Namaste New Zealand (17) - Series Two, Episode Nine

Wrestling and jiu-jitsu is probably the bravest thing I've done. This started out as a hobby but it's turned into an obsession . . . don't mind that.

– Jiu-jitsu competitor Tasha Bhattacharya

..analysinfg a problem, breaking it into tasks that can be easily solved..it becomes second habit. It becomes easier for them, for their brain to logically guide them, and they can solve their problems.

– Scratchpad founder Vijesh Nangia, on how learning programming is beneficial for kids

...we’ve got so many Indians here — 160,000 from the last report I saw. Those 160,000 are working in Kiwi companies, and they will form the bridge, and that bridge will help us get over those cultural nuances that we have between the countries.

– Surinder Ogra from the New Zealand India Trade Alliance on the two countries doing business

We bring a new kind of learning for the kids in which they don’t remain just users. They become creators in which they, through technology, create something of their own, create their own app, own website, and they start to think outside of the box.

– Scratchpad founder Vijesh Nangia, on educating children through programming and technology, early in this episode

I would say it's an exciting future; I would say there are huge opportunities out there and I'm very, very optimistic about where New Zealand-India trade is going in the future. And in the last five years if we look, we have almost doubled the trade flow between the two countries.

– Surinder Ogra, an expert on New Zealand-Indian trade

There is a saying that before it goes to the table you should always taste your drink, because customers are paying for it. If you don't like it, how are they going to like it.  

– Mixologist Mohit Sharma makes a mojito