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• ONGOING * BOMBING IS NOT A SOLUTION - The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia has worsened the humanitarian disaster in the Balkans, provoked further atrocities and greatly increased regional instability. Add your voice to those of people around the world calling for an end to the bombing - as the first step towards starting to build lasting peace in the region.
  
  ~ AUCKLAND - 12 noon every Saturday at QEII park while the bombing continues;
  
  ~ WELLINGTON - 5-30 to 6-30pm, every Wednesday at the Cenotaph (cnr Bowen St and Lambton Quay) while the bombing continues, candle lit vigil - bring a candle !
  
  
  
• THURSDAY, 13 May , National Day of Action for the Thursdays in Black -demanding a world without rape and violence. There is background information to this message which you can get from Christina or PMA. Thursdays in Black invites all people of Aotearoa/New Zealand to wear black on Thursdays, teamed with a badge or T-shirt which reads: 'Thursdays in Black - demanding a world without rape and violence'. This is a gesture of solidarity for all women, men and children threatened by violence in war on the streets and in the home. Please support our campaign and our National Day of Action, and wear black on Thursday 13th May. For more info contact Christina Rizos, Women's Co-ordinator, NZUSA, tel (04) 4982500, fax (04) 4732391, christina.women@students.org.nz
  
  
  
• WEDNESDAY, 19 May , National Day of Silence. The third annual National Day of Silence (NDOS) will be held on Wednesday May 19th 1999. This year's event protests the silence created by homophobia. Participants are provided with explanatory cards to hand out which read: "Please understand my reasons for not speaking today. I support takatapui, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights. People who are silent today believe that laws and attitudes should be inclusive of people of all sexual orientations. The Day of Silence is to draw attention to those who have been silenced by hatred, oppression, and prejudice. Think about the voices you are not hearing. What can you do to end the silence?"
  
  For more info contact Christina Rizos, Women's Co-ordinator, NZUSA, tel (04) 4982500, fax (04) 4732391, christina.women@students.org.nz
  
  
  
• THURSDAY, 20 MAY , nationwide release of 'Punitive Damage' begins in Auckland (there is a fundraising preview screening in Auckland on 19 May - see local listings) and Wellington. This film tells the story of Kamal, a young NZ student who travelled to East Timor in 1991 to support the pro-democracy movement. Three weeks after his arrival he was shot and killed by the Indonesian armed forces. Kamal's mother, NZ journalist Helen Todd, began a personal and political campaign to make sure her son had not died in vain. This spanned five countries and four years and culminated in a US court where she won a landmark legal case against the Indonesian military. Directed by Annie Goldson, producer is Gaylene Preston.
  
  Our PMA previewer who watched the film last week says it is excellent, well put together and you should make an effort to go see it. It has loads of background information, gives the context to, and provides a useful overview of, the situation in East Timor. She says it would be especially informative for people who know very little about the situation. However, the East Timor Action reviewers also highly recommended it as a film not to be missed.
  
  
  
• 4 - 7 JUNE - National Peace Workshops, 'learning about peace - peace news, views and visions' at the Riverside Community, Upper Moutere (near Nelson), $10 / $20. For more info contact PMA or the Riverside Community, tel (03) 526 7805 x33 or 40, fax (03) 526 7037, office@riverside.org.nz
  
  
  
• SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 19-20 June , advance notice of the Fourth Women's Conference Against APEC, 'Beware the Miss-Leaders', that will be held in Wellington on 19 and 20 June at the Law School. An organising group for the Conference has started meeting regularly in Wellington. The organisers have already developed a number of themes for the conference, approached some speakers and invited some international guests. If you would like to contribute a paper, hold a workshop, suggest possible local speakers or help organise the conference please contact us - Fourth Women's Conference Against APEC, P.O. Box 50-216, Porirua. Tel (04) 237 5062, fax (04) 237 8157.
  
