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the World Peace March route Oceania and East Asia Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines. Continental Asia Bangladesh, China, India, Israel, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Korea, Palestine, Turkey. Europe Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom. Africa Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, CÙte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Togo. America Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. Antarctica The World Peace March
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Artist - John Ruth, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand www.johnruth.com October 1: Civic Reception Wellington City welcomes the international team plus others who have travelled to Wellington for the first part of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. The reception (invitation only) will be held in the Wellington City Council Chambers located in the Civic Centre. The Civic Centre also includes the city library, city art gallery, civic square, Michael Fowler performance centre, City-to-Sea bridge, and the town hall. "Wellington is the first capital city to see the dawn, and on October 2 it will see the first steps on a 90-day march which will pass through 90 countries, taking in tropical summer and Siberian winter and everything in between. It is a great honour for Wellington to have been chosen for the start of the march and I hope as many people as possible come along in October and enjoy everything New Zealand’s arts and culture capital has to offer." Kerry Prendergast, Mayor of Wellington See Wellington mayor welcomes World Peace March for the full video welcome from Mayor Kerry Prendergast to the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. Nuclear Disarmament Public Forum Turnball House, Bowen Street, Wellington 5:30 – 7pm: Depleted Uranium and White Phosphorus 7:30 – 9pm: Nuclear Abolition and Global Peace Organised in conjunction with the United Nations Association of New Zealand and the National Consultative Committee on Disarmament. October 2 Opening event Speeches, music etc at the Gandhi statue in front of Wellington Railway Station. Co-hosted by the Indian High Commission in commemoration of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and the United Nations International Day for Non-violence. Start of the March and launch of Wellington World Peace March opens the Wellington Peace Heritage Walk and starts walking it. The route goes from the Gandhi statue past Pou Whenua (Wai-titi landing markers) to parliament grounds to visit the Women’s Suffrage garden and Nagasaki figure, then to the St Andrews-on-the-Terrace. Peace Concert A concert of peace songs celebrating UN International Day of Nonviolence. Peace Heritage Walk continues
Peace Heritage Walk continue to the Botanic Gardens to visit the Peacemaker sculpture, Peace Garden, Nagasaki Tree, Hiroshima Tree and Kauri peace tree, then to the Wellington Museum of City and Sea to visit the Wellington Nuclear Weapon Free Zone exhibition and ending at the waterfront at the monument for child refugees from the second world war. Parihaka commemoration
A ceremony to commemorate the nonviolent struggle of the Parihaka people for justice. In the 19th century Parihaka people were imprisoned in Wellington and Dunedin and forced into slave labour. Public forum with the international walkers
An evening presentation and discussion for local people to meet the international marchers and celebrities and discuss peace and nonviolence aims and initiatives. October 3 Tree planting for carbon-offsetting
Join the peace marchers as they plant trees at the Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project in Island Bay to publicise environmental protection efforts including personal actions to offset our carbon footprints. Antarctica peace treaty commemoration Join the World Peace March as it commemorates the 1959 Antarctic Treaty which established the Antarctic as a demilitarized and nuclear-free region. The World March will use this as an opportunity to promote environmental protection and demilitarization in both the North and South poles. Following the ceremony, the international team will travel to the airport to head for Australia – the next point on the World March route. For more information on Wellington events contact alyn@worldmarch.co.nz Accommodation The international team stays at Tapu te Ranga marae in Island Bay. The marae covers 24 hectares – two thirds is reforestation in native plants, the remaining third is set aside for passive recreation – walks, playing, outdoor activities and gardens. The marae also has Noho Kainga – flats and houses for the inhabitants – and a number of whare (houses) for guests and other purposes. The tupuna (ancestral) whare is Pare Hinetai No Waitaha. There are also special gardens Wahi Whenua and Wahi Pungarehu
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World Peace March to start from most peaceful nation on earth! Scoop – NZ June 5 Mundo sin Guerres (World without Wars), an international organisation working to prevent war and promote non-violence, has decided to start a 90-day World March for Peace and Non-violence www.worldmarch.co.nz in New Zealand, the country recently affirmed by the Global Peace Index (GPI) as the most peaceful nation on earth. The World March will start in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday 2 October and then travel through 95 countries culminating in Argentina. Thousands of concerts, festivals, forums, and demonstrations are planned to coincide with the march worldwide. Rafael de la Rubia, founder of Mundo sin Guerres and the international spokesperson for the World March says “We chose New Zealand because it is the first country to grant women the right to vote, to legally ban nuclear weapons, and the first and only country to establish a Minister for Disarmament, so we are pleased at the recognition now given to New Zealand by the Global Peace Index.” See World Peace March to start from most peaceful nation on earth! Did You Know?
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