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New Zealander Leads Global Wave Goodbye to Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, 26 April 2015, 11:25 am | New Zealand Peace Foundation
A public action to ‘wave goodbye to nuclear weapons’ will sweep around the world on April 26-27 as governments gather at the United Nations in New York for four weeks of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament deliberations. More >>
Nominations open for Auckland City for Peace Awards 2015
Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
27 March 2015 Nominations are now open for the Auckland City for Peace Awards 2015, which honour the youth, adults and businesses who support the principles of peace. Organised by The Peace Foundation, in partnership with Auckland Council, the third ... More >>
Launch of Auckland City for Peace toolkit
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 11:31 am | New Zealand Peace Foundation
The Peace Foundation and the Auckland Council launched the Auckland City for Peace toolkit at a special event in Auckland yesterday, which also marked the presentation of the inaugural Auckland City for Peace Youth Awards. More >>
Free REACT presentations offered to secondary schools
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
The Peace Foundation is inviting secondary schools in Auckland and Northland to book a free REACT (Responding to Armed Conflict) presentation about raising awareness in local communities on international armed conflicts. More >>
Peace for Syria: a view from The Peace Foundation
Thursday, 29 August 2013, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
The Council of The Peace Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand expresses its deep sadness at the excessive brutality and continuing loss of life in Syria. “The use of chemical weapons constitutes an additional serious crime against humanity. We ask that our ... More >>
Action4Peace: Making a difference in our community
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
Schools all over New Zealand are invited to participate in the Schools' Peace Week, a national campaign aiming to raise awareness about peace education and building peaceful communities. More than 60 schools nationwide have already registered for ... More >>
Dalai Lama endorses Auckland Peace City Declaration
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 10:14 am | New Zealand Peace Foundation
The Peace Foundation’s efforts to forge peace through the Auckland Peace City Declaration received further impetus when His Holiness The Dalai Lama signed the Auckland Peace City citation yesterday in the presence of veteran and passionate ... More >>
Action4Peace: Making a difference in our community
Monday, 6 May 2013, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
Schools all over New Zealand are being invited to participate in the National Schools' Peace Week, a national campaign aiming to raise awareness about peace education and building peaceful communities, from 5th to 9th August 2013. More >>
NZ peace campaigner to run NY marathon for Peace-Sports
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
New Zealand peace campaigner Alyn Ware has been selected as one of the 20 runners from around the world - the only one from New Zealand - to join the Peace and Sport Team (L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport) in the New York Marathon on 6 November ... More >>
Where can schools turn to for help with anti bullying?
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
The Cool Schools Peer Mediation Programme teaches students lifelong conflict resolution skills, that they can use within their school to prevent bullying from happening but also outside of school within their own personal lives Managed by The Peace Foundation, ... More >>
Where Can Schools Turn for Help With Bullying?
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
The Cool Schools Peer Mediation Programme teaches students lifelong conflict resolution skills, that they can use within their school to prevent bullying from happening but also outside of school within their own personal lives. More >>
Historic Hiroshima atom bomb ceremony - live 6/10
Friday, 6 August 2010, 11:36 am | New Zealand Peace Foundation
Two firsts for the Hiroshima atom bomb ceremony tomorrow: • the first time for a UN Secretary-General to speak there • the first time for the United States government to be represented. More >>
Report from NPT Review Conference & Book Launch
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
On Wednesday, 2 June, 6pm – 8pm at the Grand Hall of Parliament, Phil Twyford (New Zealand Chair of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament) in association with Ban All Nukes Generation Aotearoa and The Peace Foundation will ... More >>
Nuclear Disarmament Youth Debate: 28 April
Friday, 23 April 2010, 4:26 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
On Wednesday, 28 April, six young New Zealanders will grace the Legislative Council Chambers of Parliament – the old Upper House - to debate the question “Has New Zealand dropped the nuclear disarmament ball?” More >>
Youth Debate on Nuclear Weapons
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 12:46 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
A youth debate on the issue of nuclear disarmament will be hosted on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 at the Legislative Council Chambers of the Parliament. More >>
Kiwis Support UN Secretary-General on Nukes
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
Three Kiwi anti-nuclear campaigners are off to New York next month for what they believe could be a historic opportunity to set in motion preparations for a global treaty to abolish nuclear weapons. More >>
Launch of Peace Heritage Walk
Thursday, 1 October 2009, 10:01 am | New Zealand Peace Foundation
A Wellington Peace Heritage Walk linking key people and places in New Zealand’s peace history, will be launched as part of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence on 2 October. More >>
School Bullying: Programmes That Work
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 9:16 am | New Zealand Peace Foundation
In light of the two-day summit on school violence, which finishes in Wellington today, it’s important to highlight that effective solutions already exist, and that there’s a need for greater public awareness of their existence and increased funding support. ... More >>
Global walk for nonviolence to start in NZ
Sunday, 1 February 2009, 5:45 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
New Zealand has been chosen as the start for a global walk for peace and non-violence which will include all seven continents including Antarctica. The walk which will start in October on the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, hopes to inspire ... More >>
Wellingtonians celebrate Obama inauguration
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Peace Foundation
A group of Wellington residents will be celebrating the inauguration of US President-elect Barack Obama at a ‘Whitehouse dinner’ tomorrow night. More >>
