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Will Engage with Ethnic Communities More: Mahesh Bindra, Former List June 18 - June 24, 2020 | Every Thursday Vol. 3 | Issue 10 | FREE www.indiannews.co.nz indiannews.nz indiannews_nz indiannewz theindiannews Ph: +64 9 846 8080 FOR YOUR BUSINESS & LIABILITY INSURANCE Call or make an appointment for FREE QUOTE to review your current insurance JUST ONE PLACE Contact Ram - P: 09-846 9934 | E: [email protected] FOR ALL FINANCIAL SERVICES YOU NEED Mortgage Brokers Insurance Brokers Accountants Asset Finance Brokers For Quality Insurance and HEAD OFFICE BRANCH OFFICE 35 Morningside Drive, St. Lukes Level 1/203 Great South Road PROFESSIONAL Quick Claims Mt. 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Excludes nationals experiencing serious hardship to travel together to return home when Workers: internet and broadband connection and is very limited. Based on available they have a relationship-based visa or are • 2,372 people have made requests plans information, we believe there could ordinarily resident in New Zealand • 237 individuals have been invited to • if required, pre-paid phone cards to be approximately 20,000 individuals • Allowing entry of maritime vessels apply (around 10 percent of all approvals) enable emergency communication and experiencing serious hardship, said the where there is a compelling need - TIN Bureau communication with consulate/embassy ministerial release. - TIN Bureau • Allowing entry for diplomats taking up Don’t let Covid-19 impact your Home Ownership Dream Contact us today for a “Mortgage Planning Session” Disclosure statement available free of charge upon request Manoj Singhal Vins Grover 021 987 499 027 556 8484 0800 700 600 financematters.co.nz /financemattersnz /financemattersnz company/financemattersnz 4 I June 18 - June 24, 2020 NZ POLITICS I, on behalf of New Zealand First, will engage with ethnic communities much more: Mahesh Bindra, a Kiwi-Indian and former List MP (2014-17) of the party following: Q5) As an immigrant yourself, what’s your Q10) Along with other Kiwi-Indian MPs, On comments from his party stand on immigration in New Zealand you have also acted as a bridge between colleagues - where we get people from overseas only the two countries, with one of your party Q1) There’s this widespread feeling among for those jobs which are not being filled by colleague describing you as “knowing multicultural communities about your New Zealanders? more MPs in the Indian Parliament party, New Zealand First, that it is anti- Q6) On this the current government than there are MPs in the New Zealand immigrant in general, and anti-Indian in has already moved to tighten the labour Parliament”. Is it true? particular. Which is ironical because you market test even further. So how is New Q11) The Deputy PM made a long-awaited are a Kiwi-Indian who has represented the Zealand First immigration policy different trip to India in February, and you went Party in Parliament from 2014-17. So why from what is being already done? with him. Was that trip successful? What do you think this feeling remains? Q7) In the last two elections, you have has the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Q2) This feeling has gathered momentum also stood for elections in the Mount Trade (MFAT) to show for it? Leave alone in the last one year by some statements Roskill electorate, apart from being any movement on FTA, India has also made by your party colleague Shane ranked 10 and 11 on the party list. But the backed out from RCEP. Jones. I agree that explanation on those results were not so favourable. So are you Q12) So what’s next for New Zealand- must be sought from Mr Jones, not from putting up your hand again this time for India trade relations? Will we see any you. What I am interested in knowing is the electoral battle in Mount Roskill? advocacy on it from you if you enter the how your conversations have been with Q8) During your last stint in the Parliament again this time? iwi-Indian and former List MP him over this time, whenever you met him Parliament (2014-17), you have been Finally - from New Zealand First (2014-17), K or chatted otherwise? In your opinion, a passionate advocate of stopping Q13) Will you, at least concede, that your Mahesh Bindra, sat with Gaurav Sharma, does he understands and respect your exploitation of Indian international party, New Zealand First, needs to engage Associate Editor of The Indian News, on Indianness, if I can use this term? students in New Zealand. In fact, you more with the ethnic and multicultural Tuesday, for a straight talk on a range of Q3) You obviously enjoy your leader’s had said then, that in some cases, communities of New Zealand? And are issues, including his relationship with Winston Peters support. How’s your international Indian students coming you willing Shane Jones and other party leaders, his relationship with other leaders in the to New Zealand “work like slaves”. Why to take up party's stand on racism, immigration and party like Tracy Martin, Ron Mark etc.? hasn’t then your party done anything on that role if exploitation of international students Q4) So on this, my final question is a this, in spite of being in power for the last you enter the coming from India, as well as on New direct one.
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