the global indian Issue 26, December 2006 CLOSE X FIRST FIND PRINT SAVE NEXT New Zealand’s e-zine for Indians abroad According to another report in the Fiji minister. MONTH SPECIAL Times, the Government was “We would not submit for FIJI PM ACCEDES suspending three controversial Parliament’s perusal, any law that OPEN YOUR MINDS legislations - the Reconciliation, was unconstitutional.” NZ INST OPENS OFFICE IN INDIA Tolerance and Unity Bill, the Qoliqoli LIC SETS SAILS FOR NZ Bill and the Indigenous Claims He said New Zealand had offered Tribunal Bills - that the military is BRITANNIA MAY SPUR GROWTH their legal expertise. against. LIP SERVICE TO TRADE TALKS Qarase said he will respect the ETHNIC PEOPLE A CLICK AWAY Military commander Commodore decision of the Director of Public AMERICAN MADE—IN INDIA Frank Bainimarama has said the bills Prosecutions and police on whether ASIA IN 21ST CENTURY must not go ahead and has or not to pursue charges against the MONTH IN NEWS repeatedly threatened to force commander and his senior officers, a Qarase to resign if they did, the AP report by Fiji Live added. NEW ZEALAND report said. INDIA Earlier in the day, an extensive FIJI PM ACCEDES TO ENTERTAINMENT Bainimarama, an indigenous Fijian, military exercise brought calm in DEMANDS said the coastal bill is racist and Suva that locked down the city for VISION ASIA WATCH hile going to press (30 Nov would wreck Fiji's tourism industry, three hours. The exercise began at MOVIE PREVIEWS W 18.30NZT), the Fiji which depends on idyllic palm-lined midnight and ran until 3am, the Fiji ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Government had acceded to beaches. Times report said. CULTURE, LIVING demands made by the country's A joint Government-military public Troops secured strategic sites such GIVE AND YOU SHALL GET military leader after a two-hour relations team will tour the country as the Vodafone building and the INDIA—THE RIGHT CHOICE meeting in New Zealand, easing "on an information campaign to show FEA headquarters and parliament FROM NEPAL TO NZ simmering tensions in the Pacific IN THIS ISSUE that the acts of 2000 (the coup and house. Island country. X’MAS: TIME FOR CHEER attempted mutiny at the army camp Armed troops patrolled the city centre SPORT Fiji's prime minister, Laisenia in Suva) were wrong", the report while mobile patrols circulated in the MIND MATTERS Qarase, said that his government added. wider Suva area. GOURMET ZONE would try to avoid a coup by “The suspension will be effective withdrawing legislation opposed by Close to half of Fiji’s population is of PAK: FROM BURQA TO BIKINI pending a detailed legal examination the military commander who has Indian origin, and racial tensions EVENTS/TEA TIME of these items of legislation, to threatened to oust the government, have plagued the island of less than LETTERS TO EDITOR determine their constitutionality,” an AP report said. a million population for years. © 2006 Angan Publications Auckland ABOUT US another report quoted the prime Visit us: www.theglobalindian.co.nz 1 the global indian MONTH SPECIAL BACK FIND PRINT SAVE NEXT Issue 26, December 2006 CLOSE X OPEN YOUR MINDS TO applicants faced enormous hurdles countries, and frequently raised MONTH SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS finding employment in New Zealand. language as a hurdle. FIJI PM ACCEDES “I constantly hear employers saying Kim Smith said New Zealand ne of Auckland’s senior OPEN YOUR MINDS ‘But they won’t understand how we employers should think carefully about recruitment consultants is NZ INST OPENS OFFICE IN INDIA O work’ or ‘They are not going to fit in the survey and start putting in practice challenging employers to put their LIC SETS SAILS FOR NZ with our team,’” she the sentiments money where their mouth is and start BRITANNIA MAY SPUR GROWTH said. Employers were not reluctant expressed: opening their minds – and jobs – to LIP SERVICE TO TRADE TALKS actively trying immigrant applicants. “It is astonishing that to hire Australian, American or to integrate ETHNIC PEOPLE A CLICK AWAY at a time when those British immigrants, but Kim Smith, Senior Consultant at migrant AMERICAN MADE—IN INDIA same employers are Robert Half Finance & Accounting, hesitated over those from non- workers by ASIA IN 21ST CENTURY complaining about a says a recent international survey by offering them lack of skilled Western countries. MONTH IN NEWS parent company Robert Half training, workers they are out- NEW ZEALAND International reflected very favourably mentoring and, where necessary, of-hand rejecting highly qualified and INDIA on New Zealand employers’ attitude to language training.