Browsing Tag: New zealand

A momentous year ~ Life and Style - Waikato/NZ

Each year the Waikato Times tells stories of people's lives, their issues and opportunities. As 2011 signs off, Denise Irvine revisits some of our newsmakers to check on progress.
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Kiwi ingenuity to the fore in beach cleanup

Hundreds of volunteers crawled on their hands and knees in the sand yesterday, collecting bags of oily mess as they went. More than 5000 people have volunteered to help so far. About 620 tonnes of oily sandy waste have been recovered, with more oil washing up in Mt Maunganui on Saturday night.
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Sikhs outraged at alleged voter fraud link

The statement, from Sikh Council of New Zealand secretary Verpal Singh, came as two men aged 36 and 39 appeared in the Manukau District Court yesterday charged with forgery after a police inquiry into alleged voter fraud.
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Ragi Bhai Hira Singh Ji Ragi Memorial

He was blessed with a melodious voice which could spellbind and mesmerize the audiences of more than thirty thousand at a time. He was loved and respected for his disposition of the highest order by all and no Diwan was considered to be perfect without his cordial participation.
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Sikh kirpans testing NZ schools

A mother of boys aged 13, 14 and 15, who wear kirpans to school in South Auckland said the 12cm blades were under a shirt and "not hurting anyone".
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NZ Cossy club: All races welcome, but no hats

The manager of a cosmopolitan club which refused entry to a turbaned Sikh has conceded that her club's name stands for inclusion of all races, but says it has to adhere to strict rules about hats.
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Sikh Historian to be on Kiwi TV

Hew Mcleod, a Dunedin-based historian, who grew up on a farm at Colyton, is the subject of a documentary screening on TV1 this weekend.
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Sikhs reject supercity

Chairman Verpal Singh says the planned supercity structure is "close to dictatorship" and is driving "widespread concern that it will leave many of the city’s residents unrepresented".
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First Sikh member in New Zealand parliament delivers maiden speech

Former New Delhi businessman Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi is the first Sikh member of the New Zealand parliament
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Winning trust through work

Amaninder is a trailblazer. He is the first Sikh police officer to wear a turban as part of NZ Police uniform and the first turbaned officer to graduate from the Police College.
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