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Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik has opined that a target of around 275 will be a winning one for India against New Zealand in the ongoing 1st Test in Kanpur.

At Stumps on Day 3, the hosts finished at 14/1 and with a lead of 63 runs. After posting 345 in the first innings, courtesy of fifties from Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja and a fabulous century from debutant Shreyas Iyer, the bowlers skittles the Black Caps on 296. Axar Patel led the charge with his fifth Test cricket five-wicket haul in his 7th innings.

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Karthik also added that the Indian team will not bat the whole day and that he would want to see the Kiwis bat in the final 30-45 minutes.

"I think anything around 275 is a good target. Which would mean that they would need to bat two session or little more. I would like to give the Kiwis the last 45-30 mins to bat. And if they get Williamson and Latham under 100 runs, I think after that it'll be smooth sailing for India," Dinesh Karthik was quoted as saying on Cricbuzz Live.

Furthermore, wicketkeeper-batter Karthik also wants senior pros in stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara to get some runs. They both have been in poor form this season, averaging 20.35 and 31.30, respectively.

"I would love to see Pujara and Rahane get runs. They definitely deserve a few runs under their belt, they've been batting well sometimes getting off to a good start but not converting it. But here is an opportunity for them. It's a tough wicket but obviously their experience and the fact they can play spin well should come to the fore."

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'I would like to give the Kiwis the last 45-30 mins to bat': Karthik predicts the target India will set for New Zealand - Hindustan Times

HONG KONG & SINGAPORE & AUCKLAND, New Zealand, November 29, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tricor Group (Tricor), Asia's leading business expansion specialist, has received regulatory approval and completed its acquisition of NZGT Holding Company Limited (NZGT Holdings) together with its wholly owned subsidiaries The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited (Guardian Trust) and Covenant Trustee Services Limited (Covenant) from Complectus Limited on November 25, 2021.

Tricor is the largest pure-play corporate services platform in Asia Pacific, serving over 50,000 client entities across its 21-market footprint. A positive move for Guardian Trust and Covenant, this acquisition will see the group and its New Zealand clients benefit from Tricors significant financial backing and global best practices.

Guardian Trust and Covenant are the leading providers of corporate supervisory services with over NZ$250 billion in funds under supervision. Guardian Trust has operated in New Zealand for over 125 years. Guardian Trust and Covenant will continue to grow its team and capabilities through further investment by Tricor Group. Day to day operations remain unchanged.

Tricors Global Corporate Trust business will operate and serve clients across five global markets including Hong Kong SAR, Beijing, Singapore, the UK and New Zealand.

Lennard Yong, Tricor Group CEO, said: "I am pleased to welcome Guardian Trust and Covenant to Tricor Group. This acquisition broadens our footprint in ANZ and places Tricor in an enhanced position to better serve our clients. The addition of Guardian Trust and Covenant significantly strengthens Tricors global corporate trust practice with market-leading and differentiated trust solutions in New Zealand and across Australasia and Asia-Pacific. We are very grateful for the approval to be stewards of these two leading institutions. Our goal is to support the management team led by Harry Koprivcic and to grow these businesses within their respective markets and to add to our regional corporate trust platform in Asia Pacific."

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David Naphtali and Jonathan Hatch, Co-Managing Directors of Madison Pacific, A Tricor Company, leading the integration of Guardian Trust and Covenant into the Tricor Corporate Trust Business Division, said: "We look forward to working with the fantastic team to bolster the corporate trust solutions we can provide our corporate clients across Asia Pacific and the UK."

Harry Koprivcic, CEO of NZGT Holdings, said: "As a leading corporate trustee in New Zealand, we are starting a new chapter by becoming part of a large global entity. Enhanced by the capabilities of Tricor, we will continue to deliver exceptional corporate solutions to our clients."

About Tricor Group

Tricor Group (Tricor) is Asias leading business expansion specialist, with global knowledge and local expertise in business, corporate, investor, human resources & payroll, corporate trust & debt services, and governance advisory. Tricor provides the building blocks for clients business growth, from incorporation to IPO. Tricor has had a rapid expansion through organic growth and development as well as partnerships, mergers and acquisitions. The Group today has ~50,000 clients globally (including ~20,000 clients in Mainland China), a staff strength of over 2,800 and a network of offices in 47 cities across 21 countries / territories. Our client portfolio includes over 2,000 listed companies in Hong Kong SAR, Mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia, and more than 40% of the Fortune Global 500 companies, as well as a significant share of multinationals and private enterprises operating across international markets.

Visit: http://www.tricorglobal.com

About Complectus

Complectus was established in 2014 and is the dominant and most innovative fiduciary services group in the New Zealand market.

