Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Must See TV! Child Poverty in Aotearoa – Tackling Inequality 2014 Episodes available online at http://www.youtube.com/user/cpagNZ or watch FACE TV Sky Channel 83, Wednesdays 7.30pm (repeat broadcast Thursdays 12.30pm) Kia ora everyone, Please take a look at this great series on child poverty in New Zealand – Catriona MacLennan, lawyer, journalist and activist talks to leading experts from … Continue reading Must See TV! Child Poverty in Aotearoa: Tackling Inequality

Entries Open for 2014 Jesson Journalism Awards Have you got a journalistic project that you want to complete, but can’t get enough money or time to do it? If so, a Bruce Jesson Journalism Award may be able to help. Applications for the 2014 awards are now open, and close on Friday 26 September. There are two awards, a senior one to fund a planned … Continue reading Bruce Jesson Foundation Media Release – Call for Entries 2014

Palestine Solidarity Network, Auckland 3 June 2014 Job Vacancy – Palestine Solidarity Campaigner The Palestine Solidarity Network is looking for a part-time organiser to help build national solidarity campaigns and promote the Palestinian struggle to New Zealanders. The job will begin with just five hours per week paid at the living wage ($18.80 an hour) but as our regular funding pledges increase we would like … Continue reading Job Vacancy – Palestine campaigner

THE DAY THAT THE WORLD SAYS: “THIS MUST STOP!” Please come along to the protest rally this Saturday 7th June and join the world-wide demand for the end to Israel’s violent & illegal occupation of Palestine, and the siege of Gaza. Downtown Centre, corner of Custom St & Queen St, Auckland City from 2pm – 3pm on Saturday 7 June 2014. Supported by Palestine Human … Continue reading International Day of Action for Free Palestine on 7 June 2014

It’s now 44 hours and counting since our fellow activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza began their occupation of Statoil’s monster Arctic oil rig. Hi Mike, Continue reading We’re occupying the Statoil rig – Update

“Today I was not supposed to be sad”. These were some of the words of Irma Gonzalez which stunned the audience of 2000 people into silence at the concert organised as part of the International Commission of Inquiry into the case of the Cuban Five in London. Irma informed the crowd that the UK Government had just refused a visa to her father to travel … Continue reading Cuban Five Commission film, ‘Justice in London’ – Watch it here

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 501, May 23, 2014 A change to GPJA newsletter Dear friends, You may have noticed that this is issue number #501 for the GPJA Newsletter. I think you will agree it has been a heroic effort to keep it going over the last decade. We started the newsletter in the wake of the Gulf war because it was … Continue reading GPJA #501 – What’s On and a message from the editor

Kia ora koutou, New Zealander Daryl Jones in Yemen last year was violently killed by a United States drone strike armed with hellfire missiles this was endorsed by the National government. We are having a candle light vigil to commemorate this forgotten Kiwi . Candlelight Vigil Against NZ’s support of US Drone Assassinations Sunday at 5pm, half way down Saint Stephens Ave, Parnell, Auckland. http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2014/05/22/this-sunday-outside-john-keys-home-candlelight-vigil-against-nzs-support-of-us-drone-assassinations/ … Continue reading Candlelight Vigil Against NZ’s support of US Drone Assassinations Sunday 5pm

12 May 2014 You can help the Palestinian struggle for human rights The Palestine Solidarity Network has been established to organise New Zealand solidarity and support for the Palestinian struggle for human rights and promote the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaign against Israeli apartheid. It’s an initiative which arose from the 2013 New Zealand Conference on Palestine. The BDS campaign in particular is very … Continue reading How you can help Palestine

Subject: Special GPJA Forum with Murray Horton tonight at Trades Hall – please spread the word Continue reading Special GPJA Forum with Murray Horton tonight night at Trades Hall – please spread the word