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- Oxfam Unwrapped: Clever Gift Ideas
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This Christmas, give five buckets, buy radio airtime, give a donkey, take away a gun, buy a box of condoms, buy fairtrade certification for a plantation, or many other things, to people Oxfam can assist with your money.
http://www.oxfamunwrapped.org.nz/shopping.asp
(Added: Wed Nov 08 2006 Hits: 363)
- Peace Movement Aotearoa
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PMA is the national networking peace organisation in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Their focus is networking information on peace, social justice and human rights issues; they are committed to social change and resolution of conflict through non-violent means. Their webpage includes information on upcoming events around the country and ways to take action.
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/date.htm#loc
(Added: Wed Jun 01 2005 Modified: Thu Jun 08 2006 Hits: 405)
- Peace Movement Aotearoa Information on Israel and Lebanon
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This information as a summary to answer the questions Peace Movement Aotearoa is being asked on the conflict in Lebanon. The focus is mainly on the actions of the Israeli government, precisely because as a state they have the responsibility and obligation to adhere to international humanitarian and human rights law - and they are not. This focus does not imply any support for any act of violence by any other individual or group. The page includes: 1) details of an emergency appeal for Israel, Palestine and Lebanon; 2) contact details for Israeli and NZ government representatives; 3) details of solidarity events and protests in Auckland, Wellington and Nelson; 4) links to some of the Israeli and Jewish peace groups who are commenting on the current situation; and 5) links to other sources of information.
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/isjuly06.htm
(Added: Wed Aug 02 2006 Hits: 239)
- Public Participation on NZ government position on the text of the draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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This petition calls on the government of New Zealand to immediately engage in mutually meaningful ways with iwi, hapu and other Maori organisations, as well as the general public, to review and substantially improve the government position on the UN draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/489895927?ltl=1158029695
(Added: Tue Sep 12 2006 Hits: 285)
- RMS Refugee Resettlement
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RMS is Aotearoa-New Zealand's refugee resettlement agency. RMS is a not for profit organisation. RMS trains volunteers and provides social workers to assist refugees to resettle once they have arrived in New Zealand. RMS volunteers are trained to be able to complete the tasks that refugee families need to attend to but do not have local knowledge of, such as, enrolling their children in school, connecting power and phone to their HNZ home, locating a suitable local doctor, connecting with their ethnic communities.
(Added: Fri Mar 24 2006 Modified: Thu Jun 08 2006 Hits: 346)
- Save Happy Valley
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There are a number of things that you can do to help with the campaign via this webpage. Send a postcard to the government. Send a virtual postcard. Write letters to your local newspaper. Print and distribute Happy Valley posters. Contact and get involved in a local group that is working to oppose the mine. Make sure you know the issues around Happy Valley, coal-mining and climate change - spread the word!
http://www.savehappyvalley.org.nz/getinvolved.htm
(Added: Tue Sep 05 2006 Hits: 220)
- Sign the petition for a slave-free economy!
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As New Zealanders we have laws for minimum wages, equal opportunities, anti-racism and in 1993 we ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child because we believe in basic human rights for all. But NZ does not have a law banning the sale of products that use slave labour! (Trade Aid).
(Added: Thu Jul 12 2007 Hits: 237)
- Supersize My Pay Campaign
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The New Zealand government has said it wants to raise the minimum wage to $12.00 per hour by the end of 2008 if "economic conditions permit." But 2008 is too late for low paid and minimum wage workers - we are already in the midst of a low wage crisis despite recent growth in the economy and record corporate profits. Unite Union and the SuperSizeMyPay.Com campaign is calling for an immediate minimum wage rise to $12.00 NOW, the abolition of youth rates, secure hours and other minimum entitlements.
http://www.supersizemypay.com/petition
(Added: Tue Nov 29 2005 Modified: Tue Jun 20 2006 Hits: 294)
- Support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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The indigenous peoples of the world came together to agree a statement of their rights. Four countries objected. Aotearoa New Zealand is one of them. Send an e-card to key government MPs to tell them what you think about this.
http://www.greens.org.nz/campaigns/humanrights/ecard_indigenous_rights.asp
(Added: Mon Sep 11 2006 Hits: 255)
- Supporting West Papua
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If you would like to be part of a West Papua group in Wellington or are wanting to share and find out more about West Papua, subscribe here. If you would like to join the Indonesian Human Rights Committee (based in Auckland) email list contact maire@clear.net.nz
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/wgtn-westpapua
(Added: Wed Jul 19 2006 Hits: 285)
- Take action against climate change
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Climate change is happening now, but we can start making a difference today. The actions every one of us takes can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of climate change. We can all help protect our environment by making changes, big and small, in the way we lead our lives. Visit the Ministry for the Environment's website to find out ways you can take action in the home, workplace, on the land and in the community. (Ministry for the Environment).
