Saturday, November 24, 2018 Issue # 51 FREE COPY “The voice of Fiji in Aotearoa” NZ Auckland, Hamilton, Hastings, Palmerston NorthFiji & Wellington Times If you want to Advertise your business with NZ Fiji Times or want us to cover any up coming event, than send us the details via email or contact us on 027 4558 786 The Fiji Government New Cabinet Line up In a solemn ceremony the new Cabinet line-up was sworn-in before His Excellency the President, Major-General (ret'd) Jioji Konusi Konrote at State House. The Cabinet Ministers took an oath of allegiance and affirmation for due execution of office. Also present was Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and the Speaker of Parliament, Dr Jiko Luveni. The ceremony was also attended by the diplomatic corp and family members of the Cabinet Ministers Thinking of Selling or Buying??? Print Custom Stationery Logo Design Invites Want to know what your Property is worth? 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We Christmas or New Year theme). would like you to come and share this joyous Since we would like to finish up by 12.00pm, 20 Hours ECE Available moment and to acknowledge the milestone we would appreciate punctuality at your end. that we have achieved – re-licencing of the We look forward to seeing you at this festive Bula ECE Centre. occasion and to share the glee of Christmas We are Open Now to take Enrolments or As the foundation, of Bula ECE Centre, we with you and with our children this year. Enquiries for ages 0 months to 5 years old the Fijian community play a significant role Vakanuinui Vinaka ni Siga ni Sucu kei na in our children’s development. We sup- Tawase Ni Yabaki kivei kemuni kei nomni port the centre in providing program that matavuvale! (Merry Christmas and a Happy 5 Days Nutritional Meals, Aortable Fees, Quality Learning, strengthens our children’s identity through New Year to you and your Family!) Safe Environment, Christian value, bilingual, Fijian Language the Fijian language and customs – Na I tovo Na iTuvatuva ni Soqo- 01.12.2018 vaka viti dina kei na I vakarau vaka vanua” (Program) and customs through a multiracial setting within a multicultural setting. We aim to 9.00am Welcome support and uphold Christian values that are Ø Masu (Opening prayer by Talatala) Call us now 09 2766524/ 0221092826 or come down and visit reflective of our community values giving – Ø Speech by Ratu Isoa (President FCAA) us at 40R cleek, MAngere East we believe in and treasure them, they are our Ø Speech by Bula ECE Chair, Mr. John Ko- future! toisuva Face book page: Bula ECE Centre Ko ira na luveda na noda iyau talei – our 9.10am Performance by Bula Children & Ex children our treasure! Scholars Children will showcase their talents, which Ø Wilika Nomui Volatabu Ko ira na luvedana nodi i you talei they have learnt these few days since they Ø Lei tei Dalo ko Tamaqu have enrolled at the centre and also the Ø Jingle Bells -Song by children Our children, our treasure we want to share the essence of Christmas Ø Haka & Cibi which is just around the corner. Santa Claus Ø Bula Maleya will be handing away presents to them on 9.20am Bula Santa Claus arrives this day!The Christmas party will be held at Ø Distribution of Gifts to Children the Bula ECE Centre. The program will be Ø 9.30am Masu (Prayer by Talatala) concluded by having morning tea Ø 9.35am Morning Tea GLENAVON BARBER Quality Service Guaranteed 280 Blockhouse Bay Rd, Auckland Open 7 Days: Monday - Friday: 9am - 6pm Saturday: 9am - 5pm Sunday: 9am - 3pm Call: Safaraz Car Loans | Car Insurance 021 125 1455 Mechanical Breakdown Insurance (09) 828 6720 SPECIALIST IN BAD CREDIT CAR FINANCE *Interest Rates From 9.95%, *No or Low Deposit *Learner Drivers License Pizza Salad *International / Overseas Driver License *Adverse Credit or No Credit History Burger Kebab *Pre-approved Car Finance *New Immigrant Car Loan *Work Visa Car Loan (3 Years) *Student Visa Car Loan (3 Years) *Fast & Easy Approval *Apply Now, Drive Today Ph: 09 276 7507 Unit 3, 