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Vins Grover Manoj Singhal 027 556 8484 021 987 499 www.financematters.co.nz A Better NEW ZEALAND March 12 - March 18, 2020 I 3 Stop blaming migrants and victims of exploitation for votes is factually incorrect. In fact, it is the for the students. Yet when these practises like ours are highlighting, which is again opposite. are highlighted, the students are the ones misleading and wrong. Successive governments have failed to in the firing line. The Union Network We have highlighted that the education regulate offshore education agents who of Migrants (UNEMIG) has, through its system is failing these vulnerable mislead the migrants from the country sub networks like the Indian Workers students. They are the victims, not the of origin, along with many dodgy private Association and Migrante Aotearoa, culprits. Such racist rhetoric can have education institutions here in New consistently lobbied the Government a devastating impact on vulnerable Zealand who provide courses which are for change. For a Minister to then blame communities. We request that all of little to no value. This oversight has migrants for their own inaction is political parties to refrain from targeting led to what we call ‘education trafficking’ hypocritical. immigrants in an attempt to advance and has ruined the future of many young Minister Shane Jones may not realise their political careers. lives coming from not only India but from this, but migrants are humans too and - by Union Network of Migrants (UNEMIG) eneral elections are upon us and other developing countries like China, the targeting them for the sake of personal Gsome would hope that this time Philippines and Sri Lanka. International political gain exposes them to politicians won’t use vulnerable groups students pay between $20,000 to $30,000 unwanted racist attacks and anxiety. of communities (migrants) as scapegoats each year to study in New Zealand, and This is a particular level of to mislead and gain votes in this election the education industry has added billions hypocrisy in our politics that while again. Unfortunately, the trend appears of dollars to the economy. NZ First MP Shane Jones made these to be repeating again. Shane Jones’ recent However, in return, migrants are comments to media in New Zealand, and continuous attack on Indian migrants conveniently scapegoated for all kinds the leader of his party, Winston Peters, is not only racist but also factually of things by politicians to hide their in his authority as the Minister of incorrect. regulatory failures during an election Foreign Affairs, was shaking hands Minister Jones recently stated that year. The New Zealand government allows with leaders in New Delhi and “everyone comes here from New Delhi” unlicensed education agents to promote discussing higher education, business and that “the number of students education in New Zealand, Immigration and industry. Yet on his arrival back that have come here from India have NZ approves their visas, and dodgy in New Zealand, Mr Peters backed ruined many of those institutions”. This private institutes operate PTEs as profit- Shane Jones’ comments by saying that making businesses without much care this is what migrant organisations Guess who turned 21 It’s not every day you turn 21 but this month Global Finance is proud to have got here. We couldn’t have done it without you, and we wouldn’t have had it any other way. We just want to say a big thank you for all your support. Having a passion to help kiwis day in and day out in their financial needs is what we love to do. We want to bring you the very best of insurance and mortgage advice. 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Package, we’re steadily lifting the I visit here in Mt Roskill now have more Roskill and I see so many children full of Last week, Statistics New Zealand minimum wage, and we have indexed energy to learn and play at school – few energy and potential. I like to think that’s released the latest figures on child poverty main benefits to wage growth. things could be more important. because each of them has the essentials in New Zealand. These showed that over The Families Package will lift up to – enough to eat, warm clothes and sturdy the past year we’ve lifted 18,400 children 74,000 children out of poverty over the shoes, and a place to call home. They out of poverty. And in that time seven next few years. Minimum wage increases are the essentials needed for children to out of nine child poverty measures have will help tens of thousands of kids thrive. shown improvement, whereas under the and their parents across the country. But sadly that’s not true for every child. previous government, seven out of nine The Children’s Commissioner has said Around 150,000 New Zealand children, had worsened. indexing benefits is the single best thing that is 13% of our Kiwi kids, live in I know we still have a long way to the Government can do to combat child material hardship. That means having to go but I’m proud that under Jacinda poverty. go without six or more things most of us Ardern, our government has prioritised We are proud to say that we have consider as essential. a reduction in child poverty. We don’t made it cheaper to maintain a family Not far off half of those 150,000 children believe that economic growth by itself is by growing our public housing stock, live in severe material hardship, which is a sufficient measure of success and have limiting rent increases, putting fuel and worse. They’re forced to get by without changed the budget rules so that as well power companies under the microscope, nine or more of the basics. This issue is as being held to account annually for our scrapping NCEA fees and funding the a large and complex one, and had been fiscal management, we hold ourselves removal of school donations, making neglected for years. to account for a range of measures of doctors’ visits cheaper, and providing Child poverty in New Zealand is community wellbeing, including the rate healthy lunches in low-decile schools.