Cultural Reports

My name is Anjeet Kaur Singh. I was born in the beautiful island nation of Fiji. I am immensely proud of my Indian ancestry.

My childhood was spent in a predominantly Indo-Fijian Hindu community. I have been living in New Zealand since I was nine years old. After four years of primary school education in Fiji, I attained the rest of my education in New Zealand.

As a Barrister, my practice is in the fields of Criminal and Traffic Law. In 2002, I graduated with a conjoint degree in Commerce and Law (Honours) from the University of Auckland. 

My maternal ancestry is of the Hindu faith and my paternal ancestry is of the Sikh faith. I am aware of the teachings of both these faiths.

I am proficient in Hindi. I also have a basic understanding of Punjabi, with which I can communicate with my Punjabi clients.

I have been very closely involved with the Indian community in both Fiji and New Zealand, at a personal, professional and community level. My parents have been widely involved in community work and education, in which I have assisted by researching and preparing lectures on social issues confronting the Indian community, particularly family violence.

I am also regularly involved in community projects serving our communities, of all ethnicities and backgrounds. As part of my most recent project as an executive member of the Auckland Women Lawyers Association, I travelled to Fiji to raise money to support law students at the University of Fiji.

How I Can Help You?

A significant part of my role is to write cultural reports for people of Indian origin and diaspora which includes India, Fiji, South Africa, Singapore and Malaysia.

In 2008, 2016 and 2023 I travelled extensively through most of the Northern States of India and learnt about the history and culture of the places that I visited.

Given my above experience and knowledge of the Indian history and culture, I am well qualified to provide cultural reports for people of Indian origin.

More importantly, I enjoy preparing cultural reports. I am very connected to my people and believe I can truly relate to their life experiences.  I feel very privileged to be qualified to provide Cultural Reports. In preparing Section 27 Cultural Reports, I endeavour to understand, appreciate and articulate how the offending of my clients is often underpinned by their nurturing environment, including socio-economic and cultural experiences. Often, their experiences and different upbringings shape and condition them to think and behave in certain ways.

I pride myself on my ability to communicate, respect and relate to people from all walks of life, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Through the cultural reports, I have prepared in the past, I have had opportunity to make a beneficial difference not only in their lives but also by having an input in their sentencing process, particularly mitigating factors which the Court may take into account in considering appropriate credit. Often, the nature and level of sentence is significantly mitigated by the provision of Cultural Reports.