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Budget 2016: key highlightsLast week, Finance Minister Bill English delivered the National government’s eight Budget. We take a lookat the key points discussed and its implications.

Sanjay Kumar

Vidya Garimella

Businesstransformation

The National government’seighth Budget, deliveredon May 26 by Finance MinisterBill English, has the long game

in mind.Revenue Minister Michael Woodhouse has secured a net$857 million to deliver a moderntax system over the next four years.

A major business transformationis planned, aimed at making iteasier for all New Zealanders tomeet their obligations.

As Woodhouse says, “It isimportant that our tax systemkeeps pace with changes in NewZealanders’ expectations andchanging business models.”

No one ever won a popularitypoll by making it easier to pay outmoney but a great tax system does

matter for our economy. Updatingour approach for the digital age isthe right call.

Woodhouse wants small businesses to be able to devotemore time to business ratherthan tax. “Businesses will ndthat meeting tax obligations

will become part of theirnormal processes, rather than a

separate activity.”

Inland Revenuebudget cuts

W hat Woodhouse choosesnot to emphasise is theextent to which the business

transformation depends on ndingsavings from existing Inland

Revenue budgets. Alongside

the $857 million additional

funding, Inland Revenue faces

a $284 million by 2020. That

saving will be recycled back into

business transformation.

What that means to the shape

of the existing department isn’t yet

clear. We think it will mean sta

cuts. In ve years’ time, the IRD is

likely to look dierent with fewer

document processing centres and

fewer debt collectors and auditors,

and reduced corporate overheadsas the result of increased digital

and automated compliance.

A pound o sca sh

It would be a mistake toignore the main purpose ofthe tax system: to raise money.

The government expects $250

million extra tax through better

compliance as a result of the IRD’s

business transformation. That

revenue is kicking in from 2019

and English has already booked

the money.

International tax

No changes yet, but we have been warned. Englishsets out his position in stark

terms: “We are making further

changes targeted at multinational

companies.” He hasn’t specied

what these changes will be but it

is clear that information exchange

is high on the list after the

government’s recent signing of the

multilateral competent authority

agreement to apply a common

reporting standard with other

tax authorities. We were concerned

we’d see a rushed reaction. Taking

a careful look at our internationaltax settings is the right approach

for New Zealand.

Tax simpication orSMEs

The main SME tax package was announced in April 2016as part of the wider businesstransformation programme. Itincludes a pay-as-you-go optionfor provisional tax for small

businesses from 2018 onwardsand eliminating or reducing use-of-money interest for severaltaxpayers. Contractors can alsochoose a withholding rate, ratherthan having a rate set for them. Newdebt incurred from April 1, 2017

will not be subject to the one percent monthly penalty but subjectonly to immediate penalties andinterest charges for late payments.This package is expected tocost $187 million over the nextfour years.

In summary, the government isfocused on maintaining a healthyscal spending policy and allowingthe economy to bubble along at a

respectable 2.8% growth rate.

Sanjay Kumar is an Executive Director and Vidya Garimella is a

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Investing in a growing economy

Last week, the National-ledgovernment delivered our

eighth Budget.

It’s a Budget all about

investing in a growing economy

and supporting families with

new funding for infrastructure,

innovation, health, and education.

New Zealand’s economy is

performing well. We are on track

for rising surpluses and falling

debt and solid economic growth

of almost three per cent a year for

the next few years.

More than 200,000 jobs have

been created over the past three

years and a further 170,000 new

jobs are forecast by 2020. By then,

the average wage is expected to

be $63,000 a year; that’s $16,000

more than when we came

into government.

Budget 2016 is a forward-

looking Budget that builds on

the good progress we’ve made

and invests in ensuring this

strong growth continues. It

also focuses on initiatives to

strengthen communities.

Health remains the number

one funding priority, with anextra $2.2 billion investment into

new health initiatives over four

years, bringing next year’s health

spend to a record $16.1 billion.

This includes $96 million

to deliver even more elective

surgeries so New Zealanders can

live free from pain.

It also delivers more money for

Pharmac to fund more lifesaving

medicines for New Zealanders,

bringing its total budget next year

to a record $850 million. Pharmac

is independent but this extrafunding will enable them to look

at funding new treatments for

advanced melanoma, Hepatitis C,

and brain tumours.

Budget 2016 also invests

$39.3 million to start the

roll out of a national bowel-

screening programme, which

will see 700,000 New Zealanders

screened every two years once

fully implemented. Around 3,000

New Zealanders are diagnosed

with bowel cancer every year and

it is one of our leading causes

of death.

National is committed to

ensuring every child gets a

great education. It provides the

opportunity for any child from

any background to get ahead

and make the most of their lives.

Budget 2016 invests an extra

$1.4 billion into education over

four years; bringing next year’s

spending on childhood, primary

and secondary education to a

record $11 billion.

This extra money will be used

for a range of initiatives including

building nine new schools and

480 new classrooms across the

country, to fund 14,000 more

children in early childhood

education, and to ensure children

with high and special needs

get the support they need in

the classroom.

Budget 2016 also includes

a $761 million Innovative New

Zealand package for science,

skills and regional development

initiatives to help grow and

diversify the economy.

As a country, New Zealand is

more condent and the economyis growing solidly. Budget 2016

invests in New Zealand’s future,

while ensuring we continue to

support New Zealand families by

investing in the public services

that matter to them.

Rt Hon John KeyPrime Minister, NZ

Budget 2016 is aforward-lookingBudget that buildson the good progresswe’ve made andinvests in ensuringthis strong growth

continues. It alsofocuses on initiativesto strengthencommunities.

Labour and Greens sign historicagreement to change the government

The Labour Party and the Green Party

have signed a historic agreement

to work cooperatively to change

the government. The Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) between the parties

commits them to working cooperatively to

change the government including closer

work at parliament and a possible jointpolicy announcement or campaign.

“We are sending a clear signal to New

Zealanders who want a new and better

government that Labour and the Greens

will work together to deliver that,” said

Labour Party leader Andrew Little.

“It is our intent to build on this agreement

to oer New Zealanders the basis of a

stable, credible and progressive alternative

government at the 2017

General Election.

“The MOU is a

fresh start and a sign of

newfound strength in

our relationship and our

mutual commitment to

changing the government.“When I was elected

Labour leader, I made

it clear that we would

not go into another

election without strong

cooperation with like-

minded parties to change

the government. Today,

I am delivering on

that promise.

