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PMA National - What’s On
19 July 2001
NATIONAL - WHAT’S ON
*** NATIONAL ***
~ 4 August - long time peace and human rights campaigner Rosa Oliver will be celebrating her eightieth birthday in Marlborough. Any one who would like further information or to send Rosa a message, please contact Glenda Hunniset, tel (03) 570 5188.
~ 6 and 9 August - Hiroshima Day and Nagasaki Day events - see local listings under Wellington (5 and 10 August) and Christchurch (6 August), and a reminder! please send the details of your local commemorations as soon as they are confirmed so we can circulate them all.
~ 27
August - Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp: 20th
anniversary - celebration and ‘Women say NO to Star Wars’
protests in Aotearoa (and elsewhere!) at the US consulate in
Auckland, the US embassy in Wellington and the US airforce
base at Harewood in Christchurch, for background info check
out ~ 4 to 6
October - ‘Walking the talk’ Treaty Conference 2001, coming
together to strategise and plan social change action, a
conference with a difference with pre-conference
discussions! For more info check out
~ 16 to 29 October - ‘Big brother is listening
- The Inside Story: How The US, UK, Canada, Australia And NZ
Spy On The World’, national speaking tour by Mike Frost
(former Canadian spy). For more information about his visit
to your area, please contact the following: * Christchurch -
16 October, contact Murray Horton, tel/fax (03) 366 3988,
***** LOCAL ***** *** AUCKLAND ~
TUES, 24 July - ‘West Papua: Update on the current
situation’ including: the refugee situation in Papua New
Guinea; ongoing human rights violations and the ongoing
struggle for self-determination; New Zealand foreign policy
and the way forward - with special guest Sr Barbara Raftery,
Chair of West Papua Action, Dublin, Ireland; and a video to
conclude the evening, 7-30pm at the Grey Lynn Community
Centre, 510 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn. Organised by the
Indonesia Human Rights Committee, contact tel/fax (09) 376
9098, ~ WEDS, 25 July - Rally for 14
weeks Paid Parental Leave! 12 noon to 1pm, outside the Human
Right Commission, Tower Centre, 45 Queen St. For information
please contact Annie Newman (09) 375 2752, or Bronwyn
Maxwell (09) 373 7599 x5169 or Leonie Morris (09) 378
6183. ~ FRI, 27 July and SAT, 28 July - 1981 The Tour - 20
Years on, anniversary programme. FRI: 7-00pm ,
drinks/nibbles, 7-30pm, screening of PATU with opening
comments from Tom Newnham. Entry by Koha (donation to cover
expenses). SAT: 9-00am to 7pm, photo exhibition from the
tour will be open all day for viewing along with various
memorabilia from the tour protests; 1-00pm to 4pm,
impressions of 1981 and South Africa today - open mike (5
mins max each person) and opening remarks by John Minto;
4-00pm to 6-00pm, Where are the front lines of struggle in
2001? open mike for groups and individuals to present
issues/ideas in a soapbox forum (5 mins max time each
person); 8-00pm to Midnight - Party! musical items from
various groups with dancing and celebration. Entry by Koha
(donation to cover expenses). All on at the Grey Lynn
Community Centre, Richmond Road. For more info or to help
with the organising, please tel Margaret (09) ) 838 5881 or
~ SAT, 28 July -
'Demystifying CEDAW', an opportunity to learn and share
ideas about the Women's Convention, from 1-30pm to 4pm
(registration from 1pm), at the Somervell Church & Community
Centre, 497 Remuera Road (Cnr Greenlane Road East & Remuera
Road), parking at rear. $6 (includes handouts and afternoon
tea), please pay on the day,. Organised by Pacific Watch,
please send your name and contact details to
~ THURS, 2 August - ‘Child
prostitution happens here’, Denise Ritchie (ECPAT NZ
Co-ordinator) speaks at the UNIFEM AGM, 6-45pm, for venue
and more info contact Angelina Weir tel (09) 579 2397 or
Beverley Turner tel (09) 418 0700. ~ MON, 6 August -
Gregory Fortuin, Race Relations Conciliator speaks at the
Tamaki Treaty Workers Meeting, 7-30pm at the Pt Chev
Community House, Huia Rd Pt Chevalier, for more info contact
Ingrid Huygens tel (09) 376 0530. ~ WED 8 August - Gala
performance of Taki Rua Productions ‘Woman far Walking’ by
Witi Ihimaera, fundraiser for Women's Refuge, 8pm at the
Herald Theatre, $50 a ticket, book at Ticketek tel (09) 307
5000. ~ until SAT, August 25 - there is sophisticated
audio-visual display marking the 50th anniversary of the
