An Ethnic Food Festival under Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust will be held on May1, 2004 from 11am to 3 pm in Mt. Albert Hall New North Road. According to event management Prime Minister Helen Clark and other important officials are schedule to attend the function. Pakistan Association of New Zealand will participate in this Festival by having both Display and Food Stalls at the venue. We will also be participating in Cultural Programme in form of dance performance on some folk tune from Pakistan. Display stall will present different facets of Pakistan society while Food Stall will present different traditional dishes from Pakistan. At Food Stall you are expected to get Haleem, Nihari and Chappal Kabab and much more. Women Council will share the workload with PANZ General Committee in planning and implementing the details.
As Display Stall needs handicrafts or any other traditional stuff, we request all of you to lend the same if you have it in your home. Your belongings will be returned back to you after the programme.
Please keep yourself spare for the said date and come with your family. Don’t forget to wear the traditional dress at this occasion. We expect all of the community members to listen to this call and be a part of multicultural environment.
For further information please contact us at the following
Ph: 6260149
Mob: 027 2737903
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Multi-ethnic Food and Cultural Festival was held in Mount Albert Hall on May1, 2004. Thanks God Pakistan Association of New Zealand excelled in all three sections of the programme and was greatly appreciated by each and every participant. These sentiments were specially expressed from the stage number of times. Shanti Nawas Charitable trust had organized this event and was also attended by Prime Minister Helen Clark, Ethnic Minister Chris Carter, MP Ashraf Chaudhry and other notables. Pakistan Association of New Zealand had put two display centers one right at the entrance and other at the second specified place. At display 1 a big TV continued showing selected Pakistan Music all the day providing entertainment and presented a good image of Pakistan for every one entering the hall. The Main Display was a treat to watch and stood exceptionally brilliant as compared to other exhibition stalls put by various organizations. It continued attracting people whole the day and remained center of attraction until the end. We were honored and named as the best Display Stall by Shanti Nawas Management. This stall was a colorful combination of information and culture. Variety of posters, handicrafts, dresses, Paintings, Music CDs along with other suck like stuff presented a true picture of Pakistan. Prime Minister Helen Clark and MP Ashraf Chaudhry visited the stall separately and appreciated the efforts of Pakistan Association of New Zealand. At a separate place and close to the main stage, a bright looking Pakistan Food Stall offered traditional food to the programme attendants with yummy dishes like Nihari, Haleem, Chapli Kebab, Shami Kebab, Chicken Biryani and Zarda (Sweet Rice). This food stall also remained one of the most attractive ones and by the end was short of supply. Chicken Biryani cooked by skillful and master hands of Nawazish Ali was pick of the dishes. All other dishes were prepared by Women Council including Mrs. Kamal Shamsi, Mrs. Zahida Fiaz, Mrs. Salman Sheikh, Mrs. Irfan and others. In Cultural programme PANZ new sensation S A Mirza almost hypnotized the audience with his dazzling dance performance on Punjabi Songs of Ibrar-ul-Haq. Such was his mastery that whole the hall danced with him and he was called to the stage three times despite the fact that he had competitors from India, Japan, Spain and other places. He was declared as the best performer by the public and programme ended with his third performance that was joined by young and old Pakistani and Indian participants who gathered on the stage in dance ecstasy. Pakistan Association of New Zealand appreciates the talent of this young man and hopes him to be a bright performing asset in coming programmes. PANZ is proud of the fact that it has introduced a whole lot of new talent since its starting tenure and continues to believe that Pak community has home-grown talent that only needs to be polished and encouraged. Pakistan Association is thankful to all those who worked for us during this programme in form of volunteers and performers. The credit of taking Pakistan to the multi-ethnic forum and making us prominent truly goes to them. We are specially thankful to Women Council that gave a big helping hand despite the short notice and stood by us all the time.
Dear Shahid Azad Well done. We are proud on you and your team. You are doing excellent job GOD will reward yours efforts. Well done to all team and congratulation on such a great performance. Again Well Done & Best of Luck Tanweer Syed
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