“A new Labour-led

government will focus on

the critical issues facing

our country. We will

provide better housing,

health and education and

a cleaner environment while building a

sustainable economy

with decent jobs,” said

Andrew Little.

It is not a coalition

agreement because it

ends on election night.

However, the MoU

is a brilliant move because there were

perceptions of tensions between Labour

and the Greens in the lead up to the last

election. Voters who wanted a change in

government did not believe that there

was a credible alternative on the Left for

various reasons including the perceived

tensions. The MoU between these two

parties sends a strong message that there

is a united, credible and viable alternative

government-in-waiting.

Both parties have renewed leadership

and the relationship between the two is

strong. In an MMP environment, we haveto work together strategically to change the

government’s agenda. The MoU is a strong

indication of the level of cooperation and

political maturity of both parties. It is

not a coalition agreement or a merger.

Labour and the Greens remain two distinct

parties with dierent histories, viewpoints

and ideas. Labour and the Greens may

still disagree on specic policies at

times, and that is healthy in an MMP

environment. The MoU means that we will stand together to hold the government

to account in the lead up to the 2017

General Election.

Andrew Little has also made it clear

that this is not necessarily a monogamous

relationship. Nobody knows what Winston

Peters will want to do come election time,

but this MoU doesn’t prevent Labour

from working with any other party. So far

Winston Peters has not vetoed working

with either party, and I feel his anti-Greens

rhetoric has toned down considerably.

Also, a number of New Zealand First

activists have openly held the opinion, on

social media, that the MoU is benecial if

NZF is serious about wanting to change

the government. As Labour celebrates its centenary this

year, we hold on to our values and our proud

political history. We will enter into the

election year with condence knowing that

we have provided a level of transparency

that voters have been asking for and that

we continue to stand for the values and

principles we have always stood for—social

justice, equity, equality of opportunity and

outcomes. We have always advocated for

wealth distribution that benets all people

and not just those at the top of the socio-

economic ladder. Voters can rest assured

that the MoU will not change any of that.

It’s not about us moving away from what

we stand for; it’s an ocial announcement

of cooperation to change the government.

“New Zealanders who want a better

future now have crystal clear clarity about

what they are getting with their vote, we

are a vote for change,” said Green Party co-

leader Metiria Turei.

“It is time for a government that puts the

wellbeing of people and the environment at

the centre of everything it does,”she said.

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The deafening silence ofa pretend Budget

A nother budget has come and gone,

leaving little trace other than

empty rhetoric. The headlines

were all about the next tax cut, but we see

the evidence around us of deterioration in

our public life—soaring house prices and

rents, trac congestion, polluted rivers,

rising greenhouse gas emissions and too

many children in poverty, missing out on

opportunities in life. This is not the New

Zealand that we want.

This Budget pretended to solve the

housing crisis, but instead it just blamed

someone else—in this case, the AucklandCouncil. There was no plan to deal with

the crisis that has left people homeless,

sleeping in garages or cars, or going into

debt for emergency housing. There was

no decision to stop the sell-o of state

houses or to use the prots from Housing

New Zealand for building aordable

houses. There was no protection for people

living in damp and unhealthy homes; in

fact, the budget drastically cut the home

insulation programme.

The environment fared just as badly.

Last December, the government signed the

Paris Agreement on climate change and

pretended to care about the environment,

but the Budget did little to reduce record

levels of greenhouse gas emissions, with

only minor changes to the ineective and

fraudulent Emissions Trading Scheme. The

tiny budget to clean up rivers was opened up

to further funding for irrigation schemes,and the core budget of our overworked and

demoralised Department of Conservation

was slashed.

New Zealand can do better, and we

have done better in the past. We have

had governments that were the rst in the

world to give votes for women, pioneered

public health and education systems,

declared an independent foreign policy

and built aordable state houses when we

needed them.

Unfortunately, this government has

run out of ideas. We need change. There

are important priorities for this budget

that have been neglected. The Green

Party stands for fair taxation that ensuresthat speculators, wealthy individuals

and multinational companies pay their

share of taxes. We stand for a people-

focused economy that provides support

and opportunities to all children. We will

invest in our future, by making housing

aordable, reducing trac congestion

and supporting innovation. And we are

committed to a clean environment and a

transition to a low emissions economy. We

can build a better future.

Barry Coates is next on the Green Party’scandidate list into Parliament. He is currentlydeveloping a sustainability programme at the

University of Auckland Business School.


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Industry leaders to address INZBC Summit 2016IWK BUREAU

More than 300 global business

leaders and stakeholders will

come together on June 13 for a

rst of its kind summit on agritech, being

held by INZBC in partnership with New

Zealand National Fieldays.

The event, which is open to public, has

an interesting line-up of speakers from

both New Zealand and India. Some of

them include:

Dr Rattan Sagar Khanna,Director, Kwality Dairy (India) Ltd

Dr Rattan Sagar Khanna is the DirectorGeneral, Ganesh Scientic ResearchFoundation New Delhi. He has served

as the Consultant to the Government of

India, Department of Animal Husbandry,

Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of

Agriculture and helped the Department

frame policy issues concerning animal

husbandry and dairy development. He is

Council Member and Consultant, Gerson

Lehrman Group, New York, USA. He is

Independent Director on the Board of

Kwality Dairy (India) Ltd., New Delhi. Dr

Khanna is also a CEC Member of Indian

Dairy Association (IDA ).

Stuart Gordon,CEO, Waikato Innovation Park Ltd

and Food Waikato

Stuart is an experienced commercialchartered accountant. During aterm as Financial Controller at New

Zealand Dairy Group he managed theacquisition of the fresh milk, which

became Fonterra. After a period as an

agriculture business consultant, Stuart joined Waikato Innovation Park as global

business development director travelling

to developing dairy industries around the world to identify opportunities for New

Zealand agri-technology.

Aan Poard,CEO, Pipfruit New Zealand

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both central government and professional

service organisations. He has managedsome of New Zealand’s largest law rms,

including being a part of the team that

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rm merger.

Sanjv Asthana,Chairman, Agriculture Skill Council

of India

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ith more than 25 years of experience

in India and internationally,

Sanjeev is the Founder and Managing

Partner of I-Farm Venture Advisors,

Chairman of Agriculture Skill Council of

India and National Skills Foundation of

India (NSFI), and serves on the Board

of Directors of NCDEX Spot Exchange

Ltd and Chairs the Governing Board of

Access Development Services. He works

closely at policy level with government and

international institutions such as UNICEF

and World Bank.

