State tenants to protest the transfer of their homes to the Tāmaki Redevelopment Company On the 31st March 2,800 state houses in Glen Innes, Panmure and Point England are going to be transferred to the Tāmaki Housing Association (the social landlord component of the Tāmaki Redevelopment Company). The Tāmaki Housing Group are holding a rolling picket beginning Tuesday 29 March and ending with a protest … Continue reading State tenants to protest the transfer of their homes

Get the SOUL updates you want: Reply to let us know if you want to receive minutes from meetings or monthly campaign news instead (pls write weekly or monthly in the subject box) View this email in your browser On Sunday 13 March, over 400 people came out to demonstrate how much the community cares about protecting Ihumātao, forming a human chain. -Jaqui Geux (c) … Continue reading SOUL update and minutes 23 March

This Friday the Stop the Spies Surveillance Film Festival begins with a screening of Farenheit 451. 6pm at Thistle Hall, upper Cuba St, – then onwards for after-film discussion at a local pub. Ray Bradbury’s ‘Farenheit 451’ is set in a society at war, a war that is easily ignored as only distance noise that always affects other people. Surveillance is total with people living … Continue reading Surveillance Film Festival begins Friday, 25 March

It’s been three months since we took to the streets to call for immediate action on climate change – its time to do it again. View this email in your browser Kia ora Mike, It’s been three months since we took to the streets in the thousands to call for immediate action on climate change – and it was BIG! However, since Paris, we have … Continue reading Big oil companies meet at SkyCity 21st March

Please find below information on a public talk on West Papua with visiting speaker Rev Robert Stringer. All welcome, please attend if you can and share with your networks. ‘West Papua in Crisis’ Peace Place 22 Emily Place, Auckland Central 6pm Friday 11 March 2016 ALL WELCOME Hear Rev Robert Stringer from Melbourne talk about his recent visit to West Papua where he met with … Continue reading Public Talk Auckland_ West Papua in Crisis_ 11 March 2016

Good Afternoon! Apologies for the late notice. I am writing to you from the New Zealand branch of the International Women’s Peace Group. We are co-hosting a Peace Walk and Peace Picnic on Tuesday 8 March, International Women’s Day, in Auckland CBD. This will be an uplifting event with many inspirational women in attendance, as well as some fantastic up and coming kiwi artists performing … Continue reading International Women’s Peace Group- Auckland Peace Walk, 8th March

You’re invited to join 2 inspring events on the land at Ihumātao – help us restore the Oruarangi Awa on Sat 5 March, then join a human chain to show your affection for the land next Sunday 13 March! View this email in your browser Join in to demonstrate how much the community cares about protecting Ihumātao. Bring family and friends to form a human … Continue reading Opportunities for hands-on action: Participate and help to save Ihumatao

He’s back! Frank Sinatra is remembered as an entertainer who sided with Republican politicians like Nixon and Reagan, hung out with mobsters and swaggered about Las Vegas with his cronies singing, “I did it my way…” But there was another side to Sinatra, an early radical Frank, ol’ pinko eyes. At the height of his popularity, in the 1940s, Sinatra was branded a Red, a … Continue reading WHEN SINATRA WAS A RED

TPPA Bulletin #85 27 February 2016 View this email in your browser Government Roadshows Auckland, 7 March, Rendezvous Hotel, corner Mayoral Drive and Vincent St, Auckland Central Christchurch, 11 March, Rydges Hotel, 30 Latimer Square, Christchurch City Dunedin, 14 March, The Dunedin Centre, 1 Harrop Street, Dunedin Wellington, 18 March, Westpac Stadium, 105 Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington Register NOW: Registration closes on 1 March; register … Continue reading TPPA Bulletin #85 News and Actions