New Zealand Sikh Aspirations

17/11/2023

Correspondence from Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union New Zealand to Professor Damon Salesa, Vice Chancellor of AUT - Auckland University of Technology regarding the venue cancellation for New Zealand Sikh National Assembly 2023.

www.fsu.nz/cancellation_of_sikh_national_assembly_by_aut_on_spurious_grounds_sets_a_poor_precedent

13/11/2023

The university received an email claiming an event held by local Sikhs to discuss the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar was ‘anti-Indian’.

11/10/2023

ਨਿਊਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ ਸਿੱਖ ਕੌਮੀ ਸਭਾ (੮ ਅਕਤੂਬਰ ੨੦੨੩): ਭਾਈ ਜਤਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਮੋਹਾਲੀ

New Zealand Sikh National Assembly (8 October 2023): Bhai Jatinder Singh Mohali

11/10/2023

ਸਿੱਖ ਪ੍ਰੈਸ ਐਸੋਸੀਏਸ਼ਨ ਵੱੈਬ ਲੰਿਕ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਪ੍ਰੈੱਸ ਨੋਟ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਇਹ ਫ਼ੈਸਲੇ ਆਕਲੈਂਡ ਦੇ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਦੁੱਖ ਨਿਵਾਰਨ ਸਾਹ.....

11/10/2023

Sikhs from across New Zealand gathered to address concerns after recent revelation of India's involvement in the assassination of a respected Canadian Sikh leader.

Read: https://www.sikhpa.com/nz-sikhs-demand-investigation-into-indian-interference-after-national-meet/

10/10/2023

ਨਿਊਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ ਸਿੱਖ ਕੌਮੀ ਸਭਾ (੮ ਅਕਤੂਬਰ ੨੦੨੩): ਜੀਵਨ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਭਾਈ ਹਰਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਿੱਝਰ — ਭਾਈ ਮੋਨਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼ ਕੋਲੰਬੀਆਂ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਕਾਂਉਸਲ

New Zealand Sikh National Assembly (8 October 2023): Life of Shaheed Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar — Bhai Moninder Singh, British Colombia Gurdwara Council

06/10/2023

AUT ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਿੱਖ ਸਭਾ ਲਈ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ ਦੀ ਬੁਕਿੰਗ ਰੱਦ ਕਰਨ ਬਾਰੇ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ — ਤਰਨਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਿਲਾਸਪੁਰ ਅਤੇ ਜਸਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਰਾਜਪੁਰਾ

ਨਿਊਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ ਸਿੱਖ ਕੌਮੀ ਸਭਾ
ਵਿਸ਼ੇਃ ਸਿੱਖ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਦਖ਼ਲਅੰਦਾਜ਼ੀ

ਦਿਨਃ ਐਤਵਾਰ, 8 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ 2023
ਸਮਾਂਃ ਸ਼ਾਮ 3:00 - ਸ਼ਾਮ 6:00 ਵਜੇ ਤੱਕ
ਜਗ੍ਹਾਃ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਦੂਖ ਨਿਵਾਰਨ ਸਾਹਿਬ — 7/46 Broadway, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand.

06/10/2023

Message from Bhai Jatinder Singh to attend the New Zealand Sikh National Assembly in tribute to Shaheed Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Sunday, 8 October 2023 from 3 pm to 6 pm at Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib — 7/46 Broadway, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand.

05/10/2023

Message from Bhai Randeep Singh to attend the New Zealand Sikh National Assembly in tribute to Shaheed Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Sunday, 8 October 2023 from 3 pm to 6 pm at Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib — 7/46 Broadway, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand.

04/10/2023

Venue changed to Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib Papakura, New Zealand

28/09/2023

Join us for the largest but a most urgent community gathering to ensure the safety of NZ Sikhs and address concerns about foreign interference.

Date: Sunday, 8 October 2023
Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: AUT South Campus

We encourage all sangat, from kids to grandparents, to come together as a united community to discuss the safety of NZ Sikhs in light of recent events and address concerns related to foreign interference.

Your presence is crucial to our collective security and unity. Let's stand together.

In Chardi Kala,
Team NZ Sikh National Assembly

13/09/2023

What is the 'New Zealand Sikh Aspirations' document? Discover more at

The 'New Zealand Sikh Aspirations' document, prepared in consultation with Sikh individuals and organisations, outlines the Sikh aspirations for candidates contesting in the 2023 New Zealand General Election.

09/09/2020

09/09/2020

23/08/2020

The return to alert level 3 has left thousands of Aucklanders desperately seeking help.

15/07/2020

The Ensaaf Mapping Crimes Against Humanity website is now available in Punjabi.

This website allows people to see details on thousands of the countless that "disappeared" (were murdered) by Punjab police. You can search under district, age and more to find out the depths of the issue based on Ensaaf's own records, collated through painstaking grassroots research in Punjab.

Check it at- https://data.ensaaf.org/pb/.

A portrait of widespread & systematic enforced disappearances & extrajudicial executions, based on data collected through primary source interviews.