1951 Waterfront Lockout and supporting strikes, open Mondays
to Fridays 9am to 5pm and on Saturdays 11am to 4pm, at the
School of Creative & Performing Arts (at the former TVNZ
studios, 74 Shortland St), free entry. *** WELLINGTON ~
FRI, 20 July - Wellington Peace and Environment Centre
Street Appeal! yes, it’s that time of year again, if you can
assist with collecting for the Centre, please leave a
message for Alex or Ross on (04) 385 6728; or just turn up
at one of the stalls - in Manners Mall or Midland Park
(Lambton Quay) - between 8am and 5pm. ~ SAT, 21 July - The
G8 vs the rest of the world! See the soccer match which
features an all star line up, with Monty Burns as the
referee, cheerleading from Mike Moore and half time oranges
supplied by none other than Helen Clark! Inspired by the G8
meeting in Genoa (20 - 22 July) and part of the global
resistance to ‘free’ trade, privatisation and
corporatisation. From 12pm in Cuba Mall. ~ SAT, 21 July -
'Sexuality as a new dimension for global human rights,
Justice Michael Kirby, Justice of the High Court of
Australia, speaks at the Wellington GAP meeting, 6-30pm at
the Wellington City Council Chambers, $15/$25, for more info
contact ~ WEDS, 25 July - Day of Action
for paid parental leave, rally at 1pm on Parliament Steps;
colourful visual protest! Good for babies, good for mothers,
good for fathers, good for families, good for workers, good
for business - 14 weeks paid parental leave! If you want to
help with the action, join in to send your message to the
government in support of paid parental leave, or want more
info, please contact Lynette O'Brien tel (04) 494 6387,
~ WEDS, 25 July - Laila Harre
speaks on 'Women's roles and children's rights: the changing
world for women and children', 5pm to 6-30pm, in the
Mezzanine Floor meeting room, Wellington Central Public
Library, Victoria Street, entry by donation. Organised by
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
(Wellington), for more info tel (04) 562 7172. ~ THURS, 26
July - ‘Direct enforcement of international law: The Case of
the Trident Three’ with speaker Professor Roger Clark,
Rutgers University, at 5-30pm in Lecture Theatre LT3, Old
Government Buildings. Organised by New Zealand Branch of the
International Law Association, PO Box 12250, Wellington. ~
FRI, 27 July - GE free nation - it’s now or never! rally at
12 noon at parliament, for more info check out
~ SAT, 28 July - 'Behind
the News' the monthly programme on Wellington Access Radio
(783 AM), broadcast at 12-30pm, brought to you by Jim
Delahunty, producer of 'Dig'. ~ SUN, 5 August - Hiroshima
Day commemoration, keynote speakers are two High School
students and Peter Dunne, leader of the United Future Party,
from 2pm at the Hiroshima Peace Flame, Botanic Gardens (if
weather is inclement, the commemoration will be held indoors
in the begonia House). Organised by the Peace Council, for
more info contact Barney Richards, tel/fax (06) 364
8940. ~ FRI, 10 August - Lantern Floating Ceremony, with
guest speaker Marian Hobbs and music by Japanese Women's
Choir, followed by lantern floating in the Civic Square pool
between library and City Art Gallery. Join us in floating
peace lanterns to remember those who died in the nuclear
bomb attacks on Hiroshima (6 August) and Nagasaki (9 August)
and in hope for a nuclear free world. Begins at 6-30pm in
the Mezzanine Floor Meeting Room, Wellington Central Public
Library, Victoria Street. Lanterns will be available, or
bring your own; organised by WILPF (Wellington Branch), for
more info tel (04) 562 7172. ~ Every Sunday, ‘Peace
Report’ on Wellington Access Radio (783 AM), broadcast at
11-45am, brought to you by the Peace Council, funded by
PADET. If you or your group wish to make a free programme to
be broadcast in this slot, please contact Des Brough tel/fax
(04) 388 3173. *** CHRISTCHURCH ~ MON, 6 August -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration with speakers, music,
poetry and Lantern Floating Ceremony. Everyone is welcome to
float the lanterns provided or bring a lantern of your own
creation; from 6pm at the Victoria Square Ampitheatre. For
more info contact Adrienne ************************************* If you would
like your events or meetings advertised, just send them to
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Peace Movement Aotearoa the national
networking peace group PO Box 9314, Wellington, Aotearoa
/ New Zealand. tel +64 4 382 8129, fax 382 8173,
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