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www.iwk.co.nz | 22 July 2016
New initiative to support our international students

Maya Shivam
nternational
students
constantly make headlines
and in recent times, much
has been spoken and
reported about students from
India currently in New Zealand.
Indian Weekender has also done
stories on the state of international
students in New Zealand from
time to time, whether it is their
living conditions or the paucity
of job opportunities or being
exploited by rogue employers.
Students seem to be facing a lot
of struggles that perhaps they had
not been prepared for.
Most of these students leave
Indiaa large number of them
from rural villages leave their
families and home country with
stars in their eyes, in search of
their dreams. But alas, the reality
is nowhere near what they expect.
Of recent times, to add to the
heartbreak and pain, the truth
about some agents have emerged
who to serve their own interests,
not only lie to and mislead the
students and their families but
have also been submitting false
documents
to
Immigration
In a welcome step, the

Government of India
has issued an advisory
for all international
students studying in
any country across
the world
New Zealand (INZ). As a result

of this, many students have
been facing deportation. One
can only imagine the plight of
students who already feel under
immense pressures from their
families, who perhaps mortgage
their homes and lands to meet
the expenses of their children
studying abroad, and are then
served with a deportation notice.
Such situations leave the students
clueless in terms of whom to
contact or ask for help.
While INZ and the government
are trying to address the issue, in
a welcome step, the Government

of India has issued an advisory
for all international students
studying in any country. As part of
its efforts to extend its outreach to
Indian students studying abroad,
the Indian govenment has added
a specific student module to its
Consular Grievances Monitoring
System (MADAD). The home
page link of the MADAD portal
(https://portal1.madad.gov.in/
AppConsular/welcomeLink)
provides basic guidance on
how students can first register
themselves on this module and
then proceed to provide basic

information. This information
will help the concerned Indian
Embassy/High Commission to
engage effectively with students
and render them all possible
assistance. The data entered in
this module can be accessed and
used only by Indian Missions and
Ministry of External Affairs.
The High Commission of India
in New Zealand is encouraging
all Indian students in New
Zealand to register themselves
and provide basic information
about
themselves
through
this platform. This will then

allow the High Commission to
support these students when
required. Speaking about this
new initiative, the Indian High
Commissioner, Mr Sanjiv Kohli
said, The advisory is to convey
new initiatives that we are taking
to enable us to maintain an
updated database and to facilitate
direct interface with our students
here so that in times of need,
both sides can reach the other
quickly. They can share their
experiences and concerns with
us. We want to ensure that we do
everything possible to promote
their well-being. This would also
help us to take up their concerns
with respective institutions and
government agencies. This is
going to be a continuing process
and can develop further only
through an interactive manner.
It is hoped that this initiative
is supported by our student
community and they work with
the High Commission of India
to ensure that the students are
better supported and have better
outcomes to the various issues
that they are faced with.
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Labours comprehensive plan to

address the housing crisis
Phil Twyford, MP for Te Atat
Labour Spokesperson for Housing,

Building and Construction
ome Sunday, hundreds

of young Kiwis will be
queuing up at open
homes around the
country, hoping against hope that
maybe, just maybe, theyll get
lucky. Its a scenario that is being
played out every weekyoung
couples up against a property
market where dog eat dog has
become the norm; where, unless
youre already on the ladder, or
unless you win Lotto, the home
ownership dream will continue to
be just thata dream.
And
still,
the
National
Government wont admit theres
a housing crisis.
It has failed to rein in soaring
prices, failed to stop speculators
buying and flicking on homes for
massive profits, failed to provide
more temporary accommodation
for increasing numbers of Kiwis
locked out of even the rental
market, and failed to provide
anywhere near enough affordable
homes for a new generation of
first-home buyers.
Remember John Keys solution
to young families struggling to
get onto the property market?
Look on Trade Me. And how
Latest figures from

Statistics NZ only
support the fact that
the governments
been missing in action
on housing. In the
past year, the number
of new families who
own their own home
grew by just 5,700
while the number of
renters increased by
twice as much13,500
households.
about Paula Bennetts solution

to moving people out of cars
and into temporary digsghost
flying squads.
Labour, on the other hand, has
a comprehensive plan to tackle
the problem by setting up an
Affordable Housing Authority
to work with the sector to build
more affordable homes and
undertake major greenfields and
revitalisation programmes and
cracking down on speculators.
We will also end Nationals state
house sell-off and stop using
Housing NZ as a cash cow, instead
refocusing it on what it does best
looking after people in need. The
dividend the government now
demands of it will be reinvested
into building more homes and

updating existing ones.
People camping out in cars or
in friends and relatives garages
will be helped into temporary
accommodation through extra
funding to emergency housing
providers, while a major hurdle
for developers in Auckland, the
citys urban growth boundary,
will be removed, providing more
options to grow.
The
government
doesnt
have a comprehensive plan; it
is just a collection of piecemeal
and grudging half-measures.
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Aucklands special housing areas,
has delivered only 1,000 homes
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Labours KiwiBuild will see

100,000 high-quality affordable
homes built over 10 years.
Standalone houses in Auckland
will cost $500,000 to $600,000,
with apartments and townhouses
under $500,000. Theyll range
from $300,000 to $500,000
outside of Auckland.
Latest figures from Statistics
NZ only support the fact that
the governments been missing
in action on housing. In the past
year, the number of new families
who own their own home grew
by just 5,700 while the number
of renters increased by twice as
much13,500 households.
If homeownership levels were
at their 1991 peak, there would
be another 174,000 families who
owned a home today.
That, along with the daily stories
of people not being able to afford
to rent, of young couples and
their parents and grandparents
resigned (almost) to kissing the
Kiwi dream of owning a home
goodbye, of speculators making
tens of thousands a month by
buying and flipping property,
paint a pretty damning picture.
National is still trying to insist
there isnt a housing crisis.
Were saying there is, and weve
got some pretty bold ideas to
address it.
oe Bidens visit to New

Zealand
comes
amongst
desperate moves to try to
rescue the deeply unpopular
Trans-Pacific
Partnership
Agreement (TPPA).
Citizens opposed to the TPPA gathered at
Auckland Airporton Thursday, July 21, to
call for an end to the TPPA.
The TPPA was on the agenda for talks in
Australia and is expected to be discussed
in Auckland. The TPPA is in deep trouble
in the US, with both Presidential nominees
recently affirming their rejection of
the agreement. There is overwhelming
evidence that the TPPA will produce little
if any economic benefit, cause social and
environmental damage, and result in the
loss of governments right to regulate. Yet,
the current President is still talking about
the TPPA as a key part of his legacy from
eight years in office.
The campaign against the TPPA in New
Zealand, Its Our Future, is calling for talks
to be abandoned.
Spokesperson Barry Coates said, The
US President and Vice President should
not be leaving a toxic legacy from their
time in office. People are waking up to the
dangers of giving over powers to foreign
corporations. The TPPAs investor-state
dispute settlement mechanism would allow
foreign investors to challenge the decisions
of our Parliament and our judicial system.
The recent TransCanada US$15 billion
case against the US governments rejection
of the KeystoneXL pipeline shows how

action on climate change will be further
undermined by the TPPA.
There is a strong and growing opposition
to the TPPA and similar pro-corporate
treaties around the world, including huge
opposition to the parallel Trans-Atlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership
negotiations between the US and EU. A
majority of the New Zealand public opposes
the TPPA, according to opinion polls.
There is no chance to pass the TPPA
in the US using the usual democratic
processes, so the US administration is
trying to push the TPPA through during the
lame duck period between the Presidential
election on November 8 and the time the
President takes office onJanuary 20, 2017.
As with the previous push for Fast Track
Authority, the wheels will be oiled by lavish
corporate contributions.
Its Our Future is calling for a halt to
the ratification process in New Zealand,
and if the TPPA is to continue, there
should be a binding referendum on New
Zealands participation.
Its Our Future spokesperson Barry
Coates concluded, The world has
moved on. The TPPA is a throwback
to the era of extreme liberalisation,
trickle-down, growth-at-all-costs policies.
It has benefited big corporations and the
wealthy few and caused massive inequality,
unstable economies, climate chaos and a
hollowing out of democracy. Its time to
change direction.
NEW ZEALAND
Community comes together

for Eid reception
Rizwan Mohammad
ollowing the Eid-ul-Fitr festival

of the Muslim community
on
Wednesday,
July
6,
the New Zealand Muslim
Association Inc. (NZMA) organised an Eid
reception last week inviting community
members,
Members
of
Parliament
and heads of community associations
from Auckland.
The Eid reception was held to celebrate
the festival and share a platform to build
stronger ties with the diverse community.
NZMA is an affiliate of the Federation
of Islamic Associations of NZ (FIANZ),
founded in 1950 to represent the Muslims
of Auckland.
MP for Mt Roskill and Aucklands
mayoral candidate Phil Goff reiterated the
contributions of the Muslim community to
the growing diversity of New Zealand and
its economy.
National List MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar,
MP Kanwaljit Bakshi and Green Party
MP Denise Roche were among the other
Parliamentarians at the event.
Shaikh Mohammed Amir, Chair of Ulama
Advisory Board of FIANZ, commenced
the evening with a khutbah followed by a
Attendees at the Eid reception
short speech on the importance of sharing

happiness with other communities as
mentioned in the Quran.
The evening was also attended by Race
Relations Commissioner Dame Susan
Devoy, President of Auckland Interfaith
Council Ruth Cleaver and Chair of Dawah
committee of FIANZ Dr Mustafa Farouk.
Jasmine, an 18-year-old Kiwi-Muslim
girl delivered a short speech on growing as
a young Muslim girl in a diverse community
in Auckland.
The evening concluded with a dua
and a thank you address by Ikhlaq
Kashkari, President of New Zealand
Muslim Association.
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Indian students facing deportation

Gaurav Sharma
he plight of Indian
students studying in
Canterbury is grabbing
headlines again with
many facing deportation due to
submitting false bank documents,
which incorrectly showed them
having access to sufficient funds
to pay their tuition fees.
Ruth Burgess, Solicitor at
Christchurch-based
Lexington
Legalthe law firm representing
several such studentsnoted, The
problem is fraudulent documents
showing that students meet

the
minimum
requirement
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funds in their bank
accounts
needed
to
secure
the
student visas.
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of
unscrupulous agents
have duped these
students by promising
them
bank
loans f o r
studying in New Zealand, putting
their houses as collateral, which
never materialised. So when
Immigration NZ and Education
NZ verify
these documents, they found a lot
of them to be fraudulent and many
students now faced deportation.
We have taken several such
cases and hoping for [an]
amicable solution. Meanwhile the

government, on its part, to provide
international
students
with
accurate and reliable information
to make informed choices about
coming to study and live in New
Zealand has put in place two very
important measures since July 1,
this year.
First is the Education (Pastoral
Care of International Students)
Code Of Practice 2016 replacing
the existing Code of Practice for
the Pastoral Care of International
Students, for which the New
Zealand Qualifications Authority
is the Code Administrator.

Second is establishing a new
International Student Contract
Dispute Resolution Scheme
to be operated by FairWay
Resolution Limited, a Crown
company specialising in disputes
resolution, to resolve contractual
and financial disputes between
international
students
and
education providers.
While this will certainly help
the new arrivals, what happens
to Indian students already
here and facing deportation
remains unclear.
Jalsa Fiji Radiothe heartbeat of Hindi-speaking

community in Christchurch
Gaurav Sharma
tarted on October 19,

2014, and nominated
for NZ Radio Awards
last year, Jalsa Fiji
Radioa community radio station
owned and operated by the FijiIndian husband-wife duo of
Vinesh and Rajneeta Prakashis
now entertaining Hindi-speaking
audiences in Christchurch for
more than one-and-a-half hours
every Saturday.
Presented via the Community
Access Radio Plains FM 96.9,
Smrita Tiwari and Rita Verma start
the evening at 5:30 p.m. playing
70s, 80s and latest Bollywood
hits in their show called the Dip
Jalsa Fiji Radio entertaining the Hindi-speaking community in Christchurch
Chick Moments. This is followed
time presented by Vinesh, DJ Avi,
by an hour of (starting at 7 p.m.)
Monil and Shahil. In this hour we
Desi Boys and Bad Boys party
do Bollywood gossip, party music,
announce upcoming events, pass

on important community news as
well as present entertaining issues.
Overall, our goal is to engage [the]
Hindi-speaking audience in the
Greater Christchurch area and
spread community news.
One of our proudest moments
came in February in the aftermath
of the Winston Cyclone when
we interviewed (via Skype)
Satya Nand, a famous Fiji radio
announcer, and Ritika Pratap,
[a] news reporter from the Fiji
Broadcasting
Commission.
Their first-hand information
from ground zero helped us in
mobilising support and aid for
the cyclone victims back home,
said Vinesh. Meanwhile, showing

its vibrancy and kick-off a
winter full of entertainment, the
Fiji-Indian community in the city
is gearing up for a series of events
in the coming fortnight.
First up is the Christchurch
Kirtan Sandhya on July 22 where
Fijis kirtan star Nitin Nilesh
Prakash is performing.
Then on July 30, Khalid Hussein,
the Qawal from Fiji, will battle it
out with the Christchurchs very
own Avinash Dass in the Grand
Qawali Muqabala.
Finally on August 6, the Fijian
stand-up
comedy
sensation
Jimmy Moses is coming to town,
informed Prakash.
Oamaru shop accused of racism

