Film Evening for your diary: Thursday 17 April at 7-30 The Peace Centre 22 Emily Place Auckland City (close to Britomart)
Three important short films about the impact of logging on indigenous communities in West Papua.
These unique films were made by the communities themselves with some support from Church and environmental organisations.
When you have seen these films you will want to support the IHRC campaign against the import into New Zealand of kwila from West Papua!
1."The tears of Mother Mooi" - documents the negative impacts of of logging on the indigenous Mooi people in Sorong West Papua. The film shows how the local people use the forest - their mother- for their essential resources. The film gives voice to their long struggle against the conglomerates and deforestation.
2. "Gaharu - Blessing or disaster " - impact of the harvesting of gahuru trees on a community
3. "Destiny my land" - impact of defrestation on communities in Bituni Bay- inlcuding an alternative model of community logging. Explains why resistance is so difficult in a militarised environment.
Excerpts from the film "Echoes from Indonesia's Forests: Stories from Papua" made by EIA and Telepak will also be shown - EIA and Telepak exposed the West Papua illegal logging scandal in 2005 and tracked the logs through Malaysia and China and on to the luxury flooring markets in Europe
An evening not to be missed.
for further information _ maire@clear.net.nz
Monday, 31 March 2008
Doppelgänger
Images courtesy of Trenton Garratt - Top, Kate Newby, Mount Street - Bottom, Unattributed, Across the road from the New Musem of Contemporary Art, New York
Saturday, 29 March 2008
the newest space in town
1st April - 19th April 2007
Martyn Reynolds
Marnie Slater
No Letting Go
No Holding Back
Opening Tuesday 1st April 6-8 pm
currently on at the Govett Brewster (New Plymouth)
FRANCIS UPRITCHARD: RAINWOB I
1 March – 18 May 2008
BILL CULBERT: GROUNDWORKS
8 March - 18 May 2008
JAYCE SALLOUM: EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AND OTHER WORKS FROM THE ONGOING PROJECT, ‘UNTITLED’ AND RECENT FRAGMENTS/WORKS
8 March- 25 May 2008
LEN LYE: A PORTRAIT GALLERY
8 March - 18 May 2008
Friday, 2 November 2007
Scientists find the worlds funniest jokes
Germany's funniest joke
To tell the weather: Go to the back door and look for the dog. If the dog is wet, it's probably raining. But if the dog is standing there soaking wet, it is probably raining really hard. If the dog's fur looks like it has been rubbed the wrong way, it's probably windy. If the dog has snow on its back, it's probably snowing.
Of course, you have to leave the dog outside all the time, especially if you expect bad weather.
Sincerely, the CAT.
NEW ZEALAND'S Funniest Joke
A priest conducts a service in church. "The person who puts the most in the church collection box can choose three hymns," he says. The collection box comes back to him after being filled up, and he finds that someone has donated $1,000. Who has donated a thousand?" he asks. A woman raises her hand. The priest invites her to the front and tells her to choose three hymns. Pointing at the three most handsome men in the church, she says: "I'll have him, him and him."
Belgium's
There are basically three kinds of people: Those who can count and those who can't.
The World's funniest joke
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are going camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. Sometime in the night Holmes wakes Watson up. "Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me what you deduce."
Watson says enthusiastically: "I see millions of stars. And even if a few of those have planets, it's quite likely there are some planets like Earth, and if there are a few planets like Earth out there, there might also be life." Holmes replies: "Watson, you idiot, somebody stole our tent."
To tell the weather: Go to the back door and look for the dog. If the dog is wet, it's probably raining. But if the dog is standing there soaking wet, it is probably raining really hard. If the dog's fur looks like it has been rubbed the wrong way, it's probably windy. If the dog has snow on its back, it's probably snowing.
Of course, you have to leave the dog outside all the time, especially if you expect bad weather.
Sincerely, the CAT.
NEW ZEALAND'S Funniest Joke
A priest conducts a service in church. "The person who puts the most in the church collection box can choose three hymns," he says. The collection box comes back to him after being filled up, and he finds that someone has donated $1,000. Who has donated a thousand?" he asks. A woman raises her hand. The priest invites her to the front and tells her to choose three hymns. Pointing at the three most handsome men in the church, she says: "I'll have him, him and him."
Belgium's
There are basically three kinds of people: Those who can count and those who can't.
The World's funniest joke
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are going camping. They pitch their tent under the stars and go to sleep. Sometime in the night Holmes wakes Watson up. "Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me what you deduce."
Watson says enthusiastically: "I see millions of stars. And even if a few of those have planets, it's quite likely there are some planets like Earth, and if there are a few planets like Earth out there, there might also be life." Holmes replies: "Watson, you idiot, somebody stole our tent."
Thursday, 18 October 2007
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