[Imc-aotearoa-video] [128communityinfo] Request for private footage for doco on Raids

Tue Apr 15 01:24:47 PDT 2008

FYI - Matt D has been involved in Aotearoa Indymedia in the past, and gave a
workshop at the last Indymedia conference in Auckland, so he's not some
dodgy journo that you'd want to be extra-cautious about.

In solidarity,
Asher

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Torrance <torrance123 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> *From: *October 15th Solidarity <info at october15thsolidarity.info>
> *Date: *9 April 2008 5:43:20 PM
> *To: *torrance123 at gmail.com
> *Subject: **Fwd: Request for private footage for doco on Raids*
>
> hey
> can you please forward this to the 128community list?
> ta
>
> ----- Forwarded message from mdmd at paradise.net.nz -----
>     Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:30:33 +1200
>     From: mdmd at paradise.net.nz
> Reply-To: mdmd at paradise.net.nz
>  Subject: Request for private footage for doco on Raids
>       To: 'October 15th Solidarity' <info at october15thsolidarity.info>
>
> Hi there,
>
> My name is Matthew Donaldson, and I've just finished editing a rough cut
> of
> a documentary called "Terror in Aotearoa".
>
> I'm seeking some additional visual material to compliment the interviews
> of
> two of the people who had their houses raided - and was hoping you could
> put
> a call out to your mailing list.
> (Preferably the footage would be copied from a master tape or be of high
> quality rather than grabbed from the internet)
>
> The material I'm seeking includes
>
> • Private footage from Labour Conference protest – Protestors in
> Orange, Delegate hitting protestors with megaphone, Police arresting
> protestors.
> • Private footage of Police roadblocking and performing siege on
> Tuhoe.
> • Private footage of Jan 05, Tuhoe protest at Waitangi Tribunal.
> • Aboriginal protest footage against John Howard's military
> intervention.
> • Permission from Lambert family to use their image from TV3 60minutes
> item. Patricia, Newton, Tuhoe.
>
> • Newspapers with the "Terrorism" Headlines.
> • Newspaper articles – Helen Clark Speeding.
> • Newspapers / Articles of John Howards Military intervention in the
> Northern Territory.
> • Articles / Newspapers about Aboriginal Land grabs being cover for
> mining / nuclear wasted dumps etc.
>
> My contact details are
>
> Matthew Donaldson
> 021 896 175
> mdmd at paradise.net.nz
>
> ...if anyone has this material and wants to discuss its usage in the
> documentary.
>
> Nga mihi,
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: October 15th Solidarity [mailto:info at october15thsolidarity.info]
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:23 AM
> To: info at october15thsolidarity.info
> Subject: October15thSolidarity.info NEWSLETTER No. TWO - 7th April2008
>
> October15thSolidarity.info NEWSLETTER No. TWO - 7th April2008
>
> Tena koutou,
>
> we send out irregular updates on the campaign to support the people
> arrested in the so-called 'anti-terror' raids in Aotearoa (New
> Zealand) on 15th October 2007 and on 19th February 2008. Although
> charges under the Terrorism Suppression Act were never laid, 19 people
> are still facing charges under the Arms Act and need your support.
>
>
> :: UPCOMING EVENTS
>
> 1. GPJA monthly Forum (Auckland)
> 2. Public Meeting: Police raids, terrorism and the Labour Party
> conference (Wellington)
> 3. Solidarity Gig at Al's Bar (Otautahi/Christchurch)
> 4. Protest against Labour Party Congress (Wellington)
>
> 1. Monday 7th April: GPJA MONTHLY FORUM – ANTI-TERROR LAWS: Trades
> Hall, 147 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, 7.30pm. Special Forum to update
> on the campaign to repeal the anti-terror laws. Details of panellists
> to follow. www.gpja.org.nz
>
> 2. Public Meeting: Police raids, terrorism and the Labour Party conference
> When: Tuesday, 8 April, 6-8pm
> Where: Arlington Hall, Taranaki Street (across from Wellington High
> School sport fields)
>
> The Labour Party is hosting its election year conference in Wellington
> on April 11-13. Come help us organise against the racist brutality of
> this government.
>
> You are invited to a public meeting to discuss how the Labour Party
> has been responsible for committing acts of terrorism against the
> people of Tuhoe, responsible for passing a raft of US terrorism
> legislation, and increasing the powers of the SIS and Police to invade
> your life.
>
> 3. Solidarity Gig at Al's Bar (Otautahi/Christchurch)
> Upper Hutt Posse (Wellington, 2 MCs + drummer only)
> The Eastern + More
>
> Guest speaker: Urs Signer, arrested in October 15th raids
>
> 8:30pm, Thursday 10th April
> Al's Bar
> 31 Dundas St (off Colombo St), Christchurch
> $10. Door Sales Only.
>
> CDs, T-Shirts and badges for sale at the door. All funds raised will
> go towards supporting those arrested in the raids and their whanau
> during court hearings.
>
> 4. Protest against Labour Party Congress (Wellington)
> Protest: Saturday 12 April, midday, meet at Te Aro Park (between
> Ghuznee St and Manners St)
>
> The protest will start at Te Aro Park (also known as Pigeon Park) and
> move to the Labour Party Congress (held at the Town Hall). Everyone
> who opposed the raids is invited to come and bring banners, placards
> and noise-makers. The government has attacked, October 15 Solidarity
> Wellington will not allow the government that attacked us to
> congratulate itself in peace.
>
>
> :: DONATIONS
>
> If you would like to make a donation, check out
> http://www.october15thsolidarity.info/donate for details of the various
> funds.
>
>
> :: ARTICLES
>
> 1. Protest: hold the Labour Party responsible for Operation 8
> 2. Why reject the Treaty? A Maori-pakeha viewpoint.