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reasons when its owner was accused of
racism, swearing at a Canadian woman,

and telling her to go back to India,
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NEW ZEALAND
Horticulture and agribusiness

as new study options
orticulture is one of the most

important sectors under
the umbrella of agriculture.
It delves into landscaping,
plant biology, soil science, and plant
protection. Another field of study in
demand within agriculture is agribusiness.
Regent International Education Group
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to students to get a combined knowledge
of business and New Zealand agriculture
sector, which is vital for the industry.
Diploma in Business (Advanced) Level 7 in
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agriculture and business studies, and
the prospects in learning expand to both
agricultural field and the management of
agriculture-related businesses.
The course offers eight modules in
one year with marketing, agribusiness
studies,
agribusiness
management,
applied research project, budgeting and
financial planning as some of its subjects.
Such courses encourage students to take
entrepreneurial opportunities and start a
venture within the agricultural sector.
With growth in agribusiness, which is
set to create thousands of jobs in the next
decade, the demand for related studies is
increasing with more students signing up for

the course.
One of the popular sections within
horticulture is soil science where many
students are opting for further studies.
I am studying soil science, and the
knowledge I gained about the soils of this
country is fascinating. We made a field
trip to Muriwai Beach, north of Auckland
city, and had a first-hand experience about
the diverse kinds of soil in one location,
says a level 4 student studying at Regent
International Group.
For further information on other courses
and admission, interested individuals
can call 09 920 6886 and have a direct
conversation. The enrolment for the
course has started and terms start from
mid-August 2016.
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Taufiq, who is the youngest
brother of world famous tabla
master Ustad Zakir Hussain, and
Purbayan have collaborated over
many years and have regaled
audiences at musical gigs in major
cities around the world and India,
many times jamming with local
musicians, as they will also do here
in Auckland. The celebrated duo
will be performing with Aucklands
own favourite Raag Time trio of

Ben, Manjit and Jo on Saturday,
August 20 at 6 p.m. at the Dorothy
Winstone Centre.
Mumbai
Unplugged
will
commemorate
the
50th
anniversary of a unique and
successful experiment in the
history of Indias popular music.
In 1968, legendary Bollywood
music directors Shankar Jaikishan
collaborated with a whole host of
Jazz artistes of the time to produce
the wildly successful vinyl album
Raga Jazz Style. The album was an
instant success worldwide and is
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guitars, and piccolo. The only
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were tabla and sitar. Taufiq,
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artistes will recreate some of these
tracks at Mumbai Unplugged.
Earlier, Taufiq and Purbayan will
be will be conducting workshops
over three weeks for the students
of the University of Auckland
School
of
Music.
Mumbai
Unplugged will be performed at
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NZ silver screen set for world cinema

Go on a cinematic adventure at this years New Zealand International Film Festival
Esha Chanda
he
New
Zealand
International
Film
Festival opened last
week with the world
premiere screening of Poi E:
The Story of Our Song. Director
Tearepa Kahis documentary
explores the history of Poi Ea
song that was released 32 years
ago. Readers who havent grabbed
a ticket for the screening on July
23 and 24 (the website says that
its already sold out) might have
to wait for its official release. But
till then, Aucklanders can catch
the screening of the other movies
featured in the robust collection
this year. We browsed through
the line-up to pick five movies
that you shouldnt miss at the 48th
international film festival.
Under the shadow
he Iranian-British horror
film, written and directed
by debutant Babak Anvari, is a
spine-chilling thriller. Set against
the historical background of
Iran-Iraq war, viewers are
introduced to Shideh (Narges
Rashidi), an aspiring doctor who
is unable to resume her studies
due to her political activism. As
bombs pelt down around them,
Shideh confronts the demons
inside her house. She is left alone
to protect her daughter from a
Under the shadow
Midnight Special
supernatural phenomena. Under

the Shadow bears resemblance
to Jennifer Kents The Babadook
(2014), but this thriller will ask
you to read between the lines
while delivering the eeriness of a
horror film.
Friday, July 22, at 8:30 p.m.
at SKYCITY Theatre
Sunday, July 24, at 8 p.m. at Event
Cinemas, Queen Street
Saturday, July 30, at 8 p.m. at Event
Cinemas, Westgate
Life, Animated
tories possess a powerful

magic,
which
when
unleashed, can help us face
every demon in life. Based on the
best-selling novel by Ron Suskind,
Life, Animated is an uplifting
documentary
about
Owen
Suskind, 23, who was diagnosed
with autism at the age of three.
The family saw their son go into
a silent retreat, and it wasnt until
years later when they discovered
that the key to communicating

with him was by immersing into
the world of Disney animated
films. Life, Animated is an
emotional coming-of-age story
that beautifully uses animation to
give an insight into Owens world.
Saturday, July 23, at 3:15 p.m.
at SKYCITY Theatre
Sunday, July 24, at 5:45 p.m. at
Event Cinemas Queen Street
Wednesday, July 27, at 2 p.m. at
Event Cinemas Queen Street
A Quiet Passion
Quiet Passion takes you

back in time to 19th century
America and into the world of
American poet Emily Dickinson.
Directed by Terence Davies, the
biopic, which stars Cynthia Nixon
as the poet and Jennifer Ehle
as her sister Vinnie, opened at
Berlins Film Festival earlier this
year to rave reviews. Hailed as one
of Davies finest works, the period
drama is about the reclusive and
frustrated life of Dickinson. She

spent most of her adult life in
her study at her parents house
in
Amherst,
Massachusetts,
where she gave birth to her art.
The movie is a brilliant portrayal
of one of the worlds famed poet
known for her solitude life and
poignant verses.
The Civic Theatre
Wednesday, July 27, at 10:30 a.m.
at The Civic Theatre
Winter Song
irected by Georgian master

Otar Iosseliani, Winter Song
is a beguiling low-key comedy
that sees an ensemble cast in a
story that unfolds in the early
1980s
Franceafter
leaving
the USSRthrough a series of
random sequences. The movies
visual gags dominate the screen
that projects dreams spaces, love
stories, and friendships between
the characters. Its not until the

very end does Iosseliani brings
them all together and patches the
whimsical storylines to present an
ingenious plot for his audience.
Thursday, July 28, at 11 a.m. at
Academy Cinema
Academy Cinema
Midnight Special
eff Nicholas Midnight Special

is a mysterious sci-fi thriller.
The movie features a boy, unlike
us, with unexplained powers,
and a father who is willing to
risk anything to protect his son
from religious extremists and the
federal government.
The movie starts with two
men driving into the night with
a small boy sitting in the back
seat. And then the manhunt
begins. The audience is taken on a
journey with a father determined
to help his son reach his
ultimate purpose.
Tuesday, July 26, at 4 p.m. at
SKYCITY Theatre
Friday, July 29, at 9 p.m. at The
Civic Theatre
NEW ZEALAND
10
$19m redevelopment of Freemans Bay

School getting underway
onstruction
work
is set to begin on
the
$19.2
million
redevelopments
of
Aucklands Freemans Bay School,
Associate Education Minister
Nikki Kaye announced on July 14.
Yesterday, local kaumatua
buried a mauri stone and
blessed the construction site,
so construction workers can
now pick up their tools and get
cracking, says Ms Kaye. This
is a big milestone for the school,
which needs a significant rebuild
to accommodate roll growth and

remediate leaky buildings. Last
December, I announced that the
redevelopment originally planned
for the school would be upscaled.
The rebuild will allow for a
roll of 600, and will include
a new learning block, as well
as a new multi-purpose hall,
library, administration building
and Rumaki Whanau Ata, the
schools Maori Immersion Unit.
The government is investing
$18 million in this project, with
the schools Board of Trustees

contributing $1.2 million towards
the new hall. Preconstruction
work was carried out during the
most recent summer holidays.
The redevelopment is due to
be completed by the end of 2017.
This will enable the new facilities
to be used from the start of Term
1 in 2018. As with all major
school redevelopments, the new
learning block will provide an
innovative learning environment
which supports evolving teaching
The rebuild includes a new learning block, a multi-purpose hall, library, administration building among others developments
practices, now and into the future.

Freemans Bay School is one of the
oldest schools in New Zealand,
having been established back
in 1888. Id like to acknowledge
the hard work of the Board and
Minister launches EmployAbility
isability
Issues
Minister
Nicky
Wagner
launched
EmployAbility
on July 14, an employment
programme to assist people with
health conditions and disabilities
into work to take place in the Bay
of Plenty. Work and Income
will match clients with a health
condition or disability to jobs

that suit their particular skills.
Once a person gets a job, well
offer ongoing support to them
and their employer, to help ensure
its successful for everyone, Ms
Wagner says.
EmployAbility is an extension
of the successful Christchurchbased employment programme,
Project 300, which saw 584

people get into work. What we
learnt from Project 300 is that
engaging with and supporting
both employers and employees
helps to form a mutually beneficial
relationship. Its about matching
the right person to the right job.
People with health conditions
and disabilities tell me that they
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a better future for them and their
family. It connects them with
Principal over the last few years. A

lot of planning has gone into this
project, and the redevelopment
will set the school up to serve its
communities for many more years
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shows
the
housing
crisis
is now affecting more
than 98% of New Zealand,
Leader of the Opposition
Andrew Little says.
Housing
pressures
have seen house prices
rise faster than wages in
all but four areas of the
country: the Grey District,
Increasing rents and state housing waiting list makes it difficult for
Masterton,
Westland New Zelanders seeking a house in Auckland
and
Wairoa.
These
the Waitemata. Unsurprisingly the highest
four
areas
make
up
1.25%
of
average house pricea staggering $1.4
our population.
millionis found in Aucklands eastern
The housing crisis is making life tougher
suburbs. In comparison in Kawerau, it
for most New Zealanders. Skyrocketing
is $131,000. The shortage of houses in
house prices are locking a generation out
Auckland is now affecting other areas.
of the Kiwi dream of homeownership and
In South West, Hamilton house prices
pushing rents up so high, families are being rose 29.8% in the past yearthe fastest in
forced to live in cars and garages.
New Zealand. The fastest rent increases
Labours interactive housing map were in the Bay of Plenty where they rose
being launched at http://www.labour. 9.5% in the year to March.
org.nz/housingmapshows
anyone
Behind all these figures are families who
how the housing crisis is affecting their are paying more and more for a roof over
neighbourhood. Information includes rises their heads, leaving less and less for food
in house prices, changes in homeownership and other essentials for themselves and
rates, rent increases and the length of state their kids.
housing waiting lists.
Only Labour has a comprehensive plan
The map highlights how dramatically to address the housing crisis. We will build
Nationals housing crisis is exacerbating 100,000 affordable homes, crack down on
inequality. The highest homeownership offshore speculators and provide the social
rate in the country is in Waimakariri and emergency housing our country so
at 80%, compared to just 39% in badly needs, Andrew Little says.
NEW ZEALAND
Councillors set to make

decision on SkyPath
Stand for councilmake

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uckland Councils Finance and

Performance Committee will
next week make a decision
on whether to deliver the
SkyPath project through a public-private
partnership (PPP). If councillors agree to
the recommended PPP option, it would
be the first partnership of its kind for
significant infrastructure in Auckland by
the council.
The PPP would mean that the
construction, operation and maintenance
of SkyPath would be financed and delivered
by the PIP Fund for the contract period
and there would be an admission charge
for users of SkyPath. The council would
provide a limited underwrite of the revenue.
This means if minimum revenue streams

from fares, sponsorship, etc. are not met,
the council would need to top-up funds
to meet a pre-agreed amount. In turn, if
profits reach a certain level, council and the
Auckland Harbour Bridge Pathway Trust
will receive a share in these.
Auckland Council would also receive
ownership rights and obligations at the
end of the contract period. Ahead of their
recommendation, members of the Finance
and Performance Committee will consider
two reports relating to SkyPath. The
Finance and Performance Committee met
on July 21. The Governing Body will now
formalise the decisions of the committee at
its meeting on July 28.
ould-be
Auckland
leaders keen to stand
in the upcoming local
elections can put their
names forward as candidates.
Nominations for candidates opened
on July 15, and close at noon on
August 12. Aucklanders will choose from the
pool of candidates standing in the elections.
If youre interested in representing
your community, and you think you can
contribute useful skills and ideas, now is
your chance to be involved in the decisions
that make Auckland a great place to live,
by standing for election, says Auckland
Council Electoral Officer Dale Ofsoske.
Elected roles for council include local
boards, councillors and mayor, and voters
will also get to choose district health
board representatives, and licensing trust
members in some areas.
Anyone over the age of 18 can stand for
election as long as they are a New Zealand
citizen and on the Parliamentary Electoral
Roll. Voting documents are posted out from
Friday, September 16 and must be received
by the Electoral Officer by noon on Election
Day, Saturday, October 8. Candidate
nomination forms are available for
download or from the following locations:
Electoral Office, Independent Election
Services, Level 3, Custom House, 50
Anzac Avenue, Auckland
Great Barrier Island Service Centre, Hec-
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Henderson Service Centre, 6 Henderson
Valley Road, Henderson
Manukau Service Centre, 4 Osterley
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Orewa Service Centre, 50 Centreway
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Pukekohe Service Centre, 82 Manukau
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Waiheke Service Centre, 10 Belgium
Street, Ostend
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Officer or an electoral official at one of
the above locations no later than noon on
Friday, August 12. Each nomination must
be accompanied by a deposit of $200 GST
inclusive (payable by cash, bank transfer,
cheque or EFTPOS).
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with their nomination paper for publication
in the voting documents sent to electors.
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Giving children the best possible start in life
John Key
Prime Minister
elping to keep more

New
Zealanders
and
their
families
healthy
is
a
priority
for
the
National-led Government.
This year we will be investing
a record $16.1 billion into
health and continuing our drive
to get better results for New
Zealanders and their families
from that investment.
Thats
why
weve
also
introduced
a
number
of
important initiatives to help give