Victoria Haum,Manager of International Policy and

Partnerships, Callaghan Innovation

V ictoria is Manager of InternationalPolicy and Partnerships at CallaghanInnovation. Her team fosters international

connections for Callaghan Innovation

and the businesses it works with. The

international team at Callaghan Innovation

is also interested in strategic partnerships

with international innovation organisations

and networks.

Nick Dromgoo,General Manager, Commercial,

New Zealand National Fieldays Society

Nick has held the position of GeneralManager Commercial for the NZNational Fieldays Society since December

2011. He looks after the marketing,

customer, sponsorship and international

areas of the business. Nick has previously

worked in the Kiwifruit industry, NZ

Dairy Group, Wrightson Seeds and PGGW

Seeds. As an independent contractor, Nick

developed the ‘Salad in a Bag’ for Turners

and Growers in 1993, an achievement he is

extremely proud of.

Brtt O’Ri,Chief Executive, ATEED

Brett has held senior managementpositions for more than 20 years,most recently for Ministry of Science

and Innovation before being appointed

to the ATEED Chief Executive role. His

business experience covers a vast array

of topics including major change projects

and developments in the ICT industry,

driving a step change in the performance

of the New Zealand science and innovation

eco-system, and direct involvement with

tourism and major events, both in New

Zealand and overseas.

Tickets are on sale now at www.

inzbusinesssummit.com. The event will

take place on June 13 at The Langham,

Auckland. With a impressive line-up, the

INBZC summit is a must-visit for industry

enthusiasts.

Auckland observes Turban Day RIZWAN MOHAMMAD

Inspired by the Turban Day

celebrations in the United

States and Norway, Sikh

Youth NZ organised Auckland

Turban Day on May 28 at Aotea

Centre. The event, which took

place from noon to 3 p.m., was a

hit among Aucklanders.

It was a day to educate people

and celebrate the signicance

of wearing a turban. There have

been recent instances where Sikhs

wearing turbans have been victims

of discrimination.

Volunteers distributed yers

and encouraged individuals to

try on a turban. Many stopped

by merely at the sight of the

colourful turbans. Inspired by

the enthusiastic gathering, they

enquired about the event and even

tried on the turban.

“It was delightful to watch so

many people wearing dierent-

coloured turbans. From a

distance, it looked like some kindof celebration and it indeed is. I

couldn’t stop myself from being

away from the gathering, now I

am sporting this red turban and it

is looking amazing,” said Ola from

Germany who was passing by

with his friends from Britain and

Scotland. Auckland Turban Day

was conceptualised and planned

a month ago, and the organisers

used every small platform to

promote the event. Information

about the event spread quickly

through Facebook, posters in

Gurudwaras, supermarkets and

through word of mouth.

“We really didn’t have high

expectations from the event, but

we were positive that we can makea mark. We made arrangements

for 150–200 people but more than

300 people have visited, which

was outstanding. The visitors who

came forward to try the turban

also enquired more about Sikhism

and the concept behind turbans,”

said Amrita, Harvin and Harveen,

the organisers of the event.The event was so popular that

it was featured on News Hub with

John Campbell on Radio New

Zealand, Auckland Live, and many

other newspapers in Auckland.

Visitors patiently sat on the

picnic chairs looking amused

at the mirror while one of the

volunteers tied the turban on their

head. What came after tying the

turban was a beaming smile, host

of seles and snapshots with the

volunteers and friends. Visitors

irrespective of their faith, beliefs

and ethnicity volunteered to try

the turban and encouraged each

other too.

“I often go to Gurudwaras, sit

down for langar and sit during the

kirtans. I have visited Gurudwaras

in New Zealand andScotland

and in Amritsar, Shimla, and

Jalandhar in India,” mentioned

Scottish descent, Mikey Beban.

Mikey proudly sported a

T-Shirt with the Khanda (Sikh

symbol) print on it, a kara on

his left tattooed arm and a blue

turban wishing everyone Sat Sri

Akaal in his accent. Mikey was

more like a celebrity at the venue

as many thronged to speak to him

and take seles and snaps.

The turbans were purchased,donated and sponsored by

individuals to be used at the event.

By late afternoon, people started

sharing turbans as they began

to run out. The event concluded

with a big photo shoot with the

volunteers and the visitors.

Aucklanders celebrate Turban Day organised bySikh Youth NZ at Aotea Centre. The event aimedat informing and educating people about Sikhismand the signicance of wearing a turban.


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Moksh Moviesbrings SouthIndian lms to

ChristchurchGAURAV SHARMA

Moksh Movies—a

distribution and

e x h i b i t i o n

company led by Ramana,

a producer at Apna TV,

New Zealand’s rst

24/7 free-to-air Indian

entertainment channel—

is bringing South Indian

lms to Christchurch

at Hollywood Cinema

in Sumner.“As I come from Andhra

Pradesh, we started with Telugulms including the super-hit

Sardar Gabbar Singh featuringactor Pavan Kalyan.

“Now we are also showcasingKannada lms with plans to

bring Tamil and Malayalam lmstoo very soon. With increasedimmigration from South India,

we have found increased demandfor our movies even [in] Southof Christchurch ( Sardar Gabbar

Singh was screened in Metro

Cinema in Dunedin),” saidRamana. He also shared his plansto reach Hindi-speaking audiencesin New Zealand by re-shootingpopular Hindi tele-serials such

as Sony TV’s CID, which will betelecasted on Apna TV.

ICG’s Healthawareness seriescontinues

Carrying forward its

three-part health

awareness series catering

to the Indian community in

Christchurch, the city-based

Indian Cultural Group (ICG) is

organising a free healthy eating

conversation map on June 13 at

the Upper Riccarton library

in Christchurch.“Indian food, though widelypopular all over the world by virtueof our spices, can also be very

unhealthy due to abundance ofoil and ghee. Thus it is importantto be careful and keep a checkon what, how and when we eat,especially for Indians. The interest

shown by the community at ourlast diabetes event prompted us tocarry forward the [conversation]and focus on healthy eating thistime,” said Sandeep Sachdev, ICGPresident. The health awarenessseries will conclude with ICG

marking the International YogaDay (IYD) on Sunday, June 19

in collaboration with the IndianHigh Commission. This will be the

second celebration of IYD in the

city after the adoption of June 21as International Day of Yoga by

the UN General Assembly in 2014.

