Sunday, March 29, 10am – 4pm, War Memorial Park, May Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland Auckland International Cultural Festival. The Peace Foundation invites you to a multicultural Sunday at the Auckland International Cultural Festival. This upcoming Sunday from 10am to 5pm Mt Roskill War Memorial Park will be transformed into a multicultural zone with activities, performances and food from all around the world. Like the previous … Continue reading March to stop deep sea oil this Sunday – What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (27/3/15)

Photo shows workers protesting the death of Fred Evans, the miner who was shot in a Waihi union hall in 1912 by a gang of drunken cops and scabs. For the second time, the Labour History Project is running an essay competition to inspire debate on alternative futures. In December 2014, an OECD report ranked New Zealand as the most deeply affected by growing income … Continue reading “Another World is Possible” essay competition 2015

A sample of a newsletter on Venezuela you can subscribe to for up to date news and analysis Venezuela Weekly 3.23.15 This weekly email contains a few useful articles on Venezuela that contain bite-sized dose of the truth so that you can fight the disinformation in your own community, that so much of the media, including alternative media are putting out. It is AfGJ’s conviction … Continue reading Venezuela Weekly 3.23.15

Kia ora koutou, As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, on Sunday the 29th of March the international oil industry will descend upon SkyCity in Auckland to hold their annual conference, The Advantage New Zealand Petroleum Summit 2015, which will be “the highlight of the New Zealand oil and gas calendar". Greenpeace, along with 350.org Aotearoa, KASM, and Oil Free Auckland, have called a protest … Continue reading March to Stop Deep Sea Oil – final week promotional push!

Friday, March 20, 7pm, Unite Union offices, 6a Western Springs Rd, Kingsland (Near Morningside train station and New North Road buses.) Cuban Film Night: Cuba and Chernobyl. The Cuban government has been receiving praise worldwide for sending more medical volunteers to West Africa to combat the Ebola virus than any other nation. Since making the revolution that overthrew the Batista dictatorship in 1959, 325,000 Cuban … Continue reading What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (19/3/15)

A call to action View this email in your browser Rally outside the Waikato Regional Council Since November last year community group Protect Karangahake have been asking the Waikato Regional Council to take steps towards ensuring the beautiful Waitawheta and Ohinemuri rivers are not endangered by requiring New Talisman Gold Mines to apply for a water discharge consent. Waikato Regional Council have previously given the … Continue reading Water is more precious than gold

7 March 2015 TPPA: No Deal! Nationwide Day of Action Before the march NZ just a ‘minnow’ in controversial TPP deal (3 March, Otago Daily Times) http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/334992/nz-just-minnow-controversial-tpp-deal Protest to reinforce TPPA opposition (5 March, Rotorua Daily Post) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11412229 Rallies to oppose Trans-Pacific pact (5 March, The Nelson Mail) http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/66979523/Rallies-to-oppose-Trans-Pacific-pact TPPA protest set for Saturday (6 March, SunLive) http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/94865-tppa-protest-set-saturday.html Over 1000 expected to join anti-TPPA march … Continue reading Media Coverage from NZ TPPA-No Deal day of action

Cuban Film Night Cuba and Chernobyl The Cuban government has been receiving praise worldwide for sending more medical volunteers to West Africa to combat the Ebola virus than any other nation. Since making the revolution that overthrew the Batista dictatorship in 1959, 325,000 Cuban health care workers have given aid to 158 nations, and Cuba has trained 38,000 doctors from 121 countries without charge. These … Continue reading Reminder: This Friday, Cuba and Chernobyl film, 7pm, 6a Western Springs Rd

Monday, March 16, 5.30pm, St Mary’s College Hall, Thorndon, Wellington Caritas Seminar – Hungry Students in Catholic Schools. Caritas is hosting a seminar on this topic on Monday 16 March at 5.30pm at St Mary’s College Hall, Thorndon. Caritas researcher Kahurangi Dey will present initial findings of a small scale survey of the provision of food in Catholic schools, followed by a panel of speakers … Continue reading What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (12/3/15)