About Guardian Trust and Covenant

Guardian Trust and Covenant have a market-leading position and are experienced in all aspects of corporate trust work. They are leading providers of corporate trustee services to the New Zealand market. Guardian Trust has been recognized by KangaNews as the leading provider of trustee services by being awarded the New Zealand Trustee of the Year for four years running.

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HONG KONG SAR (GROUP OFFICE) Sunshine Farzan Tricor Services LimitedGroup Head of Marketing & CommunicationsTel: +852 2980 1261Email: Sunshine.Farzan@hk.tricorglobal.com

NEW ZEALAND Laura Air Alexander PRGroup Account DirectorTel: +64 21 259 3242Email: laura@alexanderpr.co.nz

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Judith Collins, leader of New Zealands opposition National party, has been toppled after months of poor polling and a shock move to strip a political rival of his portfolios.

MPs voted to end Collins leadership at a crisis caucus meeting on Thursday. The meeting was prompted after Collins demoted Simon Bridges, a former party leader and one of her rivals. Late on Wednesday night, she stripped Bridges of all of his portfolios, citing an inappropriate comment made by Bridges in 2017 in front of a female colleague where Bridges says he discussed old wives tales about how he and his wife might produce a female child. Collins described the comment as serious misconduct.

Collins confirmed her resignation via social media. Its been a privilege to take over the leadership of [the National party] during the worst of times and to do so for 16 months. It has taken huge stamina and resolve, & has been particularly difficult because of a variety of factors, she said in a statement. MP Dr Shane Reti will take the helm of the party as interim leader, with a replacement to be chosen next week.

While the conflict with Bridges sparked Thursdays vote, Collins leadership has been troubled for some time, and the last few months have brought a series of disastrous leadership polls. Known as the Crusher for both her tough style of politics and for her responsibility for a historic policy which saw the cars of boy racers physically crushed, Collins struggled to win over New Zealand voters.

Support for the Jacinda Ardern-led Labour party has been dropping over several months, as the country grapples with a Covid outbreak but Collins failed to capitalise on that, with many votes instead redistributing to the libertarian Act party. While support for Labour has slipped in recent months to around 41-47%, support for National has languished at 21-28%. In a 1 News Colmar Brunton poll released in November, Judith Collins was sitting at just 5% in the preferred prime minister stakes, compared to Arderns 39%.

The difficulty for the party has been a lack of viable alternatives: no other National MPs surpassed Collins popularity, and Simon Bridges was sitting at just 1% in that poll. Nationals stiffest competition has come from its right flank: David Seymour, leader of the right-wing libertarian party, typically a small player in New Zealands parliament, was at 11%. Chris Luxon, a former chief executive of Air New Zealand, will be in the mix as a possible Collins replacement, polling at 4%. But he has spent only one year as an MP and has not yet built a high public profile. Another possible candidate is Whangaparoa MP Mark Mitchell.

On Thursday afternoon, Bridges expanded on the nature of his comments. He said they had occurred at a function where a group were discussing their wives and children. I have two boys and I wanted a girl and I engaged in some old wives tales about that and how to have a girl, he said. He would not expand further on the phrasing he used.

MP Jacqui Dean was present for the remark, and subsequently complained to leadership. Bridges apologised.

I entirely accept and am regretful of that day because I acknowledge that some of what I said was clearly inappropriate, Bridges said. He said he had reiterated the apology, and would not rule out a run for the leadership on Tuesday.

In a statement, Dean said, About five years ago, Simon Bridges made remarks that upset me at the time. They were not about me, but they were inappropriate and not something I wanted to hear, she said.

At the time there was an apology, but subsequently it has continued to play on my mind and with the recent reviews that have occurred in parliament the feelings have been brought back up.

What matters to me is that all of us have a clear understanding of what behaviour we should expect in a modern workplace environment.

Simon and I have spoken a number of times over the past few hours and he has reiterated his apology.

Collins said in her statement: I knew when I was confided in by a female colleague regarding her allegation of serious misconduct against a senior colleague, that I would likely lose the leadership by taking the matter so seriously. If I hadnt, then I felt that I wouldnt deserve the role.

The late night Wednesday drama has brought rumblings of discontent within the party to the fore. Collins announcement of his demotion blindsided many National MPs, with a number complaining about how the situation had been handled. It came at a moment when the government is under increasing pressure for its Covid response and prominent National supporters expressed irritation at the party once again becoming embroiled in internal politics rather than focusing on its policy platform.

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Two months after my family and I fled Afghanistan, writing and even thinking about our journey to New Zealand is still very hard for me. My experience seems like a dream.

When the Taliban came to my city, Kabul, it felt like our lives just stopped. We were all in shock. We had no hope for the future.

Some wealthy, powerful and well-connected people were able to leave the country. Many others were left behind and felt abandoned by the international community.

