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PMA National - What’s On
14 September 2001
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NATIONAL -
WHAT’S ON
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*** NATIONAL ***
~ date unknown - welcome the refugees from the Tampa, organised by the No Human is Illegal campaign, for more info contact Len tel (09) 634 3984 (day) or (09) 526 4494 (evenings).
~ 19 to 25 September - Ciaron O’Reilly national speaking tour - Ciaron has been involved in non-violent direct action for more than 20 years. His involvement in East Timor solidarity groups is documented in his new book ‘Remembering Forgetting: a journey of non-violent resistance to the war in East Timor’, recently published by Otford Press in Australia. He is active in the Swords Into Plowshares movement; and will talk about his involvement in the disarming of a B52 bomber during the Gulf war, disabling equipment used for uranium mining on Aboriginal land at Jabiluka in Australia's Northern Territory, and also outline the movements against global capital and the attempts to derail them. For more info check out http://www.geocities.com/londoncatholicworker For meeting details, see Wellington, Nelson and Christchurch local listings.
~ 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 http://www.manukau.ac.nz/treaty2001 Treaty Conference 2001 will be hosted by Auckland WEA and Te Tari Matauranga Mäori, Manukau Institute of Technology, at the Manukau Institute of Technology, Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland. Register soon as venue capacity restrictions means there are limited places available.
~ 6 October - National Day of Action for a GE Free Aotearoa New Zealand, for more info including local details, check out http://www.gefree.net.nz
~ 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,
cafca@chch.planet.org.nz; * Blenheim - 17 October, contact
Evin Wood, tel/fax (03) 5782259, ~ 20 and 21 October - 2001: An
Anarchist Odyssey 'Organising Against Capitalism in the
21st Century', this year's national anarchist conference
over Labour weekend will feature workshops and discussions
on a variety of topics, loosely based around the theme of
local responses to capitalist globalisation and the
worldwide 'anti-globalisation' movement, $20 per person for
the two days, or $10 for one day (includes two meals each
day). For more info contact anroundtable@hotmail.com or
check out http://www24.brinkster.com/aconference *****
LOCAL ***** *** AUCKLAND ~ SUN, 16 September - ‘The
Educator and the Educating: Politics and Practice’, with Dr
Walter De Oliveira (Professor of Public Health, Lutheran
University of Brazil), expert on participatory budgeting and
work with disadvantaged children and adolescents, from
1-30pm to 5pm. For more info contact Bruce Ross tel (09) 623
8899 x8477, b.ross@ace.ac.nz ~ MON, 17 September - Public
Meeting with Dr Walter De Oliveira (see 16 September
listing above), 7pm Greens Office, Ground Floor, 26 Anzac
Avenue. For more info contact Russell Norman, tel (09) 377
0149. ~ MON, 17 September - candle light 'vigil for
peace', 8pm at the fountain in Albert Park, please bring a
candle. Organised by Auckland University Students
Association students. For more info contact Arna Metcalfe
tel (09) 309 0789x206, arnabunny@hotmail.com ~ WEDS, 19
September - Suffrage Day Rally to demand accountability and
action from our woman Prime Minister and women MPs. Paid
Parental Leave has been placed on hold again, and women
continue to fall through the cracks whilst we wait for this,
and other policies. From 1-00pm, outside Helen Clark's
Office, 65 Sandringham Rd, Sandringham. For more info
contact Feminist Action FeministAction@xtra.co.nz ~ FRI,
21 September - 'Genocide and the Modern World: Never Again,
Ever Again, or Whether Again?', Dr. Paul Bartrop (School of
Australasian and International Studies, Deakin Univeristy)
