There are approximately 5,000 people of Pakistani descent living in New Zealand who have made significant contributions across many fields. These "Pakistani-Kiwis" have achieved success in education, government, science, sports, and community organizations. They have also helped with relief efforts such as donations after the Canterbury earthquakes and Fiji cyclones.

1. PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF PAKISTANI-KIWIS

2. There are an estimated 5,000 New Zealanders of Pakistani
descent who have called New Zealand their home.
These ‘Pakistani-Kiwis’, despite a small number, have
made significant contributions of Education, Government,
Utilities, Infrastructure, Information Technology and
Corporate sectors. Following are some of those
achievements.

3. DR ASHRAF CHOUDHARY
 Pakistani-New Zealand scientist in
agricultural engineering.
 New Zealand's first MP from South Asia and
Pakistan.
 Served on the Primary Production, Local
Government and Environment, and
Education and Science select committees.
 Received Queen's Service Order for
community work in 2001.
 As president of FIANZ he oversaw the first
annual halal meat contract with the New
Zealand Meat Producers Board in 1984

4. KHALID "BILLY" IBADULLA
 Played for Pakistan & Otago.
 In 1965 he represented Otago
against Pakistan 1965 took 4
wickets and scored 43 and 102
 Living in Dunedin and working as a
cricket coach.
 He has coached some of top Black
Caps, including Glenn Turner, Ken
Rutherford, Chris Cairns
 He umpired first-class cricket in
England in 1982 and 1983.

5. Mansoor Khawaja
 Mansoor was Chief Demographer at
Statistics New Zealand for many years.
 A founder member of New Zealand
Demographic Society in 1975
 Awarded Life membership of the Population
Association of New Zealand
 Won Royal Society Medal in 2002.
 He has contributed a great deal to
population studies in New Zealand, the
Population Association (formerly
Demographic Society) and mentoring of
young demographers.

6. PROF. HANIF QUAZI
 A portrait of M. Hanif Quazi (1967-72 BSc (Hons), MSc (Hons), PhD),
the Alumni International Medallist, 2009.
 Professor Quazi’s story encompasses highly significant scientific
contributions to plant science in New Zealand, where he worked for
many years after graduation from Lincoln and completion of a post-
doctoral fellowship in the United Kingdom, as well as in his home
country of Pakistan.
 Mohammad Hanif Quazi came to Lincoln College when he was awarded
a Commonwealth Research Fellowship and commenced PhD studies
 Hanif Quazi has made a major contribution to agricultural and plant
sciences in his home country. In his work can be seen the transfer of
many New Zealand-based technologies to the Pakistan context. These
range from specific plant science examples to models of social and
community services.
 Complementing his contributions to academia and the scientific
community, Hanif Quazi has used his experience and wisdom to
benefit poor farming communities in a number of ways using practical
‘Kiwi’ insight into problems to get results

7. Dr Khalid Sandhu
 Khalid and Razia Sandhu established the
Kilbirnie Medical Centre in 1976.
 They served the local community till their
retirement in 2010.
 One of the founding members of
Federation of Islamic Associations of New
Zealand.
 Long service member of New Zealand
Interfaith Council
 In 2002, received Queen Service Order
medal from the Governor-General.

8. DR MANSOOR SHAFI
 Telecom Fellow (Wireless) with Spark,
where he advises on future directions of
wireless technologies and standards.
 Represents New Zealand in the World
Radio Conference and in meetings of
ITU and APT relating to wireless and
spectrum standards.
 Received the Insignia of a Member of
the New Zealand Order of Merit for
services to wireless communication
technologies

9. KASHIF SHUJA
 Squash player who represented both Pakistan &
New Zealand.
 Represented New Zealand;
 World Team 2005, 2007 & 2009, World Doubles 2006
 New Zealand National Champion
 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009
 Coaching Highlights
 Squash Central High Performance Coach
 Squash New Zealand High Performance Manager
 Coached Central Women to two National titles
 New Zealand men’s team coach for World Championships
 High Performance Coordinator Massey Academy of Sport.

10. DR MOHAMMAD ZAMAN
 He is a Technical Officer Joint FAO/IAEA Programme
Nuclear Technologies in Food and Agriculture.
 Helping NZ farmers in the environmentally
sustainable use of nitrogen fertilisers on New Zealand
farms.
 Developing a climate smart improved soil and water
management practices for:
 Sustainable intensification of agricultural production systems
 Mitigation of greenhouse gases
 Improving fertilizer use efficiency through novel technology
 Building soil resilience to minimize land degradation and soil
erosion, soil salinity and water logging.

11. WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY

12. CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
 In response to generous support from
New Zealanders for floods in Pakistan,
the Pakistani-Kiwis in Wellington
organised 600+ relief packages for
Canterbury Quake victims
 The packages contained non-perishable
food, toiletries, and other items in high
demand in the quake zone
 The packages were distributed by
Salvation Army

13. BLOOD BALTI IN AUCKLAND
 Billa Zubair, a Pakistani in Auckland
organises ‘Blood Balti’ event every year
to encourage people to donate blood to
save lives
 Blood Donation Drive comes with a
Pakistani style BBQ, Music and Gup
Shup (chit-chat)
 First Blood Balti event made 9 blood
donations from Pakistanis and other
communities and today the donations
have reached close to 100

14. FIJI CYCLONE RELIEF
 Under the banner of Kiwi-Maddad,
Pakistani-Kiwi families contributed and
prepared relief packages for Fiji
Cyclone Relief
 The packages contained non-
perishable food, toiletries, and other
items in high demand in the quake
zone

15. EID GIFTS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES
 In order to help alleviate refugees’
sufferings, Kiwi-Maddad is organising
Eid gifts for the new Syrian Refugees in
Wellington
 The gifts have been donated by several
families and were also collected
through donation drives in various
workplaces
 If you want to contribute, please reach
out to Jamil Khan
(jamil.khan@clear.net.nz) by 10th
September 2016

16. PAKISTANIS IN MEGA PROJECTS
 Pakistani have made significant
contributions to large, high-visibility
infrastructure and technology programs
in the country

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