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Condolences: John Urlich
Thursday, 5 April 2001, 3:42 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
we regret to tell you that John Urlich passed away this morning. John collapsed while presenting the Peace Council's submission to the Select Committee hearing submissions on the NZ Nuclear Free Zone Extension Bill, and died later in Wellington Hospital. More >>
Alert! NZ / French Wargames
Thursday, 22 March 2001, 10:25 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
well all sorts of strange goings on in the Tasman these days - nuclear waste shipments; a nuclear protest flotilla’ and the not so well publicised “a chunk of the ocean off New Zealand will become a simulated war zone over the next fortnight as a flotilla ... More >>
PMA What's On
Wednesday, 21 March 2001, 2:10 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Kia ora, here is the programme for the PeacePacific and other NGO meetings and seminars which will be going on from tonight (in Auckland) through until 31 March. These are the alternative events around the UN Asia-Pacific Regional Disarmament Conference ... More >>
Deadlines: UN Conference
Friday, 2 March 2001, 2:09 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Below are a number of things to do/consider for those of you interested in coming to Wellington for the alternative and NGO events around the UN Asia-Pacific Regional Disarmament Conference at the end of March. More >>
Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day
Friday, 2 March 2001, 12:41 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
today is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day. It is the 47th anniversary of the US 'Bravo' nuclear bomb detonation close to the surface of Bikini Atoll which gouged out a crater 240 feet deep and 6000 feet across, melted huge quantities of ... More >>
Alternatives To Globalisation
Thursday, 1 March 2001, 4:27 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Dr. Jane Kelsey Professor of Law University of Auckland Author of "The New Zealand Experiment" and "Reclaiming the Future" More >>
PeacePacific, March 2001
Thursday, 22 February 2001, 12:31 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Alternative and fringe events around the UN Asia-Pacific Regional Disarmament Conference, March 2001, in Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand. PeacePacific: putting the peace back in 'Pacific' More >>
National - What’s On
Tuesday, 13 February 2001, 4:03 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ up to 20 February - part of the Parihaka exhibition is now on display at Arohanui Ki Te Tangata, the wharenui at Waiwhetü marae, Riverside Drive, Lower Hutt - open to the public every day from 10am to 5pm. More >>
French Warships Protest
Friday, 9 February 2001, 10:21 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
If you want to be involved with placard and banner making, come to the PMA offices, Room 16, first floor, Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street from 2pm on Monday, 12 February. More >>
NZ Supports Halt To DU Munitions Use
Thursday, 8 February 2001, 4:44 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
the press release from Matt Robson (copied below) brings the good news that the NZ government has finally joined those European governments who have been calling for a moratorium on the use of DU ammunition. As you may recall, in early January Italy, ... More >>
Statement from the Peoples of the Pacific
Wednesday, 7 February 2001, 9:04 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
"Our waters are sacred waters which sustain all life forms. The sea is where all life comes from. The ocean unites us all, as peoples of the Pacific. Our ancestors cared for these life forms, respected them and were their guardians. They are our ... More >>
Missile Defence/ Pacific Fallout
Friday, 2 February 2001, 9:57 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Kia ora, for those of you following the BMD/NMD saga, we've just received the following excerpt from a Radio Australia broadcast ... given the US missiles raining down on Kwajalien for so many years, guess the Admiral felt it safer to keep quiet. More >>
Supporting Te Reo
Thursday, 1 February 2001, 4:56 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Kia ora, we've received the message below from a number of sources, so are not sure of the original sender's details. If you are the orginator, then apologies for not crediting it to you. More >>
GE FREE Rally
Tuesday, 30 January 2001, 9:45 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
GE FREE NZ is holding a GE FREE Rally on the steps of PLACE Dalmuir House, 114, The Terrace, Wellington. DATE 30 January 2001 TIME at 9 am More >>
Bougainville Interim Government / BRA - Update
Monday, 29 January 2001, 2:32 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Former BRA General, Sam Kauona Sirivi Cautiously Welcomes the 'Agreed principles on Referendum' for Bougainville; But warns that the Lincoln Agreement must be fully adhered to by ALL Parties to the Agreement. More >>
Stop Plutonium shipments, strengthen the Conventio
Monday, 29 January 2001, 1:10 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC) has called on Pacific governments to take concrete actions to halt the continued plutonium shipments through the Pacific from France to Japan. PCRC Director Motarilavoa Hilda Lini said Pacific countries ... More >>
French warships visit
Monday, 29 January 2001, 1:09 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
as you may be aware, two French warships will visit Wellington from 12 to 17 February. They are the Jeanne d’Arc (helicopter carrier) and Georges Leygues (anti-submarine destroyer). They will deliver 800 French sailors to Wellington for ‘festive activities, ... More >>
Nuclear Free Zone Update
Monday, 29 January 2001, 1:07 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
the two ships carrying nuclear waste from France to Japan, and the ship which has just left Sydney on its way to France carrying radioactive rods from the Lucas Heights reactor - all of which will pass through the Tasman Sea - have highlighted again ... More >>
PMA National - What’s On
Tuesday, 23 January 2001, 2:00 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ 20 and 21 January - Waihopai Spybase protest camp - go camping with the Anti Bases Campaign in the scenic Waihopai Valley, with beautiful rural vistas marred only by the presence of the eavesdropping domes ... for more information contact ABC, Box ... More >>
Treaty Conference 2000 Proceedings now available!
Friday, 19 January 2001, 3:30 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Treaty Conference 2000 was a highly successful national conference held in Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland in July 2000, aimed at tauiwi (non-Mäori) communities. A wide range of organisations and groups, from churches to city councils and from migrant communties ... More >>
