IndoNZ
News and perspectives for and about the diverse Indian community in New Zealand
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Reduced trading hours hurting Auckland alcohol sales
10 Dec 2025One year after the council imposed a ban on alcohol sales after 9pm, some liquor store owners in the city have reported a drop in sales by at least 20 percent.
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Spotlight falls on youth offending in wake of Christchurch dairy stabbing
10 Dec 2025Police have arrested a 14-year-old on suspicion of stabbing a dairy owner during a robbery in the Christchurch suburb of Opawa on 2 December.
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Unpacking a tussle with non-vegetarian food at festivals
9 Dec 2025The debate reflects a deeper tension over how Indian cultural practices are defined in New Zealand.
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Indian community shuns jewellery for bullion as gold prices soar
2 Dec 2025The price of trading gold bullion on world markets has almost doubled in the past year.
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Indian-origin New Zealand First candidate withdraws from Auckland electorate race
19 Sep 2023Mahesh Bindra pulls out of standing for Panmure-Ōtāhuhu in the upcoming election, citing personal reasons.
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Employers step up to help scammed migrants find work
14 Sep 2023A full-day job matching event took place in South Auckland to help a large group of South Asian migrants scammed out of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand.
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Dental tourism surges as cost of treatment in NZ climbs
18 Sep 2023Kiwi-Indians are finding that a return trip to India for dental care is cheaper than forking out for a procedure in New Zealand.
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Record migration gains as more people take up work visas
13 Sep 2023Net migration rose to a record high of 96,000 in the year to July on the back of gains from India, the Philippines and China.
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Community bulletin: Cyclone aid, blood donations and cultural exchanges
13 Sep 2023The Indian community contributes more than $100,000 to relief efforts in Hawkes Bay in the wake of February's Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Rapid growth in number of people looking for rentals in last six months
12 Sep 2023A shortage of residential rental stock is reaching a crisis point in Auckland, with a more than 10-fold increase in people looking for accommodation in the past six months.
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India steals political limelight ahead of election
12 Sep 2023Labour and National vie for attention on improving relations with the world's most populous nation following a visit by dozens of business representatives last month.
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Scammed migrants in Auckland will soon be homeless
11 Sep 2023A group of migrants scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand will have nowhere to live in three days.
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Shame, stigma fuelling increased Asian risk to gambling addiction
7 Sep 2023Research data shows that Asians are almost 10 times more likely to be affected by gambling harm compared to mainstream New Zealanders.
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South Asian artists in the spotlight at Wellington solo performance festival
7 Sep 2023Two artists with Indian heritage are performing at Wellington's TAHI Festival next week.
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Indian and Chinese nationals have topped deportation figures since 2018
6 Sep 2023Nearly half of all deportations from the country over the past five years have involved Indian and Chinese nationals, according to the latest statistics from Immigration New Zealand.
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Kapiti community gets together to raise funds for India’s Manipur
6 Sep 2023About 100 music lovers gathered on the Kapiti Coast to raise funds for victims of ethnic violence that has plagued the Indian state of Manipur since May.
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Burger Wellington: Goan Chicken Ros Pao takes top prize
5 Sep 2023An Indian street food-inspired burger has taken out first prize at the Burger Wellington awards.
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Indian naval visit a show of strength amid regional maritime tension
4 Sep 2023The four-day visit by two Indian naval vessels to New Zealand signals an urgency in defence cooperation between the two nations.
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Immigration staff tell of behind-the-scenes visa dysfunction
4 Sep 2023Immigration officers say they've been told to ignore criminal convictions and investigations, not to read supporting documents on visa applications and not to check work visas at the border
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The new generation taking over from Asia's richest man
4 Sep 2023Mukesh Ambani, who heads India's biggest business empire, is preparing to hand over the reins to his children.
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Auckland students given rare chance to learn one of the world's most ancient languages
1 Sep 2023Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages in the world, is being taught to more than 150 students at a primary school in Auckland.
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Asian lawmakers eye greater representation in Parliament on back of list rankings
1 Sep 2023The next NZ Parliament could contain the largest-ever contingent of politicians with Asian heritage if current polling numbers hold steady over the final six weeks of the campaign.
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The history of Asian representation in NZ's Parliament
1 Sep 2023From one MP in 1996 to eight in 2020, Asian lawmakers are steadily growing in number in the country's legislature.
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Dazzling Onam festivities celebrate unity and culture
1 Sep 2023Thousands of people from southern India celebrate one of the most significant harvest festivals of the Malayali community - irrespective of their religion.
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India's high-science, low-cost space programme
31 Aug 2023The Detail - After India landed a spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon there's hope the West will stop seeing the country as a land of "snake charmers and elephants".
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First-time Asian voters embrace New Zealand's democratic process
31 Aug 2023Approximately 200,000 residents nationwide are expected to vote for the first time in the upcoming election after receiving fast-track residency visas in 2021.
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Migrants with visas linked to employers under investigation told not to come to NZ
30 Aug 2023Ten migrants have been stopped at the border and 193 others have been told not to travel to New Zealand.
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Greens, migrant rights advocates corner Labour on migrant exploitation
28 Aug 2023Advocates for migrant workers facing exploitation are turning up the heat on the government as it heads towards an election.
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