New Zealand children the best
possible start in life. Around
780,000 children are benefitting
from our policy of free GP visits
and prescriptions, as well as
free after-hours services, for all
children aged under 13.
To date more than 1.2 million
influenza vaccines have been
distributed across the country,
protecting over a quarter of
our population.
Weve also lifted immunisation
rates for babies, with around
93% of eight-month-olds now
fully immunised. This means
thousands of more babies are
being protected from potentially
life-threatening illnesses.
Theres been a significant

reduction in national rheumatic
fever rates, dropping 45% since
2012. This shows the $65 million
investment the National-led
Government has made to prevent
rheumatic fever is making a
difference to the young people,
families,
and
communities
most at risk.
The latest issue threatening the
health of young New Zealanders
is obesity. One in three New
Zealand schoolchildren is either
obese or overweight, and more
than a third are inactive.
Thats why the government
launched the Childhood Obesity
Plan last October. Were one of
only a few developed countries
with a comprehensive plan and a

target to support it.
Under our new target, we expect
that more than 4,000 children a
year95% of children identified
as obesewill be supported to
achieve a healthy weight by the
end of next year.
These children will be identified
through our free B4 School Check
programme,
which
benefits
around 58,000 four-year-old
children each year with a free
health and development check.
They will then be referred to an
appropriate health professional
with their family to get advice and
help to support healthy eating
and activity. Were also taking
a fresh look at what we provide
for young people to ensure

they participate and develop
a lifelong love of sport. While
Kiwi kids have traditionally
been active and sporty, around
the world participation rates
are falling and New Zealand is
not immune. We are determined
to ensure more young people
get involved and stay involved
in some form of sport as it helps
them to led healthier lives.
Deliver better health services
remains a top priority for this
National-led Government. Thats
why we are investing more than
ever before into health and are
committed to achieving better
results for New Zealanders and
their families.
2030. TPP will save New Zealand

businesses NZ$272m per year in
tariffs when fully implemented.
TPP is our first free trade
agreement with Japan, United
States, Canada, Mexico and Peru.
The US is the largest economy
in the world and Japan is third
largest. New Zealand has sought

FTAs with these countries
for 25 years.
TPP will eliminate tariffs on
93% of our exports to our new
FTA partners as well as reducing
non-tariff barriers. TPP will save
exporters $96m in tariffs on the
$4.3 billion worth of products
exported to TPP countries.
TPP will save meat exporters
$84m in tariffs on the $2.8
billion worth of meat sold to TPP
countries a year. TPP will save
kiwifruit growers an average
of $6,000 a year each when
fully implemented or $18.4m.
$34m saved annually in tariffs
on fruit and vegetables. $16m
saved annually in tariffs on
wine, and duty-free access into
seven new countries.
Apart from negotiating the TPP

this New Zealand Government is
also working the European Union
towards EU-NZ FTA. We are also
negotiating FTAs with India and
the GCC. The Prime Minister and
our Trade Minister are currently
in
Indonesia
negotiating
terms of trade.
Our approach is to refresh our
trade policy and work towards
the elimination of non-tariff
barriers that arise with our
trading partners.
There
is
always
more
to
do
for
New
Zealand
and New Zealanders.
We will continue to seek
avenues that allow us to keep our
New Zealand lifestyle, grow our
jobs and our economy.
Importance of trade to the NZ economy

Kanwaljit Bakshi
National List MP
ree Trade Agreements

(FTA) enable New
Zealand exporters to
sell more products and
services to the world, creating
more jobs and higher incomes for
New Zealanders.
Tariff savings represent money
businesses can spend growing and
employing more New Zealanders.
Tariff savings are often the
narrowest measure of the benefits
of trade agreements, which also
include economic, social, cultural
and environmental benefits.
New Zealand has signed

TPP, which includes 12 AsiaPacific countries, covering 36%
of the global economy and
800 million customers.
This is New Zealands largest
FTA and is estimated to be worth
at least $2.7b a year to our GDP by
Council needs to become more efficient

Phil Goff
Labour MP
hen
the
Auckland
Super City was
established in
2010 and eight different councils
were amalgamated into one, my
expectation was that this could
help eliminate duplication and
wastage across the City.
Eight Chief Executives replaced
by one, economies of scale,
and an organisation focused
on delivering services more
effectively seemed a good idea to
me, and many others, at the time.
Today, Council claims to have
saved several hundred million
dollars but the perception
certainly is not that ratepayers

have received a dividend of
greater cost efficiency and more
reasonable rates.
Rather it is that the Council still
has a long way to go in delivery on
the promise of a Super City that
is more transparent, responsive
and effective. To be fair, with
Auckland growing by 40,000
people a year and building
consents trebling over the last six
years, there is undoubtedly more
work to do.
However, pressure needs to be
kept on Council to do more with
less. As an organisation not subject
to competition to keep its prices
down and become more efficient,
there needs to be a drive from the
Mayor, elected representatives
and from the top of the Council
bureaucracy for this to happen.
Rates do impose a burden and we

need to keep rate rises at a low
level, not the double figure rises
that some have had imposed on
them over recent years. There
are aspects of the current and
inherited Council culture that
have to change. Using its people
resources more efficiently is one
of them. A woman came to see
me recently after an appointment
with Auckland Transport (AT), a
council-controlled organisation.
She wanted permission to
use a small number of car
park spaces for a car-sharing
scheme she runs.
She went to her appointment
with AT to be confronted with eight
officials from the organisation.
Why that number was required is
incomprehensible. What is worse,
not one of the officials had the
authority to make a decision on

her application.
Another story. A drainage
engineer in my electorate oversees
connections of new water and
wastewater connections to new
houses. Under the old regime, he
dealt with one Council engineer.
Now he deals with seven,
across Council, Watercare and
Auckland Transport!
We also need Auckland Council
to become a can-do organisation,
not just an obstacle to peoples
aspirations. We need it to treat
the ratepayers who fund it as
their valued customers.
Heres
an
example
of
what really frustrates people
about bureaucracy.
Howick Rotary each year
runs a book fair to raise funds
for
local
community
and
charitable organisations. They

told me they applied to put up
small, half-real estate size signs
on grass berms to advertise
the fair.
First, they were told by AT
that they couldnt, then that they
might be able to if they sought
exemption from the rule of not
putting signs on berms. The
catch was that the fee to apply
for an exemption was $180, not
altogether, but for each sign. It
would have cost Rotary $9000
non-refundable, to put out their
50 signs!
We can do better than this. My
goal is to change the culture of
Council. I want it to be a much
more responsive, transparent,
efficient
organisation
that
can deliver to its ratepayers
more for less.
NEW ZEALAND
Housing crisis needs urgent action from

government
give up on their dream of owning
a home, and rents are rising.
In Auckland, the situation
is dire. First-home buyers in
Auckland are, on average, earning
only about half as much as the
daily increase in house prices,
which is now around $500 a
day. We are seeing the impact of
the housing crisis on extended
families and communities, as
young people cant afford to buy
houses in the neighbourhoods and
cities that they grew up in.
Its astonishing then, that
this government is refusing to
acknowledge that we are facing
a crisis. Nationals council
infrastructure loans, their big
idea on housing, arent going
to do anything to help young
families watching as the median
price keeps rising, while their
savings are worth less and less
in comparison. The housing
James Shaw
Green Party Coleader
ll New Zealanders
need
somewhere
warm and safe to
live. Having a home,
whether its a safe, warm rental
or a property of your own, is an
important part of belonging to
your community. Its about being
able to invest time and energy in
your neighbourhood. Its about
getting to know your neighbours
and walking your kids to school in
the morning.
Thats what makes New
Zealands current housing crisis
so concerning. As house prices
keep going up every week, more
and more people are having to
problem is also having a huge

impact on essential services in
Auckland. Schools are finding
it increasingly difficult to find
teachers who can afford to live
and work in the city, and other
crucial jobs such as nursing,
paramedics and police will also
face the same problem unless
something changes.
Across
New
Zealand,
a
growing number of families are
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means having to sleep in cars

and garages or spending weeks
living in overcrowded houses
with extended family. Many New
Zealanders are horrified by the
number of people affected by
homelessness this winter, but
National has refused our call to
investigate the problem. We need
better information and better
solutions to this issue, which is
why we launched a homelessness
inquiry last week. We think that
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Kiwis have been patient with this

situation for long enough and we
need the government to step up.
A Green Government would
tackle the housing crisis head on.
We have a plan to help Housing
New Zealand build new homes
and stop them from selling off
existing stock.
We would also bring in a proper
capital gains tax (excluding the
family home) to take the heat out
of the housing market and restrict
non-residents
from
buying
up homes that are needed for
New Zealanders.
After eight years of inaction, its
clear this government lacks the
courage, conviction, and vision to
do whats right, and whats smart,
for our country. We can do much
better, and thats exactly what the
Green Party will do when were
in government.
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FIJI
India backs Fiji at UN
ndias
Permanent
Representative
to
the
United
Nations,
Ambassador
Syed
Akbaruddin, has presented a
US$250,000
(F$513,062.50)
cheque to the President-elect
of the UN General Assembly,
Ambassador Peter Thomson. The
donation is to assist with costs of
running the Office of the President
of the General Assemblys
71st Session.
Ambassador
Akbaruddin
said that as a fellow developing
country, India wanted to show
its support to the Presidents
Office in order to contribute
to a successful session in
the year ahead. Ambassador
Thomson
thanked
the
government of India for its
Bastille Day
celebrated In Fiji
F
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Ambassador Syed
Akbaruddin (left) with the President-elect of the UN General Assembly Fijis
Ambassador Peter Thomson | Photo: DEPTFO News
solidarity and generosity. He said

Indias assistance to Fiji and the
Pacific Small Islands Developing
States was deeply appreciated
by all concerned. He said like
all funds received to support the
Office of the Presidency for the

71st Session, Indias donation
would be deposited in the UN
Trust Fund, so that receipt of
funds and expenditure would be
transparent to all.
Ministry aims to better aid

cluster system
he government is committed to building

and strengthening the Fiji humanitarian
cluster system to improve humanitarian
response in times of disasters.
This was highlighted by the Ministry of Rural
and Maritime Development and National Disaster
Management,
Permanent
Secretary,
Meleti
Bainimarama, while addressing an Inter-Cluster
Forum in Suva.
Highlighting the necessity to improve on
inter-cluster
co-ordination,
communication
and information sharing, and co-ordination
with Government in the field, Mr Bainimarama
encouraged clusters to conduct review exercises and
to share widely on lessons learnt during Tropical
Cyclone Winston response efforts.
This is a valuable process that will strengthen our
future co-operation, and I look forward to hearing
the outcomes and your proposed solution which will
form policy development and the formulation of a new
Cluster Guideline, Mr Bainimarama said.
Mr Bainimarama further acknowledged the work of
the clusters during the TC Winston operation and post
Winston recovery. I must say that overall each and
every cluster did a remarkable job, and I would like to
rench Ambassador to
Fiji Michel Djokovic
defined
the
true
meaning of Bastille
Day at the French Ambassadors
residence on Thursday, July 14.
The first meaning that comes
to mind is the sense of our past
history, so as not to forget to see
where we come from. Without the
storming of the Bastille prison
in 1789, without revolutionary
ideas, France wouldnt have
become what it is, he said.
He said everyones presence at
the Bastille Day (National Day for
France) which is meaningful to
him as he speaks of all those who
are committed to their common
values, be they French or Fijian
or another nationality.
He stated another meaning of
the Bastille Day was the will to
defend the values in the face of

threats that are present.
Concerning the future, lets
work together in order to leave
a planet where our children and
grandchildren can live in peace
and safe from disasters.
Fiji was the first country to
ratify the Paris agreement and
France ratified it in June this year.
United, we may defeat climate
change and its devastating
consequences [such as] cyclones,
sea level rise, drought and
flooding that happened in Fiji
and French Polynesia, Mr
Dojokovic said.
Since last years Bastille Day,
many diverse events linking
France and Fiji took place
strengthening the friendly bonds
between the two countries.
Suva U17 eye first win
uva
have
yet
to
register a win in the
Vodafone
Under-17
Youth League after
going down to Rewa 32 in the
third round of competition at the
every team wants to achieve,

which is important.
I believe we are heading in
the right direction, the whole
of last week we worked on our
defence and we defended well
Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and National

Disaster Management Permanent Secretary Meleti
Bainimarama (left)
extend my thanks to you and your cluster members

for your solid support of the Fiji Government and
people, Mr Bainimarama said.
Clusters are groupings of humanitarian response
organisations including both government and
non-government organisations that work in
the main sectors of disaster response and
humanitarian actions.
Representatives from the following clusters were
present at the meeting: health and nutrition; water,
sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); food security;
shelter; safety, protection; education; logistics;
and communications.
Vodafone U17 Youth League Suva team at the Fiji Football Association Academy in
Vatuwaqa | Photo: Justine MannaW
Fiji FA Academy in Vatuwaqa

on July 18. Suva led 10 at
half-time with a goal from Philip
Leong but Rewa came back in
the second half with goals from
Anare Naituva, Viliame Tuinakau
and Kartik Chand in the 56th, 65th
and 80th minute. Suvas Gerard
Lal scored their second goal in
the 88th minute but it was not
enough for a win.
Suva football coach Radhe
Krishna said despite the loss,
he is happy with how the
boys performed as they have
improved from the two rounds
of competition.
I am pleased with the boys
performance because considering
the last two games where we were
thrashed, this game is a huge
improvement for us, whatever
we learned during training we
tried to put it into practice. In
coming games, we should do
better. Our main aim coming into
the competition is to develop our
players and that is something
Source: Fiji Sun
today. Rewa only penetrated

once, the other two goals came
from set pieces so we are doing
something good.
Krishna said they are working
on certain areas of their game
every week and they would try to
implement that into their games.
That is how we are improving.
It is not about winning or losing,
I mean of course we would
like to win a few games but
the main important thing is to
develop. There has been a big
improvement with the boys since
the league started.
Coming up next week is their
clash with Nasinu, Krishna says,
they are settling for nothing more
than a win as they will be working
really hard this week.
I feel the boys are ready and
they just need to get past a couple
of games before they settle down
and really get into it. But we are
anticipating a good game and I
hope that we can finally get a win
next week, he added.
FIJI
Indonesian Minister in Fiji for big welfare meet
high-level
delegation
led
by the Minister of Women
Empowerment and Children
Protection, Dr Yohana Susana
Yembise arrived on July 17 at the Nausori
Airport.
In a briefing held with the Permanent
Secretary for Women, Children and
Poverty Alleviation, Dr Josefa Koroivueta,
the Indonesian Minister, Yohana Susana
Yembise expressed her gratitude towards
the Fijian Government for the invitation.
I am pleased to be here once again

and look forward [to] an interactive
discussion and exchange information for
the mutual benefit of both the countries,
Ms Yembise said. The MoU called for
strengthened partnership between the
two countries to share information
and
resources
for
increased
development opportunities.
The Joint Technical Working Group is
a result of the commitments made by the
two nations under the MoU. Last year, the
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty