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/climate/take-action/index.html
(Added: Wed Jul 11 2007 Hits: 121)
- The 42collective
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The 42collective is a not-for-profit organisation based in Wellington, New Zealand, which aims to simplify and encourage the shift towards lifestyles that enhance personal wellbeing, maximise resource and energy efficiency and minimise harm to people and the environment - less-cost lifestyles.
http://www.42collective.org.nz/life.html
(Added: Mon Sep 10 2007 Hits: 189)
- The People's Moratorium
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The People's Moratorium is the continuing campaign to keep New Zealand's food and environment GE Free. Because the Government has failed to respond to public demand for a continuing moratorium on GE release, it now falls to the people to keep New Zealand GE Free.
(Added: Mon Nov 03 2003 Modified: Tue Jun 20 2006 Hits: 543)
- The Workers Charter
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(Aotearoa New Zeland) The Workers Charter website allows you to endore the charter which upholds the following democratic rights as bringing dignity to workers: The right to a job that pays a living wage and gives us time with our families and communities; The right to free public healthcare and education; The right to decent and affordable housing; The right to live in a clean and healthy environment; The right to organise democratically and strike in defence of our rights and living standards without legal restrictions; The right to public control of social assets; The right of all workers to freely express their identity free from discrimination; The right to organise with workers in other countries against corporate globalisation and war.
http://www.workerscharter.org.nz/
(Added: Mon Nov 14 2005 Modified: Tue Jun 20 2006 Hits: 291)
- TRADE AID NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
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Come outside parliament on Thursday the 23rd of August to support the handover of Trade Aid's petition.
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/23rd%20invite%20to%20outside%20parliament-1.pdf
(Added: Fri Aug 17 2007 Hits: 132)
- UN expert urges South Africa and New Zealand to ratify ILO 169 immediately
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The UN's top expert on indigenous rights has called on the governments of South Africa and New Zealand to ratify ILO Convention 169 on indigenous and tribal peoples' rights. ILO Convention 169 is the only legally binding international instrument which upholds tribal peoples' rights to the collective ownership of their lands. Here you can read the UN reports from both countries and find out how to urge the governments to ratify the convention. (Survival International, 12 June, 2006)
http://www.survival-international.org/news.php?id=1682
(Added: Thu Jun 15 2006 Modified: Tue Jun 20 2006 Hits: 294)
- UNESCO International day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
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Come support UNESCO on the 23rd of August. The petition being handed to parliament asks for a law to make it illegal for slave-made products to be imported into NZ (UNESCO, August 2007).
(Added: Tue Aug 21 2007 Hits: 130)
- Urgent action for deep sea life
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The deep-sea is woefully inadequately protected from destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling. The only clear action for countries left to take now is support a global moratorium on high seas bottom trawling at the United Nations General Assembly in October. You can help protect the oceans by sending a message to the ministers of Canada, Finland, France, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain and the USA.
http://ctk.greenpeace.org/od-en/ctk-letters/get-info?letter%5fid=2165130&referrer%5fid=
(Added: Fri Oct 06 2006 Hits: 256)
- Where to Buy Fair Trade Coffee?
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You can get Fair Trade products at all Trade Aid stores around the country. And due to the growth of Fair Trade in New Zealand, there are also hundreds of places to get a fair trade coffee and other fair trade products outside of your local Trade Aid shop. The list is growing every day as retail outlets around the country are getting on board. Check the links below for cafes, restaurants, supermarkets and organic stores who are all supporting fair trade.
http://www.tradeaid.org.nz/Where%20to%20buy%20fair%20trade
(Added: Wed Aug 23 2006 Hits: 228)
- With your organisation, support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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After more than 20 years of negotiations, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in June 2006. It is now being sent to the United Nations General Assembly for adoption at the end of this year. The Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust (a Maori organisation active at the UN on the Declaration) has drafted a letter to send to overseas' embassies in New Zealand and Pacific States to lobby them to prevent New Zealand and other states from amending the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples before it is voted on in the UN General Assembly at the end of this year. If you think your organisation might like to add its name to the letter, go to this website.
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/in210806.htm
(Added: Tue Aug 22 2006 Hits: 240)
