POLITICS: 

Indian association Manukau (IAMNZ) organised an event to discuss about the End of life choice and cannabis legalisation & control referendum. The programme focussed on creating community awareness and education around the referendums through different presentations and mediums to put across the information for the upcoming general elections.

The Government is changing its approach to teacher recruitment as COVID-19 travel restrictions continue, by boosting a range of initiatives to get more Kiwis into teaching.

The Green Party is calling for an independent review of Pharmac to ensure that there is proper equity around funding for medication for sick New Zealanders.

The former Chief Executive Officer of Air New Zealand, who also held a number of senior roles with Unilever, was visiting Universal Granite (UC), New Zealand’s leading supplier of stones, accompanied by Alastair Bell, National Party’s Board Member based in Northern Region

National says if it were in government it would create 10,000 jobs a month and get unemployment heading down to 4 percent by 2025.

What we need from the current government and the opposition is to unite so that they can spend resources on visualising and implementing substantial forward-moving policies for our economy.

National’s small business policy, details by kiwi-Indian National’s List MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi.

We are now at alert level 2 as a nation – but for those of us in Auckland the rules are slightly different.

The creation of new political parties like New Zealand Public Party (NZPP) and the New Conservative Party with Leighton Baker as their leader is proof of this statement. While Baker has highlighted the importance of multiculturalism being the melting pot of values that New Zealanders stand for, Billy has been advocating the concerns not just around the current global Covid-19 pandemic but also what the future holds for the New Zealanders and the coming generations.

In Mt Roskill, we have had a number of gun incidents within the past three years Labour has been in government. More recently, with two gun shooting incidents within the space of three days earlier this year in Mt Roskill, people were so scared that they didn’t want to speak up against such acts out of fear they were gang related. Such incidents have been quite unsettling for families and businesses.

An English Nursery Rhyme teaches kids about the folly of a single-minded pursuit of one goal. A single-minded pursuit that is ultimately damaging. The nursery rhyme tells of an old lady who accidently swallows a fly, but instead of taking a balanced approach to the problem, she swallows a spider to catch the fly, then a bird to catch the spider, a cat, a dog etc. She ultimately dies.

As Parliament wraps up ahead of this year’s election, our focus remains firmly on COVID-19. While I’m excited to be returning home to campaign in Kaipara ki Mahurangi, I know we cannot afford to be complacent.