October 15th Solidarity - Remember the state terror raids

Civil Rights organising meeting

AUCKLAND: Starting again January 15.

Civil Rights Defence Committee, 6pm, Tuesday Unite House, L12, 300 Queen St

He mihi nui ki a koutou,
we would like to invite you to a WAITANGI DAY organising meeting.

:: Tuesday 15th January 2008, 7pm
:: 128 Abel Smith Street, Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington
:: Bring some kai

This invitation comes from a group of people that has been meeting every Tuesday night at the 128 Abel Smith community house since the nationwide raids and arrests on 15th October. The group was set up to support the prisoners, to bring the community together and to organise demonstrations against the raids. It's demands are (were):

Friday, 25 to Sunday, 27 January - Waihopai spybase protest: "The public face of New Zealand's role as an American ally is the NZ military presence in Afghanistan. But New Zealand's most significant contribution to that, and other American wars, including the one in Iraq, is the Waihopai spybase. Waihopai is controlled by the US, with New Zealand (including Parliament and the Prime Minister) having little or no idea what goes on there (let alone any control) ... Waihopai does not operate in the interests of New Zealanders or our neighbours.

Friday, 25 to Sunday, 27 January - Waihopai spybase protest: "The public face of New Zealand's role as an American ally is the NZ military presence in Afghanistan. But New Zealand's most significant contribution to that, and other American wars, including the one in Iraq, is the Waihopai spybase. Waihopai is controlled by the US, with New Zealand (including Parliament and the Prime Minister) having little or no idea what goes on there (let alone any control) ... Waihopai does not operate in the interests of New Zealanders or our neighbours.

Friday, 25 to Sunday, 27 January - Waihopai spybase protest: "The public face of New Zealand's role as an American ally is the NZ military presence in Afghanistan. But New Zealand's most significant contribution to that, and other American wars, including the one in Iraq, is the Waihopai spybase. Waihopai is controlled by the US, with New Zealand (including Parliament and the Prime Minister) having little or no idea what goes on there (let alone any control) ... Waihopai does not operate in the interests of New Zealanders or our neighbours.

Members of the October 15th solidarity crew invite you to join on a Waitangi Day procession from Waitangi Park to the Mount Cook Prison Barracks to commemorate victims of Crown violence and acknowledge the continued colonisation of Aotearoa New Zealand. We will also be drawing attention to the continued prosecution of the ‘Urewera 16’ who still face a political trial on charges under the Arms Act. We will be leaving the south west corner of Waitangi Park at 4pm on 6 February. We invite you to bring tino rangatiratanga flags or other appropriate banners and placards.

The Wellington October 15 Solidarity group has been meeting since the
day after the raids and arrests last year. The raids raised many
interlocking issues, the on-going court case, the Terrorism
Suppression Act and the demands for Te Mana Motuhake o Tuhoe and Tino
Rangatiratanga. The October 15 Solidarity group has called a meeting
for anyone interested in working on these issues in 2008.

7pm Wednesday 13 February
Thistle Hall

Open to anyone interested in working on these issues. The meeting is
to discuss how we want to work on these issues, and what sort of group