Indian students flocking to New Zealand

September 12th, 2009 WELLINGTON - At least 50 people were arrested as students rioted for a second night in New Zealand's university city of Dunedin, news reports said Sunday. Police donned riot gear as drunken students threw bottles, set fire to furniture in the streets and created general disorder in the three hours after midnight, Radio New Zealand reported.

September 6th, 2009 TORONTO - Canada should launch vigorous 'education diplomacy' to woo Indian students, says an expert on Canada-India relations. Ryan M. Touhey, a professor who has authored a study titled "A new direction for the Canada-India relationship", says India is a huge education market for Canada and Ottawa should lose no time in wooing Indian students.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Britain, New Zealand and North America and not Australia are the favoured destinations for higher education for Indian kids and their parents. A report in the Australian daily The Age has said that media reports about attacks on young Indians and allegations of racism in Australian suburbs have had a serious impact on an Indian education agent's potential to attract students to Australia.

July 7th, 2009 AUCKLAND - The number of Indian students heading to New Zealand has been steadily increasing over the past five years. This year the government is making efforts to see a marked rise in enrolments, marketing itself as a safe alternative to neighbouring Australia where many Indian students have faced racist attacks.

June 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy says every possible effort will be made to ensure that attacks on Indian students in Australia are not repeated, adding that the authorities will "pursue those responsible" for the assaults. In a letter to the Non-Aligned Students and Youth Movement (NASYM) that had staged a demonstration here June 18 against the attacks on Indian students in Australia, McCarthy said: "The Australian government will make every effort to ensure that attacks are not repeated and that Australia remains a preferred destination for students from around the world." He said that the Australian government is working closely with the Indian government on the issue.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Australian authorities on Tuesday proposed to launch a 24-hr helpline for Indian students, following Indian Government's request to the Australian authorities to provide safety and security to Indian students in Australia. In a meeting between Minister for Overseas Indian affairs Vayalar Ravi and Australian Education Secretary Lisa Paul in the capital, Paul said that Australia is committed to have a helpline for Indian students to lodge their complaints and to seek other support.

April 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - Biscuit major Britannia has bought out its partner Fonterra's 49 percent stake in their joint venture in New Zealand, Britannia New Zealand Foods, the company said in a regulatory statement Tuesday. Britannia had set up a dairy business with Fonterra Cooperative Group, one of New Zealand's largest dairy companies, in 2002.

April 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will award all the members of the victorious Indian team with Rs.1.5 million each for winning both the one-day and Test series in New Zealand. 'BCCI president Shashank Manohar has congratulated the Indian team, for its outstanding display in New Zealand.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hundreds of students, clutching brochures and study certificates, thronged the day-long New Zealand Education Fair held in the capital Sunday. Parents with their children, groups of school-going teenagers and graduates sauntered through the stalls put up by 25 participating institutions and universities.

April 4th, 2009 WELLINGTON - India took a 182 run lead against New Zealand in the first innings of the third and final Test against New Zealand here Saturday. Replying to the Indian total of 379, New Zealand were shot out for 197 on the second day of the Test.

March 5th, 2009 SINGAPORE - The Singapore-based Global Indian International School (GIIS) is offering scholarships to meritorious students from India who wish to pursue Std 11 & 12th studies there. Global Indian Foundation (GIF), which operates the largest Pan-Asian educational institution chain, announced the GIIS scholarships for 2009 specially designed for India-based students who want to pursue 11th & 12th studies in either International Baccalaureate (IB) or CBSE, a press release said.

February 28th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Waitakere in New Zealand and Amritsar have been declared 'sister cities'. In an agreement signed here Friday, Punjab and New Zealand decided to promote 'cultural and knowledge exchange between the two cities'.

February 27th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is surely going to raise a few eyebrows when he takes the field Friday for New Zealand Masters along with rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) player Hamish Marshall in a Twenty20 exhibition match against Australia Masters. The exhibition match is a joint venture between New Zealand Cricket and New Zealand Cricket Players' Association (NZCA) and will see a host of former cricket stars from both Australia and New Zealand.

February 24th, 2009 AUCKLAND - The New Zealand cricket team has roped in former India coach John Wright to help them prepare for the series starting Wednesday. Wright, a former New Zealand captain, was India's first overseas coach and also guided them to the final of the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.

February 24th, 2009 AUCKLAND - Former India coach John Wright will be helping New Zealand plot the visitors' downfall in the upcoming cricket series. Wright, a former New Zealand captain, was India's first overseas coach and also guided them to the final of the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.