Fiji youth respondsto Cyclone Winstonappeal

Taking cue from theirelders and the eortsput in by organisations

such as the Christchurch Fiji Association, young Fijians fromChristchurch have mobilised

support and rations over the last

few months to help kids aected by Cyclone Winston. “Along with 65 boxes of donations, weraised almost NZ$2,000 that

was used to buy stationery, whichI personally went and distributedin ve badly-aected schools in

the Tavua and Rakiraki region ofFiji,” said Alvina Lal, a 19-year-old who hails from Suva and helped inmobilising the aid.

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in ChristchurchMark Inglis and Wayne Alexander honouredGAURAV SHARMA

Celebrated in memory of the rst successful

ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953,

by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and

Nepalese Tenzing Norgay, the ninth International

Everest Day (started in 2008) was observed in

Christchurch the past weekend. The event was jointly

organised by the Non-Resident Nepali Association

New Zealand (NRNANZ), Nepal NZ Friendship

Society of Canterbury, and Canterbury Nepalese

Society (CNS). While Nepalese song and dance

sequences also featured during the evening, the

highlight was Mark Inglis, the rst double-amputee

to summit the highest peak in the world, and Wayne

Alexander, who accompanied him during the record-breaking ascent, noting their connection with

Nepalese people and the shared bond between the

two countries.

Amy Adams, Minister for Justice and

Communications, was the chief guest. The gathering

observed a minute’s silence in memory of those

perished during last year’s earthquake in Nepal.

“Earlier in the day, a Walk for Nepal was

organised in Christchurch’s CBD to raise money for

women health issues back home,” informed Bishnu

Pokhrel, President of CNS. Pokhrel, who works in the

mental health issues of refugees and migrants with

the District Health Board added, “The seed of this

wonderful relationship between our two countries

were sowed when those two great mountaineers

set foot on Sagarmatha (local name for Mount

Everest) together. Since that day, the bond has

grown even stronger.” A sentiment shared by Sagar

Pandey, President of Nepal NZ Friendship Society

of Canterbury, and Babu Raja Maharjan, President

of NRNANZ, who owns a re alarm business in

Auckland. “When Hillary and Norgay came down

from Everest, a massive rally was organised in Nepal

in the rst week of June in their honour, which was

attended by almost 60,000 people. Sir Edmund

Hillary never forgot that aection. Probably,

that’s why he treated Nepal as his second home,”

Maharjan said.

Concluding by giving details about NRNANZ, he

added, “Our organisation has 73 chapters globally,

with ours in New Zealand a prominent one. With

help from our friends in New Zealand, we want

Nepal to progress economically so as to embark

on a path of self-reliance, self-condence and

self-respect.”

The seed of this wonderfulrelationship between our twocountries were sowed whenthose two great mountaineersset foot on Sagarmatha (localname for Mount Everest)together. Since that day, thebond has grown even stronger

Top: Attendees listen to Wayne Alexander as he recounts his experiences

Above: Mark Inglis, the rst double-amputee to summit Mount Everestaddressing the gathering

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R amadan, the holy

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community, commences

on Tuesday, June 7, on the sighting

of the moon. Ramadan is the ninth

month in the Islamic calendar that

comes after Shabaan. The holy

book Quran was revealed to thehuman in this blessed month.

Muslims around the world

observe this month by abstaining

from food from dawn to dusk

and break their fast on the call of

adhaan (call for prayer) at sunset.

There is more to Ramadan

than just abstinence from food

and water. Fasting is obligatory

to every adult (11 years and

above or after attaining puberty)

exempting sick, travellers,

mentally challenged, pregnant,

and menstruating women.

The idea behind fasting is to

control oneself from activities that

give one worldly pleasures such

as food, water, entertainment

and sexual intercourse during

daybreak. Fasting gives an

individual the essence of piety,

their submission to the will of

Allah and a path to purify their

heart and soul.

During the day, a fasting

adult is advised to invest more

time in praying, reading Quran

and spend a majority of their

time remembering Allah.

The Quran was revealed in

this month to guide humans

to the path of righteousness

and give a dimension to one’s

spiritual needs.

Ramadan is divided into

three Ashuras (parts of 10 days

each): Rahmat (mercy of Allah),

Maghfrat (forgiveness of Allah)and Nijaat (salvation). Each of

the Ashura has separate duas

(prayers) that Muslims should

recite with full devotion and

serenity. It is also mentioned in

the hadith by Prophet Muhammad

(PBUH) that reward for all the

good deeds done in this month are

multiplied 70 times.

Different aspects of

Ramadan

Sehri (meal before dawn):

It is the sunnah of Prophet

Muhammad (PBUH) to take a

light meal before dawn or before

starting the fast. The pre-dawn

meal is highly recommended so

that individuals fasting do not get

exhausted of hunger and thirst

at the end of fasting. At Sehri , it

is advised to have at least a date

with water and if available, anominal meal.

Iftar (breaking the fast at

dusk): At the call of adhaan,

people break their fast by having

a date, fruits, and other foods.

Dierent cultures around the

world bring varied kinds of food

on the table, as there is no such

restriction on food items except it

to be halal .

It is also advised to share Iftar

with individuals and families

invite non-Muslims to be a part of

the Iftar meal as a gesture of good

faith and brotherhood. Almost

all the mosques across the globe

make Iftar arrangements at their

premises to serve to the people

fasting and travellers.

Taraweeh (special evening

prayers): In Islam, a believer has

to observe obligatory prayers ve

times and a special congressional

prayer on Fridays. During

Ramadan, a special prayer is held

post evening prayers ( Isha prayer)

called Taraweeh in which long

portions of the Quran is recited.

Taraweeh is held in every mosque

throughout the month until the

moon is sighted for Eid-ul-Fitr.

Lailatul Qadr (the night of

decree): The odd nights of the last

Ashura called Lailatul Qadr is

considered to be the holiest of the

whole month. It is believed that

the Holy Quran was unveiled to

Prophet Muhammad in one of the

ve odd nights. Believers pray all

night long on those nights askingfor forgiveness for their sins as the

night is considered to be better

than a thousand nights (83 years

and four months).

Fasting brings humility and

tranquillity among individuals.

It gives them the opportunity to

live the life of the lesser fortunate,

people who are deprived of food

and other luxuries of the world.

Fasting drives an individual closer

to his spiritual self and the creator,

as it tests their patience for the

basic need of life, food, and water.

