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Posted on 27-8-2002
Auckland
Peace & Justice Forum
#8, August 25, 2002, www.GPJA.pl.net
The September 2 GPJA forum will have two topics - Fighting Poverty
in
NZand Organising against the coming war on Iraq.
Susan St John from the Child Poverty Action Group will be the
featured
speaker for the first half of the September forum. Susan is
a senior
economist in the economics department of Auckland University.
The CPAG
website is at: thor.he.net/~cpanz/ Susan's website has recent
articles,
lectures and discussion papers. www.geocities.com/nzwomen/SusanStJohn/
Action is happening elsewhere in NZ and Peace Movement Aotearoa
is
circulating a national petition supported by GPJA calling for
"No NZ
Support for the 'war on terrorism'" People are urged to print
and circulate
this petition available at: www.converge.org.nz/pma/pet003.htm
A substantial article titled "The terrorist 'war on terror'"
by Murray
Horton written for Peace Researcher is available at:
www.converge.org.nz/watchdog/00/06.htm
David Robie, Pacific journalist and senior lecturer in communication
studies at AUT will be speaking at our October 7 forum on "Is
democracy a
'foreign flower' in the Pacific".
WHAT'S ON IN AUCKLAND
Tuesday, August 27, 1-2pm, Maidment Theatre, University of Auckland
'Future
progress: Where to from here?', speaker Dr Morgan Williams,
Parliamentary
Commissioner for the Environment. Contact tel (09) 373 7599
x5885.
Tuesday August 27, 4.30pm, 'Allelujah' café, St Kevins Arcade,
K'Rd. The
Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland Philippines Solidarity Group is meeting
to discuss
the situation in the Philippines at the moment where the people's
movement
has been declared 'terrorist' by the USA, and the USA military
presence is
being extended. We will also discuss the visit of one of the
Philippines
militant woman trade union leaders to Tamaki Makaurau next month.
All
welcome. Ph. Sarah 2766177.
Saturday August 31, 9am, at St Columba's Centre, 40 Vermont
St, Ponsonby
'Wealth and well-being', Radha D'Souza (Waikato University Law
Faculty)
speaks at the Pax Christi Annual Assembly. All welcome. For
more info
contact Kevin McBride email paxnz@xtra.co.nz
Sunday, September 1, West Wind Cinema Club, 177 Riversdale Road,
Avondale
Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Dinner
and Film
evening - roast or vegetarian dinner, film is 'Rob Roy'. Tickets
$25, to
get your ticket/s and to find out the time, contact Claire tel
(09) 638 8662.
Monday, September 2, 7.30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd,
Grey Lynn
GPJA FORUM: Part 1: "Fighting Poverty in NZ". Hear Susan St
John, senior
economist in the Economics Department at Auckland University
and
spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group. Part 2: Organising
against
the coming war on Iraq.
Wednesday, September 4, 6.30pm, Romfords, Tamaki Yacht Club,
Tamaki Drive
Peace Foundation Celebrity Fundraising Dinner & Auction.
'Bid for Peace',
with MCs John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld Tickets ph 373 2379
or email
peace@pfs.pl.net Web: www.peace.net.nz/
Saturday September 7, 2pm, Aotea Square, Queen St, Auckland
City. PALESTINE
/ ISRAEL - RALLY FOR PEACE. We call on people in Auckland to
support
Justice and Peace based on: 1. Removal of Israeli Occupation.
2. Right of
Return for Refugees. 3. Sharing Jerusalem. 4. Cessation of Jewish
only
Settlements in occupied Palestine. Contact David Wakim Ph 520
0201
Saturday, September 7, 4pm, Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510
Richmond Rd,
Grey Lynn "East Timor - Justice Denied" - Video showing. Max
Stahl, on the
spot at the time of East Timor's devastation, explains how the
war
criminals are getting away with it. Soup and bread meal to follow.
$10
(concession for unwaged). Sponsor Indonesian Human Rights Committee.
Ph 815
9000. Email maire@clear.net.nz
Saturday, September 7, 11am, St Columbus Centre, 40 Vermont
St, Ponsonby.
"Positioning Pacific women for Progress, politics and peace".
