshaks (cow protectors)”, saying they were out to destroy the social fabric.

At the meeting in Hyderabad, he devoted a major part of his speech to the attacks on Dalits.

His remarks were in an obvious

reference to the flogging of four Dalits by cow vigilantes in Gujarat’s Una town on July 11.

“Sometimes some incidents come to light, which makes heads hang in shame,” he said and described such incidents as a sin against humanity.

He told BJP workers that it was their responsibility to protect Dalits and other oppressed sections of the society. Modi described caste discrimination as

an evil which crept into society thousands of years ago. “We have to admit that even 70 years after Independence some shortfalls and evils are there in society and they get manifested in such incidents,” he said.

“Is there any reason that we treat our Dalit brothers this way.

What right we have to make these sections suffer when they are sufferings for centuries,” he asked.

Modi made it clear that discrimination on the basis of language and caste will not be allowed.

“We talk of whole universe one family but we can’t make Dalit brothers our own,” said the PM. He said the BJP workers who were working for the unity of the society and the country would have to expose such people.

Terming caste discrimination as a social problem, Modi said it was his request to all those who want a solution to give up politics of dividing the society.

“This is a social problem. The more we politicise it, the more it gets complicated.”

Bank of India would continue to work on improving the pass through of the previous rate cuts.” Another business chamber Assocham (Associated Chambers of Commerce of India) said while the RBI decision to keep the policy interest rates unchanged is on the expected lines in the face of consumer inflation staying sticky, Rajan’s remarks on possibility of positive impact of monsoon on inflation and continuing accommodative stance towards interest rates augur well for achieving sustainable growth.

The chamber further said it also looks forward to the formation of an institutional framework for deciding the policy interest rates in sync with inflation and growth, through a Monetary Policy Committee.

Industry body PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry elaborated that it expects a significant repo rate cut in the future to facilitate the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector.

Gupta cited that there is a lot of scope to reduce the repo rate as good monsoon is visible and inflationary expectations are also benign.

“At this juncture, [the] economy should be supported by lower interest rates to enhance the demand for durables and to boost up the manufacturing sector,” Gupta added.

Technology empowering people: Jaitley

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nion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Saturday, August 6, said technology has empowered common people and made governments accountable.

Interacting with people during a Town Hall-style event organised here to mark the second anniversary of MyGov platform, he said it allows people to interact with the government at a minimal cost. “It disseminates information. It also improves accountability of the government,” he said, adding that people, especially youth living in smaller cities, are also able to get the same information that a person in big cities would have.

Speaking on the occasion, Union Law and Justice and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also expressed similar views, saying that “digital democracy is the essence of India and MyGovIndia is the biggest platform that showcases it”.

He said technology advancement has been able to provide media tools that help build pressure on the government and the opposition as well.

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INDIAN-AMERICAN’S COMPANY APPROVED FOR MOON LANDING Arul Louis

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n Indian-American entrepreneur has begun a countdown for launching a moon lander next year after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it has approved his company’s venture.

Naveen Jain, the founder of Moon Express, called the US government OK on Wednesday for the MX1-E moon lander “another giant leap for humanity”.

“In the immediate future we envision bringing precious resources, metals and moon rocks back to the Earth,” the graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee and XLRI Jamshedpur said on his company’s website.

The MX-1E will ride to the moon orbit on a space vehicle from Rocket Lab USA. One of that company’s backers is Khosla Ventures created by Vinod Khosla, the venture capitalist who is an

with ISRO’s Moon Impact Probe (MIP) and NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) that it carried on board.

“The recent discovery of water on the moon is an economic game changer for humanity’s future,” he said. “Water is the oil of the solar system and the moon has become a gas station in the sky.”

Moon Express is the first private company to get government approval for a moon venture.

The FAA described Moon Express becomes the first private company to get the US approval for lunar mission the MX-1E as a spacecraft that can orbit to the water on the moon as an incentive Indian Institute of Technologymoon, make a soft landing on the for lunar ventures. The discovery Delhi graduate and who lunar surface, and move on it by was accomplished by the Indian co-founded Sun Microsystems. making “hops”.

Space Research Organization’s Moon Express CEO Bob Moon Express needed the FAA (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft Richards cited the discovery of approval because the Outer Space

Treaty requires private ventures to be authorised by a government that has signed the treaty.