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music. Co-presented by OldFort restaurant, the event willheld on June 24 at the AucklandTown Hall and will witnessa performance by renownedautist Rakesh Chaurasia,

who will be accompanied bya NZ band. The impressiveline-up of artists include

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Krissy Jackson on violin and aclassical dance performance byRatna Venkat.

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New Customs ofcers to protect border C

ustoms Minister Nicky Wagner

congratulated 25 new Customs

ocers who will help to manage

increasing travel volumes at the border.

“The new ocers are a welcome

addition at Auckland airport as travellers

to New Zealand continue to grow,” Ms

Wagner said.

“By 2019, Customs is expected to process

12.7 million travellers per year—20% more

than 2015.

“Customs’ new recruits have just

completed an intensive training course

designed to support world class border

management operations.

“The recruits have come to us with a

diverse range of skills and experience. They

are the perfect t and will be helping us to

put the customer at the centre of service

delivery while protecting our borders.

“While technology plays a major part in

passenger processing Customs ocers

will a lways be the most important part of

New Zealand’s frontline. I congratulate our

newest Customs ocers and welcome them

to the team,” Ms Wagner says.

Tobacco Excise Bill passes

all stagesThe Associate HealthMinister Peseta Sam

Lotu-Iiga says the passing

of a Bill to increase the tobacco

excise will save lives and prevent

young people taking up a deadly

smoking habit.

The Customs and Excise

(Tobacco Products-Budget

Measures) Amendment Bill

passed through all stages in

Parliament on May 27. The

Bill increases the excise tax on

tobacco by 10 per cent per annum

for the next four years, from

January 1, 2017.“Smoking is a relentless killer.

But it is a deadly habit we can

do something about. We need to

use every measure to stop people

smoking and deter others from

starting. Increasing the price is

the single most eective tool to do

that,” Mr Lotu-Iiga says.

Smoking rates have dropped.

550,000 adult New Zealanders

aged over 15 still smoke daily.

“Smoking remains one of

the biggest causes of premature

death in New Zealand,” Mr

Lotu-Iiga says.

“Twelve people die each day

from smoking related illness.

4,500 to 5,000 people die each

year. That is like the entire

population of a town like Foxton

being wiped out by smoking,” Mr

Lotu-Iiga says.

“About 85 per cent of people

who die from lung cancer are

smokers. They also die from

heart disease; from stroke; from

emphysema and from cancer of the

mouth, pharynx and oesophagus.

All because of smoking.”

Mr Lotu-Iiga says smoking

related illness is a huge cost to the

country as well as to individuals,

their families and whanau.

“Increasing the excise on tobacco

creates a strong incentive to

quit and disincentives for those

contemplating smoking, and in

particular young people.”

“The price of a standard pack

of 20 cigarettes will likely increase

from around $20 now to around

$32 in 2020.”

Mr Lotu-Iiga says the

government has a range of

packages aimed at reducing

smoking rates such as Quitline,

media campaigns and face to face

support programmes.

“Together with increasing

prices, these are eective at

reducing smoking and saving

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implementation The 2016 Budget invests

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Trade Minister Todd McClay

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support New Zealand businesses

in extracting full value from

New Zealand’s network of FTA

Agreements.

“New Zealand currently has

FTAs with economies that account

for more than half our trade. This

will increase to 70 per cent oncethe Trans Pacic Partnership

(TPP) enters into force.

“New Zealand has scored high

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Ensuring businesses have the

information and tools for this

to happen requires ongoing, co-

ordinated cross government FTA

implementation work.

“This new investment will

support the development of new

tools to help business understand

and use FTAs. Our tari nder, for

example, has made it a lot easier

for SMEs to identify the FTA that

gives them the best competitive

edge in their export markets.

“This new money will also help

us get improved commitments

in FTAs when these come up

for review, such as in services,

investment, and addressing non-

tari barriers that exporters face.

“This is particularly important

as new FTAs come on line. That’s why for example under TPP we

have committed to 18 roadshows

and Hui around the country to help

businesses prepare for its entry

into force, and have developed

practical online resources for all

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“There is a lot of information

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A ssociate Health Minister Peter

Dunne has released an updated

three-year strategy to prevent

and minimise the harm that can result

from gambling.

“The latest plan aims to build on the

work done in more recent years which has

resulted in a reduction in risk factors for

gambling harm.

“For example the number of adults

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“This updated strategy includes a long-

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initiatives specically focused on reducing

persistent gambling harm-related health

inequities,” Mr Dunne says.

The $55.3 million Strategy to Prevent

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the problem gambling levy.

The overall funding remains the same as

in the current three-year period, based on

an assessment that needs remain largely

unchanged since 2012.

The three-year

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• $25.4 million for front-line intervention

services to help people who are

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harmed by their own gambling and people

harmed by someone else’s gambling.

This money funds a range of services

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including face-to-face services, dedicated

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• $20.4 million for public health services,

particularly activities raising community

awareness about gambling and problem

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Winston Peters

NZ First leader

David ShearerLabour MP

Kanwaljit BakshiNational List MP

NEW ZEALAND

A budget only for the privileged few?

Last week, New Zealand’s annual

budget was unveiled by the

government. Those of us who

were hoping for investment in basic

services such as health, education, and

alleviating the housing crisis were once

again disappointed.

Perhaps the worst aspect of the budget

for me was the way the government

eectively froze the operating budget for

many of our schools. That’s the moneyschools need simply to run, pay their

teachers, and buy the things they need to

educate our children. This freeze is likely to

force schools to ask Kiwi families for more

money. That’s a big step backwards for New

Zealand. Free education is in our DNA. It’s

an achievement New Zealanders have been

rightly proud of for generations.

We’ve been the envy of the world for the

quality education we oer every single child.

And at a time like this, when inequali ty is

growing in our society, we need it more

than ever.

The day after the budget, a national

newspaper wrote: “Gone are the days

of a free education.” I hope they were

not correct.Labour’s education policies are much

more ambitious than that. We believe

education should be truly free. Our policies

continue to echo Prime Minister Peter

Fraser’s great words, spoken in 1939:

“The government’s objective, broadly

expressed, is that all persons, whatever

their ability, rich or poor, whether they live

in town or country, have a right as citizens

to a free education of the kind for which

they are best tted and to the fullest extent

of their powers.”

We think that’s a vision worth ghting

for. The days of a quality, free education in

New Zealand don’t have to be over.

Amid all the political rhetoric of the year,

the annual budget is a time when we see in black and white where the government’s

true loyalties really lie.

