OHM NZ Membership
Eligibility Criteria
A Malayali Hindu as defined in the constitution and continuing to practice Hindu religion and culture will be eligible for financial membership of the OHM NZ. The minimum age for the Financial Members shall be 18 years and such a person should pay an annual membership fee without fail.
Every membership application must be forwarded with reference of an existing member to the next Executive Committee meeting for approval. The Executive Committee at its discretion can reject any application without assigning any reason thereof.
Please fill out the form below to register for OHM NZ membership. One of OHM NZ EC members will be in touch with you soon.
Membership Benefits
OHM NZ is one of the leading and well-respected expatriate Indian association in Auckland, New Zealand, especially for the Malayali Hindu Community of Kerala, living and settled in Auckland.
As the name suggests, we are the only organisation currently serving and providing a window for our members for maintaining, learning, practicing, developing, promoting, and propagating their regional art, cultural, linguistic, culinary, and religious characters and customs of Kerala Malayali Hindu Community in Auckland. Because of this, people are considering this as a matter of prestige and feel proud in becoming a member of OHM NZ.
By becoming a member of OHM NZ, you can avail and participate in the following facilities and activities offered exclusively for our registered members:
- Special Members’ Discount for our Ticketed events.
- Trade discount from some participating stores.
- Any help or support required is available at a phone call away.
- First people to arrive, help and support in case of any emergencies.
- Career advice and job support, including finding, guiding, and directing to secure a job.
- Personality and language development training and support.
- Seminars, advice, and meetings to support and improve knowledge on things like first home buying, wills and trust, how to own a business, etc to name a few.
- Regular Meet and greet of members with food and a theme.
- Karaoke Nights with food for general entertainment.
- If eligible become part of our Youth Club and participate in their adventurous activities
- Malayalam language and cultural development classes like “Ente Keralam”.
- A place to meet and mingle with people of your State in Auckland.
- Celebrate all the Kerala Hindu festivals together like a family.
- Participate, learn, practice, and perform cultural events and activities relating to Kerala.
- A platform to participate, learn, practice, and perform, various Hindu religious customs, rituals & activities of Kerala, like Vavubali, Attukaal Pongaala etc.
- Learn and understand the Hindu religious teachings and philosophies, like Bhagavatham etc.
- Join the exclusive & separate sports activities like badminton etc for children, ladies, and gents.
- Children and elders bhajan groups to learn, sing, practice & perform bhajans in group.
- Exclusive temple activities for OHM NZ members like Bhagavathiseva,
- Mandalakalam bhajans, Neythenga filling and Ayyappa vilakku etc.
- Volunteering opportunities to showcase and present your inborn skills to the community
- Social and Community service opportunities and many more.
Neighbourhood Groups
We envisage developing this as a self-help and family support group for the members who all are living in the same locality or area by coming together and supporting each other in times of grieving of a family or on local emergencies, as the first support point, and join in each one’s personal or professional success, happiness, and celebrations. Currently among us, Malayalis, this trait is missing, or they are shy to celebrate or say publicly their or their children’s successes and thereby it’s not known, congratulated, or acknowledged and appreciated publicly. Through this grouping, would ike to see this change.
To make it a workable structure, we wish to assemble ten or more families each from the same neighbourhood, say, from within and around five kilometres radius of their residence. Thereby they can have regular interaction and support in the following ways.
- An opportunity for our members to find, identify and meet someone from your own community in your immediate vicinity or area whom you don’t or didn’t know otherwise.
- A first contact point at times of any calamities or emergencies in that area.
- If interested organise themselves poojas, prayers or any religious activities as a group as they wish or want to promote their own religious and social needs and requirements.
- To participate on a local basis in “Ramayana maasam” being organised by OHM NZ annually.
- Look after the home and property while someone is temporarily away from home or on holiday.
- Represent and become part of OHM NZ local area network group for wider community activities.
- Moral support and help with food and any other service a grieving family may need or require at that time.
- Support and help a family during hospitalisation or on any special medical conditions.
- Develop bonding among families and children.
- Thereby educate and make children learn how to live and behave in a community and become responsible citizens.
- Help to develop language and cultural affinity, togetherness, and bonding among members in that area, especially among children, otherwise missing due to current independent single-family living.
- Dropping or picking from schools or providing temporary childcare support for each other’s children at times.
- Organising and conducting this properly can become an inspiration and motivation for others to join OHM NZ.
