View this email in your browser Picnic for Peace: 100 years of resistance to war Anzac day 25 April 2018 12 noon Auckland Domain Band Rotunda Family-friendly, free event Join Auckland Peace Action for an alternative Anzac Day event. We’re hosting a peace picnic to commemorate conscientious objectors who resisted war. There will be inspiring speakers, music and food along with an opportunity for families … Continue reading Picnic for Peace 25 April

Join us in protest at the massacres currently happening on the Gaza border! Support the Palestinians in Gaza who have gathered peacefully as part of a “Great March of Return” to demand refugees and their descendants be allowed to return to their ancestral homes in Israel. They have been met with bullets and tear gas fired from drones by the Israeli military. This peaceful protest … Continue reading Auckland Rally 2pm, Saturday 07 April, Aotea Square – Support March of Return

Theme: Rebuilding Public Education 9 am – 4:30 pm St Columba Centre Vermont St, Ponsonby, Auckland. This forum addresses some pressing issues that the new Government and sector are grappling with in order to rebuild a high quality, well-funded, and accessible public education system, as outlined in the forum programme. Please see the attached flyers which include the forum’s programme and our latest newsletter "The … Continue reading QPEC’s Forum & AGM Sat 14 April 2018,

Unite has a vacancy for a part-time Organiser in the northern region working alongside our current organiser assisting Postal Workers who are members of the Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa. The position is a permanent part-time position of 24 hours per week, involving visits to worksites during weekday mornings from 7am and some afternoon or evening visits. Work is mostly based in Auckland, but occasional … Continue reading Wanted: Postal Workers Trainee Organiser – Northern Region

Lumad Educators speaking tour of NZ 2018 In March Auckland Philippines Solidarity (APS), will be hosting a speaking tour of two Lumad (Indigenous peoples) educators from Mindanao, Southern Philippines. In June last year, immediately following his State of the Nation Address and when confronted by thousands of indigenous activists, Philippine President Duterte threatened to have the military bomb the independent indigenous schools that had been … Continue reading The War Against Indigenous Schools in the Philippines – Public Meetings – Wellington March 27 – Auckland March 28th – W

MAR An evening with US/Palestinian human rights lawyer and activist HUWAIDA ARRAF and NZ activist JUSTINE SACHS* On building the global BDS movement to BOYCOTT APARTHEID ISRAEL 7pm Weds 21 March Free entry – koha/donations welcome *Justine co-wrote the open letter successfully asking Kiwi super-star Lorde to cancel her planned Tel Aviv concert. Justine is co-founder of Dayenu: Jews Against the Occupation VENUE: Lecture theatre … Continue reading Invitation to hear Huwaida Arraf in Auckland this Weds

Whats coming up for APA View this email in your browser Kia ora Peace Action Whānau, Hope everyone has had a rad summer, We did! But now its back to work! We have a lot of exciting stuff coming up, here are some key dates 🙂 Key Dates 4 March: TPPA – It’s Our Future! Don’t Sign! Auckland Rally 1:00pm @ Aotea Square 7 March: … Continue reading Key Dates: Petroleum Conference, TPPA, Philippines Solidarity

The TPPA-11 will be signed on Thursday 8 March Take action against the signing! Save yourselves Say No to the TPPA-11TPPA-11 Don’t do it! PetitionNationwide Week of Action Our government along with 10 other countries intends to sign the TPPA-11 (CPTPP) in Chile on the 8th of March. They insist that the deal is much better than the original TPPA, which included the United States. … Continue reading Take action now against the signing of TPPA-11!

Dear Friends, From March 19 until April 5th, Auckland Philippines Solidarity (APS), Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa (PSNA), Migrante Aotearoa will be hosting a speaking tour of Lumad (Indigenous peoples) educators from Mindanao, Southern Philippines. The tour is titled “The War Against Indigenous (Lumad) Schools in the Philippines”. In June last year, immediately following his State of the Nation Address and when confronted by thousands … Continue reading The War Against Indigenous Schools In the Philippines: Lumad Educators Solidarity Tour 2018

Monday 12 Feb, 6.30pm, Ellen Melville Centre, corner of High St and Freyberg Place, Auckland CBD https://www.facebook.com/events/865008510327414/ Nationwide Public Meetings on the TPPA-11 Auckland 12 Feb – Wellington 14 Feb – Nelson 20 Feb – Christchurch 21 Feb – Dunedin 22 Feb The TPPA-11 has had a rebranding to the CPTPPA (Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement) – yet there is very little that … Continue reading TPPA-11 – Let’s Not Do This! Pub Mtg, Monday, 6.30pm, Ellen Melville Hall