Education wasn’t the only area in which

we were disappointed.

Our health service is $50 million a year

short of what’s needed just to keep up

with population growth and ination. We

are going backwards in health and there

will be even fewer specialist appointments

and operations available for those who

need them.

At a time when housing has become so

unaordable that we’re facing our rst

proper homelessness epidemic, there was

no decisive action on housing.

What we got instead was a budget that

will help only the privileged few at the top,leaving most New Zealanders, and our

children, worse o than before.

A stronger, more prosperous New Zealand

National is focused on continuing

to build a stronger, more

prosperous New Zealand. Thanks

to our responsible management and the

hard work of New Zealanders, our economy

is performing well. There are more jobs,

higher incomes, and we’re providing

essential services and support New Zealand

families’ need.

Budget 2016 invests in a growing

economy with signicant new funding

for innovation, infrastructure, the health

sector, and the most vulnerable while still

managing the nances tightly and repaying

debt. Budget 2016 presented a healthy set

of public accounts with rising surpluses

and falling debt, on the back of an economy

forecast to grow at around three per cent on

average over the next few years, supporting

more jobs and higher incomes.

Only a handful of developed economies

enjoy such a positive outlook.

This is a Budget that invests in a growing

economy. In particular, it supports four

signicant measures.

First is a $761 million investment in

science, skills, and regional development,

which we’ve called the Innovative NewZealand package. Second is a $2.1 billion

infrastructure programme that focuses

on transport, schools, and the investment

needed to deliver a modern, exible tax

system. Third is a Social Investment

package providing $652 million more to

support vulnerable New Zealanders and

help them live better lives.

Finally, we are making a sizeable

investment in the health sector, which

receives an additional $2.2 billion over the

next four years to ensure New Zealanders

continue to have access to high-quality

healthcare. Our eighth Budget shows

modest surpluses in the next two years,

rising to $6.7 billion in 2019/2020. More

than 200,000 more people are in work now

than three years ago and another 170,000

new jobs are expected by 2020.

The annual average wage has been

increasing at twice the rate of ination.

By 2020, it will have grown a further

$5,000 to $63,000. Over that period, the

unemployment rate is expected to drop

to 4.6 per cent. Strong population growth

is both an indicator of New Zealand’s

economic performance and a contributor to

it. We’ve seen a signicant reduction in the

number of New Zealanders heading across

the Tasman to live.

We’re continuing to see ination stay

lower for longer than expected.

This is good news for consumers and

workers because their incomes go a bit

further and they get good value for any

pay rises. But it is a challenge for the

government because it suppresses growth

in our revenue.

Certainly, times are challenging for our

dairy farmers, who are nishing another

season facing depressed prices.

But elsewhere, New Zealand is

reaping the benets of an increasingly

diversied economy.

Total exports increased by almost $2 billion last year despite the fall in dairy

exports. Tourism, the beef sector, ICT, wine

and much of the manufacturing sector are

all performing well. The government’s scal

priorities continue to be maintaining rising

surpluses, reducing net debt to around 20

per cent of GDP by 2020, and if economic

and scal conditions allow, beginning to

reduce income taxes and using any further

scal headroom to reduce debt faster.

The surplus target last year was useful

in helping us turn the government’s books

around. Having achieved that, our focus

is now shifting towards debt repayment

to ensure New Zealand is well placed

to deal with future economic shocks or

natural disasters.

Budget: the government is not listening

This government is simply not

listening. The real problem we face

now as a country is that so many ofthe middle-income and working people are

quickly becoming poor.

There is a big elephant in the room that

this Budget barely acknowledges.

Record immigration—adding another

68,000 people a year. The health, education,

welfare, transport and other infrastructure

costs that record immigration is adding are

hardly mentioned in this bogus Budget.

Similarly, the police are chronically

underfunded. Crime under National pays.

If you are a victim, National’s message to

you is Get Stued.

Engineering a surplus is easy when core

services are underfunded, expenditure

commitments delayed.

The manipulation of the public nances

is now so gross and shameless as to render

any claims to balancing the books orreaching a surplus as hollow.

Under this government, New Zealand is

fracturing into two camps—Auckland and

the rest Auckland is choking. Every day as

they travel to work, Aucklanders confront the

worsening trac congestion clogging their

city. The government’s failure with respect

to Auckland is matched by its neglect of

the regions.

At the ocial 5.7% unemployment,

there are almost 150,000 unemployed

New Zealand. Then there are another

100,000 people who have jobs but

are underemployed and would like to

work more.

The number of 15–24-year-olds who are

not in employment, education or training

rose and is now around 80,000.

There’s a massive hole in the housing. Anentire generation of young New Zealanders

is locked out of the housing market in

their own country because of soaring

house prices.

Large numbers of people are under intense

housing stress; they are living in garages

and other make-shift accommodation. This

is appalling. Foreign speculators have had

an open door to help themselves to NZ

housing stock.

Nothing better illustrates National’s

failure to rebalance the economy than the

ongoing current account decit, which

was running at $7.7 billion in the 2015

calendar year.

New Zealand now owes the rest of

the world $150 billion. We see a global

economy that is struggling with weak and

fragile growth. New Zealand First’s viewis that we must urgently strengthen our

economy and reduce our vulnerability to an

external shock.

Nothing in this Budget will deliver

sustainable prosperity for New Zealanders.


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The City Rail Link bringingAuckland together

A uckland is growing at a rate of one

new resident every 20 minutes andurgently needs a transport system

that moves people faster and more easily.

Rail trips have increased from 2.2 million

trips a year to more than 16 million, but

further growth is limited because Britomart

can’t take more than 20 trains an hour. In

addition, the city is over capacity for buses

coming into the city along Symonds Street.

City Rail Link (CRL): unlocking

Auckland’s network

The CRL will unlock the city’s rail

capacity, doubling the number of trips an

hour during peak times and providing a

train every 10 minutes for most Auckland

stations. It will allow 30,000 people to

travel every hour during peak time. In

comparison, a single motorway lanecan carry only 2,400 people an hour. By

allowing trains to run both ways through

Britomart, Auckland Transport can create

more frequent bus and ferry connections

with bus feeder routes into key bus/train

interchanges. More people using trains and

buses means more road space will be freed

up for those who need to drive. Improved

accessibility, particularly to the city centre,

is the key to Auckland’s economic growth.

