Ravi Bajpai is not-an-award-winning journalist with 20 years of experience in reporting and leading newsrooms across Asia Pacific - India, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
Trade minister Todd McClay is preparing to fly to India in a few weeks to seal the deal.
Migration is a two-way street where no one side is a benefactor. Our politicians seem to forget that.
The National government can sign the NZ-India FTA. It won't be any good without Labour's support.
New Zealand has confirmed a "substantial list of deliverables" for Modi's visit, the Indian government says.
The government is reminding migrant residents about the bond of good behaviour they've signed.
The government suspects not all those seeking asylum are really under threat of persecution.
The promise of an India FTA is driving business interest. The challenge now is whether firms know how to use it.
A 2007 interview offers a rare early glimpse of Muanpuii Saiawi, from civil service preparation to piano exams.
Most of the travelling group from India are now overstayers in New Zealand.
Where National has been unsuccessfully fielding Indian candidates, Labour has demonstrated a more targeted approach.
The refugee tribunal referred to reports from India about “honour killings” over religious conversion.
"We are counting on our people to report overstayers like these," New Zealand Indian Central Association has said in a statement.
Even as South Asian representation has increased in Otara-Papatoetoe, leadership has largely remained the preserve of Pasifika leaders.
When visa costs fall elsewhere while remaining high for others, migrants inevitably notice.
CD Foundation's response discloses a key new detail about how the delegation may have been assembled.
The exchange revealed something deeper about the way New Zealand’s political conversation can sound to migrants.
The Justice Select Committee has heard why – or why not – should citizens be allowed powers to arrest offenders.
As many as 10 people travelling were described as folk dancers, none turned up at the event.
"Anybody would understand that carrying a whole team abroad is not easy. The organisers usually arrange local performers."
Dhoni, the minister says, spoke warmly about New Zealand and his previous visits to the country.
The agency says only four of those still in the country currently hold valid visitor visas.
As part of New Zealand's sports diplomacy push, the minister is also expected to meet Indian counterpart Mansukh Mandaviya.
"The new election will reflect the will of the electorate," Justice Jane Anderson said, while declining to review a lower court inquiry.
"One of the options would be a carve-out for this occupational group," says Labour's immigration spokesperson Phil Twyford.
Chand Sahrawat and husband Sid are hoping to fly out to India today from a nondescript airport east of Dubai.
In Christchurch, New Zealand has already seen what harm unchecked build-up of hate and social tensions can unleash.
“We were aware of character issues, and these were balanced in the overall assessment of the application," says INZ.
"So it was us, Smith, Singh and Patel and the Browns at the top."
"So important for someone to come in and make an immediate sort of impact," a commentator said about Patel's performance.
"Divisive comments which target our ethnic communities have no place in New Zealand."
Dog-parent MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan bares teeth at leash rule by local board headed by Ella Kumar.
A tribunal found the adviser took money in return for a job at her husband's company.
India's minister Piyush Goyal has indicated New Delhi wants tangible projects in areas of manufacture, infrastructure and sports among other.
Mahesh Muralidhar will contest from Tamaki in Auckland, an electorate that voted former prime minister Robert Muldoon to power for a record 31 years.
Retail NZ says the government wasn't briefed properly on risks, Sunny Kaushal calls out "misinformation".
The candidates of the Papatoetoe-Otara Action Team have argued a court order annulling their victory relied on lavish statistical extrapolation and assumed that an increase in voter turnout indicated fraud.
The Labour leader argues Luxon’s drive to conclude the negotiations quickly has left serious questions unresolved.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins is keeping the government guessing on whether his party will cast the deciding vote for the India–New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA), laying down on Sunday three conditions and accusing Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of mishandling the negotiations.
"We have had a period...where there's been a lot of people saying a lot of things about India," says the deputy prime minister.
It is helpful to see the move as neither a trivial branding update nor an existential crisis. Still, it does matter a lot.
To understand why this is politically significant, it helps to understand what Maori electorates are and why they exist.
A deeper analysis of the numbers being projected indicates the deal makes economic sense, but can we expect miracles overnight?
Chair Sunny Kaushal says he is happy with the outcomes the advisory group has achieved in a short span.
New Delhi says Wellington has assured full cooperation and support to ensure the safety and continuation of religious events.
Even United States and European Union have failed to extract meaningful dairy concessions from India.
Te Tiriti demands respect but it also demands room to learn. If curiosity is met with judgment or cancellation, we guarantee silence.
The party has been campaigning against what it describes as "woke" hiring practices and diversity in government jobs.
Treaty literacy should empower migrants to interpret responsibilities, not merely comply with someone else’s instructions.
The public discourse over the deal is now snowballing into a controversy, with migration being the key driver of much of the skepticism.
Delhi has played up movement of people as a big win in the deal, but New Zealand has been coy about it.
The Labour leader seems supportive of the deal but not without caveats.
When gaslighting targets a specific ethnic group, it edges into risky territory.
The falling out, it appears, is a direct clash between Kaushal and Young more than anything else.
Decoding the shock and awe around the government's retail crime advisory group and its chair.
Migration isn’t a clean swap where you exchange old habits for new ones. Every now and then, I catch myself doing something I moved here to escape.
The real trade negotiations between India and New Zealand took place in odd pockets of the world.
How long do we have to build lives, work double shifts, buy homes and raise children before New Zealand admits we are no longer guests?
When an entire population group is missing from the governing party, policy blind spots are not an accident.
The foreign minister isn't happy with the terms of the FTA with India. It's not the first time he has had a grudge with a trade deal.