speaks from 12noon to 2pm, Room 220 in A block on the
Wellesley campus of AUT. Organised by AUT and sponsored by
the Peace Foundation. For more info contact (09) 373 2379,
peace@fps.pl.net ~ MON, 24 September - ‘The New Rulers of
the World’, NZ premiere of the documentary investigating
globalisation by John Pilger, who really rules the world
now? Is it governments or a handful of huge companies? The
Ford Motor Company alone is bigger than the economy of South
Africa. Hugely rich men, like Bill Gates, have a greater
wealth than all of Africa. This film looks at the new rulers
of the world - the multinationals and the governments and
institutions that back them - the IMF and the World Bank,
filmed in Indonesia and Washington, asking challenging
questions seldom raised in the mainstream media. Screening
times 5-15 to 6-15pm, 7pm to 8pm, 8-15 to 9-15pm at the
Lido Cinema, Manukau Road. Tickets $12, available from the
Peace Foundation tel (09) 373 2379 or 29 Princes Street. ~
THURS, 27 September - Action for Children and Youth in
Aotearoa AGM, followed by a presentation from Alison
Blaiklock and Beth Wood on the UN Special Session in New
York and the official launch of the ACYA Website, 7pm at
Orakei Marae. Please RSVP by 20 September to Hilary Nobilo
tel (09) 411 8189, hilaryn@ihug.co.nz or Bettina Schempf tel
(09) 537 0107 tina.sch@ihug.co.nz ~ SAT, 29 September -
‘Tensions and Conflict in the Pacific: Challenges to
Security’ public seminar, from 8-15am to 5-45pm at Crown
Plaza, 128 Albert Street. Registration fee $20. For more
info contact Marian Evenblij (NZ Red Cross) tel (04) 472
3750, fax (04) 473 0315, or
Marian.Evenblij@recross.org.nz ~ SUN, 14 October - ‘Usher
in daylight saving’, WILPF event in Helen Sumich's garden,
48 Lloyd Avenue, Mt Albert. Simple supper/evening meal
provided, trading table, proceeds to purchase cattle for
East Timor. Cost $10. For time and more info contact Edna
Butterworth tel (09) 378 1732, ednab@ihug.co.nz or Claire
Gregory tel (09) 638 8662 lcg@pl.net ~ February 2002 -
Tamaki 2002, a celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the
Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts Festival -
information about the venue, and application forms for
those interested in having a stall are now available
on-line at http://www.tamaki.org.nz/ *** LOWER HUTT ~
SAT, 15 September - Thuten Kesang, Chairperson of the New
Zealand Friends of Tibet, speaks from 11am to 12noon; and
Ven. Geshe Sangey Thinley Teaching- ‘Chenrezig Meditation-
Deity, Buddhism and Everyday Life’ at 1pm, at The Dowse,
Laings Road, Lower Hutt, tel (04) 570 6500. ~ SUN, 16
September - Public Dissolution Ceremony of the sand mandala,
the mandala is dissolved with prayer and chanting, followed
by a procession to Te Awakairangi (Hutt River) where the
sand will be offered to the water for blessing and
dispersal, 1pm at The Dowse, followed by procession to
Awakairangi (Hutt River), all welcome. *** WELLINGTON ~
MON, 17 September - 19th Commemoration of Sabra and
Shatillah Massacre - please note, this vigil has been
postponed. For more info contact
serena_moran@hotmail.com ~ TUES, 18 September - Stop The
Bypass and Save Wellington from the Bulldozers! march from
the top of Cuba Street (6pm) to a public meeting at the Town
Hall at 7pm. For more info contact
alexmcclymont@yahoo.co.nz ~ WEDS, 19 September - Women’s
Suffrage Day forum -‘The practical application of CEDAW
Conventions in the Pacific’ (Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) - Patti O’Neil
, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, speaks about her
work in the Pacific and Lucy Barnard, Policy Analyst (Human
Rights Commission) speaks about NZ’s current CEDAW
reporting schedule and the opportunities for having a say.
From 12-15pm to 1-30pm, Conference Room, Human Rights
Commission Office, Level 8, Vogel Building, Aitken Street.
