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Seabed policy breaches basic human rights
Tuesday, 6 January 2004, 7:19 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
"Almost all Maori and many non-Maori considered that the principles and related proposals constituted a major breach of the Treaty of Waitangi, and would give rise to a new round of Treaty grievances if implemented." (Analysis of submissions ... More >>
Peace vigil today
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 9:37 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
THURS, 18 December - vigil for peace, 5pm to 6pm at the Cenotaph- this will be the last vigil for 2003; as we are having a break for the first time since the weekly vigil started twenty-six months ago - the weekly vigil will begin again on 22 January ... More >>
William Nessen, Journalist On Free Aceh Movement
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 1:58 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
National speaking tour by journalist William Nessen - starting today through to Tuesday, 2 December. More >>
Aceh public meetings: Billy Nessen speaks
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 9:09 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Billy was an eye-witness to the biggest ever Indonesian armed forces offensive in Aceh earlier this year. He was detained by Indonesian authorities after they had repeatedly told him to stop travelling with members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement ... More >>
Profiting from bloodshed and war
Friday, 14 November 2003, 3:40 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
'Profiting from bloodshed and war: Part I - the NZ 'defence' industry and the companies involved' is now on-line at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/nwup0103.htm More >>
Iraq: 'Collateral Damage' damning new report
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 8:29 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The new report from MEDACT 'Continuing Collateral Damage: The Health and Environmental Costs of War on Iraq 2003' is now available. Released overnight in the northern hemisphere, it documents the 'collateral damage' between March and October of this year. More >>
Wgtn Event: Sharon Beder / 'Power Play 10 October
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 2:27 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
A reminder that Sharon Beder will be speaking about 'Power Play: the hidden costs of deregulating and privatising power'; tomorrow, Friday 10 October, at 7-30pm, at the St John's Conference Centre (corner Willis and Dixon Streets), Wellington. More >>
Statement from Treaty Conference 2003
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 8:38 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The 15th Annual National Gathering of Pakeha and Tauiwi (non-Maori) Treaty Workers urges the Government not to introduce legislation based on its current proposals for the foreshore and seabed. More >>
Sharon Beder speaks in Auckland and Wellington
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 8:33 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
‘Power Play: the hidden costs of deregulating and privatising power’ - Sharon Beder speaks in Auckland and Wellington More >>
Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Statement
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 10:51 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
"So today as we mourn, reflect and remember, we ask that you join with us in pursuit of true peace, security, and justice. We owe it to the dead, we need it for the living and we must do it for the generations to follow. Let us move forward together ... More >>
Peace Movement Aotearoa - What’s On Where Listings
Thursday, 21 August 2003, 2:31 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ THURS, 11 Sept - 'Circles of Hope: A Healing Memorial to 9/11', Peaceful Tomorrows (the US group comprising families whose relatives were killed in the 11 Sept attacks on New York and Washington) this year invite you to commemorate the anniversary with ... More >>
PMA What’s On Where Listings
Friday, 15 August 2003, 10:20 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Apologies for reduced listings this week, time constraints have prevented us adding more than immediate events and those previously listed; more next week. More >>
West Papua Press Briefing: A Struggle For Survival
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 4:01 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Four leading representatives of the struggle for human rights and self-determination in West Papua will speak at a press briefing at the Pacific Islands Forum on Thursday morning. More >>
Vigils for the people of West Papua, Thursday
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 11:47 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ AUCKLAND - Vigil for West Papua as the Pacific heads of government arrive for the opening ceremony of the Pacific Island Forum, to remind them of their responsibility to work for justice and freedom for West Papua; 5-45 pm, outside the Sheraton Hotel ... More >>
Vigil For Ahmed Zaoui: Wgtn Thurs
Wednesday, 13 August 2003, 8:12 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Wellington, Thursday, 14 August - vigil in support of Algerian asylum seeker Ahmed Zaoui who has been granted refugee status by the Refugee Status Appeal Authority, but is still being detained in Paremoremo on the basis of a security risk certificate ... More >>
PMA what's on where listings
Friday, 8 August 2003, 9:39 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ SAT, 9 August - 58th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki; see Kapiti Coast in local listings below (there were commemorations for Hiroshima on 6 August in Wellington, Nelson and Christchurch). More >>
Päkehä support Mäori customary title
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 2:20 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Päkehä support Mäori customary title - open letter to Helen Clark, Michael Cullen and Margaret Wilson More >>
PMA what’s on where listings
Friday, 18 July 2003, 9:19 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Please note: we are rather time constrained this week, so these listings are for events in the next ten days or so, unless previously listed. Full listings will return next week. More >>
NZ tour: Iraq bombing eyewitness
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 10:14 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Ruth Russell’s speaking tour begins tomorrow, Thursday 17 July - with a live interview on the Breakfast programme, TV1, sometime between 8-05 and 8-15am. Details of her public meetings and workshops are included below. More >>
PMA what’s on where listings
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 4:00 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ Work with people to explore urban spirituality and social justice - St Andrew’s on The Terrace is looking for a facilitative leader and nurturer of people; a practical programme developer to engage with those who may not be comfortable with a formal ... More >>