“Let’s stop putting capable applicants purely because ENTERTAINMENT immigrants. up unnecessary hurdles and instead they were raised in a different culture. look at how these highly skilled VISION ASIA WATCH In the survey of over 2500 finance “These are people who have actually migrants can help New Zealand MOVIE PREVIEWS professionals across 13 countries, chosen to live in New Zealand – they companies innovate and grow,” she ENTERTAINMENT NEWS 81% of New Zealand respondents are highly motivated to ‘fit in’ and said. thought immigrants added cultural CULTURE, LIVING learn the work culture. They are also diversity to the workplace, and 28% On a more positive note, Kim Smith GIVE AND YOU SHALL GET often very technically sound, very believed immigrants often had agreed with the survey’s findings that INDIA—THE RIGHT CHOICE smart and a much underutilised qualifications and skills that could not New Zealand companies were open FROM NEPAL TO NZ resource in New Zealand.” IN THIS ISSUE be gained in New Zealand. to working in a global marketplace X’MAS: TIME FOR CHEER On the whole, employers were not and were confident about holding their But the day-to-day reality simply didn’t SPORT reluctant to hire Australian, American own against low-cost countries such match these lofty ideals, said Kim MIND MATTERS or British immigrants, but hesitated as China and India. Smith. Even highly skilled migrant GOURMET ZONE over those from non-Western PAK: FROM BURQA TO BIKINI EVENTS/TEA TIME LETTERS TO DITOR E © 2006 Angan Publications Auckland ABOUT US Visit us: www.theglobalindian.co.nz 2 the global indian MONTH SPECIAL BACK FIND PRINT SAVE NEXT Issue 26, December 2006 CLOSE X NEW ZEALAND Hamilton this year, says to Wintec’s Wintec for over four years in the MONTH SPECIAL INSTITUTE OPENS internationalisation director, Mark international student recruitment and FIJI PM ACCEDES Pearce. “New Zealand’s more open marketing area. OFFICE IN INDIA immigration policies and active OPEN YOUR MINDS Wintec has been actively involved in Government support makes New NZ INST OPENS OFFICE IN INDIA apping into one of the largest the Indian market. Its executives growing markets in the world is Zealand an attractive study and work LIC SETS SAILS FOR NZ T formed part of the education missions Hamilton-based Waikato Institute of option for Indians.” BRITANNIA MAY SPUR GROWTH led by the then Education Minister, Technology (Wintec) which is setting LIP SERVICE TO TRADE TALKS Wintec offers degree specialties in Trevor Mallard, for the past two years. up an office in India. Wintec, New Business, IT, Nursing, Media Arts and Wintec’s chief executive, Mark ETHNIC PEOPLE A CLICK AWAY Zealand’s third largest institute of Sports and hosts international Flowers, was in India in September AMERICAN MADE—IN INDIA technology, has also become the first students from nearly 50 countries. with a team of Wintec staff for ASIA IN 21ST CENTURY to set up an office in the sub- Tsunami relief work under a Habitat India born Monica Malhotra has been MONTH IN NEWS continent. for Humanity relief scheme. appointed India Regional Manager NEW ZEALAND Wintec had over 60 Indian students and she is due to leave for New Delhi Contact: [email protected]. INDIA enrolled at its three campuses in in December. Monica has worked at nz ENTERTAINMENT VISION ASIA WATCH MOVIE PREVIEWS ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CULTURE, LIVING GIVE AND YOU SHALL GET INDIA—THE RIGHT CHOICE FROM NEPAL TO NZ IN THIS ISSUE X’MAS: TIME FOR CHEER SPORT MIND MATTERS GOURMET ZONE PAK: FROM BURQA TO BIKINI EVENTS/TEA TIME LETTERS TO DITOR E © 2006 Angan Publications Auckland ABOUT US Visit us: www.theglobalindian.co.nz 3 the global indian MONTH SPECIAL BACK FIND PRINT SAVE NEXT Issue 26, December 2006 CLOSE X LIC SETS SAILS FOR board, if approved, LIC would operations, the Economic Times MONTH SPECIAL DOWN UNDER become the second public sector reported. LIC expects to earn at least FIJI PM ACCEDES financial institution, after State Bank 15% of revenues from overseas Indians seem to be in the buying of India, to acquire a company operations. OPEN YOUR MINDS mood. And its not just private players abroad, a Indian financial daily NZ INST OPENS OFFICE IN INDIA Despite the entry of private players in with deep pockets. India’s largest life reported. LIC already has well- LIC SETS SAILS FOR NZ the 1990s, LIC still controls over insurer, Life Insurance Corporation of established operations in Fiji. If our three quarters of India’s life insurance BRITANNIA MAY SPUR GROWTH India, is looking eastwards, Down readers would recall, another market. LIP SERVICE TO TRADE TALKS Under to be more specific, to buy an insurance company New Indian ETHNIC PEOPLE A CLICK AWAY insurance company in New Zealand Assurance opened its New Zealand But its UK operations have not been AMERICAN MADE—IN INDIA or Australia. With one of the largest office last year. able to grow at the expected rate. ASIA IN 21ST CENTURY distribution networks, and huge cash “The public sector giant should To finance any acquisition, LIC has to reserve, buying a Kiwi or even change its focus from targetting NRIs MONTH IN NEWS pay in cash.