Connecting Auckland

“The City Rail Link will rejuvenate and

connect many parts of greater Auckland

and unlock the productivity of our inner

city, allowing us to be internationally

competitive for jobs and investment,”

says Mayor Len Brown. “It will also move

more people out of their cars and into

public transport, resulting in cleaner air

and water, which in turn will dramatically

reduce our vehicular greenhouse gas

emissions and lessen the estimated

120 annual air pollution-related deaths

in Auckland.”

Reshaping the city

The CRL will also reshape the city. Two

new city stations, Aotea and Karangahape,

along with a redeveloped Mt Eden station,

will be only three minutes apart, linking

downtown, midtown and uptown. The

areas surrounding these stations will

become a magnet for businesses and

residents, oering the greatest potential

for mixed-use urban development in the

country over the next few decades.

Travel time savings mean areas such

as Henderson, Panmure and Manukau

will be much closer to the city, providing

a catalyst for growth and development in

town centres too.

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Source: Fiji Sun

FIJI

A traditional welcome for New

Zealand PM John Key The vanua o’ Nakelo will be

performing the traditional

welcome ceremony for

the New Zealand Prime Minister,

John Key, when he arrives into the

country on June 9.

Speaking on behalf of the

vanua o’ Nakelo Aca Simolo said

a delegation from the iTaukei

Aairs Board led by the Deputy

Secretary, Apakuki Kurusiga, had

traditionally approached them

and it had been agreed.

He said PM Key would

be accorded full traditional

ceremonies of welcome.

“Nakelo will also be

performing a war dance as the

entertainment part of the welcome

ceremonies,” he said. Prime

Minister Voreqe Bainimarama

had conrmed to the Fiji Sun that

his counterpart from New Zealand

will be arriving into the country on

June 9.

According to the tentative

programme, PM Key will arrive

into the country on board a Royal

New Zealand Air Force aircraft at

4:10 p.m. at Nausori International

Airport. The chief of protocol,

Tiko Rasoqosoqo, and the New

Zealand High Commissioner,

Mark Ramsden, will board the

ocial plane to accompany PM

Key when he disembarks.

Mr Rasoqosoqo will then

introduce Prime Minister

Bainimarama and Mrs

Bainimarama to the chief guest

and a bouquet will be presented to

him. Prime Minister Bainimarama

will introduce the Commander

of the Republic of Fiji Military

Forces, Rear Admiral Viliame

Naupoto, to PM Key, who will then

invite him to inspect a 100-person

guard of honour at the airport.

The traditional ceremonies

of welcome will include the

Qaloqalovi, Vakamamaca,

Sevusevu, Yaqona Vakaturaga,

Wase ni Yaqona Vakaturaga, Vosa

Vakaturaga (speech by PM Key)

and Ulivi ni Vosa Vakaturaga.

At the conclusion of the

welcome ceremony, PM Key will

proceed to a cocktail reception

hosted by PM Bainimarama

either at the GPH Poolside or at

Boron House.

PM Key leaves the country

on June 10 after his meetings

with the Prime Minister and

government ocials.

Fiji Airways adds Jetstar Asia to interlineagreement

Fiji Airways and Jetstar

announced the launch of

an interline agreement

that will see the Fijian ag

carrier connect to more than 21

destinations on Jetstar’s network

from Singapore.The interline agreement has

been signed with the Jetstar Group

of branded airlines including

Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia,

Jetstar Japan and Jetstar Pacic.

Andre Viljoen, Fiji Airways

Managing Director and CEO

said: “This is an exciting

growth phase for our newest

international route of Singapore

and allows us to connect our

extensive South Pacic network

to Jetstar’s impressive network

throughout Asia.”

Fiji Airways commenced twice-

weekly direct ights to Singapore on

April 5.“This interline agreement

means our customers will be

able to travel seamlessly through

Singapore to 21 destinations in

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,

Japan, China, Hong Kong,

Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines,

Cambodia and Myanmar, through

Jetstar’s dense network across

the Asia Pacic region,” Mr

Viljoen added.

“The guests will be able to

conveniently experience the

wonders of our home, Fiji, and the

South Pacic via the Singapore

hub,” Mr Viljoen said.

While the agreement covers

all 73 destinations served by

the Jetstar Group, including

Jetstar Airways in Australia,

the immediate take-up will

be for Jetstar destinations

from Singapore. Barathan

Pasupathi, CEO of Singapore-

based Jetstar Asia, said,

“Our services and networks

out of Singapore deliver

very attractive itineraries

for global carriers to oer

their customers.

“More importantly, such

interline and codeshare

partnerships with full-service

carriers are testament to our

product and delivery of an

equivalent level of service

on board our ights,” Mr

Pasupathi added.

The Jetstar-Fiji Airways

interline agreement builds on

Jetstar’s growing base of 46

established interline partners that

include Qantas, Air France-KLM,

British Airways, United and China

Eastern, just to name a few.

Jetstar currently also has

existing codeshare agreements

with Qantas, Japan Airlines,

American Airlines, Sri Lankan

Airlines, Vietnam Airlines,

Finnair, LATAM and Emirates.

Fiji Airways and Jetstar

customers will be able to bookights and check through baggage

when purchasing tickets from

Fiji Airways’ sales channels,

including its website, online

travel sites, sales oces and

reservation centres.

Executives of Fiji Airways and Changi International Airport in Singapore during the inaugural Nadi-Singapore ight

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key

Sangampraised

President Major-General(Ret’d) Jioji Konrote has

praised the forefathers

of the Sangam organisation for

their responsible socio-economic,

educational and cultural

contribution to Fiji.

He made the statement when he

opened the Then India Sanmarga

Ikya (TISI) Sangam Convention

2016 at Prince Charles Park, Nadi,

last week.

“It has been demonstrated with

this type of example Fiji needs to

cultivate a sense of belonging in

one nation and to improve the

lives for all Fijians,” he said.

He said TISI as an institutionhad a rich and colourful history

since its establishment on

May 24, 1926.

“It has made signicant

contribution to Fiji in the form of

education, promotions of cultural

beliefs, practices and language

and to achieve socio-economic

growth among others,” President

Konrote said.

“We have to pay our respect to

the founders of Sangam and on

this occasion shall pay homage to

Sadhu Kuppuswamy as founding

father of Sangam. He knew the

suering the South Indians had

gone through. They were highlydisadvantaged, underpaid and

never knew the languages.

“He made vast impression for

Sangam until his death on August

2, 1956, at the age of 66.