Alleviation Rosy Akbar had signed a
three-year MoU to formalise Fiji-Indonesia
collaboration in the areas of women
empowerment, gender equality and child
protection. It comprises experts from the
Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty
Alleviation in Fiji, to collaborate with the
Ministry for Women Empowerment, Child
Protection and Ministry of Social Affairs of
the Republic of Indonesia.
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Indonesian Minister of Women Empowerment and

Children Protection, Yohana Susana Yembise is
welcomed by the Permanent Secretary for Women
Dr Josefa Koroivueta at the Nausori International
Airport
Thank you, Kiwi

medics
ssistant Minister for Health

and Medical Services, Veena
Bhatnagar
bid
farewell
to the New Zealand Fiji
Medical team that had been providing
free medical treatment to the people
of Labasa.
The medical team, made up of former
Fijian residents now living in New Zealand,
attended to 25 laparoscopic and other
surgical cases with a 100% success rate.
Ms Bhatnagar, while speaking at the
farewell dinner for the medical team in
Labasa, acknowledged the teams great
effort in helping to support Fijians.
I am extremely delighted for your
contribution towards the medical needs of
our people and I thank you on behalf of the
Health Ministry for working in partnership
as we will always welcome and support such
initiatives, Ms Bhatnager said.
Team
leader
Shiu
Kumar
said
they were always ready to provide
much-needed treatment to the people of
Labasa and hoped to return in future to render
similar services.
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I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall

apart when Im awake, you know?
Ernest Hemingway
Editorial
From the desk of the

Managing Editor
On its way to landing astronauts safely on the surface of the moon, the miracle
of modern engineering that was an Apollo rocket was actually on course only
2 to 3 percent of the time. Which means that for at least 97 percent of the
time it took to get from the Earth to the moon it was off course. In a journey
of nearly a quarter of a million miles, the vehicle was actually on track for only 7,500
miles. Or to put it another way, for every half-hour the ship was in flight, it was on
course for less than one minute. And it reached the moonsafelyand returned to
tell the tale.
How was such a thing possible? Because modern space travel is a masterful
example of slight edge course-correction in action.
If this machine, at the time one of the most sophisticated, expensive, and finely
calibrated pieces of technology ever devised, was correcting its own off-course errors
twenty-nine minutes out of every thirty, is it reasonable to expect that you could
do better than that? Lets say you were able to match an Apollo rockets degree of
accuracy in the pursuit of your own goals: that would mean that youd be perfectly on
target and on course no more than ten days in any given year. The next time youre
giving yourself a hard time because you feel like youve gotten off track, think about
the Apollo program, and give yourself a break.
~Jeff Olson from The Slight Edge
Most high achieving people often go through phases when they beat themselves up
for little mistakes or the smallest of setbacks. When I read these lines, I had to stop
and smile to myself. Even, if for all the effort you put in, you succeeded even once
every 30 times, you did fine. Life is a series ups and downs. So when the downs hit, it
is important that we dont beat ourselves but just keep going forward on our planned
course. Eventually, we will find our destination.
The world saw a live example of this today with William Trubridge setting his world
record. I clearly remember when he tried the last time and did not succeed. It would
have been easy for him to give up, but he chose to keep going and came out on top.
We have recently had an important advisory by the High Commission of India, and
I would like to urge all international students to register on the Indian Governments
website. This way the Government of India can help and support the students at
their most vulnerable moments. This will also be great in taking up and addressing
various issues that overseas students face. We carry more details on this initiative in
our issue.
Have you been bitten by the Pokmon bug yet? It is important that while playing
the game, people remain aware of their personal safety at all times. Techmate brings
you up to date with this new phenomenon and also its apparent health benefits in the
health section. We hope you enjoy reading our new edition. Until next time.
Until next time.
Giri Gupta
Pick of the week
Hot Spot: In the Democratic Republic of the Congos Virunga National Park, a ranger
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Mori Phrase: Kei reira!
English translation: Right on! Thats the one
Tip from the trenches
Master the art of public speaking
1. Keep it simple. Use everyday languages

and short sentences.
2. Change your pitch, volume, and speed as
you deliver your speech
3. Avoid verbal tics such as umm
4. Use visual aids to grab the attention of
the audience
5. Practice before you deliver
your speech
Make in Mozambique:
The real reason Modi visited
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Abhishek Waghmare
t has as many people as

Punjab, and its people are
three times poorer. But
Narendra Modi became
the first prime minister to visit
Mozambique in 34 years because
the impoverished South African
country has something every
Indian wants.
Indiathe worlds leading
producer of pulses, with 22% of
global outputsigned a contract
to import 100,000 tonnes of
pulses from Mozambique in
201617, doubling to two lakh
tonnes by 202021.
That would still be no more
than two per cent of 201516
imports and 0.5% of what Indian
farms grow.
But every tonne counts,
as imports pouring from 60
countries indicate, from some
as little as 1,000 kg, the amount
your neighbourhood grocery
store might sell in a week.
An important staple food
and source of nutrition, pulses
available for every Indian have
fallen by three kg over half a
century. With two years of failed
monsoons, insufficient irrigation
and
flawed,
over-regulated
marketing, Indias pulses output
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi witnessing the signing of agreements, at Maputo,
Mozambique
is at a six-year low, sparking

shortages and spiralling prices.
For the first time, imports of
pulses in 201516 touched $4
billion, a quarter of demand and
more than one per cent of Indias
import bill. India imported a
record 5.8 million tonnes of pulses
in 201516, 80% more than two
years before.
But why have imports risen
over the last two years, when they
were fairly constant (between 2.5
to 3 million tonnes ever year) over
the last decade ending in 2010?

The answer: The output of
pulses for the decade ending
2010 rose, stabilising imports,
but two years of drought (2014
and 2015) changed all that.
As Indians eat more pulses
and production drops, prices
keep rising. Indians want more
pulses, but yield is among worlds
lowest pulses are also known as
grain legumes, a set of 12 crops,
high in nutrition, particularly
important to developing countries
such as India with rising incomes.

But the prices of pulses are
rising in concert with growing
demand and falling production.
Imports fill the gap.
Indias pulses productivity
is among the emerging worlds
lowest. Even poorer Myanmar
produces twice as much per
hectare, Egypt more than four
times as much. Regardless of
yield, production is dropping.
The bottom line is a 250%
rise (over five years to 2015 in
17
Maharashtra) in the prices of the

dal, benefitting the farmer and
importer. In the arid southeastern
Maharashtra district of Latur,
Sukesh Kode, 35, is unconcerned
that tur output on four acres
of his 17-acre unirrigated farm
has fallen to 38 quintals (100
kg=1 quintal) this year from 42
quintals in 2015.
When prices rose last year,
the immediate reaction of
consumers was to buy fewer
pulses. But in a couple of weeks,
they got used to it. Pulses are
so central to the Indian diet
that middle-class consumers
will buy them and cut back on
other things. The poor have no
option but to eat fewer pulses,
as an editorial in The Hindu
explained. A good monsoon, in
general, keeps prices steady, and
a bad monsoon increases imports
and prices. The Maharashtra
government on July 5 decided to
sell a kg of tur dal per month to
poor families at a subsidised rate
of Rs 120 per kg (against a retail
price around Rs 180 per kg).
But these are temporary
measures.
With
irrigation
uncertain and farmers reluctant
to grow more pulses, Mozambique
will continue to remain of interest
to India.
India needs to shed anti-competitive market distortions to prosper

Amit Kapoor
hat
makes
c e r t a i n
economies
relatively
prosperous than others has been
a question of debate among
economic scholars and public
policy practitioners for a long time.
It is slated to continue well into
the future.
In the debate, while some have
stressed on natural resources and
economic geography, others focus
on technology, institutions and
the way societies structure and
implement the rule of law within
societies as prerequisites for
economic growth and prosperity.
While all these factors play an
important role in determining
prosperity, the role of competition
for enhancing productivity and
ultimately prosperity is central
to economic development. At
times, despite knowledge of
what works, the policy is steeped
in politics, legacy issues and
previous experience in. This may
cause several distortions to fully
functioning competitive markets.
A recent study by UK-based
Legatum Institute titled AntiCompetitive Market Distortions
and Their ImpactIndia Case
Study has interesting insights
about market distortions and
their impact on prosperity in
A recent study by UK-based Legatum Institute has some interesting insights about
market distortions and their impact on prosperity in India
India. The study has two related

cases of Indias aviation and
cotton and garment industry to
reinforce the findings of the main
study. There are four important
points of note.
First, the study describes
regulatory regime as the
legal, economic and governance
structure
that
applies
in
the country as a whole.
Anti-competitive
market
distortions
(ACMDs)
are
described
as
policies
or
regulations that provide a
competitive
advantage
to
some players or a player to the
detriment of others.
The study looks to categorise
ACMDs into six broad types:
government laws, regulations,
or practices that eliminate
competition completely; laws that
lessen competition; laws that are

applied differently among firms,
or exemptions given to some
firms; distortions caused by stateowned enterprises; action or
inaction by competition agencies;
and anti-competitive state aid
or support.
The study maps Indias ACMDs
and tries to put them into a
productivity simulator under
the three broad heads of property
rights, international competition
and domestic competition. The
productivity simulator indicates
the potential productivity gains
that accrue in GDP per capita
terms due to reform measures.
The study also tries to understand
the gains in three different
scenarios. In level 1, scenario
improvements are made in doing
business such as registering a
business. The simulator results

show that improvements would
be negligible, in this case, a
GDP per capita rise (at constant
prices) from $1,500 to $1,507.
In the level 2 scenario, several
improvements are made along
the dimensions of resolving
insolvency, freedom to own
foreign currency bank accounts,
intellectual property protection
and improvement in all ease of
doing business parameters. Here,
the GDP per capita increases from
$1,500 to $3,723. In the third
scenario, which has a completely
pro-competitive
regulatory
framework, a high productive
increase is recorded, catapulting
India from a per capita income of
$1,500 to $29,691.
For the three levels, the
cumulative job addition will
be 0.002, 1.6 and 242 million.
This indicates the extent to
which market distortions have
hampered Indias progress.
Third, the benefits that may
accrue due to removing market
distortions have a big impact
on poverty. It is estimated
that removing ACMDs has the
potential to lift many people out
of poverty. However, this will
have an impact on prices, which
may lead to changes in how
poverty is defined.
In the cases on the Indian
aviation and cotton industries,
the study compared and focuses

on how improvements can be
made to the existing structures
as well as how regulations can
be made more market-friendly.
While in the civil aviation sector
the ACMDs have diminished in
the past, it is a work in progress.
The aviation sector and regulatory
framework are also compared
with the EU and the conclusion is
that the latter is freer.
In the case of cotton and
garment industry, the study
mentions minimum support
prices and input price controls
as sources of market distortions.
In the garments industry,
small-scale reservation for the
textile sector and import duties
are seen as anti-competitive
market distortions. Apart from
this, labour laws and taxation
are ACMDs hampering the
sectors growth. Over the next few
years, more such studies should
be done which focus on the
economics of prosperity derived
from real world experience and
how to unlock value in various
sectors of the economy. The study
covers new ground in this regard
to make India more competitive.
In this 25th year of India watershed
moment in economic history,
policymakers
must
further
Indias reform agenda and strive
to remove its anti-competitive
market distortions.
18
Support GST in national interest,

Modi urges opposition
rime
Minister
Narendra Modi on
Sunday,
July
17,
reached out to the
opposition on the eve of the
Monsoon Session of Parliament
to seek its cooperation over the
long-pending GST bill observing
that the issue was not about which
government would get the credit
even as the Congress offered no
assurance, saying it will support
bills based on merit.
He also urged all the political
parties to keep national interest
above all considerations and
also
welcomed
suggestions
for
extending
the
sittings
of parliament.
Important Bills, including the
GST Bill, are to be taken up during
the Monsoon Session beginning
Monday (July 18) and I hope
that there would be meaningful
discussions and outcomes during
the session, Modi said at an
all-party meeting convened by
the government ahead of the
parliaments session.
Referring to GST, he noted
that the issue was not about
which government would get the
The All Party meeting in New Delhi on July 17
Whip in Lok Sabha, said, GST

issue was not discussed in the
all-party meeting. With regard to
GST, the government has still to
revert to us on the three demands
(raised by the party). There have
been intermittent discussions,
but no solution has come.
The three demands are one
per cent additional levy to be
implemented by states, 18% cap
on GST and setting up of a dispute
resolution mechanism.
We are still awaiting a concrete
response from the government
credit for its introduction but the

bills passage.
We represent both the people
and parties and there is a need
to keep national interest above
anything else, Modi said, calling
for passage of important bills,
including the GST.
However, the Congress said
that it will support in Parliament
any legislation that is in the
nations interest but offered
no assurance.
Congress leader Jyotiraditya
Scindia, who is the party Chief
on these issues. It is very clear

to the people of the country that
this government is adamant,
he added.
He said the Congress would
raise in Parliament issues such
as inflation, unemployment,
interference of the central
government in state affairs and
incidents such as Kairana.
Party
colleague
Ghulam
Nabi Azad, who is Leader of
Opposition in the Rajya Sabha,
had told reporters ahead of the
meeting that the Congress will
support any bill which is in the
interest of the nation, people and
growth. We will let the bills pass
on [the] basis of merit... we do not
obstruct passage of bills.
He, however, did not clarify
the partys stand on the longpending GST bill, which tops the
governments priority list.
Meanwhile, Communist Party
of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader
Sitaram Yechury said the issue
of the GST bill cannot be settled
between the Congress and the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) alone. As far as the GST
Bill is concerned, its not a matter
to be settled bilaterally between