Hear Ms
Amelia Siamomua, Pacific Director of the United Nations Development
Fund
for Women (UNIFEM) speak at the Auckland Unifem AGM. Lunch provided,
koha
appreciated. Enquiries: Lorna McIntosh lorna.m@xtra.co.nz
Ph 521 1455.
Sunday, September 8, 1.30pm, Queen Elizabeth II Square, Downtown.
DAY OF
UNITY,PEACE and PRAYER - SOLIDARITY MARCH FOR PEACE. A coalition
of Islamic
groups have called for a National Day of Unity, Peace and Prayer
to
coincide with the anniversary of last year's attacks on the
World Trade
Centre and Pentagon. They ask all faith communities to participate
by
opening houses of worship on September 11th for interfaith visits,
prayers
for peace and other activities which foster national unity and
tolerance.
The remembrance will begin in Auckland with a solidarity march
for peace
on Sunday September 8. Contacts: Arif Rasheed 620.5906 Kevin
McBride 377
5541 David Wakim 5200201
Thursday, September 19, 7.30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North
Rd, Grey Lynn
"Globalisation, Women Workers and the Struggle for Justice"
national
speaking tour by Emilia Dapulang, vice president of the KMU
(Kilusang Mayo
Uno, or May First Movement), the best known Filipino trade union
confederation. Dapulang has been a leader in her own union,
in the
semi-conductor industry, since the 1980s and has risen through
the KMU
leadership since the mid-1990s. Contact, Luke Coxon, e-mail
luke.coxon@finsec.org.nz
tel (09) 8451323
24 September to 17 October, Aotea Centre, BNZ Foyer, 9am-5pm
daily.
Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Exhibition - a collection of photographs
and
artifacts that depict the consequences of the bombings from
1945 through to
the international peace initiatives of today; the exhibition
aims to
promote the total abolition of nuclear weapons through increased
knowledge
and understanding.
Thursday Oct 3 to Saturday October 6, Nga Kete Wananga Marae,
Manukau
Institute of Technology. - Treaty 2002 conference, for anyone
who already
has at least a basic knowledge about Te Tiriti and wants to
strategise with
others towards a Treaty-based Aotearoa; at For more info or
to register,
check out www.manukau.ac.nz/treaty2002
Monday, October 7, 7.30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd,
Grey Lynn GPJA
FORUM: "Is democracy a 'foreign flower' in the Pacific". Hear
David Robie,
Pacific journalist and senior lecturer in Communication Studies
at AUT.
Other speakers yet to be finalised.
Friday November 8, 6pm - Sunday November 10, 3pm, Kotare Education
Centre -
510 Wayby Station Rd, Wellsford. A workshop for key networkers
in different
activist groups such as peace and justice, Te Tiriti, women's
liberation,
anti corporate globalisation or GE FREE Aotearoa. We invite
groups to send
a person who is a good networker, plays a facilitator role and
understands
both coalitions and the central values of your group. A fundamentalist
view
of struggle or methods is not relevant. Enrol early as numbers
are limited
to 15. Facilitators Catherine Delahunty and Tim Howard will
lead the
process. Email cdelahunty@clear.net.nz
Thursday 14th November - 7.30pm, Maidment Theatre, University
of Auckland
2002 MEDIA PEACE AWARDS. Nga Tohu Rongomau Papaho. In association
with the
'Like Minds' Awards Special Guest Speaker: Tom Scott - Journalist,
Cartoonist. Tickets: $25.00 waged, $15.00 unwaged Tickets at
Maidment
Theatre, Phone: 09 308 2383. www.peace.net.nz/
OTHER NEWS/EVENTS
SEPTEMBER 2-8 WIPE OUT POVERTY WEEK FOR YOUTH
Soak up the challenge! Wipe Out Poverty Week - Christian World
Service
(CWS) has launched an exciting new youth initiative with the
first ever
Wipe Out Poverty Week; a fun filled week of water, washing,
cleaning and
shining - all to aid projects supported by CWS and get youth
groups,
schools and young New Zealanders involved in the fight against
global
poverty and injustice. Young people will be sponsored or collect
donations
for the cleaning they do; the only limit is kiwi kids imagination.
For more
info or to get your free fundraising kit, contact Belinda Le
Lievre, CWS,
email belinda.lelievre@cws.org.nz
or tel (03) 366 9274
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