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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 17h

Please donate if you can to help fund court support for those Peace Action Ōtautahi members and supporters who have been arrested for engaging in peaceful direct action against the New Zealand Aerospace Summit: chuffed.org/project/aero...

Aerospace Blockade - Fighting Fund

Blockade the National Aerospace Conference 2025!

chuffed.org

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 17h

We condemn police brutality against @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social members and supporters who engaged in peaceful direct action to oppose NZ arms and aerospace companies' collaboration with the American military industrial complex and the Israeli genocide in Gaza. thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-1...

Dozens of protesters arrested at Aerospace Summit in Christchurch

'We need to stop hiding behind this thin veneer of space exploration,' said one of the organisers. <br />

thespinoff.co.nz

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

Through AUKUS, a new FBI office in Wellington and now this new arms industry strategy, the Government is hell-bent on integrating Aotearoa into the American capitalist-imperialist war machine. This will only end when we de-link from the fascist USA. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Government unveils strategy for the defence industry

The plan will lift New Zealand's defence spending to more than 2 percent in the next eight years with the Defence Minister seeking to have New Zealand develop weapons for export.

www.rnz.co.nz

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

"To be clear, I support prison abolition and defunding the police. You can learn more about that by checking out People Against Prisons Aotearoa. We need to bring this whole system down! Resist where you can. Liberation for all, everywhere."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

"I bet my life that the latter would lead to less recidivism, and more connected and secure communities. If the resources put into punishing people were diverted to support - housing, education, healthcare and jobs everyone benefits."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

"What would it be like if bail conditions were instead about connection, support, and wellbeing? The former leads to more crime, less security, less positive social engagement, and worse outcomes in general."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

"For example, of 4321 on EM bail in 2024, 2538 were Māori; a ratio reflected back to 2015. Isolation, disconnection, and hardship are not justice-serving conditions. They sound like the conditions for building resentment, mental ill-health, and anti-social behaviour."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

"I acknowledge my privilege - by my reckons if I were not pakeha I would be one of the thousands on remand in custody right now. I'm not being melodramatic - the statistics support my thinking. Māori are over-represented in every remand category."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

"They allege I breached bail. There is nothing sensible about knocking on the door of a four-storey house at 2.16am. I live in 10 bedroom house. I've set up a system so I the doorbell ring right beside my ear. But that morning at 2.16am, they just knocked. It's a system set up for failure."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

"60,000 people living with some form of restriction to their freedom despite not being found guilty of a crime. And that doesn't include the thousands remanded in custody. Last night, I was confronted at my front door by three cops, an arrest warrant, and handcuffs."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

"The ones who think there is justice in the architecture of the state, the so-called justice system. The thing is, I've not been convicted of any crime. In 2024, there were nearly 60,000 people in Aotearoa remanded on bail in the community, awaiting trial..."

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 4d

From Rachel Mary Andrews (www.instagram.com/p/DPUu7__k0-k/):

""Do the crime. Do the time, " they say. Those naysayers, and climate deniers, and tough-on-crime right-wingers. And the ones who applaud the erosion of democracy until it impacts them."

Image description: Picture of climate activist Rachel Mary Andrews being harassed by Police.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 6d

The Government needs to act immediately to relieve pressure on prisons by reversing their policy choices that create this overcrowding and end the dangerous practice of double bunking.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 6d

Corrections and this Government are failing in their duty to keep the people in their care safe. This is not a rehabilitative environment. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

'Corrections crisis': Assaults, double-bunking, inmate tallies hit record highs

Assaults are much more numerous than the last time prisoner numbers neared 10,900.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 7d

➡️SCAN the QR code
🔗 Or use this link: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
➡️Use the email templates
➡️Email the Government

‼️ Let Humanitarian Aid Flow
🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE
✊🏽 Kia kaha, kia manawanui

Protect the Flotilla - Email Templates.docx

** MULTIPLE EMAIL TEMPLATES ACROSS SEPARATE PAGES ** Email to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon TO: [email protected] Subject: Urgent: Guarantee Safe Passage for New Zealanders on Global Su...

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 7d

We need to flood the inboxes of government politicians immediately. Rana, Samuel and Youssef are at risk of interception by those committing war crimes, the IDF. Every email counts. Your voice matters!