BJP and Congress. I have been
requesting the government [for]
two years to call an all-party
meet to discuss the GST bill and
listen to our concerns to form [a]
consensus, he said.
Terming the all-party meeting
fruitful, Parliamentary Affairs
Minister Ananth Kumar said
all parties desired smooth
functioning of parliament.
He also said that the government
will talk to all opposition parties
on the GST bill.
We are talking to all parties
and will talk in future as well on
the GST and other bills. We want
to create a consensus, he said.
Responding to suggestions
from some leaders for increasing
the sittings of Parliament, Modi
said he welcomed the suggestion
and urged them to ensure proper
utilisation of the available time.
As many as 45 leaders from
30 parties attended Sundays
meeting. Keen on passing the
GST bill, the government has
been holding a series of meetings
with opposition leaders.
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Education policy should be job

oriented: Tripura CM
ripura Chief Minister

Manik
Sarkar
on
Saturday,
July
16, said that the
education policy should be
job oriented focusing skill
development and emphasising
on quality.
The education policy of the
country should be job oriented
focusing skill development and
emphasising on quality so that
after completion of required
education youths are able to get
jobs, he said while addressing
the Inter-State Council meeting.
He said, Union and the states
have the responsibility to provide
quality, affordable and accessible
education to all the children and
adults in India.
The
education
policies
adopted so far could not provide
adequate skills as well as lead to
employment to the youth of the
country. The result is prevalence
of in large scale unemployment
and poor learning outcomes in
the states.
On the use of Aadhaar card as
an identifier and use of the Direct
Beneficiary Transfer (DBT) for
providing subsidies, benefits and
public services to the people,
Sarkar, a Communist leader, said
that Tripura government supports
enabling direct payments to the
200 food parks to

come up across
India: Minister
T
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar
people, but it (Aadhaar) should

not be made mandatory to receive
benefits and alternative forms of
establishing identity also should
be equally honoured.
On the Punchhi Commission
recommendations on centrestate relations, the Tripura Chief
Minister said that the central
government should abandon
its pursuit of acquiring states
powers on any pretext.
To improve internal security
situations and to tackle emerging
technology and cyber-based
threats, the central government
should provide more funds to

the states for modernisation of
police and its infrastructure in
real terms, said Sarkar, who also
holds the home portfolio.
Demanding to compensate
states losses for delinking
schemes
and
revenue
shortfall caused due to the
recommendations of the 14th
Finance Commission, Tripura
Chief
Minister
emphatically
urged the centre to distribute the
share of taxes between the central
government and states at least in
the ratio of 50:50.
he Union government
has
planned
200
new food processing
units across India,
reducing the requirement of
land and capital from Rs 200
crore to Rs 20 crores, Minister
of State for Food Processing
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said on
July 17.
In her address on the final day
of an international convention on
potatoes, fruits and vegetables,
she said Agra, which produces
45 to 50% of the countrys total
potato crop should take advantage
of the facilities being offered by
the government and hoped the
new initiatives would help the
potato cultivators.
The minister said that due to
earlier limits, entrepreneurs were
not able to invest in this sector and
potatoes from the Agra region are
presently sent to other states due
to high costs of processing.
Organised by the Federation
of Cold Storage Associations
of India, the event, which saw
the participation of delegates
from China, the US, Holland,
and Germany, is expected to
give a big boost to upgradation
of technology in the food
processing sector.
Minister of State for Food Processing

Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Associations secretary Rajesh

Goyal said the partner country
Holland sent 80 delegates to the
exhibition which showcased the
latest technology and techniques
available to increase the efficiency
of cold storages and promote the
use of solar energy.
The Federation has been
demanding an end to Mandi
Samiti tax on potatoes.
Speaking at the valedictory
session, Uttar Pradesh minister
Ram Sakal Gurjar promised he
would facilitate policy reforms
and press the government to do
away with annual licensing of
cold storages, to have one-time
licenses as in other states.
20
Navjot Sidhu quits as RS MP, all set to join AAP
n a major jolt to the BJP

ahead of the Punjab
assembly
elections,
cricketer-turned-politician
Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned
from the Rajya Sabha on July
18 and hit out at the party,
claiming it was preventing
him from working for the
states welfare.
Sidhu, who is likely to officially
announce his future course of
action in a day or two, is all set
to join the Aam Aadmi Party
and become its Chief Ministerial
candidate for Punjab where
assembly elections are due early
next year.
He went in person to meet
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid
Ansari to tender his resignation.
Later, Deputy Chairman P.J.
Kurien announced in the house
that Sidhus resignation had
been accepted. The resignation
came as a big surprise to the
BJP,
which
shares
power
with the Shiromani Akali Dal
Cricketerturnedpolitician
Navjot Singh
Sidhu
in Punjab.
Sidhu, in a statement, indicated
his discontent with the BJP,
saying, In the war of right
or wrong, you cant afford to
be neutral.
Soon after resigning from the
Upper House, Sidhu hit out at
the BJP, saying that the party
despite nominating him to the
Rajya Sabha had closed his doors
in Punjab.
I had accepted the Rajya Sabha
nomination for [the] welfare of
Punjab. With [the] closure of
every window leading to Punjab,
the purpose stands defeated,
now a mere burden. I prefer not
to carry it, he said, adding that
he had accepted the Rajya Sabha
nomination at the behest of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Confirming Sidhus move to
join the party, AAPs Punjab
convenor Sucha Singh Chhotepur
tweeted,
Appreciate
Navjot
Sidhu and Navjot Kaur Sidhu
move, looking forward for their
Welcome to @AAPPunjab2017
Government launches
Transforming India portal
ith
of
the
of
the aim
sharing
impact
various
governance
initiatives
with
citizens
in
real-time, the government has
launched a websiteTransforming
Indiaan official statement said on
July 16.
The website was launched by
Union Minister of Electronics and
Information Technology and Law
and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad.
This site is an effort by MyGov
to
comprehensively
record
each and every aspect of this
transformation, he said.
The
website,
www.
transformingindia.mygov.in,
will provide information in a
user-friendly format enabling
citizens to view the content in the
form of infographics, e-books,
performance dashboard, videos,
daily news corner, and engage
with the content by comments
and sharing the content through
social media.
The website was launched by Ravi Shankar Prasad
The key facets of the website are

that it promotes accountability in
major national initiatives, acts as
a repository of major policies and
decisions and provides a central
platform to citizens for sharing
of transformational changes that
they see around themselves.
The website thus bridges
the gap between citizens and
government and provides a
seamless interface for two-way

information interchange, the
statement said.
This platform facilitates twoway communication between the
government and citizens.
There is a section of the site,
where citizens can share stories
about transformative growth in
India. This can be in the format of
videos, photos and comments.
@AamAadmiParty.
Although
AAP leaders in Delhi have
officially refused to confirm the
development, they have not ruled
out the possibility of Sidhu and his
wife walking across to the AAP.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal said he salutes the
cricketer-turned-politician
for
his courage in quitting the
Rajya Sabha.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh, who
is in-charge of the partys strategy
for the Punjab assembly elections,
said that good forces should join
hands in Punjab to oppose the
land mafia and drug mafia.
Sidhu is indeed a big force as
he played a vital role in the politics
of Punjab and also brought
laurels to the nation in cricket.
He always raised the matters of
Punjab credibly at the national
and state level, and he and his
wife continuously raised their
voice against the corruption of
the Akalis and the drug menace
there, he told a news channel.
He, however, said that people
will have to wait for a formal

announcement in this regard.
Sanjay Singh also said that Sidhus
resignation from the Upper House
is seen as a protest against the
ongoing Akali-BJP dispensation
in Punjab.
All right-minded people should
join this dharam yudh (righteous
battle)
against
corruption,
he said.
A senior AAP leader, who
wished not to be named, said that
speculations over Sidhu joining
the AAP are true.
AAP is seen as a contender for
power in Punjab.
Sidhu had won the Amritsar Lok
Sabha seat in 2009 but did not
contest in 2014 when senior BJP
leader Arun Jaitley was fielded
from there, apparently under
Akali Dal pressure. Jaitley lost.
Sidhu has been a steady
campaigner for the BJP in
elections. He has appeared in
popular TV shows and is known
for his ready wit and Urdu shairi.
Ministry of Skill Development

and Entrepreneurship is
important: Mukherjee
nderlining
that
Ministry of Skill
Development
and
Entrepreneurship
(MSDE)
is
extremely
important for socio-economic
development of India, President
Pranab Mukherjee on July
15, congratulated it for its
achievements in a short span
of time. The president also
inaugurated the India Skills
Competition in New Delhi on the
occasion of the World Youth Skills
Day (July 15).
Mukherjee said that India is
a young nation with 62% of its
population in the working age
group and more than 54% of the
total population below 25 years
of age, and young minds are
Indias assets.
This is our demographic
dividend which we need to
harness. As policy makers, we
have a duty to empower our youth
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee
by providing skills to them. We

need to seize this opportunity.
He, however, cautioned that if
they cannot provide jobs to the
huge number of people entering
the job market every year, the
population dividend could turn
into a population liability and
this explosive situation has to
be prevented. The MSDE was
created
by
Narendra
Modi
government in 2014.
Women naval team aims to circumnavigate globe after

Mauritius expedition
Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
hey exemplify grit and

courage, proving that
nothing is impossible
for them. And now
these six valiant women officers
of the Indian Navy are back from
their gruelling sea expedition
from Mauritius.
On Thursday, July 14, they
anchored their craft INS Mhadei
on Goan soil at the INS Mandovi.
It was part of the practice run
ahead of their voyage across the
world scheduled next year.

They appeared a bit done in
by the tricky turns of the Indian
Ocean and the Arabian Sea
riled up by the monsoon, which
repeatedly assaulted their craft
day in and day out.
But according to team leader
lieutenant Vartika Joshi, this was
just the kind of trial and challenge
they were looking for.
We chose this time of the year
so that we could encounter the
rough weather during our training
and therefore are prepared for it
during our circumnavigation. The

sea was quite rough and it was
very heavy, but that was the aim,
Joshi said soon after the sailors
docked their craft.
The voyage from Port Louis in
Mauritiuswhere they had gone
for training and conditioning,
across 5,000 nautical miles
took 16 days and nights. The
nights, Joshi claimed, were
particularly challenging.
At night, when you have a
problem with the boat, you try to
repair that.
Finally, when things work out,

you get that relieved feeling,
Joshi said. But its the next big
journey that the team has set their
sight onthe circumnavigation of
the globe.
The feat is so rare that only a few
adventurers have accomplished
it, as compared to those who
have conquered Mount Everest,
said Joshi.
But theres in-house experience
at hand. Commander Dilip
Dhonde, who a few years ago
circumnavigated the globe using
the same INS Mhadei, was there

to see Joshi and her team off the
sailing boat and offer them the
much-needed tips.
Earlier, the team had also sailed
in 2014 from Goa to Port Blair
and last year from Goa to Vizag
for the International Fleet review
and back as part of training for the
final circumnavigation attempt.
According to Joshi, adventure is
one thing but serving the Indian
Navy and sailing are their way
and the navys way of promoting
womens empowerment.
INDIA ABROAD
Indian scientist to head

Germany-based group of
nuclear physicists
oted Indian physicist

Sibaji Raha has been
elected as the first
chairman of the
Joint Scientific Council of the GSI
and the upcoming FAIR (Facility
for Antiproton and Ion Research)
facility in Germany for exploring
the nature of matter and the
evolution of the universe.
The Department of Science and
Technology had recently shared
the development via Twitter.
Prof Sibaji Raha, Bose Institute
#Kolkata elected Chair of Jt
Interional #Scientific Council
of GSI & FAIR #Germany, a
tweet said.
Raha, former director of the
Bose Institute in Kolkata, is
an
internationally-acclaimed
authority on high energy particle
and nuclear physics. He will
officiate as the chairman of the
Council for an initial period of two
years starting from June 2016.
The FAIR will be built near the
premises of physical research
institute the GSI Helmholtz
Centre for Heavy Ion Research at
Darmstadt in Germany.
The research programme at GSI
covers a broad range of activities,
21
Indian researchers report cybersecurity risks in 3D printing
team
comprising
Indian-origin
researchers
has
found cybersecurity
risks in 3D printing by examining
two aspects: printing orientation
and insertion of fine defects.
Mechanical Engineering. The

researchers reported that the
orientation of the product during
printing could make as much as
a 25% difference in its strength.
Gupta explained that economic
concerns also influence how a
3D printing has huge potential in commercial markets as well as

for individuals
Indian physicist Sibaji Raga will be the first chairman of the Joint Scientific Council
of the GSI
from nuclear and atomic physics

via plasma and material research
to biophysics. It is a major partner
in many experiments at CERN in
Geneva which in turn is credited
with the discovery of Higgs
Boson particle.
The Joint Scientific Council
is the international advisory
board of FAIR and GSI. The
Council has been tasked with
the responsibility of defining the

roadmap of scientific programme
to be pursued by both the existing
GSI and the future FAIR facilities
comprises
12
internationally
acclaimed scientists from various
countries, including USA, France,
Italy, Poland, Japan, Sweden,
South Africa, Germany, India,
Russia, Spain and Austria, a
statement shared by Raha said.
Indian-origin MP appointed junior

minister in Theresa Mays cabinet
ndian-origin
MP
Alok
S h a r m a
has
been
a p p o i n t e d
Parliamentary
Under
Secretary
of State at the
Foreign
and
Commonwealth
Office
with
responsibility for Alok Sharma
Asia and the Pacific
in British Prime Minister Theresa Mays cabinet.
Following his appointment, the MP for Reading
West said, I am honoured to have been appointed
by the Prime Minister as Minister for Asia & the
Pacific, hugely important parts of the world that are
crucial for the UKs prosperity and security.
Britain is a truly great country and I will work
tirelessly to ensure we continue to thrive and prosper
on the world stage. I look forward to working closely
with my new colleagues and my counterparts
across Asia & the Pacific, with a particular focus
on strengthening commercial ties, increasing
investment opportunities in both directions and
promoting human rights in the region, he said,
according to a British High Commission statement.
Sharma will be reporting to the former Mayor of
London, Boris Johnson, now the Secretary of State
for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
They found that since ComputerAided Drafting (CAD) files used

in the creation, modification,
analysis, or optimisation of a
design does not give instructions
for printer head orientation,
malefactors could alter the process
without detection.
Also, sub-millimetre defects
that can appear between printed
layers with exposure to fatigue
and the elements were found
to be undetectable by common
industrial monitoring techniques,
the researchers said.
These are possible foci for
attacks that could have [a]
devastating impact on users
from the end product, and
economic impact in the form of
recalls and lawsuits, said Nikhil
Gupta, an Associate Professor of
supplier prints a product. Minus

a clear directive from the design
team, the best orientation for the
printer is one that minimises the
use of material and maximises the
number of parts you can print in
one operation.
According to Said Karri, a
cybersecurity researcher, With
the growth of cloud-based
and decentralised production
environments, it is critical that
all entities within the additive
manufacturing supply chain be
aware of the unique challenges
presented to avoid significant risk
to the reliability of the product.
He pointed out that an
attacker could hack into a printer
connected to the Internet to
introduce internal defects as the
component is being printed.
NEW ZEALAND FIRST LIST MP
MAHESH
BINDRA
BASED IN AUCKLAND
Contact
Auckland Office
Level 1, 21 East Tamaki Rd, Papatoetoe, Auckland 2025

