Please note correction: to the time of the
Christchurch commemoration on Sunday, 5 August, which is
from 5pm to 6pm at the Peace Bell.
Remembering
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Aotearoa New
ZealandPeace Movement Aotearoa
3 August
2012
Below are the details of commemorative events
and public meetings to mark the 67th anniversary of the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9
August 1945). These listings are available online at http://www.icanw.org.nzNATIONAL
*
Sunday, 5 August, Peace Sunday
- this year’s
Peace Sunday Worship Resources from Christian World Service
are focused on peace in the Pacific and the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the nuclear free legislation, find out more
at http://www.cws.org.nz/files/PeaceSunday2012final_0.pdf*
Ongoing until Saturday, 11 August - Hibakusha national
speaking tour: Ms Shigeko Sasamori and Mr Michimasa
(Michi) Hirata, hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) from
Hiroshima, will be speaking in Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch and Dunedin - details of public meetings,
events and contacts are included in the local listings
below.
* Ongoing - From nuclear weapons-free
Aotearoa New Zealand to a nuclear weapons-free world: Time
for action on a global ban on nuclear weapons, find
out more at http://www.icanw.org.nz
*
Sunday, 5 August - Peace talk by Ms Shigeko Sasamori and Mr
Michi Hirata from Hiroshima
(in Japanese): starts
2pm at the Auckland Japanese Church, 3 Ngaire Avenue, Epsom.
Organised by the Waiheke Combined Churches / hibakusha tour
Committee, for more information please contact email
smart33@xtra.co.nz or greengallery@xtra.co.nz
*
Sunday, 5 August - Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration, and
opening of the Hiroshima / Nagasaki A Bomb Photo Poster
Exhibition: the Women’s International League for
Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Tamaki Makaurau Branch invite you
to the commemoration for Hiroshima and Nagasaki which is
being held in conjunction with the launch of the Peace Map
and Cultural Mapping Exhibition, and the opening of the
Hiroshima / Nagasaki A Bomb Photo Poster Exhibition, with
speakers representing the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum,
Shigeko Sasamori and Michimasa Hirata. The programme
includes crane-making, a candle floating ceremony, stories,
speakers and music. Starts 4.30pm at The Depot’s Kerr
Street building, Mt Victoria, Devonport. Organised by WILPF
Tamaki Makaurau and The Depot Artspace, for more information
please contact email ruth.calliope@gmail.com or
erin.forsyth@depotartspace.co.nz You can RSVP for this event
at http://www.facebook.com/events/182079021924038*
Monday, 6 August, Hiroshima Day - Peace talk by Ms Shigeko
Sasamori and Mr Michi Hirata from Hiroshima, starts
6pm at the St Colomba Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby.
Organised by the Waiheke Combined Churches / hibakusha tour
Committee, for more information please contact email
smart33@xtra.co.nz or
greengallery@xtra.co.nz
WELLINGTON
* Sunday, 5
August - 67th commemoration of the atomic bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
, with invited guests and
speakers and the general public. From 2pm to 4pm at the
Peace Flame, on the city side of the Lady Norwood Rose
Garden, Botanic Garden; the wet weather venue is the nearby
Begonia House. Organised by The City is Ours, more
information is available at http://www.hdwn.webs.com*
Tuesday, 7 August - The message from
Hiroshima: with hibakusha Ms Shigeko Sasamori and Mr Michi
Hirata: you are invited to a public meeting with Ms
Shigeko Sasamori and Mr Michi Hirata, hibakusha (atomic bomb
survivors) from Hiroshima. On the 67th anniversary of the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Shigeko Sasamori
and Michi Hirata are on a national speaking tour sharing
their experiences - join us to hear their story and to learn
about the Hiroshima / Nagasaki Peace Project. From 6pm to
7.30pm, light refreshments at 5.50pm, in the first floor
conference room, St Andrews on The Terrace, 30 The Terrace
(entry via the pathway on the north side of the church).
Organised by iCAN (international Campaign
to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) Aotearoa New Zealand, Peace
Movement Aotearoa and St Andrews on The Terrace, for more
information please contact email icanz@xtra.co.nz The A4
poster for this event is available at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/hiroshima,7Aug12.pdf
and you can RSVP for this event at http://www.facebook.com/events/138971072909908CHRISTCHURCH
* Sunday, 5 August - Commemoration for Hiroshima
and Nagasaki: we gather to remember those who died
and the hibakusha (those who survived) the atomic bombings
in August 1945, and to renew commitment to work for a
peaceful world for all so that this will never happen again.
Although we will not be floating lanterns on the river as in
earlier years, we will be lighting them around the Peace
Bell, remembering the lanterns floated on rivers at this
time each year in Japan. The Japanese Women's Choir will
sing, and Natasha Barnes from the Disarmament and Security
Centre will speak. From 5pm to 6pm at the Peace Bell in the
Botanical Gardens (the Peace Bell is across the river from
the band rotunda, between the woodland bridge and the rose
garden). Organised by the Women’s International League for
Peace and Freedom Otautahi Branch and the Religious Society
of Friends (Quakers), for more information please contact
email tay@clear.net.nz
* Thursday, 9 August,
Nagasaki Day - Ceremony at the Peace Bell with Ms Shigeko
Sasamori and Mr Michi Hirata from Hiroshima: starts
2pm at the Peace Bell in the Botanical Gardens (the Peace
Bell is across the river from the band rotunda, between the
woodland bridge and the rose garden). Organised by local
peace people, for more information please contact email
cathy.harrison@clear.net.nz
OAMARU
* Monday, 6 August, Hiroshima Day -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration
: starts
12.30pm at the Hiroshima Memorial in the Oamaru public
gardens, Chelmers Street end. Organised by local peace
people, for more information please contact email
perkins.hugh@gmail.com
DUNEDIN
* Friday, 10
August - Hiroshima A-Bomb Survivors Speak: Never
Again!
A public lecture with Ms Shigeko Sasamori
and Mr Michi Hirata, survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb,
who will share their memories of the war and the devastating
consequences of nuclear warfare. From 4pm to 6pm, in Room
2.03, Commerce Building, corner of Union Street East and
Clyde Street (the room is on street level if you enter by
the side door straight off Union Street, approx 10 metres
from the corner), University of Otago. Organised by the
National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, for more
information please contact email
peaceandconflict@otago.ac.nz The A4 poster for this event is
available at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/hiroshima10-11Aug12.pdf* Saturday, 11 August, Nagasaki Day - Peace vigil
‘Never Again’, with Ms Shigeko Sasamori and Mr Michi
Hirata from Hiroshima: a ceremony to commemorate
the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
67 years ago. From 12 noon to 1pm, at the Peace Pole, in
front of Otago Museum. Organised by the National Centre for
Peace and Conflict Studies with others, for more information
please contact email peaceandconflict@otago.ac.nz The A4
poster for this event is available at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/hiroshima10-11Aug12.pdf
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