It will be eligible to compete for the Google Lunar XPRIZE of $20 million for the first private company to land a craft on the moon, make it travel at least 500 metres on the lunar surface and send back videos.

Moon Express has already won two preliminary XPRIZE awards for demonstrating its technological capability to land on the moon and send images.

The awards are the $1 million Landing Prize and the $250,000 Imaging Prize.

Jain founded Moon Express in 2010. Previously he had launched two internet companies, InfoSpace and Intellus.

“The sky is not the limit for Moon Express; it is the launch pad,” he said. “Space is our only path forward to ensure our survival and create a limitless future for our children.”

Indian-American wins Washington open primary

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ndian-American Pramila Jayapal has open Congressional in Washington’s

politician won an primary seventh

Pramila Jayapal

Congressional District seat, and could become the first from the community to be elected to the US House of Representatives.

Jayapal, 50, took a commanding lead in vote count on August 2 in the race to replace

It changed its name to “OneAmerica” in 2008.

With their battle too close to call, Joe McDermott and Walkinshaw both said they were looking forward to taking on Jayapal in November.

Six other candidates—Democrats Arun Jhaveri and Donovan Rivers, Republicans

Scott Sutherland and Craig Keller, and independents Leslie Regier and Carl Cooper—each had no more than nine per cent of the vote.

The Seventh District includes most of Seattle, Vashon island, some south-west suburbs of King county and a bit of Snohomish county.

retiring Representative Jim McDermott, The Seattle Times reported.

Jayapal, a Democrat, was born in India and raised in Indonesia and Singapore.

She had 38% of the vote and will advance to the November 8 general election.

McDermott and State Representative

NEW ZEALAND FIRST LIST MP

Brady Walkinshaw were neck to neck

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behind Jayapal, McDermott with 21.5% and Walkinshaw with 20.9%.

“We’re building a movement that can clearly stake out a positive vision for the future of America at a time when too many people feel cynical about change, and when too many people are struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table,” Jayapal, a Democrat who has represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate since 2015, said on the night of August 2.

Jayapal is also an activist. She founded “Hate Free Zone” after the September 11 attacks in 2001 as an advocacy group for Arabs, Muslims, and South Asian Americans targeted in the wake of the attacks.

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SPORTS

Rio round-up: August 5 to 11

By the time she finished, Deepa was sixth in vaults and 27th overall and had to endure a nervous wait of five hours for the other two sub-divisions to finish. With no other competitor managing to surpass her score in the individual vault, Dipa managed to enter individual vault final and grab a piece of history.

Deepa will compete in the finals on August 14.

at 5–5, 6–6, 7–7 and 8–8. However, as Rooney faltered, the Australian made her way to win a thrilling 12–11.

Rooney, 28, is the second New Zealand shooter, after 1968 bronze medallist Ian Ballinger, to win an Olympic medal.

“I’m stoked. It’s an incredible feeling,” she said. “Of course I’d like to have the gold, but to come away with the silver still feels great.”

In the past, Rooney has scored fourth and fifth places at the last two Commonwealth Games. In the 2012 Olympic Games, New Zealand had qualified only one shooter and Ryan Taylor represented the country.

“I haven’t had the best of luck in the past and to finally crack it at the Olympics is awesome,” she said.

Rooney earns the first medal for New Zealand

Sevens women claim a silver

With Summer Olympic kicking off on August 5, it has been a week of historic moments and medals amid heartbreak for athletes. Here are highlights from the week that was at Rio.

Fiji defeats New Zealand to enter Rugby sevens semifinals

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n a thrilling and tight game, Fiji men’s team defeated New Zealand in the Rugby sevens quarter final by 12–7 on Thursday, August 11.

After scoring first, Fiji was led by New Zealand at half time by 7–5 but quickly picking up after half-time, Fiji managed to overtake in the fianl few minutes and finishes 12–7.

At the time of printing, Fiji was still to face Japan in the semi-finals on Friday, August 12.

Gymnast Dipa creates history by entering Olympic final

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ipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic finals at the Rio Olympic Centre. The 22-year-old qualified for the final round in the individual vault final of

artistic gymnastics after finishing eighth on the standings on Sunday, August 7.

