Southland Nepalese Society

04/10/2026

Voluntary Fundraising Appeal – Support for Kumar Rai

Namaste everyone,

It is with great sadness that we share the news about the serious health condition of Mr. Kumar Rai (63), father of Arjun Thulung (Rai), a member of the Southland Nepalese Society.

Arjun’s father was visiting New Zealand when he became unwell and was admitted to Invercargill Hospital. He later travelled to Christchurch to catch a flight to Nepal for further treatment and to be with his family. However, upon arriving in Christchurch, his condition became very serious, and he was admitted to Christchurch Hospital, where he was diagnosed with advanced-stage cancer.

Arjun is now urgently making arrangements for his father to return to Nepal to be with his family and receive further care. This has placed Arjun and his family under immense emotional and financial pressure.

At this difficult time, we kindly request everyone to stand together and support Arjun and his family. Any contribution, no matter how small, can make a meaningful difference.

If you are able to contribute by Saturday, 10 October, your support would be greatly appreciated.

Bank Details
Southland Nepalese Society Inc.
Account: 03-1750-0453388-00
Reference: Arjun Rai

All contributions are completely voluntary and deeply appreciated.
Donors’ names may be acknowledged in SNS community communications. If you prefer not to have your name published, please let us know, and your contribution will be acknowledged as “Anonymous Community Member.”

Thank you for your kindness, compassion and generosity. Let us come together as a community and support Kumar and his family during this very difficult time. 🙏

01/10/2026

Southern Institute of Technology Student Support Services is hosting a BBQ to bring everyone together.

All funds raised will be donated to the Nepal flood relief effort as a gesture of solidarity and support.

Please join if you can and support a good cause

26/09/2026

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐙 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕! 🏆🇳🇵

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞.

📅 𝟗–𝟏𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕
📍 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐲𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞, 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲

𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐚.

👉 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://eventsanjal.com/events/sports-festival-2027-nrnanz

📷 𝐎𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
🔹 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: $𝟏𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭
🔹 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: $𝟓𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭
🔹 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖: 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞
🔹 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧-𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 — 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥
🔹 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞, 𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐑𝐍𝐀 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
🔹 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 (𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬) 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭

🏏⚽🏐🏸🏀🏃 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐧, 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢, 𝐭𝐮𝐠-𝐨𝐟-𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞!

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 — 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. 🙏

#𝐍𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐙 #𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 #𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐍𝐙 #𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

Key Contacts:

🏸 Badminton + Basketball: Amit Bhandari (0210439738)
🏏 Cricket: Nabin Pradhan (0224106324) & Bikal Khadka
⚽ Football: Sudesh Sharma (0224303989)
🏐 Volleyball: Tirtha Mani Aryal (0211365726)
🏃 Athletics & Chess: Rosh*t Bothara (0276721191)
🏓 Indoor Games: Suresh Lama (0224170855)
👩 Women's Activities: Nabina Niraula (0226450210)
** Other Business: Sulav Paudel (02040971625)

25/09/2026

18/09/2026

We encourage everyone who can to support Samira during this difficult time. Any support, big or small, will make a meaningful difference.

Raising funds for young Nepalese women who has unexpected cancer diagnosis and cannot access public care.

06/09/2026

PLEASE SUPPORT NEPAL FLOOD RELIEF

Southland Nepalese Society (SNS) encourages all Southlanders to come together and support the relief efforts in any way possible.

You can help through:

• NRNA NZ and Nepalese community collaborative initiatives (https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-nepal-recover-from-devastating-floods)
• Government of Nepal – Prime Minister’s Relief Fund (https://pmdrf.nchl.com.np/)
• SMS/text donation options

Every contribution, big or small, can help provide essential support to families affected by the floods.

Please donate if you can, and share only verified information with your family, friends and wider community.

Together, we can support Nepal in this difficult time.

Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the recent floods in Nepal.

Southland Nepalese Society

30/08/2026

Today, we gathered to remember and honour the lives lost in the devastating floods in Nepal and to stand in solidarity with those affected.

A heartfelt thank you to all community members from across Southland who attended the candlelight vigil despite the difficult weather. We are also grateful to the Invercargill Mayor, Councillors and their team, and the SIT CEO and whānau for standing with our community during this difficult time.

Our thoughts remain with the families and friends still waiting for their missing loved ones to return home. We also honour the volunteers, rescuers and emergency teams working tirelessly to save lives and support those in need.

Together, we remember those who lost their lives—may they rest in peace. We stand in solidarity with their families and friends, and hope for the safe return of those still missing.

30/08/2026

Today, we gathered to remember and honour the lives lost in the devastating floods in Nepal and to stand in solidarity with those affected.

A heartfelt thank you to all community members from across Southland who attended the candlelight vigil despite the difficult weather. We are also grateful to the Invercargill City Council Mayor, Councillors and their team, and Southern Institute of Technology CEO and whānau for standing with our community during this difficult time.

Our thoughts remain with the families and friends still waiting for their missing loved ones to return home. We also honour the volunteers, rescuers and emergency teams working tirelessly to save lives and support those in need.

Together, we remember those who lost their lives—may they rest in peace. We stand in solidarity with their families and friends, and hope for the safe return of those still missing.

Thank you!
Southland Nepalese Society

29/08/2026

Dear Community Members,

We understand that this is a very difficult and emotional time for all of us, following the recent devastating floods in Nepal and the loss of lives and impact on many families.

At this time of sadness, let us stay together as a community, care for one another, and support those affected by this tragedy.

We would like to inform you that the upcoming Teej Gathering has been cancelled following a decision made at today’s Executive Committee meeting.

Any contributions already received for the event will be refunded as soon as possible. To arrange your refund, please send your bank account details to our email address: [email protected].

We apologise for any inconvenience and sincerely thank you for your understanding, support, and compassion during this difficult time.

Southland Nepalese Society Inc.

29/08/2026

Namaste,

This is a very difficult and sad time for our community. Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone who has lost their lives, those who are injured or missing, and their families and loved ones. At this time of grief, it is important for us to come together as a community, stand with one another, and offer our support, care and solidarity.
🕯️ Date: Sunday, 30 August 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 pm
📍 Location: Outside Invercargill City Council building, Esk Street

Let’s gather for a Candlelight Vigil on Sunday, 30 August at 6:00 pm to remember and honour those affected by the devastating floods in Nepal on 26 August.

We will be using electric candles/lights only. If you wish, please feel free to bring flowers to lay as a tribute, or your own electric candle/light to join us in the vigil.

We warmly encourage community members, friends and supporters to attend. Your presence will mean a lot as we come together in remembrance, compassion and solidarity during this very difficult time.

Let us stand together as one community, remember those affected, and support and care for one another.

With heartfelt condolences and solidarity,
Southland Nepalese Society Inc.