> 3. Land of the Long White Lie: The New Zealand Terror Raids
>
> 1. Protest: hold the Labour Party responsible for Operation 8
>
> The Labour Party is due to hold its election year conference in
> Wellington on the weekend of April 11-13. This conference will be the
> staging ground for protests and demonstrations opposing Operation 8.
>
> Helen Clark, Annette King and Michael Cullen, who will all be in
> attendance, bear direct responsibility for the Police and Security
> Intelligence Service attacks on Tuhoe and other activists targeted in
> the raids. In the week before the raid on 15 October, Helen Clark and
> John Key met with the Officials Domestic and External Security
> Committee (ODESC) which includes the head of Police, the SIS, Defence
> and several other key agencies. At that time, Clark was advised that
> the Terrorism Suppression Act would be used to raid homes across the
> country and that activist Tame Iti would be arrested. Subsequent
> declarations by Michael Cullen that the raids were simply a police
> operational matter were false. In the first instance, the very notion
> of 'terrorism' is political. These people were not arrested because of
> what they were doing, but rather because of the ideas and beliefs that
> they hold. Secondly, a police operation of this magnitude, involving
> millions of dollars of time and resources, would be closely
> scrutinised by Helen Clark, who is wellknown for her micro-management
> of government agencies, and who is, after all, the Minister of the
> Security Intelligence Service.
>
> Labour bears much broader responsibility for Operation 8. As the party
> responsible for the introduction and passage of ALL of the post-9/11
> anti-terrorism legislation, Labour is a key ally in George W. Bush's
> 'war on terrorism.' Acts of Parliament included in this 'war' agenda
> are the Terrorism Suppression Act, the Border Security Act, the
> Maritime Security Act, the Telecommunications (Interception
> Capability) Act, the Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Act,
> as well as amendments to the Crimes Act, the SIS Act, the Misuse of
> Drugs Act, and a major revision of the Immigration Act currently
> underway. Despite the claims of George Bush and Helen Clark, the
> agenda of this 'war' has little or nothing to do with terrorism.
> Rather it is the primary means by which those who have power and
> control over resources to get more. It is very easy to see this in
> places like Iraq. This same 'war' is now being waged here in Aotearoa
> New Zealand as well.
>
> There are few better examples of this than the Foreshore and Seabed
> Act of 2004. Since 1840, iwi and hapu have claimed that the foreshore
> and seabed fall within the exercise of tino rangatiratanga
> (sovereignty) because they are both part of the whenua (land). When
> the Court of Appeal decided on June 26, 2003 that the eight Iwi in
> Marlborough could have their claim to their stretch of foreshore and
> seabed heard in the Maori Land Court, this Labour Government moved
> swiftly to extinguish the right simply to have the matter heard before
> a judge. The land
> and resources involved make this the largest land confiscation by any
> New Zealand government since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
> Meanwhile, the right of pakeha to own land was never considered a
> threat to those in power.
>
> There are a range of reasons why the Labour Party deserves to be held
> responsible for Operation 8. The sheer racism of the Party must be
> exposed. Its main opposition, of course, holds many of these same
> policies, and bears equal responsibility for the pain and horror
> caused by the police and SIS.
>
> Let's take back our freedoms. The showdown with Labour happens on 12
> April at 12 noon. The demonstration will assemble at Te Aro Park
> (Pigeon Park) on Dixon/Manners Street.
>
> 2. Why reject the Treaty? A Maori-pakeha viewpoint.
>
> This article was written by 'Operation 8' arrestee Emily Bailey.
>
> "When you learn about the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand schools or
> on the street (if you manage to hear any of our hushed-up history),
> you are told how all the Maori chiefs signed the Treaty and how it
> became the founding document of this country, making us all 'one
> people'. People speak romantically of Maori wanting to 'share their
> country' or of Maori having to sign because of being outnumbered and
> 'losing the war'. It is all lies of course. A convenient lie repeated
> by those who continue to deny our past and the injustices that
> happened and continue to happen."
>
> You can read this article here: http://october15thsolidarity.info/node/253
>
> 3. Land of the Long White Lie: The New Zealand Terror Raids
>
> This article was written by 'Operation 8' arrestee Valerie Morse.
>
> "On October 15 2007, the New Zealand police carried out unprecedented
> nation-wide raids arresting 17 indigenous rights activists and
> anarchists and raiding some 60 different locations. The arrests were
> based on surveillance and interception warrants obtained under the
> Terrorism Suppression Act. This was the first time that the police
> used this Act, a law passed immediately after 9/11 and a direct result
> of it."
>
> You can read this article here: http://october15thsolidarity.info/node/254
>
>
> :: RESOURCES
>
> You can download the newsletter produced by the Wellington group here:
>
> http://october15thsolidarity.info/files/newsletter%20vol%201%20take%202.pdf
>
> More posters and leaflets are available for download here:
> http://october15thsolidarity.info/en/node/236
>
>
> :: LINKS
>
> www.October15thSolidarity.info | www.indymedia.org.nz | www.tuhoe.net
> | www.gpja.org.nz | www.civilrightsdefence.org.nz
>
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