Competing in the third sub-division, Dipa had an average score of 51.665.

She managed to perform her muchvaunted ‘Produnova’ vault cleanly to score 14.850 on the vault, 11.666 on the uneven bars 12.866 in balance beam and 12.033 in floor exercises.

The Tripura gymnast scored executed the ‘Produnova’ in her first attempt on the vault to 15.100 with 8.1 for execution and 7.00 for difficulty. She scored 14.6 on her second attempt with 8.6 for execution and 6.00 for difficulty.

In uneven bars, Deepa scored 7.166 for execution and 4.5 for difficulty. In balance beam, she scored 7.566 for execution and 5.3 for difficulty while in floor exercises her scores read 7.133 for execution and 5.2 for difficulty with a penalty of 0.3.

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atalie Rooney claimed a silver medal in women’s trap shooting on August 8, making it the first medal for New Zealand at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

In the final against Australian Catherine Skinner, she led 4–2 and still level-pegging

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he New Zealand women’s rugby team lost to Australia in the final, to settle for a silver on August 9.

The team had defeated Great Britain in the semi-finals with a final score of 25–7 and headed into the finals with high hopes of earning a gold medal. However, the Australian team dominated possession in the finals and scored 24 consecutive points.

“We came out here to win a gold medal and we are bringing back a silver. But silver’s still good in New Zealand’s eyes and we hope we have done them good,” said New Zealand captain Sarah Gross.

“It’s a medal. It’s getting on to the podium. We came out here to grow a women’s legacy. To get more women and more children playing rugby and I hope we did that around the world and hopefully next time we come to the Olympics there’s a lot more women playing rugby.”

Liverpool thrashes Barcelona in International Champions Cup

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adio Mane scored his first goal as Liverpool recorded a comprehensive 4–0 win over FC Barcelona in the International Champions Cup at the Wembley Stadium on Saturday, August 6.

The English Premier League (EPL) club completed their ICC commitments against the Spanish giants, and manager Jurgen Klopp’s team treated the sell-out crowd to an exciting, fluent display.

The impressive Mane opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour with an excellent finish after Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino had linked up well.

Liverpool stormed out of the blocks in the second half and were 3–0 up by the 49th minute thanks to an own goal from former Red Javier Mascherano

and a typically classy finish from Divock Origi, Liverpool’s official website reported.

Marko Grujic added further gloss to the scoreline with a brilliant looping header in injury time, and Klopp is sure to be satisfied with an encouraging performance and result against a true heavyweight of European football with Liverpool’s EPL opener at Arsenal now just eight days away.

But the Reds did not have to wait long to take the lead as Mane rounded off an excellent team move 15 minutes in.

Lallana pickpocketed Juan Camara deep in his own half and broke forward, played a neat one-two with Firmino and then fed Mane, who finished with aplomb, high into MarcAndre ter Stegen’s net from close range.

Messi’s effort appeared to spark Luis Enrique’s side into life, and Mignolet was called into action shortly before the half-hour mark. The Belgian made a sharp save from Arda

Turan’s deflected effort before the Turkish midfielder put the rebound wide.

Philippe Coutinho then curled an effort wide after shrugging off the attentions of Aleix Vidal and Mignolet denied Suarez as an entertaining, end-to-end first half came to an end.

Klopp’s side flew out of the traps after the break and put the result beyond doubt with two quickfire goals early in the second half.

First, former Red Mascherano could only divert the ball into his own net under pressure from Jordan Henderson after Mane had again got to the byline superbly, and Liverpool were three to the good a minute later when substitute Origi finished coolly after being played in by Kevin Stewart.

Barca were finding it impossible to contain Mane and the Senagalese shot wide after some dazzling footwork before Grujic rounded off the win with a clever header from Lazar Markovic’s cross.

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WEEKLY FORECAST: AUGUST 12 TO AUGUST 18

ARIES

TAURUS

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GEMINI

(March 21-April 20)

(April 21-May 20)

(May 21-June 21)

You will need to guide someone regarding a new job or task, so be prepared for it. Much effort may go into preparing for something important on the academic front. Meeting friends is likely to be high on your agenda this week. Your loving and caring nature will be appreciated by one and all. Cheque or cash for an outstanding amount may be received soon. This is not the week to experiment with a new dish.