“He left memories to inspire

generations. With immense

contribution to this nation,

Sangam started educating the

children of not only those of South

Indian origin but those of the

other communities as well.”

The theme for the convention

is Perseverance and Endeavors for

Dignity from 1916 to 2016.

The organisation was in the

forefront in the aftermath of TC Winston spending $300,000 in

relief and rehabilitation work.

Also, $25,000 was handed

towards the Prime Minister’s

National Disaster Relief and

Rehabilitation Fund.

NZ Trade minister agrees to help iron out PACER Plus redline issues

New Zealand Trade

Minister, Todd McClay, yesterday discussed

ways to look into Fiji’s concerns

over PACER Plus.Our Minister for Industry,

Trade and Tourism, Faiyaz Siddiq

Koya, following the meeting withMr McClay, indicated the twocountries were in agreement toiron out the redline issues.

PACER Plus is a plannedregional trade and economicintegration agreement betweenall members of the Pacic Islands

Forum and Australia and NewZealand. Fiji has previously raisedconcerns over a number of issuesover PACER Plus negotiationsand stressed it is not a traditionalfree trade agreement but rather adevelopment agreement.

Fiji has maintained the positionthat PACER Plus should securelong-term improved marketaccess, preserve policy space,create employment and achievesustainable development. Somered line areas that Mr Koya saidhad been discussed were right

to regulate and infant industrydevelopment, which was in orderto support new and emerging

industries. “We had to take thehard line approach and they tooknote and they listened, which isgreat. That is being a good Pacicneighbour,” he said.

The next round of intersessional(technical) PACER Plus meeting

will be held in Nadi in June.In an earlier statement, Mr

McClay said, “As we move intothe nal stages of PACER Plusnegotiations, we are workinghard to conclude an agreementthat benets all Pacic islandscountries and New Zealand.”

He had anticipated discussions with Mr Koya to provide anopportunity to engage with andunderstand Fiji’s perspectives onnegotiations.

Fiji has continuously stressedit wants the PACER Plus to be

development oriented given weare currently developing andknow where we want to be in the

years to come.

PACER Plus is seen from apositive view point as an avenue

that could contribute in facilitating

our development path.

Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism FaiyazSiddiq Koya and the New Zealand Minister forTrade, Todd McClay, during their meeting on PacicAgreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER)Plus at The Westin Resort and Spa in Denarau


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FIJI

Indian diplomat presents credentialH

is Excellency the President, Major

General (ret’d) Jioji Konousi

Konrote received the credential

of India’s new High Commissioner to Fiji

His Excellency Vishvas Sapkal.

High Commissioner Sapkal was accorded

a 25-member guard of honour by ocers of

the Republic of Fiji Military Forces at theState House lawn before he presented his

credential to the President.

Mr Sapkal joined the Indian Foreign

Service in 1998 and has served at Indian

permanent missions in Russia, Armenia

and the United States of America. He was

Consul General of India to St. Petersburg,

Russia and has also served in Multilateral

Economic Relations Division, Northern

Division, Finance Division and India Africa

Forum Summit Secretariat of the Ministry

of External Aairs in New Delhi.

Prior to his appointed to Fiji, he wasDeputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of

India in Cairo, Egypt.

Mr Sapkal, who holds an engineering

degree in Electronics from Walchand

College of Engineering, Shivaji University,

Kolhapur in Maharashtra, also served in

the Indian Information Service (IIS) of

Government of India.

The Indian envoy, who will be based in

Suva, speaks uent Marathi, Hindi, English

and Russian.

Meanwhile, co-operation between

India and Fiji on a broad range of issueshas been discussed during talks in New

Delhi between the Prime Minister, Voreqe

Bainimarama, and his Indian counterpart,

Narendra Modi.His Excellency the President Major-General-(ret’d) Jioji Kon-rote receives the credential of India’s new High Commissionerto Fiji His Excellency Vishvas Sapkal

Fiji wins bid forInterHash SuperMeet in 2018

Fiji beats Malaysia and Indonesia

to host one of the largest singleinternational sports events to be

ever staged.

Fiji has won the right to host an

international event for diehard runners

from around the world—the 21st InterHash

Super Meet.

As they prepare to host the event in Nadi

in May 2018, they will also be welcoming

around 5000 hash harriers from around

the world for the four- to six-day event. This

will provide a major boost to the economy

as well as the tourism sector.

InterHash is a biennial event and is the

peak event for international running club

Hash House Harriers from around the

world to meet, run, socialise and drink beer.

Team Fiji’s bid is a signicantwin against experienced and larger

representation bids by previous successful

InterHash hosts, Medan (Indonesia) and

Kuching (Malaysia).

Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism

Faiyaz Siddiq Koya was in Bali, Indonesia to

campaign with Team Fiji Hash and address

the 6,000 strong attendees.

“We want to associate our name with

InterHash because it is an important,

high quality event—and because the fun

and spirit around the event it promotes

an important message of physical

tness,” he said. Mr Koya said InterHash

provides not just an opportunity for Fiji

to host one of the largest events ever–that

is, being hosts to more than 5,000 hash

harriers from around the world. He said

they want the next InterHash to be a true

family aair for each participant.

“While the harriers enjoy their run and a

cold drink, their families can enjoy the vast

range of activities that Fiji has to oer,”

he said.

PM to receive $23.4Mfrom EU

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama

will receive $23.4 million from the

European Union to assist Fiji’s

recovery eort in the wake of Tropical

Cyclone Winston.

Bainimarama is in Papua New Guinea

for the eighth African Caribbean and

Pacic Summit. He is expected to then take

part in discussions with other leaders on

sustainable development and the future of

the ACP.

Bainimarama heading a delegation to

the ACP Summit arrived in Port Moresby.

He joins heads of state and heads

of government from the 79 ACP

member countries.


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Editorial

— Frank Zappa

Thought of the week

Without deviation from the norm,progress is not possible

From the desk of theManaging Editor

“ You might question the value of such a detailed explanation, but I have a

purpose, and that purpose is to force you to think, to think deeply, with intensity.

Don’t confuse the word ‘intensity’ with ‘tenseness’. Tenseness implies mental

strain, and arises out of fear and anxiety. It is destructive to both mind and body. My

use of intensity here suggests mental force or power, and its results are constructive.

Your progress depends upon your degree of sustained intensity in a

given direction.”

~John McDonald from The Message of a Master

Whenever in life we are working towards something, we want to apply a high level

of mental power

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