New Zealand Indian Central Association

09/08/2026

https://www.nzica.org.nz/the-hundred-year-handshake/

How NZICA marked a century by planting a thousand trees that will outlive everyone who touched them The valley woke at half past seven There is a quality to a Waikato winter morning that no photograph has ever held. Mist pools in the gullies and lies there, patient and pale, until the sun finds the....

07/08/2026

02/08/2026

02/08/2026

Fruitful NZICA Executive meeting #2 in Rotorua followed by Governance session

02/08/2026

The venue for the New Zealand Central Indian Association (NZCIA) Centenary Tree Planting has been finalised. It will take place at 166 Waikaretu Valley Road, Glen Murray, Waikato, on Saturday, 8 August 2026. This is a premier opportunity for the NZCIA to contribute to a massive environmental project that has already seen 16,600 trees planted. We warmly invite everyone to attend. Seniors are particularly welcome to plant a tree and leave a lasting legacy for future generations. The details include:
a. 1000 redwood plants have already been delivered to site
b. The current period is the best time to plant these trees
c. The site owners have other engagements and only 8th Aug is available at this stage.
d. It is proposed to do carpooling please
e. Waikato Branch, Waikato Tamil, Waikato Malayali - associate members and Country Section branch has an opportunity to take lead. We need up to 50 people (half of them with spades)
f. We have to reach site by 7.30 am. We will get into action after a breakfast and finish the job with a sumptuous lunch.

23/07/2026

Sir Bill Birch was a remarkable individual who will be deeply missed by everyone in the New Zealand Central Association Inc. family. Bill was an esteemed Honorary Life Member of NZICA, and his legacy will always be remembered.

11/07/2026

A new chapter of India NZ partnership announced in Auckland today. It was great to note both the leaders acknowledge the role of Indian diaspora (whose organised advocacy and service under the leadership of New Zealand Indian Central Association, completes 100 years in NZ - an unique exercise in the whole world)