India
Insight: Fraud, Fees and Student Visas
Insight - John Gerritsen investigates reports of fraud among study applications from India. Are authorities over-reacting or is New Zealand's international education market being rorted?
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India's biometric census and beef trade
India's about to complete the biggest biometric registration programme on the planet, with the records of its 1.25 billion population soon to reside on a massive government database. And despite the… Audio
Nick D’s Indian and Pakistani Electronic Music Primer
Weird Together's Nick D presents a primer on Pakistani and Indian electronic music. Audio
Black Caps unlikely to play day-night Test in India
The New Zealand cricketers are unlikely to play a day-night Test against India this year after Indian officials said all three Tests will begin at 9:30am.
Sweet Rewards: Indians celebrate 125 years in New Zealand
Vaisakhi Mela the harvest festival for the Punjab region of India is as important as New Year. Around 20,000 Sikhs live in New Zealand. One of the first to settle arrived around 1890, his legacy is… Audio, Gallery
NZ wavers on India nuke membership
New Zealand is reportedly softening its stance against India joining a group of countries controlling access to sensitive nuclear technology.
India confirms Black Caps tour schedule
The Black Caps will play tests in Indore, Kanpur and Kolkata on their tour of India later this year.
India eviction attempt turns deadly
At least 24 people have been killed during clashes between police and squatters in the northern Indian town of Mathura.
Two dozen convicted over Gulbarg massacre
A court in India has found 24 people guilty of involvement in one of the most notorious massacres during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat.
Heart of the Tiger - NZ's first female Indian police officer
Leaving behind an abusive arranged marriage as a teenage bride in North India Constable Mandeep Kaur struggled as a single mother in a foreign country to become New Zealand's first Indian female… Audio, Gallery
How will the Paris Agreement ambitions be fullfiled?
The Paris Agreement on climate change has set ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to pull back the long-term global temperature rises. But how will those ambitions be achieved… Audio
Painting Elephants - Bulbul Sharma
All over India this year, children in remote villages are painting elephants. Not the real thing, but half size fibreglass artworks. Helping them use art material they may never have seen before is… Audio
India's limb-lengthening industry
India correspondent Vidhi Doshi on India's burgeoning leg-lengthening industry. People are paying serious money to be taller, and endangering life and limb(s) in the process. Audio
Jonathan Gil Harris: Becoming Indian
Jonathan Gil Harris is a Shakespearean scholar who's written a history of the weird and wonderful people came to make India their home in the 16th and 17th centuries. First of the Firangis weaves the… Audio
Education New Zealand says foreign student numbers have fallen
Visa figures show foreign student numbers have fallen in the first quarter of this year after a bumper year in 2015. Audio
PM pushes for free trade deal with India
Prime Minister John Key used a meeting with India's president today to push for a free trade agreement with India, he says.
Nights' Overseas Reports - India
Bangalore based author and journalist Shoba Narayan from the second-most populated nation of the world, India, pop. 1,236,344,631 (est. 2014)... Audio
The global hair trade
From Hollywood to Europe, to the hair salons of Africa, the most highly prized human hair in the world to use in wigs, weaves and hair extensions comes from India. The market's now worth some US$250… Audio, Gallery
Fireworks spark blaze that kills scores in southern India
A huge fire has swept through a temple in southern India, killing at least 75 people and injuring 200 others gathered for a fireworks display to mark the start of...
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge offer condolences
Prince William and his wife Kate have offered their condolences to the victims of a massive temple fire in India's southern state of Kerala which killed 100 and injured more than 300 others. Audio
