

Kiwi Business Delegation upbeat on Ministers' visit to India
The members of Kiwi-business delegation travelling along with Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and Minister for Trade, Export & Growth on a four day visit to India are brimming with excitement about the prospects of advancing bilateral trade. Speaking with The Indian Weekender from New Delhi, Sameer Handa, Chairman of India New Zealand Business Council said, “The ministerial delegation to India has been very timely although long overdue.” “The business delegation i


David Parker meets with Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant in New Delhi
With eyes on boosting economic cooperation and bilateral trade between the two countries, the visiting Minister for Trade David Parker is currently meeting with Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant in New Delhi. Minister Parker is accompanied with the Acting NZ High Commissioner to India, Graeme Action, along with a high-level business delegation from New Zealand. Niti Ayog (National Institution for Transforming India) is the Indian government’s premium economic policy-making body that


Indian High Commission host a grand reception for the Indian cricket team
The Office of Indian High Commission has on Wednesday, February 19, hosted the visiting Indian Cricket Team for a community reception at the India House in Lower Hutt, Wellington. Speaking on occasion High Commissioner of India to New Zealand, Muktesh Pardeshi expressed his joy and excitement for hosting the ‘Men in Blue’ along with the team officials from BCCI. Present at the event were Hon Consul of India in Auckland, Bhav Dhillon, Minister for Sport and Recreation Grant Ro


Spirit of hard work and sharing, revered at Auckland Tamil Association's pongal event
Overwhelming appreciation of the collective spirit of hard work and sharing of fruits of that hard work with everyone in the community was the central theme of the Auckland Tamil Association’s Pongal celebratory event on a bright sunny afternoon on Saturday, February 8 at the Mt Eden War Memorial. Almost every keynote speaker present on occasion including Chief Government Whip and Labour MP Michael Wood, Hon Consul of India Bhav Dhillon, Kiwi-Indian MPs Labour’s Priyanca Radh