Kill more for less! Come to the weapons conference

Arms traders were out on Cuba Mall today promoting the international arms trade due to happen at Te Papa 'Our Place' on 17 and 18 October. The arms conference, dubbed 'Kill More for Less' will be attended by some 200 local and international weapons manufacturers. The arms traders were promoting great kiwi-made products such as the 'Jungle-sweeper' grenade as well as the JDAM 'smart bomb' that includes Auckland-based company, Rakon's, crystal oscillator. Many passer-bys were shocked that such a conference was being held at the national museum, but as the arms traders said, 'war is good for business' and 'it is our duty to help fight all those mean and nasty terrorists'. Get in on the weapons conference! List of Events

The Weapons Industry In New Zealand

New Zealand is known around the world as the nuclear-free nation. It is known for its peacekeeping work, its commitment to finding solutions to conflict. It is surprising then that New Zealand is a place where a weapons industry is being actively supported by the Government. It is also the place where an annual weapons conference is held. read more

Weapons Conference coming back to Te Papa!

The New Zealand Defence Industry Association (NZDIA) has been holding their annual conference at Te Papa for several years now and they are back this October. Their meeting is schedulded to take place 17-18 October 2006. Get involved!!!

Weapons conference organisers and war profiteers bombarded

The campaign against the weapons conference stepped up another notch yesterday (11th Septemner 2006). Weapons companies based in New Zealand and their supporters, were bombarded with phone calls, faxes and emails, demanding that they abort plans to hold a weapons conference at Te Papa in October, and end weapons production in Aotearoa, including the Government’s financial support to weapons companies. The targets of the action were not only Te Papa, but Trade and Enterprise NZ, the government agency responsible for funding weapons research and development and MAS Zengrange, a Lower Hutt based company that makes computer systems to control mortar and artillery fire.

Weapons conference arrests disgraceful and unlawful

Peace activists achieved a great victory in Wellington District Court today (11th May 06) as the last remaining charge of those against the 20 people arrested at last year’s protest against the weapons conference at Te Papa was dismissed. None of the 20 people arrested were convicted of any charge. The arrests were simply a means for Te Papa management to remove people who were lawfully voicing opposition to the Defence Industry Association annual conference.

Clowns disrupt NZDIA conference at Te Papa

About 70 protesters in Wellington, including members of the Aotearoa Revolutionary Clown Army, took on Te Papa and a tank on Tuesday (18th October 2005) as part of protests against the New Zealand Defence Industry Association. The Te Papa entrance was blockaded for two and a half hours and a tank was stopped from leaving the area by a second blockade. 20 people in all were arrested, 7 of whom have been charged.
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