View this email in your browser Kia ora Peace Friends, Hope you are charged up and ready for a great year of peace action and justice! We have been reminded recently that "When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die". The NZ government has committed $2.4 billion to new military aircraft while thousands of people in this country are unable to get … Continue reading Peace Action Plans for the New Year 2019

Open Letter by Over 70 Scholars and Experts Condemns US-Backed Coup Attempt in Venezuela "The U.S. and its allies must cease encouraging violence by pushing for violent, extralegal regime change." "For the sake of the Venezuelan people, the region, and for the principle of national sovereignty, these international actors should instead support negotiations between the Venezuelan government and its opponents." As many American lawmakers, pundits, … Continue reading No support for coup or invasion of Venezuela

Cuba in today’s world Cuba celebrates 60 years of the Revolution · US economic embargo continues · Cubans discuss new constitution Cuban flags fly outside the US embassy in Havana Hear the Ambassador of Cuba to New Zealand, Mario Alzugaray speak. 4pm, Sunday, February 3, 2019 Unite Union 6A Western Springs Rd Kingsland, Auckland 1021 For more information: Auckland Cuba Friendship Society cubafriends.ak Ph 09 … Continue reading 4pm, Sun, Feb 3; Cuba in today’s world. Hear the Cuban ambassador

People from all around New Zealand will be converging on the super-secret Waihopai satellite interception spybase, in Marlborough, on aturday January 26th. We will be at the Waihopai spy base main gate at Waihopai Valley Road from 11 a.m. There will be speakers; information will be provided on the function of the base; and there will be a peaceful protest, calling for its closure. The … Continue reading WAIHOPAI SPYBASE PROTEST SATURDAY JANUARY 26th ·WAIHOPAI WORKS FOR DONALD TRUMP

In light of the disastrous Trump Presidency – why is New Zealand still an active and willing part of the US Empire? The US intelligence and nuclear war machine controls the NZGovernment Communications Security Bureau. The GCSB is now legally allowed to systematically spy on New Zealanders; as well as routinely spying on any number of other countries, on behalf of the US National Security … Continue reading Come To Waihopai Spy Base Protest: January 25-27

Shape Shift and Embers Collective proudly present My Name Is Rachel Corrie, an award-winning one-woman play constructed from the diary entries and letters of American activist, Rachel Corrie. This production is being staged at two Auckland venues! Garnet Station Tiny Theatre, 85 Garnet Rd, Westmere, Auckland 1022. From 1st – 5th December The Pumphouse Theatre – Coal Bunker, 2a Manurere Ave, off Killarney St, Takapuna. … Continue reading ‘My Name Is Rachel Corrie’ – play opens tomorrow

WAIHOPAI SPYBASE PROTEST January 25-27, 2019 In light of the disastrous Trump Presidency – why is New Zealand still an active and willing part of the US Empire? The US intelligence and nuclear war machine controls the NZGovernment Communications Security Bureau. The GCSB is now legally allowed to systematically spy on New Zealanders; as well as routinely spying on any number of other countries, on … Continue reading Come To Waihopai Spy Base Protest: January 25-27

View this email in your browser We are winning! Peace Action @ Weapons Expo 2018 The 2018 Weapons Expo and the accompanying campaign to shut it down are finished for the year. It has been an awesome and successful week for the peace movement in Palmerston North, and the urge to keep struggling has only grown stronger. It is never easy to stand up to … Continue reading Friday Dorothy Brown Memorial Lecture – A week of Peace Action!

Dorothy Brown Memorial Lecture on Moriori peacemaking, Auckland, Friday 9 November, 7.30pm. Maui Solomon, chair of the Hokotehi Moriori Trust, Rekohu (Chatham Islands) will speak on “Six Hundred Years of Peacekeeping on Rekohu – Myths, Misconceptions and Truth.” Selwyn Library, 8 St Stephens Ave, Parnell, Auckland. Peace Study Day, Auckland, Saturday 10 November, 9.30pm to 4pm. Rev. Hirini Kaa on the role of churches before, … Continue reading Dorothy Brown lecture and peace study day Nov 9-10

WAIHOPAI SPYBASE ROTEST January 25-27, 2019 In light of the disastrous Trump Presidency – why is New Zealand still an active and willing part of the US Empire? The US intelligence and nuclear war machine controls the NZGovernment Communications Security Bureau. The GCSB is now legally allowed to systematically spy on New Zealanders; as well as routinely spying on any number of other countries, on … Continue reading Come To Waihopai Spy Base Protest: January 25-27