Asalaam-o-Alaikum / Kia Ora
Dear Respected Community Members,

As you would be aware, a new Ministry for Ethnic communities has been launched by the New Zealand government to assist and integrate the migrant communities in their engagement with the NZ public sector. This to tailor the policies relevant to the ethnic communities and to have the ethnic voices in the government’s policies and procedures.

Yesterday was the inauguration of the office of the Ministry for Ethnic communities in Auckland. Representatives from most key ethnic organizations were invited. Honourable Ethnic communities Minister Ms Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Chief Executive of the Ministry Mr Mervin Singham, MPs and senior Ministry officials were in presence.

PANZ president Naveed Hamid & women wing Lead Eimaan Hamid represented the Pakistani community. Principal advisor Mr Farrukh Gul Qaisrani also participated, in his capacity as Auckland City Council Board member. Matters relevant to the Pakistani community were discussed, especially the immigration issues and job internships for the ethnic/Pakistani graduates. The input was much appreciated by the officials and the Minister.

PANZ is committed to continue voicing the issues relevant to the Pakistani community and its interests and we always appreciate your support in this. We can only achieve this collectively.

Shukria / Ngā mihi
#PANZ Team

Assalam O Alaikum / Kia ora

Respected community members,

Voice of PANZ

Pakistan Association of New Zealand (PANZ) have been organising a number of activities and events for the past two years’ time. PANZ  frequently issue press releases and statements, however a large part of PANZ activities and its details remain under represented.

PANZ is starting weekly live streaming with an aim and focus to bring regular updates for the community. The live streaming would be called as  Voice of PANZ  and would comprise a roundup of PANZ activities, news and information for the community, and an opportunity where the community members would be able to provide live feedback to PANZ.

Voice of PANZ will run every weekend on Sunday at 8.00pm for an hour. PANZ team of presenters will bring the programme live with a variety of content in Urdu, English and Maori languages. The programme will run at a variety of social media channels, such as Facebook, Zoom, YouTube and other similar channels.

There will be generous giveaways and lucky draws for the viewers and listeners.

The programme will enhance the quality of information delivery for the community, and bring about more inclusiveness and participation from the community.

Join us on every Sunday at 8.00pm.

Shukria / Nga Mihi

Team #PANZ

Dear Community Members

Assalamoalaikum-o-Alaikum / Kia Ora

PANZ Baithak & High Commission Camp Office

Sunday 1, August -2021
Time 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Fickling Convention Centre
Address: 546 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland

Pakistan Association of New Zealand (PANZ) is pleased to inform the Pakistani community that a consular visit to Auckland takes place once in two months to facilitate the Pakistan community living in Auckland and surrounding areas for attestation of a Power of Attorney, and other Consular Office related matters. The applicants are advised to visit Camp Office in Auckland in person and sign on Power of Attorney in the presence of the Consular Officer.

MS. Mariya Abdul Ghafoor, Head of Chancery
from Pakistan High Commission to New Zealand will attend the camp office.

For more information click on the link below

https://www.pakistanhc.org.nz/camp-auckland

PANZ would also offer the community members an opportunity to:

• Community Engagement & Networking
• Share and up-date with news and raise awareness of important community issues
• Provide the community with a voice and support with emerging new initiatives.
• Get free advice on legal, IRD, Education, or immigration matters.

PANZ wings & region Leads Oath Taking Ceremony will take place from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Tea / Coffee and light refreshments would be served.

Shukria/Ngā mihi.
Team #PANZ.

Dear Community Members

Assalamoalaikum-o-Alaikum / Kia Ora

RENEW YOUR PANZ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP AND BE A LUCKY WINNER TO WIN A RETURN TICKET TO QUEENSTOWN

As you are aware that PANZ Annual Membership Drive is in full swing, more and more community members are renewing their PANZ annual membership.

To add some more excitement to this drive our premier sponsor Tarnica Travels have offered a return ticket to Queenstown for community members who renewed their membership before 31st of July 2021.

Lucky winner will be picked through a lucky draw during PANZ Independence Day Program on Saturday 14th August 2021 at Barfoot and Thompson Stadium, Kohimarama.

So hurry up, renew your PANZ membership and be part of this wonderful offer.

Membership link: http://panz.co.nz/subscriptionplan/

Shukria / Nga Mihi
Team #PANZ

Dear Community Members
Asalaam-o-Alaikum / Kia Ora

Pakistan Association of New Zealand (PANZ) hosted Defence Advisor (DA) for Pakistan in Australia and New Zealand Brigadier Shoaib Bin Akram, on Tuesday 22 June 2021 in Auckland at a meet and greet event.
Brigadier Akram is based in Canberra, Australia. He was awarded Tamgha E Basalat during his services in Pakistan army.
Brigadier Akram has been on an official visit in New Zealand. He has had engagements with government organisations, Pakistani community, and Pakistan High Commission in Wellington during his current visit to New Zealand.
Brigadier Akram met with PANZ officials and a number of community members during the meet and greet session in Auckland on 22 June 2021. Brigadier Akram commended PANZ work in New Zealand and highlighted its achievements over the past couple of years. He acknowledged that PANZ offers a diverse platform to Pakistan community members to represent Pakistan at various levels and segments of New Zealand societies.
Brigadier Akram presented a memorabilia shield to Mr. Imran Hussain, CEO and owner of Apna TV and Radio network for his organisation’s contributions towards the promotion of Pakistani culture and entertainment content through his network.
The guests had Pakistani food at the end of the meet and greet session.