A change in the programme is very likely, but it will suit you better. Create a serene and tranquil environment, if you want to retain focus on your studies. Your efficiency at work is likely to get noticed.

Freelancers are certain to get more opportunities.

Some new ideas may come to you regarding a venture undertaken. Blessings of a family elder will be reserved for you for your helpful nature. A good dose of relaxation will recharge you completely.

Lucky No.: 15 / Lucky Colour: Turquoise

A problem on the professional front may beg your attention, so don’t ignore it. Developing contacts with influential people is likely to ease personal problems.

Someone may appear rude and arrogant, but is loyal and trustworthy, so overlook his or her shortcomings. Your life path gets clearer and more defined on the academic front. Assess the marketability of what you buy in bulk beforehand to prevent losses. Getting stressed out over an issue is a possibility towards the end of this week.

Lucky No.: 4 / Lucky Colour: Royal blue

LEO

(July 23-August 23) You will need a push to get going in a professional venture and that push will be forthcoming. Problemsolving with the help of knowledgeable people assumes importance on the academic front at this juncture. A new relationship is on the cards for those seeking love. Financial support is likely for those pursuing higher studies. You feel on top of the world this week and are likely to accomplish much. Ill health poses no problems for those pursuing their passion.

Lucky No.: 1 / Lucky Colour: Dark red

SAGITTARIUS

VIRGO

Lucky No.: 1 / Lucky Colour: Magenta

LIBRA

CANCER

(June 22-July 20) You may not be in a complete picture, so don’t base your judgement on limited information and make decisions. On the romantic front, instant gratification is what you seek and what you get, so have an enjoyable outing with partner! An oversight in money matters is indicated, so remain alert. Old grudges and negative thoughts may disturb your mind. Meditation and matters spiritual will prove uplifting and help in getting destressed. Academically, you are likely to shine.

Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Sandy brown

SCORPIO

(August 24-Sep 23)

(Sep 24-October 23)

(Oct 24-November 22)

If you keep your timing right, it will be difficult to miss a good opportunity. The week appears enjoyable, as you get to spend it with friends and relatives.

Promotion or raise in on the anvil for those serving with the government or with top MNCs. You are likely to ace the competition on the academic front by the dint of your hard work. Your competitive spirit and diehard ambition keep you in top form.

Lucky No.: 3 / Lucky Colour: Dark yellow

The week seems immensely fulfilling on the professional front, as new deals are negotiated and signed. You will have a leg up on rivals on the academic front, as competition hots up. Socially, you can expect a hectic time in the company of friends and relatives. Good judgement will be your strength in playing the stocks. On the fitness front, your efforts of coming back in shape succeed. Passions rage on the romantic front, so rejoice!

Lucky No.: 17 / Lucky Colour: Purple

Buying a piece of property is on the cards. Don’t let a situation get out of hand, as it may not be in your favour. Someone’s guidance on the academic front will work wonders in achieving your aim. There is a strong possibility of estranged couples getting reunited. Charting your career path will assume importance at this juncture. A good night’s sleep is all that is required to bring your energy back. You may plan a get-together.

Lucky No.: 8 / Lucky Colour: Saffron

CAPRICORN

(Nov 23-December 11)

(Dec 22-January 21)

If you are getting the right break on the career front, you must give it a serious thought. Stay clear of office politics. A chance for a raise is likely to fizzle out. It is in your interest to exchange notes on the academic front. Don’t let anyone dampen your spirits for taking up a challenge. A friend or relation may request you for help. Those in the fray will get a break in their favourite sport.

Lucky No.: 2 / Lucky Colour: Peach

You will need to do something special to celebrate a special event, so get started right now. Clarify your position with superiors at work, before the blame game gets to you. On the romantic front, do remember partner’s special day or you may get into big trouble! A car or a dream house is about to become a reality for some. A drive to the countryside is likely to give you the thrills. Health remains satisfactory.

Lucky No.: 11 / Lucky Colour: Off White

AQUARIUS

PISCES

(Jan 22-February 19)

(Feb 20-March 20)

The ambition you harbour will only get realised through good networking. Don’t expect anyone to spoon feed you on the academic front. For homemakers, daily dull and drab routine may seem like a heavy burden. It is time to take a muchdeserved break. Your fund situation may become worrisome if you continue to spend with nary a care in the world. Extra energy may be required to handle a complex situation. Be just in your decisions.

