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Global Military Spending Threatens Us All. Militarism Will Cost Us The Earth
Monday, 27 April 2026, 2:19 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
While NZ does not feature in the SIPRI rankings of the highest increases in military spending this year as it did in 2023, that is simply because other states increased their spending by more, not because NZ’s military spending has decreased. More >>
Nuclear Free And Independent Pacific Day 2026
Friday, 27 February 2026, 3:35 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day is a day to remember that the arrogant colonial mindset which allowed, indeed encouraged, this horror continues today - the Pacific is still neither nuclear free nor independent. More >>
Epic Fail: Independent Human Rights Experts Assess New Zealand’s Performance
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 12:35 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which comprises 18 independent human rights experts, considered the government’s performance during its 116th session which was held in Geneva from 17 November to 5 December 2025. More >>
Budget 2025: Militaristic Fantasies Fuel Spending Surge
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 5:24 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Combat capability cannot stop the rising tides, or protect us from catastrophic climate change: military activity is the ultimate in damaging unsustainability, with military emissions estimated to be at least 5.5% of the global total. More >>
Global Military Spending Threatens A Liveable Future; Militarism Will Cost Us The Earth
Monday, 28 April 2025, 10:24 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The five biggest military spenders in 2024 were the United States (37%), China (12%), Russia (5.5%), Germany (3.3%)and India (3.2), which together accounted for 60 per cent of world military spending More >>
Nuclear Free And Independent Pacific Day 2025
Saturday, 1 March 2025, 7:38 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day is a day to remember that the arrogant colonial mindset which allowed, indeed encouraged, this horror continues today - the Pacific is still neither nuclear free nor independent. More >>
Aotearoa NZ Remembers Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:31 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Join the 2024 World Conference against A and H Bombs online from 3 to 9 August, and watch the Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorial peace ceremonies live. More >>
NZ Must Act On ICJ Advisory Opinion On Israel
Monday, 22 July 2024, 7:26 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Advisory Opinion is in response to a UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution adopted on 30 December 2022. More >>
RIMPAC Deployment Highlights New Zealand’s Hypocrisy
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 5:38 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Multiple conflicts with NZ’s stated commitment to nuclear disarmament, the rules-based order, international law, and human rights More >>
Missed Opportunity To Slash Wasteful Military Spending
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 5:13 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
While there is a small decrease from the actual amount of military spending over the past year, it illustrates that the government remains stuck in the same old thinking about ‘security’. More >>
Global Military Spending Increase Threatens Humanity And The Planet
Monday, 22 April 2024, 12:45 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
SIPRI has estimated global military expenditure last year was at least $2,443 billion (USD, ±$4,150 billion NZD), an increase of 6.8% in real terms from 2022 and the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009. More >>
Nuclear Free And Independent Pacific Day 2024
Friday, 1 March 2024, 1:02 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Today, 1 March, is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, commemorated as Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Marshall Islands - the 70th anniversary of the 'Bravo' nuclear bomb detonation by the United States close to the surface of Bikini Atoll, ... More >>
NGOs Raise NZ's Human Rights Performance At UN
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 10:29 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
“While there has been some progress on the recommendations of the last UPR, the NGO written submissions made in October 2023 highlighted ongoing human rights issues still requiring action. Since the coalition government took office in November there ... More >>
Election 2023: ‘Let’s Get Disarmament On The Agenda’ Resource
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 3:31 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
This election, let’s get disarmament on the agenda with the help of the Election 2023 resource, which includes information on what good disarmament policy look like, what the political parties say about disarmament, some disarmament questions for ... More >>
Hiroshima And Nagasaki: Commemorative Events In Aotearoa New Zealand 2023
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 10:38 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
This year is the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (6 August) and of Nagasaki (9 August), which will be marked by commemorative events here and overseas. Below are the details of the online ‘Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki’ ... More >>
UN Committee Against Torture Releases Concluding Observations On New Zealand
Monday, 31 July 2023, 3:16 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The UN Committee Against Torture (the Committee) released the advance unedited edition of its Concluding Observations on New Zealand (CAT/C/NZL/CO/7) over the weekend. The Committee is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors state party compliance ... More >>
UN Committee Against Torture Assesses NZ This Week
Monday, 17 July 2023, 1:33 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The UN Committee Against Torture (the Committee) will assess the government’s performance in relation to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Convention) this week, during its 77th ... More >>
Global Military Spending Increase: Militarism Will Cost Us The Earth
Monday, 24 April 2023, 10:40 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Despite the rapidly escalating climate emergency and humanitarian crises around the world, global military spending increased to its highest ever recorded level last year according to new figures released by the Stockholm International Peace ... More >>
Nuclear Free And Independent Pacific Day 2023
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 11:26 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Today, 1 March, is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day - the 69th anniversary of the 'Bravo' nuclear bomb detonation by the United States close to the surface of Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, which blasted out a crater more than 200 ... More >>
UN Committee On The Rights Of The Child: Multiple Concerns About New Zealand’s Performance On Children And Their Rights
Friday, 10 February 2023, 3:15 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Concluding Observations on New Zealand [1] were released overnight, raising multiple concerns about all aspects of children and young persons’ wellbeing, including - for the first time - specific paragraphs ... More >>
