India Summons NZ To Protest Against TV Presenter’s Racial Slur

Reuters India has today announced that India has summoned New Zealand’s High Commissioner so that it can protest against the racial slur that a TVNZ presenter made against Shiela Dikshit –  chief minister of New Delhi. India’s capital city (see videos below) “…India says popular TV host deliberately mispronounced and ridiculed the second name of…

NZ Fiji Club Say Henry’s Token Suspension “A Joke”

The Fiji Club of New Zealand has issued a press release calling NZ state television’s token 2 week suspension of racist presenter Paul Henry “a joke.” A TVNZ spokeswoman had initially supported Henry’s remarks by saying “The audience tell us over and over again that one of the things they love about Paul Henry is…

Paul Henry, Man Or Hobbit?

NZ Television host Paul Henry “shocked the nation’ this morning with his ‘un-PC’ comments about the NZ governor general Sir Anand Satyanand, which happened as international attention is focused on India and the Commonwealth games. The offensive remarks were contained in a question to the Prime Minister when Mr Henry asked John Key whether Sir…

Racist Attack On Elderly Indian Man In Hastings

A racist mob yelling “curries” is alleged to have attacked a quiet dinner party of co-workers in Hastings on Saturday night. Diane Joyce in the Dominion Post writes: “Seven men, all employees of dairy and restaurant owner Rakesh Kumar, were having dinner at an Oliphant Rd house when they were startled by banging on the…

Migrants Changing Names To Get Jobs

Lincoln Tan has written another excellent article about the problems that migrants are having finding work in New Zealand during the present tough economic climate. According to Mr Tan an academic says that businesses often eliminate Asian sounding applicants at a very early stage in the interview selection process. Surely that is racial discrimination?: “Desperate…