Ph: 0800 BINDRA (246372)
mahesh.bindra@parliament.govt.nz
Authorised by Mahesh Bindra,

Parliament Buildings, Wellington
22
Indias first ultra-marathon flagged off in capital
he Great India Run,

Indias first multi-city
marathon was flagged
off in a gala ceremony
at the iconic Amar Jawan Jyoti in
India Gate early on July 17.
The event kicked off with
a warm up session of the
participating 15 ultra runners
followed by flagging off the ultrarun and a five kilometre fun run.
The event was flagged off
by Sports Minister Vijay Goel
and 2003 World Athletics
Championships medallist Anju
Bobby George.
The 1,480-km run, Indias first
multi-city marathon, features
15 of the best ultra-marathoners
from across the world.
Arun Bhardwaj led the team
of 14 ultra-runners at India
Gate while three of the runners
simultaneously
flagged
off
the event from Ghaziabad. At
Participants during the Great India Run, Indias first multi-city marathon at India
Gate in New Delhi on July 17
around 10:30 a.m., all runners

gathered at Kingdom of Dreams
in Gurugram to kick start the
Haryana leg. Five-kilometre fun
runs were also organised at each
of these venues that saw a lot of
participation from youngsters.
In its inaugural year, the Great
India Run has been strategically
placed prior to the Olympics, in

order to stoke the flame of sport
in the country.
The run, one of the longest
and most challenging in Asia,
will test the resilience of even the
most experienced of the pack.
An almost pan-India event, it
will pass through Uttar Pradesh,
Indian athlete Anju Bobby George flags off the Great India Run at India Gate in New
Delhi
Delhi,
Haryana,
Rajasthan,
Gujarat, and Dadra and Nagar
Haveli, finally culminating in
Mumbai on August 6.
The run from Delhi will
move on to Jaipur and pass
through
Ahmedabad
to
culminate in Mumbai.
The
contingent consists of Arun
Bhardwaj, Siddharth Choudhary,

David Bredo, Yuri Esperson,
Meenal
Kotak,
Ranjana
Deopa,
Melanie
Delaney,
Joginder
Chandna,
Dinesh
Heda, Sreekanth Reddi, Pia
Hansson, Shweta Sharma, Sunil
Sharma, Dhanaee Kumar and
Kaushal Chauhan.
Spains Marquez wins at German Vijender beats Hope to

MotoGP GP
win Asia/Pacific title
panish motorcycle road

racer Marc Marquez
eased to victory in
Sundays (July 17) 2016
German MotoGP Grand Prix at
the Sachsenring, extending his
points lead as the riders head into
the second half of the season.
Marquez
(Repsol
Honda
RC213), completed the race in
47 minutes, 3.239 seconds, 9.857
seconds ahead of second place
Briton, Cal Crutchlow (LCR
Honda), reports Efe.
Spaniard
Jorge
Lorenzo
(Yamaha YZR-M1) started the
race in the top ten, but dropped
back significantly, fishing in 15th
place, one minute, 17.694 seconds
behind the winner, rounding off
a disappointing weekend which
was marred by falls in the practice
and qualification rounds.
Marc Marquez celebrates after securing the second place in Italian GP held in
Mugello, Tuscany, Italy
Lorenzos Italian teammate,

Valentino
Rossi
(Yamaha
YZR-M1) finished in the eighth
position. In the overall rankings,
Marquez had 170 championship
points going into Augusts

Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix,
securely above second place
Lorenzo (122) and third place
Rossi (111).
Trubridge breaks the world freediving record
iwi freediver William

Trubridge,
on
Thursday morning,
broke his own world
record of freeediving by reaching
a depth of 102m on single breath
at Deans Blue Hole in the
Bahamas. His previous record for
the deepest unassisted dive was
of 101m. For Trubridge, 36, this
victory comes as a huge sense of
relief and elation after a failed
attempt in December 2014, where
he fell short of setting a record by a
mere 10m.
Its been over two years in the
making. To get this record now is
a dream, Trubridge said while
speaking to TVNZs Breakfast
on July 21.
His parents shook their head in

disbelief at his achievement and
said that they were overjoyed.
Trubridge expressed that for
once he doubted if he would be
able to make it this time or not
and thought that he was too far
from the surface. But pushing
through the negative thoughts,
he soon managed to calm himself
and completed the challenge in 4
min 13 sec without any issues or
using any assistance.
This is Trubridges 18th record.
In his two most recent records he
dived back-to-back at the same
location, during which he went
122m down using a rope.
tar boxer Vijender

Singh defeated Kerry
Hope of Australia in
a hard-fought bout
to win the WBO Asia/Pacific
Middleweight title at the Thyagraj
Stadium in New Delhi on July 16.
Faced
with
the
most
experienced and highly-rated
opponent of his fledgeling
professional career, Vijender
carved out a 9892, 9892, 100
90 verdict from the three judges
to extend his record to seven wins
from as many fights.
It was far from easy for Vijender
in the first 10-round bout of
his career.
The
Australian
exhibited
superior technique and footwork
for most of the fight although the
Indian was the powerful boxer.
Thank you, India! I didnt
expect it to go to ten rounds. It
is all to my country, not about
me! We have been working hard
for this. Finally, we did it and we
will work to improve my ranking
now, Vijender said after the bout.
This win is special. This is for
my country, for my India. I am
now ranked 15th in the world,
he added.
This was my first 10 round
fight. I was surprised by how my
body responded, he added.
Both boxers were a bit cagey
in the opening round, trying
to gauge each other. Vijender
did manage to penetrate his
opponents defence once with
a powerful blow that clearly
shook up the Australian. The
second round clearly belonged
Vijender Singh
to Vijender. He made good use

of his long reach to evade Hopes
punches while going for powerpacked body shots.
Hope did better in the third
round and managed to penetrate
Vijenders defence a couple of
times with his fast right jabs.
The
Australian
gradually
started to improve as the bout
wore on, repeatedly outfoxing
Vijender with his superior
footwork and movement.
The Indian managed to put
Hope in trouble towards the end
of the sixth round, with a couple
of body shots and a jab to the face.
The 2008 Olympic bronze
medalist seemed to tire a bit as
the fight wore on. Hope continued
to move around with speed and
vigour, exhibiting impressive
technique and footwork while
Vijender was comparatively less
mobile in the later rounds, relying
more on his power to counter his
opponent. But despite taking
some hits, he managed to hold his
own until the end.
23
The tree and the bramble
A
Colouring
fir tree said boastingly to

the bramble bush growing in its shade: You are
useless.
Nobody wants you. I am
everywhere used for roofs and
houses. Men can't do without
me. You're so right, said the
bramble.
Here's a man coming to you with
an axe, right now. Farewell.
Moral: Pride comes before a fall.
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Winter shoot
Jeffery Chan
e are blessed to have four

seasons in New Zealand
and each season has its
uniqueness. With winter
upon us, its a great time to photograph
ice and the effects of the cold. So get your
beanie, gloves, jacket, and maybe ear
warmers and head out for some shoot.
When you are out and about shooting,
try to stick to a theme. That way, you can
train your eyes to focus on one thing rather
than everything. A theme could be water
droplets, ice particles, a particular shape,
or colour. Once you identify a theme, try
shooting it from different angles. A photo
becomes more interesting if its shot from
an angle that we seldom see it. So try going
low, sideways, top and dont be afraid if it
doesnt look good at first. Sometimes the

photo just needs a little post production to
make it pop.
Water droplets on a car windscreen
might look ordinary. But some editing
in Photoshop to enhance the contrast
and change the white balance adds a
different look.
Tips
T
Heres another photo of ice on the
windscreen and what can be done in
Photoshop to enhance the photo.
o get close-up shots, it might be helpful

to get a macro lens. You should be able
to get a macro lens for your DSLR or there
are third party lens manufacturer such as
Tamron 100mm f2.8. To get sharp images
using a macro lens, I highly recommend
using a tripod.
Otherwise, if you cant afford a macro
lens just yet, you can try getting a prime
lens such as the 50mm f1.8. This lens
is popular because it is affordable and it
produces amazing images. Plus, shooting
at apertures of f1.8 will produce creamy
bokeh. Bokeh is a photographic term for
the blurriness of an image. As you see in
the next image, the bokeh is at all area
except the part where the focus is, which is
at the brown ball in the middle.
Try
Shooting from low
sing your available lens, try shooting

outdoor at its lowest Aperture to
create a shallow depth. Think of winter as

your theme and photograph something that
occurs in winter. Submit your photos for
review and the top three chosen image will
receive a free gift from Auckland Camera. If
you need addition gear, you can check out
their store at www.aucklandcamera.co.nz.
Jeffery is the owner and

photographer at STUDIO81
photography, which is located
in Newmarket and East Tamaki.
STUDIO81 is one of Aucklands
leading portrait photography studios
and specialises in modern glamour
transformation. Jeffery is an
award-winning photographer.
Playing Pokmon Go has health

benefits too
s the GPS-based
Pokmon Go mobile
game takes the world
by storm, an expert
in the US has found that there
are health benefits from playing
the Augmented Reality (AR)
smartphone game.
According to Matt Hoffman,
clinical assistant professor at the
Texas A&M College of Nursing,
this quest to catch em all is
great as it pokes people to travel
across the land, searching far and
wide for a Pokmon resulting in
regular exercising.
To progress in the game,
players, known as trainers, must
walk around to find and catch
Pokmon and access specific
locations called PokStops
where Pok Balls and other useful
items are collected. Poke eggs
are among the things that can be
collected at these locations.
Getting
to
PokStops,
catching different Pokmon and
hatching the Pok eggs require a
lot of walking. What began as just
playing the game has now become
Players are required to walk around to find and catch Pokemons
a hobby for me that provides

certain health benefits, Hoffman
said in a university statement.
Ive spent an hour or two at
a time venturing around the
community to find PokStops.
And, to hatch one egg, a trainer
must walk anywhere from
one-six miles.
Theres no doubt about it, I
am exercising more as a result
of playing the game, and I am
enjoying it, added Hoffman
who has been affectionately
dubbed the Pokmon Professor

by co-workers.
Hoffman said the game
also brings trainers at a
certain place in search of
Pokmon at PokStops.
The
game
is
bringing
people
together,
providing
[an] opportunity for social
interaction and increasing our
sense of belonging which can
have a positive impact on our
emotional and mental health,
Hoffman noted.
Since Pokmon Go is a
non-violent game, it also pushes
families to walk around playing
the game together.
It encourages parents to
go outside with their children
while they play. Pokmon Go
has the ability to transport
families away from an evening
on the couch to walking around
the
neighbourhood,
the
author added.
Playing
the
game
has
also helped people discover
new experiences and areas.
Hoffman emphasised players
to watch where they walk and
be aware of surroundings
when playing.
Remember,
you
should
never play Pokmon Go while
driving. Its also important to
avoid playing in dark, isolated
areasthere have been reports
of trainers being robbed and
attacked, he noted.
To know more about how
Pokmon Go has changed the
tech landscape, read our Tech
Mate column on Page 30
Hypertension
biggest risk
factor for stroke
ypertension is the
single major risk
factor for stroke,
which is a highly
preventable medical condition
globally, irrespective of age and
sex, reveals a study.
A stroke, caused when poor
blood flow to the brain results
in cell death, is the leading
cause of mortality and disability,
particularly in low-income and
middle-income countries.
The findings show that 47.9%
of stokes were caused because of
hypertension whereas physical
inactivity caused 35.8%.
The study confirmed that
hypertension
is
the
most
important modifiable risk factor
in all regions and is, therefore,
the key target [for] reducing
the burden of stroke globally,
said Salim Yusuf, Professor at
McMaster University in Ontario.
The total for all 10 risk factors
that included stress, poor diet,
alcohol intake, smoking and
diabetes was 90.7%, which was
similar in all regions, age groups
and in men and women, the
researchers said.
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By Manisha Koushik
Weekly forecast: JUly 22 to July 28
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ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
Some delay is foreseen in the completion of a

project or task. You are likely to consolidate your
gains on the professional front. Something you
had started previously is likely to bring gains now.
Those in the hospitality and service sector will find
things looking favourable. Academic performance
is likely to place you amongst the leaders. Much
rejoicing is foreseen on the family front. A social
event promises to up your popularity and puts you
on the centre stage.
Lucky No.: 7 / Lucky Colour: Saffron
Someone may be following you closely regarding

your performance, so dont relax. You want to
spread your wings and fly on the professional
front, but you havent yet figured out how. You
will need to repose more trust in subordinates
to lessen your workload. A lot of pressure can
be put on some for marriage. You will need to
manage your finances well if you want to realise
your dream. Those in a long-term relationship can
expect happy days.
Lucky No.: 6 / Lucky Colour: Rosy brown
Be careful at work, as someone is out to show you

in a bad light. Your romantic endeavours are likely
to meet a dead end but dont lose hope. Those
planning to buy a property would do well to wait a
little more. You may have to judge things correctly
in a joint family situation to keep the domestic fabric
intact. Your suggestions on the professional front
may not count initially, but will matter at a later date.
Lucky No.: 18 / Lucky Colour: Magenta
Professionally, you will simply be brilliant! The

