Margo Macvicar

Falun Gong practitioners and supporters gathered in Queen Elizabeth Square on July 20 for a rally and photo exhibition that condemns the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

July 20, 2011 marks the twelfth anniversary of the Chinese communist regimes brutal persecution against Falun Gong. Falun Gong practitioners held a rally in Auckland’s Elizabeth Square, today, calling for an end to the persecution.

Falun Dafa practitioners from around New Zealand gathered at Auckland’s Queen Elizabeth Square on Saturday May 13, 2011 to celebrate the Twelfth anniversary of World Falun Dafa Day.

A provision in a draft of New Zealand’s National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management (NPS) required that farmers apply for resource consent if they want to adopt intensive farming practices; but the provision was removed in the final version.

Todays aftershock was the largest tremor since the September 4 quake last year

Watering down freshwater management rules will stymie progress in the clean up of New Zealands rivers and lakes, says the Green Party today.

Thousands of people have fled the New Zealand city of Christchurch after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks have left many areas are uninhabitable due to lack of power, broken water and sewage pipes, and burst gas mains.