  
  

• MONDAY, 24 May, activists' pot-luck dinner, 6pm, at the Friends' Meeting House,
  15 Park Street. Contact Barbara Frame if you need more details, tel (03) 473 0109 ext.7853,hewitson@rivendell.otago.ac.nz
  
  
• TUESDAY, 25 May, Murray Horton, Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa, will speak on 'Who's Running the Show? : Foreign Ownership of New Zealand', 1pm at the Otago University Student Forum, and 8pm at the Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
  
  

• on until 8 May - The Revolting Artists Exhibition, which opened on 28 April, get along quickly to the Space Contemporary Art Gallery, 1 Bedford Row, Christchurch or you'll miss it !
  
  The Revolting Artists Collective organised this exhibition of protest art to coincide with the APEC forum meeting in Christchurch and the presentation of the Roger Award for the worst multi-national (which was won by Monsanto in case you didn't get the email posting about it). Thier art is a mix of graphic art, cartooning, sculpture, painting, screen printing and mixed media. It is a response to the devastating effects of Free-Trade and New Right policies and an attempt to preserve and display some of the protest-related artwork. Contact tel (03)374-9171 or write PO Box 22-076, Christchurch treason@ch.planet.gen.nz
  
  

• ONGOING * BOMBING IS NOT A SOLUTION - The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia has worsened the humanitarian disaster in the Balkans, provoked further atrocities and greatly increased regional instability. Add your voice to those of people around the world calling for an end to the bombing - as the first step towards starting to build lasting peace in the region - 5-30 to 6-30pm, EVERY WEDNESDAY at the Cenotaph (cnr Bowen St and Lambton Quay) while the bombing continues, candle lit vigil - bring a candle !
  
  
• FRIDAY, 7 May, Meeting to organise for the May 13th Day Of Action against Genetic Modification of Food, in association with the National Youth Network and the WildGreens. 5pm at the Peace and Environment Centre, second floor, Trades Hall, 126 Vivian St. Bring : friends, pen, paper and plenty 'o' ideas ..... Further info from Tali Williams tel (04) 498 2500, taliwilliams@yahoo.com or Chris Boyle (04) 497 5739.
  
  
• FRIDAY, 7 May , 'Other ways of knowing', an evening with John Broomfield, 7.30pm at Wellington Study Group Building, 31 Hobson Crescent, koha entry. John Broomfield, Ph.D., is the author of Other Ways Of Knowing: Recharting Our Future With Ageless Wisdom (Inner Traditions/Tandem Books). He brings to the workshop a wealth of experience in cultures around the world, including study with Native American, Basque, Tibetan Buddhist and Hindu teachers. He also brings insights from years spent close to nature in the Californian Sierras, the Himalayas and the New Zealand bush, where he now lives.
  
  
• SATURDAY, 8 May - Women's Day for Peace, variety of speakers, topics include Hague Appeal for Peace, Mother's day original proclamation, Abolition 2000, from 9-30am to 12-30pm, at Connolly Hall (Guildford Tce (off Hill St), $5. Contact WILPF, tel (04) 383 5699, or 479 3415.
  
  

• EVERY WEEK - Amnesty International/Human Rights action group at Auckland University - meetings on Mondays at 1:00pm in Arts 206 and Tuesdays in Club space at 12:00pm.
  
  
• ONGOING * BOMBING IS NOT A SOLUTION - The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia has worsened the humanitarian disaster in the Balkans, provoked further atrocities and greatly increased regional instability. Add your voice to those of people around the world calling for an end to the bombing - as the first step towards starting to build lasting peace in the region - 12 noon EVERY SATURDAY at QEII park while the bombing continues.
  
  
• WEDNESDAY, 19 May, 'Punitive Damage' - see 'National' above for details - with special guest speaker Helen Todd, 8-30pm at the Rialto, 169 Broadway, Newmarket (7-45pm for refreshments), $25. Fundraiser screening for East Timor Independence Committee.
  
  
• MONDAY, 24 May , Jose Ramos Horta - this meeting is postponed until later in the year.

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