arrival of a distant relation is likely to brighten up the
domestic atmosphere. You are likely to create good
openings on the job front by sheer social networking.
Financial position is set to improve as profits start
pouring in. Bringing order to your life will keep
you in fine fettle on the health front. You will draw
your partner nearer by revving up your romance.
Something promising is likely to happen.
Lucky No.: 22 / Lucky Colour: Electric grey
LEO
(July 23-August 23)
VIRGO
(August 24-Sep 23)
LIBRA
SCORPIO
You will manage to continue with your winning

streak on the professional front. Adding to your
skills by doing some course or attending some
training is likely to enhance your employability. Wise
investments will find your financial health improving.
Something that you have started on the side will
become profitable. Much love and harmony can be
expected on the domestic front. You are likely to
succeed in your to rejuvenate your love life. Spouse
proves a great support.
Lucky No.: 11 / Lucky Colour: Orange
Some changes can be expected at work, but

they will not affect you. There seems a significant
improvement in the condition of someone who
is unwell. Healthy alternatives promise to bring
you in the prime of your health. Those playing the
stocks are likely to hit it rich. A good investment
scheme may come your way. You can be in a
contemplative mood at work and may reflect
upon the satisfaction you are deriving out of your
present job.
Lucky No.: 3 / Lucky Colour: Rosy brown
You may be made to do extra hours at work but

will get to learn a lot. Wayside food may play havoc
with your system, so desist. Dont have blind trust in
health products, as they may not suit you. You may
end up paying more for something that could have
been had for less. An appointment with someone
important is likely to materialise soon. You may
become instrumental in solving someone elses
problems on the social front.
Lucky No.: 22 / Lucky Colour: Light brown
You are likely to get passes or invites for a muchawaited extravaganza, so rejoice! Great enjoyment
is in store for you on the social front. Meeting old
friends and relations is foretold. Things look up
in your work sphere, as you take steps to make
yourself more useful. Small but regular gains
will keep your bank balance in a healthy state. A
satisfying time is foreseen on the romantic front.
You maintain your fitness level.
Lucky No.: 4 / Lucky Colour: Royal blue
SAGITTARIUS
CAPRICORN
AQUARIUS
PISCES
You may have to abandon your idea, as it does not

look practical. Plans may be afoot for organising a
family gathering at home. Your help to someone in his
or her upcoming event will be highly appreciated on
the social front. Attracting people from the opposite
gender is foretold, so rejoice as romance seems just
round the corner! Neglecting something important
at work may go against you. Overconfidence on the
academic front may be your undoing.
Lucky No.: 3 / Lucky Colour: Purple
Your efforts to make an event a success may meet

with partial success. Good news awaits you on the
financial front, as chances of coming across big
money cannot be ruled out. Resuming your daily
workouts will be a step in the right direction and
help you in regaining total fitness. Socially, you will
be able to impress those who are the movers and
shakers in your circle. Making plans for a romantic
evening out with lover is indicated.
Lucky No.: 9 / Lucky Colour: Rose
This turns out to be a favourable period for you.

You are likely to remain socially active this week
and enjoy every moment of it! On the business
front, you are on the verge of signing a big deal.
Pursuing your academic dream becomes possible
now. Help will be forthcoming for something you
wanted to be done at home. Someone is likely to
express his or her love for you and place you on a
pedestal! Health remains excellent.
Lucky No.: 22 / Lucky Colour: Sea green
You will need to direct your energies in thinking and

doing positive if you want a happy state of mind.
Financial help will be forthcoming for those seeking
it. Handsome profits can be expected in a business.
A lifestyle change is possible for some, just to live
healthily. Your creativity and eye for detail are likely to
prove a boon for your home. You may feel reluctant
to attend a social gathering and succeed in avoiding
it.
Lucky No.: 1 / Lucky Colour: Pink
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School of creativity opens its doors in Manukau
arehouse
Stationery has
partnered with
Ng Rangatahi
Toa to help kit out their first ever
classroom space at Manukau
Institute of Technology, which
launched on July 18.
Ng Rangatahi Toa (NRT) is
an organisation, headed up by
alternative education advocate
Sarah Longbottom, that supports
youth who have been excluded
from mainstream school. NRT
helps young people get themselves
back on track by providing an
alternative education focused
on
creativity.
Warehouse
Stationery has kitted out the
classroom with technology and
Manukau Institute of Technology
stationery that will be used during

the students transformation back
to work or study. Ng Rangatahi
Toa Executive Director Sarah

Longbottom says the classroom is
the first step in its five-year goal
Gaming workshops engage kids

with technology
n NZCER evaluation
has found a recent
pilot project that
offered
gaming
workshops in seven public
libraries around New Zealand
to boost young peoples interest
in science and technology and
inspire them towards a career
in
gaming,
programming
and/or coding.
At the workshops held in late
2015 and early 2016, participants
were taken through the process
of creating their own simple 2D
video game, learning the basics of
coding, computational thinking,
and digital game design.
The workshops were free and
drew 426 people from across the
seven locations, 336 of whom
were under 18 years of age.
The project was funded by the
Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employments Unlocking
Curious
Minds
fund
and
developed through a partnership
between Public Libraries of New
Zealand, Gamelab, Hutt City
Council and public libraries
in Dunedin, Timaru, Nelson,
Hutt City, Gisborne, Porirua
and Wellington. The Gamefroot
platform, publicly accessible at
make.gamefroot.com, was used
to create the games.
Public Libraries of New Zealand
Executive Director Tim Antric
said it was fantastic to see young
people engaging with science and
technology via public libraries.
The free workshops drew 426 people from across seven locations
Some young people travelled

for more than three hours to
attend their nearest workshop,
and the evaluation shows many
of them learned more about being
creative and solving problems.
This
is
really
pleasing
and is exactly what public
libraries are for.
The evaluation also showed
that participants thought the
workshops had helped them
learn to think strategically, had
demystified computers for them
and had taught them more about
themselves and others.
Most said they had experienced
at least one aha moment during
the course of the day.
Most adults who attended the
workshops were there to support
young people to learn coding or

design and a just under a third
were primary school teachers.
Teachers taking part in the
evaluation said the workshops
had been useful for their
professional
development
and that they were better
able to talk about coding with
their pupils.
In response to this feedback,
Gamelab has decided to extend
the workshops from one to oneand-a-half days and to create
supporting resources for teachers
to use in their classrooms.
Antric says improvements
will also be made to make the
workshops
more
engaging
for
female,
Maori
and
Pasifika students.
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of establishing the NRT School

of Creativity as a mainstream
school. Our vision is for young
people to transform their own
lives through education and
creativity. Our projects inspire
a sense of purpose in those who
others have given up on. Our first
classroom will be a place that we
hope will instil pride and become
their home of learning. One day,
we hope it will be recognised as a
mainstream school, says Sarah.
Warehouse Stationery CEO
Pejman Okhovat says Warehouse
Stationery has been really
impressed with how NRT uses
creativity to help youth transition
back into study or work. We also
value creativity at Warehouse
Stationery and wanted to make

sure the students had the
resources they need to embark
on their creative journey, says
Mr Okhovat. Ten young people
aged 14 and 15 have started the
first of the eight-week intensive
creative
arts
programmes.
During the eight weeks, they will
work with top artist-mentors to
explore issues of social justice
and
personal
development
through music, visual arts, and
performance art.
Students will be guided through
the process of creating their
own works for presentation, and
will be supported to share their
knowledge and creative process
with their peers.
HELL gets more Kiwi

kids hooked on books
he HELL Reading
Challenge
has
incentivised
young
New Zealanders to
read more than 2.5 million books.
Now in its third year, the HELL
Reading Challenge has seen
400,000 Pizza Wheels distributed
around the country to date.
The Pizza Wheels provide
young bookworms with a
personal record of their reading
achievement, explains HELL
general manger Ben Cumming.
Each book read equals one stamp
on the wheel, and once all seven
slices have been stamped by a
local librarian, kids are rewarded
with a free 333 kids pizza 2 by
redeeming their completed wheel
at their local HELL store.
The programme is free for
primary schools and local
libraries to enter. The response
continues to be overwhelmingly
positive and we are printing a
further 50,000 Pizza Wheels this
year to meet demand, says Ben.
The HELL Reading Challenge
runs until Sunday, December 4.
Responses from schools and

libraries so far include:
The more children we get
reading, the better outcomes for
our community as a whole!
Mackenzie
Community
Library
Our kids loved this last year and
our teachers are very keen to be
involved again.
Pegasus
Bay
School,
Canterbury
What the kids are saying:
The HELL Reading Challenge
has really helped me because I
read more books and I get better
at reading.
India Rose, Year 5, Riccarton

Primary School, Christchurch
I tried to read more books and
I really liked it. I think reading
books makes me smarter.
Pene, Year 5, St Therese
School, Auckland
I didnt like to read much but the
Pizza Challenge made me read
more books and I found that I
loved to read.
Eunice, Year 6, St Therese
School, Auckland
I hated reading but now Im in
love with it!
Britney, Year 8, Glenfield
Intermediate, Auckland
Key figures:
400,000 (Pizza Wheels
distributed to date) x 7 (books

recorded on each wheel) =
2,800,000 books
2014: 100,000 wheels
distributed in the launch year
2015: 150,000 wheels
distributed. 319 school
libraries and more than 100
public libraries across New
Zealand took part
2016: 150,000 wheels
distributed to date, including
50,000 extra wheels printed to
meet demand. Three hundred
and forty-four school libraries
and 221 public libraries
registered to date.
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Hrithik Roshan
is very hardworking: Sharad
ctor Sharad Kelkar,

who will be seen
in
Ashutosh
G o w a r i k e r s
upcoming
adventure-romance
Mohenjo Daro, has praised his
co-star Hrithik Roshan by saying
that he is very hard-working.
Asked how was it working with
Hrithik, Sharad said, He is very
sweet and is always there to help
you. He is very hard-working,
everyone should learn from him
on how much hard work he puts
in (to his work).
The 39-year-old star also
shared that the Bang Bang! star
has a never-give-up attitude.
Despite all the injuries, he got
up and started shooting again. He
has a never to give up attitude,
Sharad added
Written and produced by
Gowariker, the epic adventureromance is set in the city of
Mohenjo Daro in the era of the
Indus Valley civilisation which
dates back to 2,600 BC. Mohenjo
Daro, which also marks the debut
of actress Pooja Hegde, is all set
to hit the screens on August 12.
Kay
Kay
Menon
is
a
directors delight. He will surprise
a lot of people by his performance
in 3 Dev. He is by far one of the
best actors Bollywood has,
Bhatt said.
3 Dev is the story of a couple
played by Tisca Chopra and Kay
Kay, where the wife is extremely
religious and the husband is not.
They rent out their house to
three youngsters and certain
situations lead to the trio
being termed as god, leading
to hilarious situations of lies,
mistaken identity and chaos.
We have all been told what
kind of rituals to do or not to do
for god but we have never been
told what is god. 3 Dev very
humorously tells you what is god
and why we should believe in
god, said Bhatt.
However simple it might seem,
but actually 3 Dev is the most
difficult script to execute, he
added. The three youngsters are
played by Karan Singh Grover,
Kunal Roy Kapur and TV actor
Ravi Dubey, who marks his big
screen debut with the film.
Sajid-Wajid are the musicdirectors of the film. The film
also stars Raima Sen, Prosenjit
Chatterjee,
Priya
Banerjee
among others.
People misuse
freedom of
expression on
internet: Salman
Kay Kay Menon

will surprise
people in 3 Dev:
Director
People misuse freedom of

expression on internet 100%.
Freedom of expression is that
you should be responsible for
what you say. Its not saying
something behind someones
back and thinking that no one
will find out as it is on the web or
do whatever you feel like or hire
some company or some boys,
Salman said, adding that all this
is not only unfair, but gandh
(dirt) as well.
A clean-up around all the nooks
and corners of the virtual world
is required. The 50-year-old, who
is enjoying the successful run of
his latest release Sultan, asserts
that things will get on the right
track when action will be taken
against people hiding behind the
virtual veil.
He said, All this will sort
out with two-four cases being
reported and they (those people)
going inside the jail. Others will
get an example of it and will
be warned of consequences,
he added. The son of veteran
writer Salim Khan went on to
mention that cyber cells can track
miscreants easily.
They know exactly who is
writing what, he said.
Someday an
Indian Avengers
will be made:
Tiger
ctor Tiger Shroff,

who will be seen as
a superhero in the
forthcoming
film
A Flying Jatt, says some day an
Indian version of the Hollywood
blockbuster The Avengers will be
made.
A Flying Jatt is
most pro-Sikh
community film
ever: Ekta
Flying Jatt is a proSikh community film

and care has been
taken to ensure the
content does not hurt anyones
sentiments, says the movies
producer Ekta Kapoor.
From the script to the film, in
each and every level of the film we
have taken approvals and we have
seen to it that no sentiments get
hurt, Ekta told the media here
during the films trailer launch.
ilm-maker
Ankoosh
Bhatt,
who
has
roped in Kay Kay
Menon for 3 Dev,
says he will surprise a lot of
people with his performance in
the film.
he virtual world has

become a route for
Bollywood celebrities
to connect with their
fans, but it has its negatives as
well. Superstar Salman Khan says
social media users forget to act
responsibly while expressing
their views on the internet as they
get carried away thinking that no
one will find out about it.
Salman witnessed the dark
reality of the social media
when some of his fans used
fake accounts to post abusive
comments about his colleagues
and friends Shah Rukh Khan and
Aamir Khan, and some time ago
an impostor used his photograph
on Facebook to make a casting call
for a Bollywood film. He has even
threatened to quit Twitter in
the past.
for the movie, and says he always

wanted a super-villain like him
for A Flying Jatt.
The character that I had for
a superhero in mind was very
innocent, and when he fights
with someone, I wanted a supervillain whom one would see and
feel, How can anyone defeat
him? When they stand together,
look at the difference, he said.
Tiger, who is playing the
superhero in the film, says it was
great to work with Jones.
In fact, its the most pro-Sikh

