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• New book - 'Security without Nuclear Deterrence' by Commander Robert Green, Royal Navy (Ret'd) was launched in Wellington on Wednesday, 2 June 2010. Information about the book is available here and copies are available from the Disarmament and Security Centre for $25 + $5 p&p each: if you wish to pay for your order by cheque, please send a note with your postal details and how many books you wish to order with your cheque made payable to 'Disarmament and Security Centre' to Disarmament and Security Centre, PO Box 8390, Christchurch or use the order form available here; if you wish to pay for your order by direct credit, please credit the Disarmament and Security Centre's account 020820 0261855 03 and send a message with your name, postal details, the date and amount credited, to email.

• Ongoing to Wednesday, 29 September - Welfare Justice: Alternative Welfare Working Group public meetings. "Earlier this year government established a Welfare Working Group with a terms of reference which focused almost exclusively on moving people from a benefit into paid work, a focus which has dominated changes in income support over the last two decades. Concerns exist around the narrowness of the terms of reference and the ways in which the experiences and ideas of community groups and beneficiaries are so often not heard in the discussions and debates about change, despite their closeness to the needs on a daily basis. It was in this light of this that Welfare Justice: Alternative Welfare Working Group was born as an initiative of Caritas, Anglican Social Justice Commission and Beneficiary Advocacy Federation of New Zealand. Welfare Justice would like to hear from beneficiaries and the wider community about what you think are the key principles that are important for our social welfare system, and some examples of how these are or are not being applied. In particular we would like to hear your thoughts about a benefit system that is fair and promotes the wellbeing of all people in Aotearoa." The schedule of public meetings in different parts of the country is available on this web page, information about how you can make a submission to Welfare Justice is available on this web page, and the Welfare Justice Facebook page is here.
• Ongoing to 30 January 2011 - A new exhibition 'The Moriori of Rekohu: T'chakat henu - People of the Land' opened at the Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures on 22 August 2010. 'The Moriori of Rekohu: T'chakat henu - People of the Land' is a collaborative effort between the Hokotehi Moriori Trust and Pataka Museum and showcases Moriori stories of celebration and revival. Pataka has designed an events programme to accompany the exhibition, details are available on this page. Pataka Museum is at the corner of Norrie and Parumoana Streets, Porirua City - if you need directions, details of how to get there are on this page. The museum is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4.30pm, and from 11am to 4.30pm on Sundays. Information about the Hokotehi Moriori Trust is available on this site.
• Ongoing - White poppies for peace are available any time of the year, all proceeds to the White Poppy Peace Schlolarships, more information is available on this web page, or contact email.
• 'Treaty of Waitangi: Questions and Answers' - the revised and updated edition of 'Treaty Questions and Answers' which was first published by Network Waitangi in 1989. Covering many historical and contemporary issues, it is for people who would like to gain a basic knowledge about the Treaty of Waitangi and its implications, as well as for those who wish to refresh and update their understanding. The publication includes a summary of legislation and actions since 1840 which have breached the Treaty, and a comprehensive reading list. The online version of 'Treaty of Waitangi: Questions and Answers', together with information about where you can get hard copies, is on this web page.

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

Auckland

• Saturday, 4 September - Rally for Justice and Peace in Palestine, come and support justice and peace based on an end to 42 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 dismantling 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.
• Friday, 10 September - 'Rethinking welfare for the twenty-first century: Beyond the terms of reference', an all-day forum co-hosted by Child Poverty Action Group, with the Retirement Policy and Research Centre, the Public Policy group, and the Departments of Sociology and Economics at the University of Auckland. "The Government appointed a Welfare Working Group in April 2010 to conduct a wide-ranging and fundamental review of New Zealand's welfare system, and make practical recommendations to improve the economic and social outcomes for beneficiaries and New Zealand as a whole. The first report of the Welfare Working Group is available here. The aim of this Welfare Forum is to move beyond the narrow terms of reference of the Welfare Working Group, and make recommendations that recognise the current economic climate, and foreground the needs of children. In planning for this day we have been particularly interested in learning from the Australian experience. Three speakers from Australia will join with experts from New Zealand in what should be an informative and stimulating day." From 8.30am to 5.30pm, Room 0GGB5, Owen Glenn Building, University of Auckland - the programme is available here. Registration (includes morning and afternoon teas, and lunch) is $50, $30 for students. Places are limited and registration is essential; the closing date for registration is Tuesday, 7 September - the registration form is available here or from email. For more information about the forum please contact the Child Poverty Action Group, email.

• Thursday, 2 September - End NZ support for the 'war on terrorism' peace vigil, 5pm to 6pm at the Cenotaph (corner Lambton Quay and Bowen Street); the vigils are held on the first Thursday of each month, for more information contact Peace Movement Aotearoa email.
• Saturday, 4 September - 'The Commodification of Identity', join Maui Solomon, Moana Jackson, Moana Maniopoto with an introduction by Susan Forbes for a forum discussion and debate on intellectual and cultural property. What are the ethics in and around the issue of cultural property? From 2pm to 3pm, Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures, in the gallery. One of the events around The Moriori of Rekohu: T'chakat henu - People of the Land exhibition.
• 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.

Dunedin

• Ongoing - Port Otago dredging: a campaign to raise public awareness about Port Otago Ltd’s recently notified application to dredge 7.2 million cubic metres of harbour bottom. The applicant proposes to dump the spoil some 6.3 kilometres off Taiaroa Head, with a resultant sediment plume stretching many kilometres north and south of the deposition zone. The proposal is the largest and most intensive single dredging programme that the Harbour has seen in its history, and the wider environmental effects are as yet not wholly understood. For more information go to this web site or email.
• Ongoing - details of seminars and discussions at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Otago University, are available here.

Women Say NO to War | Hikoi, October 2006 | International Day of Peace 2007 | Hikoi mo te Iwi, 2007 | West Papua solidarity 2007 | NZ Super Fund invests in death and destruction, Wellington, 2008 | 'Pacific demilitarisation, disarmament and human security' meeting + 'Remember Lebanon: Ban Cluster Bombs', Auckland, 2008 | Waihopai Ploughares: Fundraising for Iraq, Wellington, 2008 | Russia: stop using cluster bombs, Wellington, 2008 | Waihopai Ploughshares Support, Wellington, 2008 | Presentation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' petition to parliament, 2008 | Visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Wellington, 2010

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