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• Saturday, 13 September - was the first anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, more information, including ideas for how you can support it, is available here.

National listings

• Tuesday, 28 October - is the 173rd anniversary of He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene / Declaration of Independence, for details of an event to mark the day, see Wellington listings below.
• Friday, 31 October - is the deadline for joint NGO submissions on the NZ government's human rights record (Monday, 10 November is the deadline for single NGO submissions) which will be examined under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) next year. The UPR is a new human rights mechanism whereby the UN Human Rights Council reviews whether or not UN member states are fulfilling their human rights obligations and commitments. NGO submissions for the UPR are being prepared during October. There are five thematic joint submissions being coordinated by different NGOs - the thematic areas are: children's rights; civil and political rights, including immigration, refugees and asylum seekers; economic, social and cultural rights; Treaty issues and indigenous peoples' rights; and women's rights. There will be a sixth joint submission which draws together all aspects of New Zealand's human rights performance, endorsing the various thematic submissions. More information is available on this web page.
• Friday, 31 October - is the deadline for applications for Quaker Peace & Service Aotearoa/New Zealand's Local Peace Grants, and the 2009 Loxley Award - information and links are available this web page.
• Ongoing to Friday, 31 October - Roger Award nominations. Criteria for the Roger Award are by assessing the transnational (a corporation which is 25% or more foreign-owned) that has the most negative impact in each or all of the following categories: Economic Dominance - Monopoly, profiteering, tax dodging, cultural imperialism; People - Unemployment, impact on tangata whenua, impact on women, impact on children, abuse of workers/conditions, health and safety of workers and the public; Environment - Environmental damage, abuse of animals; and Political interference - Interference in democratic processes, running an ideological crusade. For more information and a copy of the entry form, go to this web page or email.
• Ongoing to Wednesday, 26 November - the New Zealand Film International Film Festival, coming to a town near you. The Festival programme, listings of all the films to be screened, dates and venues is on this web site.
• 'Terror in Our Midst? Searching for Terror in Aotearoa New Zealand' - with contributions from Pou Temara, Moana Jackson, Sue Abel, Maria Bargh, Te Urikore Biddle, Luke Crawford, Rawinia Higgins, Richard Hill, Brendan Hokowhitu, Craig Innes, Tonga Karena, Danny Keenan, Ocean Ripeka Mercier, Dominic O'Sullivan, Mamari Stephens and Alice Te Punga Somerville. Huia Publishers, September 2008. More information about the book, and how you can order a copy, is available here.
• 'Left Behind: How social and income inequalities damage NZ children' - report by the Child Poverty Action Group, published April 2008, available here.
• 'Pou Korero: A journalists' guide to Maori and current affairs' - by Carol Archie. While written primarily as a guide for journalists, 'Pou Korero' is an excellent resource for anyone with an interest in how Maori are portrayed by the Pakeha media and how this affects the way Maori are perceived by other New Zealanders - and, most importantly, how this can be improved. As well as practical guidance for journalists, such as reporting Maori occasions and including Maori perspectives in news rounds, 'Pou Korero' contains reflections and ideas which are valuable for anyone wanting to move beyond the dominant mono-cultural ways of thinking and behaving, it provides useful insights that are applicable in any profession or area of work. More information about the book, and how you can get a copy, is available here.
• 'Resistance: An Indigenous Response to Neoliberalism' - "Edited by Dr Maria Bargh, this collection of papers from Maori academics, activists and leaders is unique in highlighting the connection between globally dominant practices of neoliberalism and a diverse range of Maori resistance against them ... Moana Jackson, Cherryl Smith, Maui Solomon, Annette Sykes, Claire Charters, Alice Te Punga Somerville, Bridget Robson and Teanau Tuiono speak candidly of their experiences, national and international, that are often invisible in current debates on globalisation." More information about the book, and how you can get a copy, is available here.

Local listings - scan down the page for listings for your area

• Mondays, from 6 to 20 October - Human rights lecture series * 6 October: Mohsen al Attar on 'The Place of Human Rights in a Globalised World: The Universalist-Relativist Debate in the 21st Century * 13 October: Margaret Bedggood on 'Enhancing the protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Aotearoa New Zealand', and Kris Gledhill on 'Taking Human Rights Seriously: Key Developments in the Human Rights Framework' * 20 October: Joy Liddicoat on '"We Don't Talk About It Anymore": Sexuality, Gender and Human Rights'; all from 7pm to 9pm, ClockTower Building, Auckland University. Organised by the Centre for Continuing Education, in association with the United Nations Association of New Zealand; more information and enrolment details are on this web site.
• Saturday, 1 November - Rally for Justice And Peace in Palestine, come and support justice and peace based on an end to 40 years of Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip (including East Jerusalem), the right of return for Palestinian refugees, sharing Jerusalem, vacating all settlement colonies in Israeli occupied Palestine, and stopping Israel's annexation / apartheid wall in occupied Palestine. Starts 2pm, QEII Square, Customs Street and Queen Street intersection, outside Downtown Shopping Centre. Organised by the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, for more information contact email or go to this web site.

• Tuesday, 28 October - Nau mai haere mai kia koutou katoa on the anniversary of He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tirene / Declaration of Independence. The Declaration was adopted at Waitangi, Bay of Islands, on October 28, 1835. Thirty-five Ariki and Rangatira representing Iwi and Hapu from the far north to the Hauraki Gulf signed the declaration at that Hui. Later other notable leaders added their signatures those from outside the Tai Tokerau included Te Hapuku of Ngati Kahungunu ... 'Making Our Mark: Kahungunu in Wellington', to promote tinorangatiratanga and learn about Ngati Kahungunu in Te Whanganui a Tara, with speakers: Peter Love, Moana Jackson, Bill Nathan, Tere Harrison and Kaye-Maree Dunn; kaiwhakarite - Tiopira Rauna, and kaiwhakahaere - Te Huia Hamilton. From 5.30pm to 7.30pm, Naumai Room @ TPK, please RSVP to Jo Paku, Kaituitui, Ngati Kahungunu ki Te Whanganui A Tara Trust, email.

• Thursday, 6 November - End NZ support for the 'war on terrorism', peace vigil from 5pm to 6pm at the Cenotaph (corner Lambton Quay and Bowen Street); the vigils are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month; for more information contact Peace Movement Aotearoa email.
• Thursday, 6 November - Political, radical, interactive bible study, with Chris Marshall, Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. Outside the US Embassy, corner Fitzherbert Terrace and Murphy Street, Thorndon, Wellington - 7pm for bible study, or be there for a BYO picnic at 6pm. Organised by the Wellington Waihopai Ploughshares Support Group, a printable flyer / poster for this event is available here.
• Every Saturday and Wednesday - 'Behind the News' produced by Jim Delahunty, from 12.15pm to 12.45pm on Access Radio 783AM. If you would like to contribute to 'Behind the News', please contact email.

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