Lucky No.: 6 / Lucky Colour: Peach

A chance encounter with someone influential is likely to solve your current problems. Remain truthful, even if the situation goes against your interests. Truth generally prevails. Joining partner in another location is indicated and nearness will provide a sense of fulfilment. Those in the government service may look forward to a profitable week. Setting aside some time for yourself will help achieve mental calmness. Don’t sit on the judgement seat, if you feel biased as you may wrong someone.

Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Brown

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poster launch of the film Umformung, based on Buddhist monks.

He added, “I love monks because just now I returned from Darjeeling Mirik and I am always a very great devotee of Buddha, I am a devotee of all religions.”

Lahiri had recently made a short film Slum Stars that won awards at international festivals.

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ctress Jacqueline Fernandez, who starred with superstar Salman Khan in the 2014 actioner Kick, now wants to work with Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.

Asked if she is keen to work with Bollywood’s other two popular Khans, Jacqueline said, “Absolutely. I think that is on everyone’s wish list... It enriches you as an actor... More the actors you work with, you learn a lot.”

The 30-year-old actress, who is currently riding high on the success of her latest release Dishoom, an action-adventure film which also features Varun Dhawan and John Abraham, says it is a “dream” to work with superstars such as Shah Rukh and Aamir.

“They are legends,” she said and added, “It’s about growing and learning as an actor, so definitely, I would love to work with them.”

Jacqueline is currently gearing up for her next release A Flying Jatt, directed by Remo D’Souza.

The film also stars Tiger Shroff and is set to hit the screens on August 25.

Bappi Lahiri to send song of religious chants to Grammys

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usic composersinger Bappi Lahiri says that he is a devotee of all religions and has created a song of Gayatri Mantra and Buddha chants, which he plans to send to the Grammy Award committee.

“Recently I have made something of only chants which will be going to the Grammys. There is Gayatri Mantra and Buddha chants in it because people abroad like chants tremendously.

“You can check Tina Turner on Youtube, world number one singer, she has done so many rock songs, but she has created chants, it is very popular there,” Lahiri said on the sidelines of the

Talking about the film, he said, “I did the film to encourage slum people. I am always going to Hollywood and Quincy Jones, renowned composer, who has discovered Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, told me that everybody is from slums, raj mahal (palace) is made later.

“In fact, there are no slums, because when we come to the cities, we make it a raj mahal, so I just tried to encourage those who sing well.”

Lahiri, who is famous for numerous compositions for the past few decades, sang popular songs such as Ooh La La and some part in Tune Mari Entriyaan in recent times.

acting for me became easier. Since it’s my debut film I was a bit worried, but because of his level of intensity in a particular scene I was just reacting after a point rather than acting. It’s good to work with someone like that,” the former beauty queen said.

So, who broke the ice?

Hrithik answered this one.

“I broke the ice with a chalk.

I fed her some chalk. She was looking for diet food and I offered her a protein bar, but it was actually a chalk that I had found on the set. She ate it up and later, I told her that it was actually [a] chalk,” he said.

Pooja shared that the two had met during a test shoot as well.

“I think the ice broke when he (Hrithik) thought that I was from south India,” said the actress, who has featured in southern films such as Mukunda and Mugamoodi.

Reminiscing about that day, Hrithik said, “I even asked her ‘When are you going back?’ She said ‘I am going back at 6 p.m.’

Then I asked ‘What time is your flight?’ She asked ‘What flight?

I live in Bandra.’ I thought she lived in south India.”

Going by his expression, Pooja, who was born and brought up in Mumbai, said that he looked shocked for sure.

I’m blown away

by Alia Bhatt’s work: Saiyami Kher

Acting with Hrithik gave Pooja the jitters

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ooja Hegde is set to make her Bollywood acting debut with Hrithik Roshan in the forthcoming film Mohenjo Daro, and the budding actress says she was nervous while sharing screen space with the heartthrob.

Did she get the jitters?

“Of course. He (Hrithik) is a really good actor. The plus-point of working with him is that ... you are so involved in a scene that

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ctress Saiyami Kher, who is making her Bollywood debut with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirzya, says she finds it “mind-blowing” to see Alia Bhatt’s range as an actor.

