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World War One       Centenary   Peace Project Site updates: Universal Periodic Review of NZ human rights performance Beatrice Fihn and the Nobel Peace Prize in NZ West Papua solidarity in Wellington Killer robots: Who will stop them? NZ internship opportunity with UNIDIR Remember, remember the 5th of November ... Latest NZ disarmament statements Remember the Brave: New children's book Peace, peoples and planet, 2 to 4 November Study Day: Truthful remembrance leads to enduring peace 2018 QPSANZ Loxley Award West Papua and the Search for Justice Invitation: Annual Survey of our work Global Youth Forum: Nuclear Ban Treaty Two more Pacific states ratify nuclear ban treaty UN Declaration 11th anniversary Waitangi Tribunal: Te Rohe Potae report European Parlt calls for killer robot ban BNP Paribas Global Day of Action Forum: Towards a Nuclear Free World, 12 Sept Cluster Munition Monitor launched Killer robots: Will NZ step up? Local Peace Grants Killer robots fail key moral, legal test UN experts examine NZ on women's rights NZ Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations NZ ratifies the nuclear ban treaty Progress towards banning killer robots $2.346 billion for four warplanes NZ's examination of the nuclear ban treaty NZ featured in new child soldiers report UNSG's Agenda for Disarmament Budget 2018: Military spending increases again NZ to ratify nuclear ban treaty First Pacific state ratifies nuclear ban treaty NPT PrepCom April / May 2018 Welfare or Warfare? Pre-Budget Forum Global military spending released Lest we forget ... ANZAC Day peace events White Poppies for Peace Appeal CCW Experts Meeting on Killer Robots Submissions on Firearms in Schools UN experts examine NZ economic, social and cultural rights Local Peace Grants: Apply by 30 April Reminder: NZ SAS Afghanistan civilian casualties petition Nuclear investments: Super Fund, banks and Serco ... International Women's Day Vigils to mourn suicide deaths in prison Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control reinstated Latest NZ disarmament statements MFAT meetings: NZ's 3rd Universal Periodic Review We support the Treaty Thanks, youth appeal and the year ahead iCAN Aotearoa: Celebrating this year's achievements Moana Jackson honoured with Doctor of Laws Nobel Peace Prize, 10 to 14 December 2017 Human Rights Day 2017 West Papua Solidarity on 1 December Killer Robots: CCW Meeting Public meetings: Militarism, Peace and Planet UN Committee: recommendations on NZ racial discrimination Rethinking Pacifism conference Armistice Day peace vigils Loxley Award: Apply before 15 November iCAN awarded 2017 Nobel Peace Prize UN Committee: recommendations on NZ racial discrimination Study Day: From just war to just peace Peace vigils and protests: "Defence" Industry, National Security Forum NZ among first to sign new nuclear ban treaty 10th anniversary: UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' Invitation: Annual Survey of our work Killer robots: Top robotics + AI companies call for ban NZ SAS "female engagement teams" Youth peace and disarmament online survey Forum: The global ban on nuclear weapons 2017 Hiroshima & Nagasaki commemorations UN CERD to consider NZ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons PACDAC #NFNZ30 Anniversary Symposium UN Conference to negotiate a nuclear weapon ban treaty PACDAC #NFNZ30 Symposium: Funding Available NZ nuclear free 30th anniversary Killer robots talks cancelled Budget 2017 Some facts and figures Draft Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Intl Women's Day for Disarmament NPT PrepCom May 2017 Forum: Welfare not warfare Lest we forget ... ANZAC Day Peace Vigils Global military spending increases again Global Day of Action on Military Spending White Poppies for Peace Forum: UN nuclear ban treaty negotiations UN Conference to negotiate a nuclear weapon ban treaty In memory of Teresia Teaiwa Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day Drone assassination awareness week We support the Treaty West Papua: Petition to the UN Secretary-General Lectures: From Landmines to killer robots Season's greetings, thanks, and the year ahead Killer robots: CCW Review Conference Human Rights Day 2016 Forum: Global nuclear weapons ban treaty West Papua solidarity on 1 December Armistice Day peace vigils Independence Day 2016 US warship visit: PM gets it wrong NZ: Disabilities Convention Optional Protocol Invitation: Annual survey Moana Jackson: 'Race, power and prisons' forum NZ co-sponsors nuclear ban treaty resolution NZ children: UN Committee "deeply concerned" Nuclear ban treaty draft resolution Child Rights: UN Committee considers NZ Challenging Militarism and Building Peace, 11 Sept 2016 OEWG on Nuclear Disarmament In memory of Joan Macdonald International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Humanitarian disarmament: forum, 8 August Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversary US warship visit and the NZ Nuclear Free Zone West Papua: Petition to Parliament Steven Wallace Appeal Update 2016 Defence White Paper: $20 billion for armed forces PACDAC public meetings Taranaki Peace Walk 15 - 17 June Budget 2016: Welfare or warfare? Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament Lest we forget ... Peace events around ANZAC Day 2016 Forum: Banning killer robots Forum: Welfare or warfare? Global military spending rises UN Human Rights Committee examines NZ's performance Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day We support the Treaty: TPPA / Waitangi Day RNZ Interview: Families vs frigate combat upgrade TPPA vs Military Spending 'He Whakaaro Here Whakaumu Mo Aotearoa' - Matike Mai Aotearoa Report Season's greetings, thanks, and appeal update Human Rights Day: Peace Scholarships open today Humanitarian disarmament forum Urgent appeal for support Human rights and climate change West Papua solidarity on 1 December Quaker statement on terrorism Annual survey on our work Armistice Day peace vigils Remembering Parihaka NZ's US warship visit invitation NZ Action Plan: Women, Peace and Security NZ paper and statements on nuclear weapons 'The Price of Peace', 13 October 2015 International Day of Non-Violence International Day of Peace World Without War: Action for Peace Conference Forum: Banning nuclear weapons, killer robots and explosive weapons 70th Anniversary: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki UN Human Rights Committee: Right to Life submission Defence White Paper Public Consultation, June 2015 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Implications for Aotearoa NZ UN Committee Against Torture: Concluding Observations on New Zealand NZ sits out killer robots debate ANZAC Day peace vigils and events, April 2015 Peace workshops: Challenging militarism and building peace, April 2015 Global military spending remains shockingly high Not in our name: Nationwide peace vigils on 5 March Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day Military deployment to Iraq? Not In Our Name Open letter on military deployment to Iraq We support the Treaty: show your support Updated: 'Treaty of Waitangi: Questions and Answers' 2015 Peace Scholarships open on Human Rights Day Intl Conference on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons Solidarity with West Papua, 1 December 2014 Legislation "a travesty of democratic process" Prisoners for Peace Day, 1 December 2014 Urgent Action Alert: Countering Terrorist Fighters Bill submissions Armistice Day: peace vigils on 11 November 2014 World War 1 Study Day - Poster - On Facebook 2014 Parihaka Day Commemorations Nuclear Abolition Day / Eliminate Nuclear Weapons World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Disability rights: UN Committee examines NZ In memory of Will Foote UN Subcommittee on Torture: Report on New Zealand World War One anniversary: peace vigils nation-wide on 4 August 2014 Universal Periodic Review of NZ's human rights performance 'Noho Hewa' - DVDs available at reduced price 'Lest we forget' NZ Quaker peace statement - Facebook - Formatted Budget 2014: Some comparative facts and figures Time for action on killer robots! May 2014 Welfare or warfare? 16.5% military spending increase 'Noho Hewa' screenings with Hawaiian filmmaker Anne Keala Kelly White Poppies for Peace Annual Appeal, 17 to 24 April 2014 Global Day of Action on Military Spending: Invest in social spending, cut military expenditure Statement on NZ: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs: Visit 3 - 10 April 2014 Update: time for action to abolish nuclear weapons Waihopai Ploughshares: Crown drops damages claim - On Facebook - Formatted for printing Human Rights Day: Peace Scholarships open for 2014 Forums: Hot Topics in Humanitarian Disarmament - Auckland - Wellington Time for change: a framework for community discussion Constitutional Advisory Panel report released World War One anniversary discussion meetings Waihopai Ploughshares: Court of Appeal decision released Government rethinks overseas deployments Key urges action on nuclear disarmament Solidarity with West Papua, 2 December Parihaka Day Commemorations International Day of Peace NZ and cluster munitions in Syria Join the call for action to abolish nuclear weapons In memory of Richard Archer International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Hiroshima / Nagasaki commemorations and Peace Sunday 2013 Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: letter to Murray McCully Constitution Panel submissions due: Support the Treaty Call for action: Support the Treaty Budget 2013: some comparative figures Waihopai Ploughshares: Court of Appeal hearing White Poppies for Peace Annual Appeal In memory of Llyn Richards Global military spending falls, but not far enough Global Day of Action on Military Spending, 15 April 2013 In memory of Bryan Law UN Committee: Recommendations on the NZ government and racial discrimination Banning nuclear weapons, NGO briefing, on 27 March 2013 Women Say NO to War, International Women's Day Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day: Time for action on nuclear weapons White Poppy Peace Scholarships open on Human Rights Day Season's greetings, thanks and holiday arrangements NGO Forums: Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Photos: West Papua Independence Day Solidarity in Wellington Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots West Papua, gender and human rights, Wellington, 20 November 2012 Join