***URGENT*** TPPA — stop gambling our future! Street theatre and rally at 8am Monday 3 December, Skycity convention centre. On Monday 3 December the 15th round of negotiations towards the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (“TPPA”) begins in Auckland. The TPPA is marketed as a “free trade” treaty, but could more accurately be described as an agreement giving unprecedented new rights to overseas corporations operating in New … Continue reading Call-out for 8am Monday protest Against TPPA Talks, Sky City

Continue reading Call-out for 8am Monday protest Against TPPA Talks, Sky City

Child Poverty Action Group says a ground-breaking documentary on child poverty in New Zealand is compulsory viewing for all New Zealanders. Multi-award winning producer and presenter Bryan Bruce’s Inside Child Poverty documentary will re-screen on TV3 tonight at 9.30pm. CPAG spokesperson, Associate Professor Mike O’Brien said, “We are delighted that TV3 is re-screening this documentary. It has played a significant role in raising the issue … Continue reading Child-poverty documentary tonight TV3 @ 9.30pm a ‘must-see’

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 446, November 25, 2012 ANNOUNCEMENTS TPPA ACTION: UPCOMING EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED 26 Nov Christchurch 12.30-2 pm. Lori Wallach (US Public Citizen) and Jane Kelsey, ‘Why all the fuss about investors’ rights to sue under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement?’, School of Law, Canterbury University, Christchurch. 26 Nov Christchurch 5.30 – 7.45 pm. Lori Wallach … Continue reading GPJA #446: Part 1/3 – What’s On – TPPA activities around NZ

21 November 2012 Murray McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs Parliament Buildings Wellington Email: murray.mccully Kia ora Mr McCully, Israeli apartheid We were very surprised to learn after the fact that the New Zealand Rugby Union had sent rugby coaches to Israel in early October at the behest of the Israeli Rugby Union and New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. You should be aware … Continue reading Letter to Murray McCully re Israeli Apartheid

What can you do to help sink the TPPA? Sign the Avaaz petition and get us to the 1 million mark before 8 December 2012 – the National Day of Action for the Auckland round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Currently it stands at 720,017. Presenting the petition will be the centrepiece for the Auckland action. Sign One Million to Stop the Corporate Death Star … Continue reading Urgent: Auckland round target 1 million Sign-ons to Avaaz Petititon to Stop the TPP

http://www.bdsmovement.net/2012/five-ways-to-effectively-support-gaza-through-boycotts-divestment-and-sanctions-10051 As this new aggression on the people of Gaza shows, Israel will continue its belligerence and state terrorism unless it is made to pay a heavy price for its crimes against the Palestinian, Lebanese and other Arab peoples. Palestinian civil society has called for a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) as the most effective way for international civil society and people of … Continue reading Five ways to effectively support Gaza through Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions

Occupied Palestine, 15 November 2012 – On December 8, Israel carried out an attack on civilians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, shooting 13-year-old Ahmad Abu Daqqa while he played football with friends. By December 14, Israel had intensified its attacks on Gaza and begun to implement an intensive plan of aggression that at the time of writing has killed at least 15 Palestinians, … Continue reading Stop a New Israeli Massacre in Gaza: Boycott Israel Now!

Monday, October 15, 4.30pm, Arts 1 Room 206-220, University of Auckland Attacking Asylum Seekers: Is it Xenophobia or more Political Posturing? SJP panel discussion: Attacking Asylum Seekers. National is currently pushing a legislation that would effectively criminalise those who seek asylum in New Zealand. This is despite overwhelming opposition, with 43 out of 44 submissions to the select committee signing against it. The Immigration Ammendment … Continue reading What’s On next week: Asylum seekers form Auck Mon; Child Poverty rally Wgton Wed

This email is directed at readers in Auckland, Manukau and the northern parts of Papakura. It’s election time again. Not for Parliament, not for the City Council, but for the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust (AECT). The AECT is the trust that is owned by us, the electricity consumers in the central and south of Auckland City. Most of us are not aware of what the … Continue reading Election for Auckland Energy Consumer Trust