community film ever. My mother
herself before she introduced me
to Ram and Sita, she introduced
me to Babaji (Guru Nanak)... I will
not show anything thats against
the Sikh community, she added.
Directed by Remo DSouza, A
Flying Jatt features Tiger Shroff
and Jacqueline Fernandez in the
lead roles. Remo has also roped
in Australian actor Nathan Jones
In Hollywood, there is
Spider-Man, Superman, Captain
America... and someday, an
Indian The Avengers film will be
made because we have Krrish and
Ra.One... Now, we have A Flying
Jatt, Tiger said.
All the actors are really
working hard. Its just that we
(Indian artists) have limitations
when it comes to budget and
thats the only difference. In fact,
what we Bollywood actors do that
they (Hollywood artists) cannot
do is ... we dance, we sing, we
fight and do a lot of things.
Dsouza shared: We are trying
our best to be at par with the West,
but we do have budget issues.
But yes, half of the special effects
work is done here. Its just that
our perception of viewing films is
different. Yes, we are all trying to
bring a change. A Flying Jatt also
features Jacqueline Fernandez.
Will it be difficult for the audience
to accept this superhero?
Dsouza says, We all know our
first superhero is Krrish and I am

a huge fan of Krrish. Tiger is a
huge fan of Hrithik Roshan (who
played Krrish). We never thought
that we were making a Krrish. We
are making our film... and its a
small film.
He might be playing a
superhero in his next, but for
Tiger, his superhero will always be
his father and actor Jackie Shroff.
Tiger said, I think every kids
superhero is their father, so for
me, my father is my superhero.
Richa Chadha
to be part of
Thespo
festival again
ctress
Richa
Chadha will soon be
addressing a crowd
of college students
and speak to them on the
opportunities of theatres at the
popular theatre fest Thespo.
Thespo is a festival where
young talent under the age of 25
put together original productions
and display their work for
an audience.
Since I had participated in
Thespo in the past, I was excited
to share my experiences with
aspiring theatre people. Theatre is
a great place to learn the arts and
transform yourself and society.
I am happy to do anything I can
at all to support it, Richa said in
a statement.
Theatre opened the doors to
acting and even to film for me. It
is a very satisfying medium which
is why I performed in a play
even last to last August with Atul
Kumars company, she added.
29
Dance films promote genre in places with

limited reach: Shiamak Davar
By Durga Chakravarty
e
has
made
B o l l y w o o d
stalwarts
such
as
Shah
Rukh
Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,
Kareena Kapoor Khan and
Hollywood stars Kevin Spacey
and John Travolta sway to his
steps. Now, National Awardwinning choreographer Shiamak
Davar is more than happy that
dance-based films are creating
waves in India as they help in
promoting the genre in places
where the reach is limited.
Films such as ABCD: Any
Body Can Dance and its
sequel, ABCD 2, directed by
choreographer-director
Remo
DSouza, have gained popularity
among the youth for their focus
on western dance forms.
Giving thumbs up to this trend,
Davar said in an e-mail interview
from Vancouver, It is great that
is happening because it exposes
more people to dance in places
where the reach is limited. There
are many different films that
are remakes or take inspiration
from Hollywood.
However, unlike DSouza,
Davar isnt keen on making a
dance film yet. Thats true! (I

dont wish to direct a film). But
never say never. There are a lot
of things close to my heart that
I would like to express through
cinema; so lets see. Right now,
directing movies isnt my focus
though, Davar said.
I am happy spreading the
joy of dance via my schools,
he added.
Popular for his twinkle toes,
the ace choreographer has been
instrumental in popularising
contemporary jazz and western
forms of dance in India.
Talking about the hip-hop
boom in the country, Davar
said, Every era is defined by
a style. The youth loves hiphop; so that is what is ruling the
music and dance scene currently
in terms of its influence on
Bollywood cinema.
Amidst
the
popularity
of western dance styles in
Bollywood, does he think that the
film industry is not focusing on
Indian dance forms?
Not really. There is a bit of
everything. There is a strong
classical influence in period
dramas. Its the requirement
of the song and the film that
defines the dance style, said the
54-year-old, who is known for his

enchanting smile. Davar, who has
choreographed dance sequences
in films such as Dil To Pagal
Hai, Taal, Bunty Aur Babli and
Dhoom 2, feels choreography in
films is no more about running
around trees as it has become
more lyrical.
Running around trees more
than dance was an interpretation
of romance back in the good
old days... Now its different,
choreography is more lyrical or
to the accents rather than only
an interpretation of emotions,
Davar noted.
Davar, who worked with
Big B in the 2005 film
Bunty Aur Babli, said the
73-year-old thespian exudes
inspiring professionalism.
Legends are legends. The
professionalism
that
Mr
Bachchan has is inspiring. Most
of the new lot is also very hard
working. With me, they have all
been great, always on time for
rehearsals, prepared before they
come and hard working, he said.
According
to
Davar,
competition helps actors strive
for their best, which helps push
their limits to make them perform
even better.
Tough for classical dancers I want to be fit like

to adapt to other dance
Sylvester Stallone: Sonu Sood
forms: Madhuri
ancing diva Madhuri DixitNene

says
there
were
times when she would
not get the steps right for
a Bollywood dance number, sending
her ego plummeting.
On the sets of dance reality show So You
Think You Can Dance Ab India ki Baari,
Madhuri, who is a trained Kathak dancer,
disclosed how, in her initial days, she had a
tough time learning Bollywood dance.
Once you are a classical dancer, it is very
difficult to adapt to other dance forms. And
that time it hit my ego and I was like how
can I not get the Bollywood dance since Im
such a good dancer, Madhuri said.
Madhuri, who is seen as a judge alongside
Terence Lewis and Bosco Martis in the
show, will be seen giving a special tribute
to Sridevi at the grand finale episode of
the show, which will telecast on TV on
Sunday night, said.
Choreographer
Geeta
Kapoor
has choreographed the finale acts
of all the judges.
She said, Choreographing Terence did
make me a bit nervous but it also felt like
a reunion of sorts. On the other hand,
Madhuri maam is an accomplished dancer
and although I have worked a lot with her it
always feels like the first time because I am
also a fan of her talent who is totally in awe
of her. But it was fun choreographing the
acts for the judges ... we did solid masti.
While Terence will be seen dancing to

Malhari from Bajirao Mastani, Madhuri
will dance to a remix version of the song
Deewani mastani from Bajirao Mastani
and Bosco will be seen portraying his
journey through his dance.
ollywood actor Sonu Sood, who

has shot for Kungfu Yoga with
international icon Jackie Chan,
says he idolises Hollywood
biggie Sylvester Stallone when it comes
to fitness.
At 42, Sonu has maintained a chiselled
physique and follows a strict diet and
workout regime.
I started working out after watching
Rocky. I wanted to be fit like Sylvester
Stallone. Fitness is my life, Sonu, who has
been appointed as the brand ambassador
of the Dabang Delhi Kabaddi Club (DDKC)
of the Pro Kabaddi League, said.
Actors are often seen building up their
body and working on their abs for movie
projects. But Sonu feels that making a fit
body only for a film is not a big thing.
You have to keep that in you for life.
We pass it to the next generation. I feel
that fitness is something that can only
be achieved over years... Its not a oneday task, he said, adding that if one is
physically fit, they are mentally strong too.
The actor, who has featured in movies
such as Dabangg and Happy New Year,
says it helps if celebrities promote a sport
or fitness.
Common public often has a tendency to
follow celebrities considering them as their
idols. When these sports are promoted
by these stars, they somehow inspire and
motivate them to get into this field, said
Sonu, who was an ardent cricket fan and
used to even play kabaddi.
In fact, he said that he always wanted to
represent India on the cricket field. He rued
how the present-day generation is more
involved with indoor games nowadays

rather than being outdoors, and said: I
am concerned about todays generation
who are completely involved in the games
on play stations and smartphones. The
outdoor games we played during our
childhood are not played by them.
Its high time to provide awareness and
shift them by bringing them into the field
of outdoor sports like kabaddi and cricket.
Sonu feels every person has the jazbaa
(passion) of a sportsperson, and that
platforms like Pro Kabaddi League,
Celebrity Cricket League, Indian Super
League and Indian Premier League are
wonderful avenues for actors and film
celebrities to explore their interest in sports.
Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and
John Abraham are some examples.
Also, Sonu is more than willing to take
up a role in a film based on kabaddi if he is
approached for it.
30
Pokmon Go: a real game-changer?

Mahesh K
ou couldnt have
missed the buzz
around the new
mobile
game
Pokmon Go unless you have been
away from this planet. How one
week can change the equations
in the tech landscape was quite
evident since the launch of the
phenomenon that Pokmon Go
has turned out to be.
The game was developed by
Niantic Labs, a Google spinoff
as part of a partnership with
Nintendo and The Pokmon
Company. It possibly became
the most viral app in history. In
the US, the app quickly exploded
to become the most downloaded
application on both Android
and iOS platforms with users
spending more time on the game
than on social media websites
such as Twitter, Facebook,
and Tinder.
Use of augmented reality adds
to the appeal of the game, with
Pokmon juxtaposed in the
real world. Players (known as
trainers) can walk around and
the game opens up the devices
camera, allowing you to spot the
creatures in the real world and
capture them by flicking a Pok
Ball towards them.
There are also PokStops at
locations such as a store or a mall
where players can obtain lure
modules, incense, incubators and
Pok Balls. At a Pokmon gym,
trainers can train their Pokmon
or battle with other Pokmon.
A defining change in Pokmon
Go is that the game encourages
A defining change
in Pokmon Go
is that the game
encourages users
to get up and go.
It brings a certain
sense of outdoor
adventure as players
go on a hunt for
these creatures.
users to get up and go. It brings
a certain sense of outdoor
adventure as players go on a
hunt for these creatures. It also
encourages social interaction
as players are now interacting
with other players on the street
to collect Pokmon. There were
reports on how users are spending
up to 43 minutes every day on the
game. These players who take to
streets to catch Pokmon end up
burning an average of 1,500 to
1,785 calories over seven days.
It is astounding what the mobile
game has achieved for its creator.
Nintendo, which has a stake in
the Pokmon franchise, saw its
market capitalisation in Japan
double in just seven sessions
and has pushed past established
players such as Sony. The game
is also setting new records and
standards in terms of retention
and engagement. It is available
Royal NZ Ballet
Date: Saturday, July 23 and

Sunday, July 24
Time: Performances at 10:30 a.m.
and workshops at 11:30 a.m.
Venue: ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre on
July 23 and Bruce Mason Centre
on July 24
Royal New Zealand Ballet will have a free
performance where dancers will perform
excerpts from Francesco Ventrigilias The

Wizard of Oz, the duet from Alexander
Ekmans Cacti and Geigera new work
by RNZB dancer Loughlan Prior. There will
also be a free workshop by RNZB Dance
Educator Pagan Dorgan to teach ballet
essentials to children and to encourage
participants to try out some of the steps
that the dancers have performed.
for download in 30 countries and

players have taken to the street in
unprecedented numbers hunting
for cute monsters. At one point
of time, interest in the game
even surpassed interest in porn
with more searches on Google
recorded for Pokmon Go.
Recently, the game has been
attracting around 21 million
daily active users in the United
States, getting past the Candy
Crush saga. It also stands to make
money by sponsoring PokStops.
Local business owners can pay to
use the lure module in the game
that attracts Pokmon to their
locations. Players will end up at
these locations while chasing the
creatures. The New York Post
recently reported that a pizzeria
in New York, Linizio Pizza Bar,
saw its sales surge 75% over the
weekend after paying $10 to use
the lure module.
Established online players such
as Facebook and Twitter need to
be threatened by the success of
Session on budgeting
and banking services
Date: Wednesday, July 27

Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Venue: Waikato Migrant Resource
Centre, 46G Claudelands, Hamilton
CAB Hamilton
will hold a free
information
session on
budgeting
and banking
services where
participants can find out why we need a
budget, how to make money last, how
to plan a budget, prioritising income
and savings, and about smart banking.
Morning tea will be provided. Confirm
your place by calling the CAB office on
07 8390808 or by sending an e-mail to
Hamilton@cab.org.nz.
Even dogs dig it
Pokmon Go. The phenomenon

goes on to show that how in just
a few days, something new can
come out of nowhere and grab the
attention of users, intimidating
other apps that have built a steady
user base over many months and
even years. It highlights how
quickly users can have their
behaviour altered once they see
something more exciting.
Experimentan arts and music festival

dedicated to bringing together the best of
Aucklands diverse creative community.
With a line-up that includes music, dance,
theatre, street art, multimedia experiences,
exhibitions, and performance art, The
Experiment is all about challenging
our artists to try out something new.
Tickets can be purchased from www.
undertheradar.co.nz.
breath techniques, meditation and

relaxation, and gain knowledge about
basic yoga philosophy and a healthy
lifestyle. Its an ideal course for beginners
and those looking to deepen their practical
experience of yoga. Tickets are priced at
$108. Door sales only. Concession tickets
are priced at $90 and include two bonus
classes to use within the course. For
booking enquires, call 095508040.
Yoga course for

beginners
Pakuranga Toastmasters
Date: Monday, July 25, August 1,

and August 8
Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Yoga in Daily Life Centre, 368
Onehunga Mall, Onehunga, Auckland
The Experiment 2016
Date: Friday, July 22 and

Saturday, July 23
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Gelatos, 17 Galatos St,
Newton, Auckland
Galatos will host the third edition of The
Pokmon GO has turned into

an unbelievably huge sensation.
Currently, it is topping the charts.
Its engagement with users is
fantastic. But analysts are also
questioning if this is just a fad.
Can the game keep growing, get
new users and keep the existing
users glued? Only time can tell.
Meanwhile, it is time to go and
catch em all!
The beginners course covers all the

foundations you need for an ongoing
yoga practice. Experience yoga postures,
Date: Monday, July 25, August 8 and 22,

and September 5 and 19
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, 13
Reeves Rd, Pakuranga
Founded in 1975, Pakuranga Toastmaster
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friendly, welcoming
and fun environment
for people of all
walks of life to
build confidence,
leadership skills, and
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speaking skills. Themes, props, and
sense of humour are ingredients that allow
participants to learn and grow in a fun
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