the call for action to abolish nuclear weapons! WAI 2358 Interim Report: National Freshwater and Geothermal Resources 2012 International Day of Peace "Support global nuclear weapons ban": NZ Parliament Report Photos: Hiroshima hibakusha visit Wellington Intl Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples / Nagasaki Day Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: commemorative events Land sold to British nuclear weapons / private prisons corporation CEDAW: Concluding Observations on New Zealand Immigration Amendment Bill: Complaint to UN Committee Constitutional Advisory Panel releases strategy Depleted Uranium (Prohibition) Bill 2012 From nuclear weapons-free Aotearoa New Zealand to a nuclear weapons-free world: vote in the online poll Twenty-fifth anniversary: Time for action on a global ban on nuclear weapons UN Report: government's performance on economic, social and cultural rights UN human rights experts assess NZ's performance on economic, social and cultural rights Financial Transaction Tax: a human rights imperative Norway announces nuclear weapons conference: an opportunity for NZ White Poppies for Peace on Facebook White Poppies for Peace Annual Appeal: 17 - 24 April 2012 Global Day of Action on Military Spending: 17 April 2012 2011 Global military expenditure figures released as Global Day of Action begins Submissions on SOE privatisation - deadline is 13 April 2012 Women Say NO to War, Intl Women's Day 2012 Applications invited for 2012 Peace Scholarships Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, 1 March From nuclear weapons-free NZ to a nuclear weapons-free world: join the call for action! Our submission on SOE privatisation (mixed ownership model) Me Rongo Peace Congress Declaration Season's greetings, thanks, and holiday arrangements Green Party re-establishes disarmament portfolio Act now! government gets rid of Minister for Disarmament Annual General Meeting with Carol Archie and 'Family Land' West Papua solidarity on 1 December In memory of Dorothy Brown Me Rongo Peace Congress 2011: 'Peace, Sustainability and Respect for the Sacred'- photos and links to updates 'Strange Birds in Paradise': music can rise above tyranny, screening on 17 November NZ NGO statement on violence in West Papua Evaluation of military academies in schools Defence Amendment Bill: "to support a 21st century Defence Force" Defence Capability Plan: "to deploy more people for longer in combat situations" Government report to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination West Papua solidarity statement, September 2011 Reflections on 11 Sept 2001 anniversary John Key "looking into" Serco prison contract? Waihopai Ploughshares: chronology of events Hiroshima Peace Declaration What's on: Hiroshima Day, cluster bombs, EnemyLove and West Papua Waihopai Ploughshares EnemyLove: blog and photos Government Constitutional Advisory Panel announced Act now for a global ban on nuclear weapons! WAI 262: Links and Waitangi Tribunal media release Updates: Canadian Boat to Gaza Aotearoa New Zealand ican-ANZ launch: Global Day of Action on Nuclear Weapons, 25 June 2011 Me Rongo Peace Congress, 7 to 21 November 2011 The $8.95 Welfare Forum, 20 June 2011 Nuclear-free anniversary and new national campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons Resource competition, nuclear forces ‘leaner but meaner’ - SIPRI 2011 Yearbook UN NGO Consultation: human rights and the environment UN NGO Consultation on the Right to Peace Quakers commit to constitutional change First 2011 White Poppy Peace Scholarships awarded Act now: Iwi skipper detained on navy warship No deep sea drilling! Te Whanau a Apanui in Poneke 2011 White Poppies for Peace Annual Appeal Global Day of Action on Military Spending 'Law into Action: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand' Moana Jackson: the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill Links: Christchurch earthquake UN Special Rapporteur: The situation of Maori people in New Zealand Applications for 2011 Peace Scholarships close on 11 February UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on child rights West Papua Day of Peace Wellington, 3 and 4 February In memory of Andy Piau-Lynch Season's greetings, child rights review, holiday arrangements, and thank you Private prison contract goes to nuclear weapons company NZ SIS Amendment Bill 2010 Constitutional issues review, 2010 Solidarity with West Papua on 1 December Pike River Mine: How you can help Pacific nuclear test veterans: British Court of Appeal decision West Papua: Human rights, torture, and peace 15 to 19 November 2010 'Lines in the Sand' Timaru Peace Week, 7 to 14 November 2010 Repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act Anna Baltzer: Is peace in the Middle East possible? - 4 to 6 November 2010 Iraq to spend $13B on US arms and equipment 'The Moriori of Rekohu T'chakat henu - People of the Land' exhibition Visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples' Rights Welfare Justice public meetings, from 24 August Press Council Ruling on the UN Human Rights Committee and the NZ Herald UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - book now available Gaza: Living under seige, 12 and 13 August Cluster bombs, Hiroshima