Light refreshments supplied. A Wellington Human Rights
Speakers Forum. Please RSVP by 12noon, Tuesday 18th
September to Narlene tel (04) 473 9981, fax (04) 471 6759,
Narlenei@hrc.co.nz ~ WEDS, 15 September - ‘Nonviolent
Resistance to Globalisation and War Preparations, with
Ciaron O’Reilly, and launch of ‘Remembering Forgetting: a
journey of non-violent resistance to the war in East Timor’,
12-30 pm in the Caritas Rooms, Catholic Centre, 22-30 Hill
St, Thorndon. For more info please contact Louise
louise@caritas.org.nz ~ WEDS, 19 September - ‘Faith Based
Community, the Acts of Mercy and Nonviolent Resistance’
with the Urban Vision Community, for time, venue and more
information contact emljepsen@hotmail.com ~ WEDS, 19
September - ‘International Law and Foreign Policy under the
Bush Administration’, speaker Professor Christopher Joyner
(Department of Government at Georgetown University), from
5-30pm to 6-30pm at the Lecture Theatre 4 (1st floor), VUW
Law Faculty, Old Government Buildings, organised by The
International Law Association (NZ Branch) and NZIIA (Wgtn
branch). For more info contact Major Peter Thorptel (04) 389
7103, peterthorp@xtra.co.nz ~ THURS, 20 September -
Ciaron O’Reilly book launch and speaks: * 1pm in Meeting
room 2, level 2, Student Union Building, Victoria
University; and * 6-30pm in the Mezzanine Floor Meeting
Room, Central Wellington Public Library, Victoria Street.
Free entry. ~ THURS, 20 September - ‘Psychodrama,
Democracy and Social Change’, Dr de Oliveira speaks at a
meeting chaired by Keith Locke, light refreshments at
5-30pm, meeting at 6pm, at the ALAY Centre for Refugees and
Migrants, Level 5, Victoria Arcade, 44 Victoria Street,
admission by koha. For more info contact Paul Bruce tel (04)
972 8699 paul.bruce@paradise.net.nz ~ SAT, 22 September -
'Behind the News' the fortnightly programme on Wellington
Access Radio (783 AM), broadcast at 12-30pm, brought to you
by Jim Delahunty, producer of 'Dig'. ~ WEDS, 26 September
- 'Prospects for Peace and Prosperity on the Korea
Peninsula', with discussion leaders Dr Tim Beal, Lecturer
School of Marketing and International Business, and
Reverend Ian Donald Borrie, Chairman NZ-DPRK Society, from
5-30pm to 6-30pm, Lecture Theatre 4 (1st floor), VUW Law
Faculty, Old Government Buildings. Organised by the NZIIA
(Wgtn branch), for more info contact Major Peter Thorptel
(04) 389 7103, peterthorp@xtra.co.nz ~ MON, 22 October -
Labour Day celebration, if your group wishes to take part,
have a stall, whatever, please contact John Maynard, tel
(04) 973 6373, links@actrix.gen.nz Details to be confirmed
closer to the time, likely to be 10-30am to 12-30pm,
Porirua Shopping Centre. ~ 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. *** NELSON ~ FRI, 21 September - Ciaron
O’Reilly speaks at 7-30pm, St John's Church hall, Hardy St,
Nelson Donations entry. ~ SAT, 22 September - Public
Meeting/Dialogue on ‘Planetary Ethics’ with Richard
Randerson (Commissioner for the Royal Commission into
Genetic Engineering), Anna Parker (recently returned from
an internship with WILPF at the UN in Geneva) and Brian
Smythe (Chair of the Nelson-Marlborough Medical Ethics
Committee), chaired by Mary-Ellen O'Connor, at 2pm, free
entry. For venue and more info contact Bruce Dyer tel 03 548
7284 or bdyer@prout.org *** CHRISTCHURCH ~ SUN, 23
September - Ciaron O’Reilly speaks on ‘Challenging Global
Capital - a look at the new movements against global
capital and attempts to derail them’, 7-30 pm at
Christchurch Interactive, top floor 222 High St (cnr Cashel
St). For more information contact Zippy zipgf@yahoo.com ~
MON, 24 September - "Remembering Forgetting - A Journey of
Noviolent Resistance to the War on East Timor" book launch
with Ciaron O’Reilly, 7-30 pm, WEA Rooms, 59 Gloucester St.
For more info contact Greg Jones tel (03) 338 0768
gjjones01@hotmail.com ~ TUES< 25 September - ‘Faith Based
Resistance’, Ciaron O’Reilly speaks at 7-30 pm, St. Mary's
Church hall, Church Square, Addington. For more info contact
Greg Jones tel (03) 338 0768 gjjones01@hotmail.com
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