GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 487, DECEMBER 18, 2013 Sat. Protest: "Justice for Migrant Workers- Stand Up Fight Back!" Paid less than legal minimum wage – Long hours – No leave. Empty promises made by the employer – threats from the employer. Navvivek Singh was forced to go through all this and much more!! He is simply asking for what is rightfully his. … Continue reading GPJA #487: Sat. Protest: “Justice for Migrant Workers- Stand Up Fight Back!”

I hope you are all planning to come if you are able…the weather forecast is fine. We have organised permission and the ground will be opened for us. We will gather (remember to bring a candle – one with a cardboard cup thing to protect against the wind if you can) in the middle of the field where the protest group stood in 1981 and … Continue reading Remembrance for Nelson Mandela – Rugby Park Hamilton – 8.30pm this Sunday 15 December – note the carpool from Unite Union at 6pm.

Kia ora koutou, My comments on Mandela’s passing are in this link: http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/12/09/nelson-mandela-the-triumph-and-the-tragedy/ I’ve been moved and humbled by the many messages calling for me to be included in the official delegation to attend Mandela’s funeral service. If I was invited to be a part of the delegation I’d be very happy to accept because it would better reflect New Zealand and the reality of … Continue reading Mandela’s death and the New Zealand delegation to his funeral

Please make sure you have signed and encourage everyone to get us up to 25,000 – we are almost at 24,000 now REMINDER: SIGN THE PETITION FOR RELEASE OF TEXT NOW Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   FINAL CHANCE TO SIGN TPPA SECRECY PETITION – CLOSES 12 NOV Sign the petition here at http://www.itsnotright.org.nz We now have over 23,000 … Continue reading Final days to sign TPPA secrecy petition – closes 12 Nov

The waste of failure – the case for a just economy THIS EVENT HAS A CORRECTED DATE & REVISED CONTENT Thursday 7th November, 6pm Venue – Edith Winstone Blackwell Case Room. (Room 223) Owen Glen Building, University of Auckland It would help us plan if you registered your interest here. New Zealand’s failure to provide safe, affordable loans and its inadequate credit laws condemn the … Continue reading Nov 7:

Tamils killed by Sri Lankan armed forces May 2009 GPJA Media Release: John Key urged to join Canada and boycott CHOGM meeting in Sri Lanka GPJA is supporting a march in Auckland this Saturday organised by the New Zealand Tamil Society to protest war crimes and on-going human rights abuses in Sri Lanka and to call for Prime Minister John Key to boycott this month’s … Continue reading March this Sat for boycott of CHOGM in Sri Lanka

Justice Goddard – Public lecture poster (6).pdf Continue reading Law-academic Public Lecture by The Honourable Justice Goddard – 6 November