Shukria / Ngā mihi

Team #PANZ
Pakistan High Commission New Zealand
Pakistan Association of New Zealand (PANZ)
Radio Apna 990am & Apna Television NZ
#pakistan
#pakistanicommunity

Pakistan Association of New Zealand (PANZ) President Mr Naveed Hamid, its Advisory Board member Mr Asim Mukhtar, and its media wing coordinator Mr Adnan Sharif attended International Everest Day celebrations at New Zealand parliament on Wednesday 9 June 2021. The event was hosted by member of parliament Dr Gaurav Sharma and The Nepal Society of Wellington at New Zealand parliament.

International Everest Day is observed in the memory of New Zealand’s Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay Sherpa who climbed Mount Everest for the first time on 29 May 1953.

Other ethnic communities’ leaders, dignitaries, government officials and parliamentarians were present at the event. PANZ have been participating and celebrating other ethnic communities’ events, which add Pakistan representation within the diverse communities.

PANZ would like to thank member of parliament Dr Gaurav Sharma and The Nepal Society of Wellington for their invite and their warm hospitality they offered to PANZ team at the event.

#PANZ #Pakistan #EverestDay

Tamaki Makaurau ethnic Police team workshop held an event at Flicking convention center 7th April 2021 on Hate Crime with ethnic leaders from across Auckland region includes fellow representatives Inspector Rakesh Naidoo, Tony Geldenhuys, Sean Walters from Net safe and Frances Everard from Human Rights Commission.

Following topic has been covered,

• • WHAT IS HATE speech & hate CRIME?
  • Understanding Net safe

What is hate crime?
a hate crime means an offence that is motivated by the offender’s hostility to the victim as a member of a group that has a common characteristic, such as race, religion or sexual orientation. An example is an assault against a person wearing religious attire that was motivated by the offender’s hostility towards the associated religion. In legal language, hate crime has practically the same meaning except that the law creating a hate crime will define the relevant characteristics covered by the offence. These are usually called “protected characteristics”.3 Since the conduct amounting to a hate crime (for example an assault) is already illegal, it is easy to treat a hate motivation either as a factor that can be taken into account for sentencing purposes (which is New Zealand’s current approach) or as an element of a separately created hate-motivated offence

What is hate speech?
Hate speech is a less precise term. In this paper we will generally refer to hate speech in a way that corresponds to the concept of hate crime that we have just outlined and therefore as speech that expresses hatred towards people who share a characteristic. Legislation that creates hate speech liability (which can be civil or criminal) specifies what types of speech are captured and the characteristics that are protected. In this paper we are mainly concerned with the circumstances in which hate speech can, and should, be criminalized. 8 Unlike hate crime (such as a hate-motivated assault), conduct criminalized by a hate speech offence – in this case, what has been said – is not usually independently illegal. The difference between legitimately criminalized hate speech and a vigorous exercise of the right to express opinions is not easy to capture – at least with any precision – in legislative language. As well, the more far reaching a law creating hate speech offences, the greater the potential for inconsistency with the right to freedom of expression.

NETSAFE-TOPIC OF DISSCSSUION TALKS ABOUT WORKING REALTIONS ON HOW WE CAN WORK TO REPORT ONLINE ABUSE, working with the following –
WHAT TO DO IF YOU THINK YOUR PRIVACY HAS BEEN BREACHED?

If you think an agency has breached your privacy, you should contact them to discuss this. If that agency is a company or a government department, try contacting their Privacy Officer as a first step. Be prepared to discuss which of the Privacy Principles you think has been breached, how you are aware of the breach, and what harm you have suffered as a result. If the agency is an individual, you can try approaching them directly and ask them if they are prepared to do something to resolve the situation. Don’t threaten or abuse them.
Some of the other steps you can take include:

• Collect evidence of where you think there has been a privacy breach including screenshot and full URL and the dates when they were captured.
• If you are unable to resolve things yourself you can make a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner
• If the OPC does not think that your case warrants action, you can take a case to the Human Rights Review Tribunal yourself. However, you can only do this after the OPC investigates your complaint. Be sure to get a “Certificate of Investigation” from the Privacy Commissioner before contacting the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

PHOTOS SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
If a photo or video of yourself has been shared on social media, you can also report this directly to the platform – most major social media platforms have rules against sharing photos without permission. You can contact the main platforms using the details below:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter

Human rights topic of discussion brief breakdown –
The Human Rights Act 1993 protects people in New Zealand from discrimination in a number of areas of life. The Human Rights Act’s intention is to help ensure that all people in New Zealand are treated fairly and equally. The Act also sets out the role of the Human Rights Commission. Unlawful discrimination occurs when a person is treated unfairly or less favorably than another person in the same or similar circumstances. The Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 made significant changes to the Human Rights Act 1993. The Human Rights Act comprises eight parts.
how can we work with police having a plan?

• Educate people
• I.T for data collection
• Engage with the community