Keep Silke, Sakshin and Gabriel in New Zealand

We desperately need more people like these three hard-working and passionate members of and in our community. The new grocery store that I own and manage has purchased and retailed a lot of TOP QUALITY organic produce from the gardens of Silke, Sakshin and Gabriel and to shut down the fine horticultural production that they have established would be most upsetting, wasteful, rude and foolish. Please Immigration NZ, let them stay. Owen Roddis, owner of Organic Foods Nelson Ltd (grocery store).

Silke is a community minded person with an interest and extensive knowledge in Digital technology and she is very generous with her time and energy assassinating the community in their endeavours to get better services I would like to see Silke and her family be able to stay here in Tasman , NZ

I support Silke and her family's permanent residence in New Zealand. Look at what is strong for this family. Nga mini nui,

These people need to be able to stay in NZ and be granted citizenship. They have valuable skills which will be required here moving into the future.

I have known Silke and Sakshin and Gabriel since they arrived in New Zealand. I have watched while they have built their sea buckthorn plantation with dedication, much hard work and Sakshin's skills as an agriculturalist. Sea buckthorn is a valuable plant both in cosmetics and for medicinal use. it is used in local products such as Carol Priest Cosmetics, as well as world wide company Weleda. Silke has been tireless in her involvement with the local community youth projects and the Victory Wifi project. Silke and Sakshin are valuable as residents and will continue to prove their value to the community. I ask that you grant them permanent residence for the benefit of us all. With thanks, Julie Cahusac, founder of L'Artisan Bakery, Nelson NZ

please let them stay!

I personally know Silke, Sakshin and Gabriel. To the best of my insights they add value to New Zealand, definitely not taking anything away. They seemed to have really adapted to the Kiwi way of living. A true asset for NZ!

Silkie brings strength and resilience to our community in Nelson. it would be a great loss for her to leave.

I met Silke during the Gigatown competition, a very passionate and avid supporter who had the vision of the benefits of winning would be for our region. They are a commited family with potential to grow a new high value export for our region. I implore the department to be compassionate and grant residency to this family. It would be a huge loss to our community if they were to go.

It's remarkable the role of Silke in our community. She's always keen for a new challenge to help young locals and collaborates on different projects in which people help each other to make Nelson a better place.

Silka is one of those people that makes things happen in a community. I have been very impressed by her commitment to the NZ entrepreneurial economy, especially in the regional communities of NZ (Nelson/Tasman). Silke is an asset to the community and it would be a loss to the community if she weren't allowed to stay.

Silke and Sakshin really have created the most beautiful sanctuary in Wakefield. I would like this special family to stay in the neighbourhood. They are most definitely an asset to New Zealand and the local community in so many ways. I really hope that immigration NZ reconsider.

I kindly request that Silke Larsen and her family is permitted to stay in New Zealand. I know her as a powerhouse of love and care for her community with a committed dedication to contribute and create value through her work and who she is a woman. Please look again and see how she and her family has contributed during her life and love for NZ. Kindly, Helene Habberstad

Silke would make a great New Zealander

Silks is such an amazing part of the Nelson community it would be a real shame and a great lose if her and her family had to leave. My interactions with her have been through our times volunteering in different initatives. First with a democratic education trust and secondly with the gigatown nelson competition. Both times she provided vital in put and added real value to each group.

I have worked with Silke in association with the Victory WiFi project. She has energy, enthusiasm and useful skills that are/would be a great asset to New Zealand and to Nelson. I have no hesitation in supporting this petition.

I request that Silke Larsen and her family are granted permanent residency in New Zealand now and are allowed to stay in New Zealand. She and her family are a massive force for good in our community and they deserve to stay!

We'd lose a valuable member of the community if Silke were to leave. Please allow her to stay and continue to enrich us and contribute to local affairs.

These people are competent and very decent. New Zealand could do with their input!

We need people like Sakshin and his family, who have unique knowledge and skills growing amazing healthy food products for New Zealanders.