Media release from Multicultural New Zealand June 12 2014 Events will take place throughout New Zealand next week to mark World Refugee Day on 20 June. Multicultural New Zealand welcomes this demonstration of support for refugee resettlement. We will be promoting the policies for refugees and asylum seekers that we are currently raising with political parties in the lead-up to the general election. Our vision … Continue reading World Refugee Day to be observed throughout New Zealand

GPJA members might lke to subscribe to the following email version of a US based newsletter by visiting here The real tragedy of an alleged bribery scandal in Virginia is that hundreds of thousands will be denied health insurance. Having trouble reading this email? View it on the Web. Tuesday, June 10, 2014 What Won’t the GOP Do to Keep the Poor Uninsured? by Zoë … Continue reading Is There Anything Republicans Won’t Do to Keep Poor People Uninsured?

Attention – the earlier version of this email had a broken email address for responding – may apologies. Palestine Solidarity Network, Auckland 3 June 2014 Job Vacancy – Palestine Solidarity Campaigner The Palestine Solidarity Network is looking for a part-time organiser to help build national solidarity campaigns and promote the Palestinian struggle to New Zealanders. The job will begin with just five hours per week … Continue reading Job Vacancy – Palestine campaigner

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 502, June 6, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Saturday, June 7, 2pm-3pm, Downtown Centre, corner of Custom St & Queen St, Auckland City International Day of Action for Free Palestine: Please come along to the protest rally this Saturday 7th June and join the world-wide demand for the end to Israel’s violent & illegal occupation of Palestine, … Continue reading GPJA #502: Sat – International Day of action for Palestine

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Must See TV! Child Poverty in Aotearoa – Tackling Inequality 2014 Episodes available online at http://www.youtube.com/user/cpagNZ or watch FACE TV Sky Channel 83, Wednesdays 7.30pm (repeat broadcast Thursdays 12.30pm) Kia ora everyone, Please take a look at this great series on child poverty in New Zealand – Catriona MacLennan, lawyer, journalist and activist talks to leading experts from … Continue reading Must See TV! Child Poverty in Aotearoa: Tackling Inequality

Entries Open for 2014 Jesson Journalism Awards Have you got a journalistic project that you want to complete, but can’t get enough money or time to do it? If so, a Bruce Jesson Journalism Award may be able to help. Applications for the 2014 awards are now open, and close on Friday 26 September. There are two awards, a senior one to fund a planned … Continue reading Bruce Jesson Foundation Media Release – Call for Entries 2014

Palestine Solidarity Network, Auckland 3 June 2014 Job Vacancy – Palestine Solidarity Campaigner The Palestine Solidarity Network is looking for a part-time organiser to help build national solidarity campaigns and promote the Palestinian struggle to New Zealanders. The job will begin with just five hours per week paid at the living wage ($18.80 an hour) but as our regular funding pledges increase we would like … Continue reading Job Vacancy – Palestine campaigner

THE DAY THAT THE WORLD SAYS: “THIS MUST STOP!” Please come along to the protest rally this Saturday 7th June and join the world-wide demand for the end to Israel’s violent & illegal occupation of Palestine, and the siege of Gaza. Downtown Centre, corner of Custom St & Queen St, Auckland City from 2pm – 3pm on Saturday 7 June 2014. Supported by Palestine Human … Continue reading International Day of Action for Free Palestine on 7 June 2014

It’s now 44 hours and counting since our fellow activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza began their occupation of Statoil’s monster Arctic oil rig. Hi Mike, Continue reading We’re occupying the Statoil rig – Update

“Today I was not supposed to be sad”. These were some of the words of Irma Gonzalez which stunned the audience of 2000 people into silence at the concert organised as part of the International Commission of Inquiry into the case of the Cuban Five in London. Irma informed the crowd that the UK Government had just refused a visa to her father to travel … Continue reading Cuban Five Commission film, ‘Justice in London’ – Watch it here