Browsing Tag: New Zealand

All the colour and some of the cultural traditions of India were on show at the weekend as thousands turned out to take part in the inaugural Tauranga Sikh Parade.

Sikh priests were urgently ushered into the intensive care unit to pray for the most critically injured victims of the Hawkes Bay crash that injured eight members of one family.

Sikh Sangat and Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand has donated $3500 to assist the victims of the recent Philippines disaster.

Armindeep Singh on Monday said that she was happy to be a part of the Kiwi side in the ongoing Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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".

Former New Delhi businessman Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi is the first Sikh member of the New Zealand parliament

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

Constable Jagmohan Malhi of Nelson city in central New Zealand leads his fellow police in Haka!

Constable Jagmohan Malhi fulfilled his late father's dreams and follower Aminder Singh Sandhu to became the second New Zealand police officer to wear a turban on duty.

Three of the Indian pilgrims who went missing will meet immigration officials today to provide information about the alleged scam that brought them to New Zealand.

A community source said that the assertion that a member of the Sikh community can't remarry was an old-fashioned myth...