507 Great South Road, www.linkfinance.co.nz Otahuhu, Auckland 3 24 November 2018 NZ FIJI TIMES NZ News Murder-accused held victim as she lay dying, jury hears s Chand was found stabbed and semi-conscious."I knelt on my knees and I tried to wake her up. Both my do.”Murder accused: ‘It’s my bad luck to death in her Manurewa that I was on that road’ Friend tells court home in the early hours of hands were behind her shoulders. I did not shift her. I lifted her up and shook murder accused said ‘I’m going to kill November 12 last year. them’ MRohit Deepak Singh, 42, was charged her. When she got up she did not recog- nise me and she tried to attack me." 1 Nov 2018 with her murder three days later and is Rohit Deepak Singh standing alongside on trial in the High Court at Auckland Mr Singh, who spoke through a Fiji-Hin- di language interpreter, said she clawed an interpreter at the High Court in Auck- after pleading not guilty. land. Mr Singh took the stand today and told him, scratching his face, and told him to leave. The jury in the trial of the man accused the jury he and Ms Chand were secretly of murdering South Auckland moth- seeing one another when she was killed. "Her mind was stuck in one place. All she wanted me to do was leave the house er Arishma Chand has heard he told a For the past three weeks, the court friend he’d kill her and her ex-husband. Arishma Chand Photo: Supplied has heard Mr Singh was an obsessed and get away from there. I said no, I ex-boyfriend who stalked Ms Chand in won't leave and go. She told me to go, the months leading up to her death. that she had called her father and her fa- The pair had been in a brief sexual re- ther would take her to the hospital." He lationship in 2016 where Ms Chand fell said he left the house in shock and went pregnant but she got an abortion and straight home to shower before putting broke up with him. his bloodied clothes and shoes in a plas- Mr Singh said the pair had resumed their tic bag. relationship in secret and agreed to see He then threw the bag in hot mix as- one another the night she died. phalt, he said. That night he parked up outside her Mr Singh told the jury he wanted to home on Maich Rd and waited for her phone Ms Chand’s family to see how boyfriend to leave before approaching she was but knew she didn’t want him to the house. contact her father. Rohit Deepak Singh standing along- He then drove to the North Shore to see side an interpreter at the High Court in his aunty and uncle, where he said he Auckland. The man accused of murder- was robbed by a group of women who ing Arishma Chand was driving on her stole his watch. His defence lawyer Be- street at about the time she was killed, linda Sellars asked him why he told the the jury has been told. police he hadn’t seen Arishma when Rohit Deepak Singh standing alongside questioned the following day. an interpreter at the High Court in Auck- “I knew that day I had seen Arishma. If land.Rohit Deepak Singh told a jury he I would have told them straight away Rohit Deepak Singh and Ms Chand were secretly seeingone theywouldn’t have listened to me, my another when she was killed. He told story, and they could have put me in the the jury the front door was open and he cell. It was my first time [dealing with found her lying on the floor, wounded the police] and I didn’t know what to ALUMINIUM & RENOVATIONS AENA REPAIR & MAINTENANCE Windows | Doors Security Grills Shopfront, Renovation of Bathroom Broken Glass, All Aluminium Repairs & Maintenance BIJAY RON SHANKAR Email: [email protected] Mob: 022 1857 892 A/H: (09) 270 0053 4 24 November 2018 NZ FIJI TIMES NZ News National accuses Labour of under- Striking midwives take costing KiwiBuild by $18b protest to the streets Hospital midwives took their protest over pay and recognition to the streets in Ham- ilton on Thursday 22nd November. About 1100 midwives in the Meras ment of many midwives to be on hand union today began a series of rolling na- in the hospital to provide life preserving tionwide strikes.