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

Dear Friends of Cuba, You now have another opportunity in Auckland to see the paintings exhibition “I will Die the Way I Lived” by Antonio Guerrero, one of the Cuban Five. Please come along, bring a friend, and tell others about it. The exhibition is a way for people to find out more about the campaign to Free the Cuban Five. The exhibition is at … Continue reading Antonio Guerrero’s 15 Prison Paintings for 15 years can now be seen at Auckland University

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 499, April 18, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Saturday, April 26, 7pm, Unite Union, 6A Western Springs Road, Morningside Film evening with Hawaiian filmmaker Keala Kelly – . Keala will introduce and screen her documentary film “Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawaii” in which the US Military has turned Hawaii into a testing and training ground … Continue reading GPJA #500: Forum on Hawaii tonight 7pm, Unite Union Office

Film evening with Hawaiian filmmaker Keala Kelly – Saturday 26th April at Unite Union, 6A Western Springs Road, Morningside. Keala will introduce and screen her documentary film “Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawaii” in which the US Military has turned Hawaii into a testing and training ground for its wars in the Middle East. Evening hosted by Global Peace and Justice Auckland with support … Continue reading Film evening on Hawaii tonight Unite Union office

‘Noho Hewa’: Visit of Native Hawaiian filmmaker, Anne Keala Kelly, 24 April to 2 May 2014 Peace Movement Aotearoa 22 April 2014 Native Hawaiian filmmaker, Anne Keala Kelly, will be in Aotearoa New Zealand for two screenings of the award winning documentary ‘Noho Hewa: the wrongful occupation of Hawai’i’, a powerful portrayal of the multiple links between militarisation and the historical and ongoing processes of … Continue reading ‘Noho Hewa’: Visit of Hawaiian filmmaker, Anne Keala Kelly

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 499, April 18, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Tuesday, April 22, 6.30pm Where: Room 3, Owen Glenn Building, City Campus, University of Auckland BOOK LAUNCH, State Housing: An Active Hand in Government. Come and be enthralled by the history of state housing. Bill McKay will talk about his book ‘Beyond the State, New Zealand State Houses from … Continue reading GPJA #499: Two Book Launches: Tuesday – Bill McKay on Housing / Thursday – David Robie on the Pacific

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 497, April 10, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Friday, April 11, 5.30pm, Connolly Hall, Wellington Pope Francis and the Catholic Social Justice Tradition: I would like to invite you to hear Fr Gerard Burns provide an exploration of what Pope Francis is bringing to modern Catholic social teaching/practice on Friday April 11 in Connolly Hall in Wellington … Continue reading GPJA #498: What’s On / NZ & World News – 10/4/14

little island press to launch a new book by David Robie…. View this email in your browser Published by little island press in association with the Pacific Media Centre 9781877484254 Softcover NZD $40 (incl gst) Free delivery within NZ Available for pre-order now You are invited to the launch of Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face A new book by David Robie Thursday 24 April 2014 … Continue reading Book launch invitation to ‘Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face’ by David Robie

STAT OF THE WEEK QUOTES OF THE WEEK "When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility." – Neil Postman, … Continue reading GPJA #497 (3 of 3): International news and analysis – 7/4/14