Day, Peace Sunday and IDWIP Port Otago dredging concerns Public seminar with the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples' Rights on 19 July 2010 Gendering War and National Security, lecture on 15 July Defence Review credibility questioned Global military expenditure: 2009 figures available Free Gaza Flotilla: contact details and information links 'Security without Nuclear Deterrence': order form 4th International Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Conference, 6 to 9 June 2010 Disturbing the Peace, 15 May 2010 Foreshore and seabed review - government proposals In memory of Ester Einhorn UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: NZ government's announcement 2010 National Peace Workshops, 16-18 April First White Poppy Peace Scholarships awarded Feature! Sedition - the suppression of dissent about war UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on civil and political rights Waihopai Ploughshares trial helped uncover secrets Waihopai Ploughshares: trial and event updates Intl Women's Day: Women Say NO to War and Spy Bases, 8 March New UN Report: State of the World's Indigenous Peoples Treaty of Waitangi: Questions and Answers In memory of Margaret Mander Solidarity with West Papua on 1 December 2009 Reports from delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan, November 2009 Militarism and gender: Cynthia Enloe speaks in Wellington, 30 October Fr John Dear speaks on Christianity and pacifism 29 October - 2 November NZ government's human rights record examined, Sept 2009 International Day of Peace, 2009 - with links to World Peace March events & more Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: 11 Sept 09 NZ SAS: complicity in torture and civilian casualties Foreshore and Seabed Act Ministerial Review Vote 'yes' in the child discipline referendum NCCD Conference: Eliminating nuclear weapons Nuclear weapons tests: victims call France to account UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: petition update / questions to NZ government The shooting of Steven Wallace National Peace Workshops 2009: 27 - 29 March Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day statement Gaza: information, vigils, meetings and protest details Human Rights Day: UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples presented to parliament Police taser rollout announced on Human Rights Day DVD launch: 'Maori and the UN', November Seminar: Eliminating nuclear weapons + NZ's role in disarmament First Peace and Conflict Studies Centre Director appointed Taser decision - "unprincipled and dangerous" International Day of the World's Indigenous People Cluster bomb vigils / Pacific demilitarisation meeting, 13 August Petition: End NZ government support for military exports New Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution - starts July at AUT Act now! the shocking trial - taser gun decision due soon NZ "terrorism" in perspective ANZAC Ploughshares deflate Waihopai spy dome Act now! Super Fund investments in death and destruction Farewell for Carmen Smith Left Behind: How social and income inequalities damage NZ children Alternative ANZAC Day / Waihopai vigil March: 2008 National Peace Workshops Iraq invasion: five years too many Cluster Munitions Conference, Wellington Depleted uranium munitions: petition and fact sheet Fly the flag West Papua Independence Day: information and photos Afghanistan: Detainees transferred to torture - AI Report Reports from Hebron - non violent resistance in Palestine NZ votes against indigenous peoples' rights at the United Nations Celebrating the International Day of Peace 'Pou Korero' - new book launched 27 August UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on racial discrimination On the International Day of the World's Indigenous People 2007 Hiroshima Peace Declaration Global petition in support of indigenous peoples' rights Act now: Foreshore and Seabed Repeal Bill Act now! UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Solidarity with indigenous Australian communities Public forum: Ownership and control of water Enduring occupation: Palestinians under siege in the West Bank Resistance: An Indigenous Response to Neoliberalism Repeal Section 59 Attack on Iran? emergency response Alert! NZ to host international security meeting Indigenous World Water Day, 22 March Pacific experiences and analysis of the commodification and ownership of life Fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq Women Say NO to War on 8 March Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, 1 March Negligent Neighbour: NZ's complicity in the invasion and occupation of Timor-Leste Kao! to marina in Whangamata On Waitangi Day: fly the Maori flag Statement by former Iraq hostages Photos: NZ solidarity for West Papua Report and Photos: Hikoi 25 October 2006 2006 D.I.C.K NZ Award Recipients Taser guns: not needed and not wanted What's going on with water? Information on Israel and Lebanon Report: Iraqi Women Under Siege Iran - resources and comment Anzac Day Heroes 'Mission to New Zealand' - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples 'Race', 'Privilege', and 'The Treaty' Messages of solidarity for West Papua Foreshore and seabed information Not in Our Name