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Posted on 12-6-2003
Filmz
- AK
~ TUES, 17 June - 'Who owns New Zealand's news media - can we
afford to let
them own our news', a special Global Peace and Justice Auckland
forum with
guest speaker Bill Rosenberg. "Most of our news media are owned
by three -
shortly to be four - transnational media empires. Most of the
owners have
their own public, right-wing, political agendas. Who owns our
news media
and does it matter? Bill Rosenberg researches and writes on
foreign
investment, trade and New Zealand's economic relationship with
the world
for CAFCA and other organisations. His articles have been published
in
newspapers, magazines and books in New Zealand and overseas.
He has a broad
knowledge of overseas investment in New Zealand, writing a monthly
commentary on the decisions of the Overseas Investment Commission.
At
7-30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn; for more
info contact
John Minto tel (09) 846 3173 jbminto@xtra.co.nz
~ WEDS, 18 June - 'Who owns New Zealand's news media - can we
afford to let
them own our news', a repeat of 17 June Forum with guest speaker
Bill
Rosenberg (see details above); 12 noon to 1pm, WT1406, School
of
Communication Studies Arts Faculty Building, corner Rutland
and Wakefield
Streets, Auckland University of Technology.
~ WED, 18 June - 'When the cannons roar does the law stay silent?'
International law and the use of armed force at the beginning
of the 21st
century, with Sir Kenneth Keith, President of the NZ Institute
of
International Affairs and Judge of the NZ Court of Appeal; 6pm,
Stone
Lecture Theatre, School of Law, University of Auckland, 9 Eden
Crescent.
Organised by NZ Institute of International Affairs, for more
info contact
tel (09) 373 7599 x87035.
~ MON, 30 June - media screenings: Culture Jam, Jill Sharpe;
Globalisation
and the Media, Undercurrents; and CELL anti-ads, Cell Art; 7pm
at Alleluya,
St. Kevins Arcade, Karangahape Road. Organised by Aotearoa Indymedia
(Auckland), for more info contact email bern@ihug.co.nz
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