“There is so much to learn from any generation (of actors).

Currently, I am completely blown away by Alia’s work. She is completely on another level altogether,” Saiyami said.

“The kind of films she does is mind-blowing. I watched Udta Punjab and she is phenomenal,” she added.

In her debut film Mirzya, Saiyami is paired with newcomer Harshvardhan Kapoor. Asked if

she hopes to make inroads into international cinema someday, Saiyami said, “I would love to because I don’t see language as a barrier in acting. If something comes along, it would be wonderful. I would love to do a Japanese film some day.”

Sohail Khan’s Freaky Ali to release on September 9

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ohail Khan’s upcoming directorial Freaky Ali, which features acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and is based on golf, will hit the screens on September 9.

Sohail’s brother and superstar Salman Khan, on Saturday, August 6, took to Twitter, where he shared the first look of the film.

“The Freak Nawaz, poor man in the rich man sports who became the game changer Freaky Ali,” Salman tweeted.

This is not the first time Sohail will be directing a film.

The 46-year-old actor-director made his directorial debut with the 1997 action thriller Auzaar, which starred his brother Salman and Sanjay Kapoor.

He then directed both of his brothers Salman and Arbaaz in the hit film Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya and Hello Brother. He recently directed Jai Ho in 2014.

Half Girlfriend to release on May 19, 2017

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ilm-maker Mohit Suri’s upcoming film Half Girlfriend starring Shraddha Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor has been locked for release on May 19 next year.

Co-produced by Chetan Bhagat, Half Girlfriend is an adaptation of the author’s eponymous novel.

Shraddha on Saturday, August 6, shared the release date with her fans and followers on Twitter.

“Half Girlfriend is going to release on May 19, 2017... Mohit Suri, Chetan Bhagat, Arjun Kapoor,” Shraddha tweeted.

This is not the first time that Arjun, who will be seen playing the character of Madhav Jha, will

be working in an adaptation. He has also starred in the movie 2 States, an adaptation of Bhagat’s book 2 States: The Story of My Marriage.

Commercial Hindi cinema generalises issues: Irrfan

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ctor Irrfan Khan, who fears that the danger of losing young audiences is lurking over the country’s entertainment world, says commercial Hindi films lack focus when it comes to dealing with important issues.

“In today’s time, storytelling is changing. The young audience is watching Hollywood cinema more and more because we (Bollywood) are not able to provide them intelligent entertainment where the film is not just a time pass, but also has something else about them,” Irrfan said.

“Regional cinema is talking about regional issues... It is incorporating those issues which are of people’s concern. But Hindi commercial cinema generalises them... It doesn’t really talk about a specific thing. That’s where it loses its focus,” he added.

Irrfan’s latest release is Madaari, which talks about a common man’s ordeal when he loses his son in a tragic incident.

He feels it’s high time filmmakers took more care to offer better content to the audience.

“I think it will be more and more difficult for Indian films to find an audience. Either big films that come with superstars or some family entertainers... Only these kind of films might find an audience. We have the danger to lose the young audience,” said the critically acclaimed actor.

Irrfan, who has worked in international movies such as Life of Pi and Jurassic World, said India could have many more writers.

“In Hollywood, writers are respected much more than in India. They are paid much more and they are secure. We are seeing a change in the Indian film industry as well and I hope we could inspire many more writers and they could get their due and space,” Irrfan said.

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The Queen of Melody to dazzle Auckland—Part II A tête-à-tête with Shreya Ghoshal

We pick up from where we left off last week. Our conversation with the star takes a more personal tone and we get to know the grounded woman behind all the glamour. Just as with all our servings of Chai Latte, we sign off with some trivia for you to enjoy.

Maya Shivam

Shreya: I love New Zealand. It’s just such a beautiful country, and the people are so much fun and warm. I think the beauty of the place is overwhelming [and] that’s why the people here are so happy. And singing for a happy audience is so awesome! Love the energy of this audience. I am looking forward to some great concerts on this tour.

How do you keep a balance between music/career and life?

Shreya: I like to keep my life minimalistic.

Doing too many things at the same time and getting exhausted takes away the fun of doing anything. Every time I have taken up too much work that takes a toll on me physically and mentally, I have realised it is not worth it. I guess I have found the right balance. So I can give time to family and my own self. I learnt it over the time.

