NewsViews is a community-focused news portal from Hamilton (New Zealand) and expects to fulfill the current void of a professionally written & produced content that focuses on the local and regional issues that affect the community.
From our perspective, it is important that the community has access to news (and views) they can trust and relate. At NewsViews, our effort will always be to inform and engage the community by providing content that is accurate and coverage is fair.
Newsviews is a marathon, not a sprint. We expect it to evolve in the coming period based upon the valuable feedback of readers.
There are no businesses or publishing houses behind NewsViews. It is the passion and zeal of a former journalist/media person, Gurbir Singh*, who chose New Zealand to be his new home two decades back. And, the logo conveys the strong ties his home country, India has with New Zealand. He is backed by a small, dedicated team who are equally passionate for the success of this venture.
NewsViews looks forward to the valuable support of local community in making this venture a success.
*Gurbir Singh, Editor/Publisher: He is a professionally qualified (Bachelor in Journalism and Reuters Certf. in Digital Journalism). He also has extensive experience in media field. Formerly, he has worked as a Sub Editor/Reporter in a national daily newspaper; Asst. Editor of a house journal; Senior Manager – PR; Corporate Communications consultant, etc. As a freelancer, he has contributed articles to several newspapers. He was also a member of the Indian Association of Industrial Editors; member of the Editorial Committee of Indian Banks Association, Public Relations Society of India, Press Club, etc. In NZ, his career roles included that of an Academic Staff Member – Wintec; Trainer & Educator in the private tertiary education sector; Freelance feature writer, etc.
Gurbir volunteers his time to the local community & is currently serving as the Justice of the Peace(JP) and managing committee member of CSNZIA. Earlier, he has served as Editor, Waikato JPs Association Newsletter; Chairman of Neighbourhood Support Hamilton(44,000+ household members); and was on the managing committee of Kirikiriroa Community House, and Grey Power Hamilton, etc.
You can contact him at: editor@newsviews.co.nz
