Te Kuaka, formerly known as New Zealand Alternative, is an independent organisation promoting a progressive role for Aotearoa in the world.
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The Treaty of Waitangi is an international treaty between sovereign hapū Māori & the British Crown. The te reo Māori & English texts are contradictory & irreconcilable: they cannot be read together or converted into meaningful 'principles' because they are diametrically opposed.
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While downplaying potential involvement in AUKUS Pillar Two, NZ’s coalition
government has joined a network of new strategic groupings to the same end.
@HelenClarkNZ and I argue that subservience puts New Zealand’s security and sovereignty at risk.
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🌐 What will it take for the Pacific to lead its own future? @Sione_Tekiteki will unpack this question and set a roadmap for regional collaboration in his upcoming talk, “The Blue Pacific Continent.”
📅 April 25 | ⏰ 3PM | 📍 Moore Hall 258 & Online
🎟 Register now!
#bluepacific
"For the Ocean of Peace declaration to be meaningful, it must address the militarisation of the region by larger outside powers." An important read by @MHdeJong and Dylan Asafo
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OIA - 19/03/25
Request for report from NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, visit to China, February 2025.
Topics inc: Trade (CPTPP/DEPA); Cook Islands/Pacific; Tasman Sea deployment/live fire exercises; Ukraine.
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Petition: Freeze military spending & rethink foreign policy. Sign this petition by Just Defence calling on the Minister of Defence and the Coalition Government to abandon plans for spending an extra $12 billion on defence. our.actionstation.org.nz/pet…
"Despite emphasising their commitment to regional security, things like humanitarian assistance and disaster response ... it's clear that the emphasis across the document is definitely on high-tech war fighting capabilities." - Co-Director @MHdeJong rnz.co.nz/news/top/557457/ne…
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“The entire arrangement, where the US uses Hawai‘i as a strategic war base, is fundamentally violent and harmful. It relies on the perpetual suppression of our rights and potential as Kānaka Maoli.” — Joy Enomoto
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"Who should our allies be? The ordinary people of the world who want to live in peace with one another and nature are our allies – and we are everywhere, embedded in our own dearly loved whenua."
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#AUKUS is not for #BluePacific! Seminar on 1 April (NZDT) 👉🏼events.humanitix.com/seminar… @pangmedia @diva4equality @pacfemcop @EpeliVl @lotupasifika @_vehia_ @talei_luscia @moanatribe @WeavingHouse @wagepeaceau @MAPW_Australia @karlyannburch @uriohau @dylan_kava @dasafo123 @lagiseru
ALT #AUKUS is not for #BluePacific! Seminar on 1 April (NZDT) 👉🏼https://events.humanitix.com/seminar-3-orcas-in-the-blu-pacific-why-aukus-is-not-for-the-blue-pacific-not-now-not-ever
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“No one has denied that the bombing of Hiroshima occurred, and that a nuclear weapon was used on people and the environment. In Mā‘ohi Nui, we simply don’t have that level of accountability and honesty from the French state.” — Vehia Wheeler
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“If the Indonesian government has its way, the area we’ve always called home, where we’ve lived and hunted for thousands of years, will cease to exist.”— Rosa Moiwend
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1 March is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day. Today, and everyday, let’s remember these words from the Declaration of Whāingaroa, by Pacific activists and organisers fighting for the enduring welfare of our great ocean and its peoples: youtube.com/watch?v=4I8M7Y6d…
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#NFIPDay ☢️🌴🌊facebook.com/PeaceMovementAo… #NuclearJustice #ClimateJustice #PacificLivesMatter @_vehia_ @EpeliVl @talei_luscia @ronnykareni @benetckmaddison @moanatribe @hinamoeura @LisaViliamuJ @CSW68Pacific @JoannaKidman @karlyannburch @wagepeaceau @uriohau @dylan_kava @dasafo123
ALT Saturday, 1 March is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, commemorated as Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Marshall Islands 👉🏼 https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/posts/1064601799030285 #NuclearJusticeNow #ClimateJusticeNow #PacificLivesMatter
We criticise the NZ government’s signalled increase of defence spending towards 2% of GDP.
“If the government was serious about regional security and New Zealand’s influence in the Pacific, they would invest in development and diplomacy." @dasafo123
.@MHdeJong "This is wasteful spending that will only benefit the military industrial complex...We should be buying ferries not frigates. Our budget priorities must reflect urgent national issues, foremost of which is the cost of living crisis.”
Read more: scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2502/S…
"France has never owned up to the consequences of its nuclear bomb programme in the Pacific." - Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross
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"Reinforce that New Zealand remains deeply concerned at the strategic trajectory in the Indo-Pacific... Register that deterrence is an increasingly important element of New Zealand's national security and defence policy settings"
"We've seen in the US, attempts to leverage alliance structures and recruit Silicon Valley capital. I worry that the conversation is being driven not by the national interest but really is an attempt to subsidise the military-industrial complex" @MHdeJong
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An energising weekend!🙌We hope the insights & tactics our members shared gave you some inspiration on how everyone can contribute to the mahi for a nuclear-free & independent Pacific.
In the meantime, keep updated on our work via our mailing list! nzalternative.org/contact