04/07/2020

Haere mai ko Ngāti Tūmatauenga. Congratulations to our newest graduates from Recruit Regular Force 397, who marched out in front of whānau and loved ones at Waiouru Military Camp.

23/06/2020

Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki to move, That this House congratulate the Gurudwara Sri Kalgidhar Sahib Takanini and Ōtāhuhu Sikh Temple community for their generosity and care through the provision of food parcels for the communities in Papakura, Takanini, Papatoetoe, Māngere, and the Waikato during the COVID-19 lockdown period.

04/06/2020

Hon Dr Megan Woods to move, That this House congratulate the New Zealand Sikh community and the Supreme Sikh Society, who have distributed more than 25,000 food parcels across New Zealand to assist more than 100,000 people in their time of need throughout the COVID-19 lockdown period.

25/04/2020

Sikhs drafted into the New Zealand Army during the first World War.

Name, Location, Occupation, Year, Army status
Acbar Singh, Auckland, Labourer, 1918, Drafted
Agiti Singh, Taumarunui, Labourer, 1917, Reserves
Arjan Singh, Taumarunui, Labourer, 1917, Reserves
Banta Singh, Kaiteke, Labourer, 1918, Drafted
Bhagat Singh, Makirikiri, Labourer, 1918, Drafted
Buttah Singh, Auckland, Shopkeeper, 1917, Drafted
Chinchal Singh, Taumarunui, Labourer, 1917, Drafted
Ganda Singh, Makirikiri, Labourer, 1917, Drafted
Gina Singh, Te Kuiti, Labourer, 1916, Appealed draft
Gurdet Singh, Hawkes Bay, Shopkeeper, 1916, Reserves
Harnam Singh, King Country, Labourer, 1918, Drafted
Indar Singh, Taumarunui, Labourer, 1918, Drafted
Jagt Singh, Manukau, Labourer, 1914, Active duty
Jagat Singh, Te Awamutu, Labourer, 1916, Reserves
Jasa Singh, Taringamutu, Scrub cutter, 1918, Drafted
Jiwan Singh, King Country, Labourer, 1918, Drafted
Kahan Singh, Ongarue, Scrub cutter, 1917, Drafted
Karnal Singh, Auckland, Cook, 1917, Drafted
Maghar Singh, Taumarunui, Scrub cutter, 1917, Reserves
Mihan Singh, Matatoki, Farmer, 1917, Reserves
Mohar Singh, Waikato, Labourer, 1917, Drafted
Munsha Singh, Taumarunui, Bush feller, 1918, Drafted
Ranjit Singh, New Plymouth, Confectioner, 1918, Drafted
Ratan Singh, Taumarunui, Labourer, 1917, Reserves
Sham Singh, Waiarapa, Labourer, 1916, Active duty
Sohan Singh, Taumarunui, Labourer, 1916, Reserves
Suba Singh, Whangarei, Labourer, 1916, Reserves
Sunder Singh, North Otago, Labourer, 1916, Reserves
Thaman Singh, Makirikiri, Labourer, 1918, Drafted
Weer Singh, Wellington, Labourer, 1916, Active duty
Ratan Chand Mehra, Taumarunui, Interpreter, 1916, Active duty

Image: A Sikh soldier posing with children, Auckland Weekly News, 1901.

25/04/2020

Anzac Day is commemorated every year on 25 April to mark the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops on Gallipoli in 1915, in the Turkish peninsula. This military campaign during World War 1 lasted eight months and claimed at least 125,000 lives.

In the Gallipoli campaign, the 14th Sikh regiment was virtually wiped out, losing 379 officers and men within one day of fighting on 4 June 1915.

Approximately 250,000 Sikhs volunteered to fight in World War 1. In both World Wars, 83,005 Sikhs were killed and 109,045 wounded fighting for the allied forces.

23/04/2020

Footage of Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa singing "ਮੋਹਿ ਲਾਗਤੀ ਤਾਲਾ ਬੇਲੀ॥ ਬਛਰੇ ਬਿਨੁ ਗਾਇ ਅਕੇਲੀ॥" (Translation: I am restless and unhappy. Without her calf, the cow is lonely.) in rural New Zealand. YouTube video link: https://youtu.be/wthALoYieT4

18/04/2020

Bhai Rajinder Singh with a Jatha of 9 Singhs including Bhai Rama Singh and Bhai Subeg Singh came to NZ from the UK in January 1987. 40 families took part in ...

16/04/2020

10 years ago today, 31 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib arrived from Australia to New Zealand.

31 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib arrived from Australia to New Zealand . Date: 16,17 April 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand

12/04/2020

300th Anniversary of the Khalsa (1999)

Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the Khalsa Date: 13 April 1999 Location: Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand

02/04/2020

Date: September 2019 Location: Hunua Falls, Auckland, New Zealand Type: Talk Purpose: Talk about the environment.

01/04/2020

International Sikh Youth Federation was the first Sikh youth organisation in New Zealand. It was incorporated on 15 May 1995.