Tell us about your childhood sweetheart and marriage? How has being married changed/not changed your work/career?

Shreya: Shiladitya and I met in 2005 through common friends at our school reunion and instantly hit it off. The friendship grew quickly into something more.

We both are like Ying and Yang; we complement each other to bring a balance in our lives. He brings calm to my restlessness and lets me be better at being me. So well, after 10 years of being in a beautiful relationship, we got married and are enjoying this phase of life.

Nothing has changed, and I think I have been out of the country more doing my tours since the wedding, and juggling all my commitments, but he supports me in everything I do.

He is not just a wonderful life partner but also my best friend. I feel blessed.

What are some of the projects you are currently working on?

Shreya: Jab Tum Hote Ho from Rustom has just released and is getting a lot of love.

I am currently working on Sanjay Bhansali’s Padmavati, which I’m very excited about.

There are some beautiful interesting songs about to release soon. That apart, many interesting songs happening all the time in regional cinema as well.

Do you think the industry poses any challenges to you being a woman?

Shreya: Not at all. Our music industry respects talent and it doesn’t matter whether you are a woman or a man. All that matters is whether you are able to give a great song that is loved by listeners, and how professional are you in your attitude.

No one can sustain in this industry unless you deliver something that is from the heart and real. For any composer-singer-lyricist, the only bias is merit.

What do you think are the essential ingredients for women who want to fulfil their highest potential and live their best lives?

Shreya: Just believe in your passion, learn, nurture, and give it a chance. I never see why being a woman should change anything else about what your choices in life should be.

Never give education less importance in life.

It gives you the power to make life choices.

You are a role model for many young girls. What is the single most challenging thing that you need to constantly work on to keep ahead of your game?

Shreya: I don’t like being complacent. It’s easy to go into that state of mind. I never let the drive to do better die down. I actually am a workaholic so to speak. And I believe that staying humble to the art and everything that I have got till now makes you student for life, lets you evolve. That’s my mantra.

How do you feel about your New Zealand performances?

Date and time: Saturday, August 20, at 7:30 p.m.

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This is going to be your third and each time you get a great response.

What do you think is the secret to your popularity?

Shreya: (laughs) I don’t know if there is any secret, it’s all out there. I like to pour my heart out for my audience. Not keep any secrets. So when I am going to be on stage, New Zealand knows it’s going to non-stop music. And every song that they had in their hearts in my song list!

You come across as a very humble person. What is it that keeps you grounded and real?

Shreya: My parents have taught me to be so. I come from a family that has taught me that real joy is in smaller joys, doing good to people, and always doing the right thing.

What is your message for your fans in New Zealand?

Shreya: I love you guys! Hope you all are coming to the concerts. Can’t wait to sing for the awesome bunch of music lovers. Be ready for a lot of good music and a lot of fun.

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Favourite colour: Pink Favourite food: Home-cooked dal chawal You are most comfortable in: T-shirt–jeans Happiest when dressed in: A pretty saree Favourite pastime: Watching T V shows Signature perfume: Chanel Chance You are happiest when: On a vacation You would rather not: Be late What’s the one thing you would like to change about yourself: Absolutely nothing;) What’s the one thing you would like to change about the world today: Stop for the mankind from being so selfish about everything What would you like to sign off with: Stay happy, stay positive, do something good every day, adopt a dog or any pet, go for holidays, and never compromise on a good sleep and a good meal:)

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For this young fashion designer, it is all about precision. Each garment that she creates or alters is a beautifully-designed and unique piece. A fulltime product assistant, Nazneen Daruwalla started Alter Me to pursue her passion for sewing and designing. Her creations have been showcased on a global platform at Miss Universe World and Miss India beauty pageants. We spoke to Nazneen to know more about her business venture.

Esha Chanda IWK: What drives you to the fashion industry?

Nazneen: To be honest, I admire the labour side of the fashion industry more, from developing a pattern from an image to the full construction of the garment.

It helps to have an analytic attribute as I enjoy problem-solving and learning new techniques every time, as each garment is different from the first. The key point about the fashion industry is that it is always changing and I find it thrilling to keep up with it.

Nazneen Daruwalla

Nazneen: I like using both Indian-Kiwi cultures in designing outfits.

