The Cuba Friendship Society invites you to two events featuring the Cuban ambassador Mario Alzugaray Rodriguez a public lecture at 6pm on Thursday August 11, and a film showing at 7pm on Friday August 12 to celebrate Fidel Castro’s contribution to the Cuban revolution on his 90th birthday. Full details are below and attached. Regards Annalucia Vermunt for the Cuba Friendship Society 1) The public … Continue reading Hear the Cuban Ambassador Mario Alzugaray Rodriguez: Public lecture, 6pm, Thurs., Aug. 11; Film showing, 7pm, Fri., Aug. 12.

CPAG AGM & guest speaker Judge Andrew Becroft When Wednesday July 27, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM NZST Add to Calendar 6.30pm: AGM 7.30pm: Judge Andrew Becroft Where St Columba Centre 40 Vermont St Ponsonby Auckland New Zealand Driving Directions Call for nominations: Are you passionate about the well-being of New Zealand children? Would you like to play a bigger part in CPAG’s … Continue reading Invite: AGM and Guest Speaker Children’s Commissioner

Multinational corporations are being given rights and advantages over citizens and the local economy in many different ways. We need to join with others to connect the dots between the struggles against corporate control. We will join together, across allied networks and movements, to fight against governments pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and other pro-corporate treaties; multinational tax evasion and tax havens; fossil fuels, … Continue reading Day of Action across Aotearoa: 10 September 2016

The Roger Award is for The Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2016 Here is the link to the 2016 Roger Award online nomination form http://canterbury.cyberplace.co.nz/community/CAFCA/roger-award-2016-form.html You can also download the hard copy nomination form from there. Criteria: The criteria for judging are by assessing the transnational (a corporation which is 25% or more foreign-owned) that has the most negative impact in each … Continue reading Roger Award 2016: Nominations Now Open

CPAG AGM & guest speaker Judge Andrew Becroft When Wednesday July 27, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM NZST Add to Calendar 6.30pm: AGM 7.30pm: Judge Andrew Becroft Where St Columba Centre 40 Vermont St Ponsonby Auckland New Zealand Driving Directions Get more information Register Now! I can’t make it Dear Mike, Just a friendly reminder to attend CPAG’s Annual General Meeting Wednesday 27th … Continue reading Reminder: CPAG AGM and Guest Speaker

The Auckland report launch of: Laybying our Future: The State of Student Hardship in New Zealand When Wednesday August 3, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM NZST Add to Calendar Where Case Room 223, Business School Owen G Glenn Building 12 Grafton Road Auckland New Zealand Get more information Register Now! I can’t make it Can’t make it to the launch?? If you can’t … Continue reading Invite: Student hardship report launch & panel discussion 3 Aug

West Papua solidarity groups from across Aotearoa New Zealand have launched a formal parliamentary petition calling on the New Zealand Government to speak out about the human rights situation in West Papua. Please help us get as many signatures as possible before 24 August 2016. Return by 20 August please. 1. Please print the signature sheet attached if you are able to collect signatures. All … Continue reading West Papua petition – please circulate if you can

The long anticipated documentary, THE 5TH EYE, that follows the story of the Waihopai Three and the GCSB premieres this month in the New Zealand International Film Festival. The film will screen as part of the festival in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin and Timaru. Other regional screenings will be announced by the Film Festival in coming weeks. Details about ticket sales are at http://www.The5thEye.com – … Continue reading “The 5th Eye” Documentary On Waihopai Domebusters & GCSB Premieres Around NZ July/August

Your fortnightly SOUL update. Can’t see our lovely images? View this email in your browser We have two big events in the coming week in the SOUL campaign to ‪#protectihumatao‬. You are invited, bring your friends and whānau and show your love for this precious whenua. Coming up on Sunday, and then on Thursday… Matariki kite day Matariki Kite Day and Ceremonial Planting Sunday 10 … Continue reading In the next week: kite day and public meeting. Haere mai!

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Reminder for the Auckland launch of KATHRYN’S STORY How the Government spent well over $100,000 and 15 years pursuing a chronically-ill beneficiary mother for a debt she should not have. When Friday July 1, 2016 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM NZST Add to Calendar Where Auckland Women’s Centre Grey Lynn 4 Warnock St Grey Lynn Auckland New … Continue reading Reminder:Launch of Kathryn’s Story 1 July