Global Day of Action on Military Spending
in Aotearoa New Zealand: Index Page

Last year global military expenditure was $1.753 trillion (US$) - on average, more than $4.8 billion (US$) every day. By way of contrast, an average of more than 24,000 children under the age of five die every day from mainly preventable causes - lack of access to adequate food, clean water and basic medicines. This is one of the prices paid, the collateral damage that is seldom talked about, for maintaining armed forces in a state of combat readiness around the world.

• NZ Budget 2013: Some comparative facts and figures, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 17 May 2013   - document with figures   - graph

Global Day of Action supporting groups

2013 Global Day of Action on Military Spending: 15 April 2013

• Global Day of Action event details, in Wellington on Monday, 15 April, and in Auckland on Monday, 15 and Tuesday, 16 April - Photo album
• Global military spending falls, but not far enough, Peace Movement Aotearoa, 15 April 2013 - Formatted for printing - On Facebook
• Global military expenditure in 2012 - SIPRI media release - SIPRI fact sheet
• Facebook link: information about the 2013 Global Day of Action in Aotearoa New Zealand is on Facebook here - please share the link!

2012 Global Day of Action on Military Spending, 17 April 2012

2011 Global Day of Action on Military Spending, 12 April 2011