Fair Trade Fortnight - Wellington

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We have been lucky enough to visit parts of New Zealand, including Wellington, and hope to one day return and see more of this beautiful country. Wellington has the honour of being the first Fair Trade Capital City in the Southern hemisphere and has been a champion of Fair Trade since 2009. This is a wonderful achievement and reflects the hard work, dedication and commitment to fairness and social justice of the people of New Zealand. For more information on Fair Trade New Zealand you can click on this link.

It is currently Fair Trade Fortnight and the people of Wellington have so much to look forward to and enjoy. For a list of the fabulous events planned you can click on this link.

Get Up! and Doctors For Refugees

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We are members of Get Up! as we support their actions and efforts to promote social justice, economic fairness and environmental sustainability in Australia.
Their latest campaign is to support  the Doctors for Refugees and the Fitzroy Legal Service who are filing a case in the High Court to contest the Border Force Act.The  intention of the Act, is to silence the voice of anyone willing to speak out against the Government's detention regime, including medical professionals. This Act attempts to gag and intimidate those entrusted to care and advocate for their patients and people are coming together to fight for the right to report abuse of refugees and asylum seekers in these facilities.
If you would like to learn more about this campaign you can use this link.
If you want to learn more about Get Up you can watch the video below or follow this link.