The Alternative Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Conference - Auckland, New Zealand 1999.

Site of the New Zealand section of this international organization.

Acts to uphold the Human Rights Act 1993.

This site provides information about occupied Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Tibetan news.

Offer gamblers and those affected by the actions of a gambler the following services: over the phone counselling, direct referral to face to face counselling services, information and literature, mail outs, daily support, GA/Gam Anon contact details.

Information about cannabis, its prohibition, and how you can help bring about drug law reform.

An independent project run by volunteers committed to increasing the effectiveness of participatory democratic processes. Amp is encouraging, supporting and co-ordinating submissions to the Royal Commission into Genetic Modification.

Located in the South Island near Nelson. This site promotes the argument that the South Island Loop will bring employment and tourism to the West Coast.

This flag design has been developed for the benefit of all New Zealanders. A nations flag should represent all the people within it, which our current flag sadly does not.

I actually bought a Sunday paper this past weekend, something I haven't done for a while. Reading about all the problems in the world just tends to detract from my retirement euphoria. A person can get a serious ulcer thinking about all of this stuff. I mean, the idea of a radicalized Iran with nukes isn't very comforting. Nor is the ongoing uncertainty about the price of oil.

When we disagree with someone, we often get worked up over not just the event that happened, but the judgments we made about the situation and the person, the feelings that were evoked in us and the story we make up about what it all means. Take ownership for your own feelings. The other person didn't "make you feel" a particular way. They did what they did. You chose to feel the way you did. You gave the situation all the meaning it had for you.

Words can have powerful meanings to people. For example, if I mention the word alcoholic, most people conjure up a middle aged to older adult, sitting on a park bench, clothes disheveled and drinking out of a paper bag. If I mention the word bully, most people conjure up a middle school to high school student, of larger appearance, twisting other kids arms and stealing their lunch money.