My family was in danger because of my fathers profession, so for weeks we hid from the Taliban. Fortunately we were given visas by the New Zealand government.

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It was very hard for us to leave Afghanistan, but we had no choice. I had to say goodbye to friends and relatives. My heart felt broken.

One morning a driver came to our house and drove us to Pakistan. I was scared when we saw Taliban checkpoints on the way.

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Yousef Obidi, 10, fled Afghanistan with his family for a new life in NZ. Pictured at Aucklands Piha.

At the border there were many Taliban. One asked my family, Why are you trying to leave the country? We told him my mother was ill and needed hospital treatment in Islamabad.

When we were allowed to cross the border I felt a mix of happiness and sadness. I was happy because we were no longer in danger but sad because we were leaving our beloved homeland.

For three weeks we stayed in a guesthouse while our paperwork was processed. Louise, a diplomat from New Zealands foreign ministry, talked to us and helped us a lot.

A week after we arrived in Pakistan, a Taliban commander called my father from Kabul. He told my father that the Taliban were looking for him and they had seized our home.

That was a very dark day.

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Yousef Obidi outside MIQ.

Finally all our paperwork was finished by the New Zealand officials, and my family and I went to Islamabad airport. I was excited but also nervous because we were questioned a lot.

When we landed in Doha I was more relaxed. For the first time I started to believe that everything would work out. I told my mum that it felt like a miracle.

The trip to Auckland was very long. We stopped in Brisbane for an hour, and I thought about New Zealand while we waited. I had read on the internet that its a very peaceful country.

It was an incredible feeling when we landed in Auckland. We arrived at 1am and it was really cold, but my body felt full of energy.

A police officer met us when we walked of the plane. I said Kia Ora to him. He smiled and greeted me in the Mori language and asked if I was OK.

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A Defence Force Hercules on its first flight into Kabul's international airport as part of a coalition effort to evacuate foreign citizens and Afghans at risk of the Taliban's takeover.

My family and I were taken to an MIQ hotel. For two weeks I focused on improving my English and learning more about life in New Zealand.

The hotel staff were friendly and helpful. The food was a bit unusual for me and my mum and sisters, but my father thought it was good.

We were happy when we passed our Covid tests. After 14 days, one of the MIQ staff told us, You are free!

When we left the hotel and went into Auckland I saw a new world. I saw hills and trees and the Auckland harbour. It was very beautiful.

Im excited about the future and looking forward to school. My goal is to be a doctor because I want to help people.

I want to thank the officials and the people of New Zealand for everything theyve done for us especially Louise, the diplomat. We will never forget her kindness.

After many years of war we are living free of danger. Our nightmare is finally over.

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'You are free': What it felt like to flee Afghanistan for a new life in New Zealand - Stuff.co.nz

Monday, 29 November 2021, 2:45 pmPress Release: Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand has today announced it will move to sellonly activities and attractions awarded a Qualmarkendorsement for their commitment to quality, safety andsustainability from 31 March 2022.

The airlinesdedicated website,developed in partnership with Bookme, currently promotesover 465 Qualmark-endorsed New Zealand visitor activitieswith the ambition to increase that number as more businessesachieve a Qualmark award.

To become a Qualmark-awardedactivity, businesses are assessed on four key criteria:economic, social and people, environment and culture, andhealth and safety. Following the evaluation, a Qualmarkbusiness will receive a Bronze, Silver or Gold award basedon their performance under the Sustainable Tourism BusinessAward Criteria.

Air New Zealand Chief Customer andSales Officer Leanne Geraghty says the pandemic hasaccelerated the airlines commitment to becoming moresustainable and we are committed to supporting businessesthat share the same goals.

Aotearoa has a lot toshow off to the world including our stunning landscapes andwildlife - its what we are known for and its ourresponsibility to look after it.

Thats also whywere committed to supporting New Zealand operators whoare contributing to Aotearoa becoming a world-classsustainable visitor destination. This is not just about AirNew Zealand its about future-proofing our key exportand tourism industries from impacts ofclimatechange weare seeing every day.

General Manager QualmarkSteven Dixon welcomes Air New Zealands commitment toshowcasing the best of New Zealands tourismexperiences.

Qualmark endorsed businesses havedemonstrated a commitment to providing quality experiencesto their guests, providing a valuable assurance toconsumers. This includes actions by the business to considerand address their impact on the environment and thecommunities they operate in - something consumers areincreasingly looking for."

RealNZ ChiefConservation Officer Paul Norris says the companys visionis to become a conservation business enabled bytourism.

Were proud to be a Qualmark endorsedorganization and are incredibly supportive of Air NewZealands announcement as it will encourage more NewZealand tourism businesses to turn their focus to becomingsustainablyendorsed.

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