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 7d

While our government remains complicit in genocide, three New Zealanders, Rana, Samuel, and Youssef are risking everything for justice on the Global Sumud Flotilla. They are our whānau, and our government must make every effort to protect them.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 17d

Auror, who work with the cops, are expanding surveillance capitalism here and violating our civil liberties through providing facial recognition technology to shops with minimal safeguards. This will only end when surveillance capitalism is abolished. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Stage set for much more facial recognition in shops

Auror's number-plate recognition technology is currently under legal scrutiny in the Wellington Court of Appeal.

www.rnz.co.nz

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 21d

Police is using the surveillance capitalist Auror system to regularly violate our civil liberties. The cops use of Auror must end immediately. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Lawyers challenge widespread police use of number-plate software as evidence

Police reportedly tap into the Auckland-based Auror system 250,000 times a year, often outside big retailers and petrol stations.

www.rnz.co.nz

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 25d

Whether you attended the March for Humanity today or not, please sign this petition calling on the Government to sanction the Zionist settler colonial state for engaging in a genocide in Gaza. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/nz...

NZ Government Sanction Israel Now

Since October 2023 the world has witnessed the state of Israel perpetrate innumerable war crimes and human rights violations against the people of Gaza [1], while the violence, repression, and forced ...

our.actionstation.org.nz

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 25d

Our members from Tāmaki branch and across Aotearoa were proud to participate in Aotearoa For Palestine's March for Humanity today. The Government must sanction Israel now, because a world without prisons can only exist when the genocide in Gaza ends and Palestine is free.

Image one and two descriptions: Pictures of PAPA members at today's March for Humanity holding a PAPA banner with the following red and white text on it:

"None Of Us Are Free
Until All Of Us Are Free
papa.org.nz"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · Sep 5

If you can't attend the fundraiser then you can donate to Te Kāhui Creative Writing here. www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

Keep Te Kāhui Flying

Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of ...

www.thearts.co.nz

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · Sep 5

Tāmaki whānau, please attend this fundraiser on Friday 26 September from 6:30PM at Trinity Methodist Church Hall to help Te Kāhui Creative Writing continue its by-rangatahi-for-rangatahi creative writing programme within and outside of prisons. www.eventbrite.com/e/keep-te-ka...

Image description: Picture of someone writing with the following text on top:

"Keep Te Kaahui Flying Fundraiser

A fundraiser show for Te Kāhui Creative programmes in prisons and communities across the motu. Poetry performances, raffle & so much more

26 Sept 6.30-8pm
Trinity Methodist Church Hall
400 New North Road

Tickets from $15

Te Kāhui Creative Writing"

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · Sep 5

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“Our government are also siding with authoritarianism against international protest movements for peace and justice. The presence of the FBI is a threat to local and international activists, at a time when the New Zealand government is also eroding the right to protest.
NO TO IMPERIALISM
NO TO AUTHORITARIANISM
DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
FREE PALESTINE”

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“Kaupapa:

We march under Te Kahu o te Raukura, the cloak of peace laid by Taranaki Whanui over the whenua. This protest is jointly organised by Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition, International Socialist Organisation Aotearoa, People Against Prisons Aotearoa, Peace Action Wellington and Te Tai Tētēkura. Gather with us at Midland Park at 1pm for speeches, before marching over to the USA Embassy. If you may have trouble walking this distance, we will have transport options available please contact us in advance if you need this. Bring your protest signs and your best chanting voice!”

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · Sep 5

Join us and our comrades @ponekeantifa.bsky.social, International Socialist Organisation Aotearoa, @peacewellington.bsky.social and Te Tai Tētēkura on Saturday 6 September at Midland Park from 1PM as we march in opposition to the new FBI base and US troops here. www.facebook.com/events/65778...

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“NO FBI COPS. NO USA TROOPS.
Stand against militarism and authoritarianism. Join the march against the increased presence of the USA military and law enforcement in Aotearoa. Date and time: 1pm, Saturday the 6th of September. Location: MIDLAND PARK. MARCHING TO USA EMBASSY.”

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“The FBI in Aotearoa?
The Trump-appointed Director of the USA Federal Bureau of Investigation recently visited Aotearoa, welcomed by New Zealand’s far-right government, with plans to establish an FBI office here.”

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“USA TROOPS ON KIWI SOIL
At the same time, the New Zealand Army is talking with its United States counterparts about having American troops train regularly in Aotearoa. This disturbing news means strengthening of authoritarianism of both governments, and a threat to safety and community for all of us.”

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“Why protest?
The director of the FBI has stated that opening an office in Aotearoa will “counter China’s influence in the Pacific”.
Law enforcement agencies in the USA are repressing the American people, cracking down on protest and resistance at the command of Trump’s authoritarian government.
By welcoming the USA military and the FBI into Aotearoa, the New Zealand government is siding with the USA in an imperialist rivalry that threatens the sovereignty and safety of peoples in the Pacific and beyond.”

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