Please forward on through your networks, thank you. Apologies for cross posting 2015 White Poppies for Peace Appeal, order soon! A reminder that the White Poppies for Peace appeal ( http://www.whitepoppies.org.nz ) – the main fundraiser for the White Poppy Peace Scholarships ( http://www.peacescholar.org.nz) – is held annually from 17 to 24 April. This message has information about how you can support the Appeal and … Continue reading White Poppies for Peace Appeal, order soon!

Wednesday, April 8, 7-8.30pm, WEA Canterbury Workers’ Educational Association, 59 Gloucester Street, Christchurch Land Day Commemoration event, Christchurch Palestine Association. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChchPA/ The newly formed Palestinian Solidarity Group supports the struggle for a free, non-racial and democratic Palestine State for all who live in it. Land Day Commemoration event will be our very first event where we will acknowledge the rights of the indigenous people of … Continue reading What’s on in Aotearoa/NZ (7/4/15)

Rally for Palestine Add your presence and make a difference at the only regular public display of support for Palestine in Auckland! Monthly Rally at Downtown Shopping Centre Cnr Queen and Customs Streets 2pm to 3pm, 4 April 2015 and every first Saturday of each month The Palestine Human Rights Campaign Aotearoa/New Zealand (PHRC) works to raise public awareness of the Palestinian people’s struggle to … Continue reading Rally for Palestine Saturday April 4th

Tell the Govt: No Foreign Investor Rights to Sue NZ! 27 March 2015 TELL THE GOVERNMENT: NO FOREIGN INVESTOR RIGHTS TO SUE NZ! On 7 March 10,000 Kiwis marched in 23 cities and towns around the country sending a strong message to the government saying #TPPANoDeal (Media coverage of the day is at the bottom of this bulletin). We now have the opportunity to send … Continue reading Tell the Govt: No Foreign Investor Rights to Sue NZ!

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