Many people have come to see me to design their evening dresses after seeing my Indian cultural, tailor-made, garments as they love the embellished fabrics and bright colours. I take the modern trends into consideration when clients come to see me to design and make them an outfit, so they always stay in-trend.

IWK: How do you manage Alter Me with a full-time job?

IWK: Tell us a little about Alter Me. What services does it offer?

Nazneen: Alter Me provides remarkable services regarding couture. Services include clothing alterations, personal designing, dressmaking and sampling. I take on each client’s needs as my own project and make sure to give them a satisfying result.

IWK: What led you to start your own business venture?

Nazneen: I started Alter Me soon after I graduated from Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design. As mentioned, I enjoy the labour side of the fashion industry, and I did not want to work for another company when I already had experience from my internships, hence I started my own company, Alter Me. Personally, I specialise in the dressmaking service, as I like working one-on-one with my clients; making their designs come to life.

IWK: In your formative years, you’ve interned with designers such as Amber Whitecliffe and Thom Dolan.

How has that experience helped you grow?

Nazneen: I had the greatest opportunity to have interned with designer Thom Dolan, in New York. I worked alongside Thom and it helped me see how a small business runs through all stages, from

Above: Nazneen Daruwala Right: Creations from the young designer

designing to dealing with manufacturers and then receiving the sample products.

I interned with Amber Whitecliffe when I was in my last year at uni. I took away lots of experience in dressmaking. Amber’s clothes are simple and beautifully tailored.

She has an amazing personality and I loved working with her through various projects.

IWK: Tell us a little about the designs you created for Miss Universe World and Miss India contestants. Any other global events where your work has been showcased?

Nazneen: Merciana Suess was one of the competitors in Mrs Universe New Zealand 2014. She came to me to design an outfit for the National Round at the pageant. I

went through the entire process of designing various outfits for her to choose from, and then went to source fabrics and finally making her the completed product.

Sonam Sharma was one of the contestants at Miss India. She already had her fabric, and I designed an Indian outfit for her to wear at the pageant.

IWK: As an Indian fashion designer in New Zealand, how do you think the two different cultures influence your work?

Open day event at Gandhi Nivas

Date: Friday, August 19 Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Venue: 40 Station Road, Otahuhu Gandhi Nivas invites the Indian community for an Open Day event on August 19 where there will be having a talk every hour starting at 10:30 a.m. on the hour. RSVP by calling Sucharita Verma on 09 280 4064 or drop an e-mail at info@ sahaayta.org.nz.

Pakuranga Toastmasters

Nazneen: When I first started my full-time job I use to do Alter Me full-time as well. But eventually it got too difficult and now I run it as a hobby, as I still love the whole process of making a garment for a customer in need.

I only take evening appointments from 5 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, which makes it a lot easier for me to manage as I have the remaining days of the week to complete the orders.

Date: Monday, August 22, and September 5 and 19 Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Venue: Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, 13 Reeves Rd, Pakuranga Founded in 1975, Pakuranga Toastmaster provides a safe, friendly, welcoming and fun environment for people of all

walks of life to build confidence, leadership skills, and improve their communication and public speaking skills. Themes, props, and sense of humour are ingredients that allow participants to learn and grow in a fun environment.

Admission is free.

Parenting workshop in English and Chinese

Date: English groups on Monday, August 29, September 5, 12, 19 and on Friday, September 2, 9, 16, 23 Chinese groups on Monday, August 15, 22 and Friday, August 12, 19 and 26 Time: 10 am to noon Venue: Manaia Room, Pakuranga Library Building, 7 Aylesbury St Pakuranga Citizens Advice Bureau CAB will be holding a free parenting workshop for all families with

children up to 12 years old, living in Counties Manukau.

Participants can learn to deal with difficult parenting issues by observing, discussing, and practicing positive parenting strategies. Workbooks and tip sheets will be provided. Register by calling 021459520 or drop an e-mail at settlement.pakuranga@cab.org.nz.

Paryushan

Date: Monday, August 29 to September 5 Time: Time varies on each day Venue: 44F Portage Road, New Lynn Jain community members are invited to participate in the celebration of Paryushana Maha Parva that will see full-day programmes starting from August 29. For more details, call Parag Shah on 021 278 8912 or check the website nzjainsangh.org.

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