If you want your event included in the next newsletter on Sunday 14th August,
please email tamakimakaurauanarchists@protonmail.com before then. ---- Kia oraand welcome to the ninety sixth Auckland activist fortnightly newsletter!COVID-19 Omicron cases are still high in Auckland and nationally and it's cold,wet and windy, so please keep doing what you need to do to stay safe, stay warmand stay dry! You can get the latest updates on COVID-19 in Aotearoa here:https://covid19.govt.nz/ ---- The biggest campaign in Auckland happening rightnow is Protect Putiki: https://linktr.ee/protectputiki on Waiheke Island, wherekaitiaki are protecting Putiki Bay from a colonial and environmentally harmfulmarina development by Kennedy Point Marina Development Limited through peacefuldirect action. The kaitiaki have suffered massive amounts of violence fromprivate security guards and police, but their peaceful direct action is resistingthe development every day.If you can go to Waiheke Island, then the kaitiaki need more people who can bearwitness. If you can't go to Waiheke Island, then you can help through donatingmoney and supplies, sharing the campaign's content on social media, signingpetitions and open letters, attending solidarity rallies, attending courthearings of kaitiaki who have been arrested by police, popping a manu, recordingit on video and tagging Protect Putiki and talking to your friends and whanauabout the campaign.A range of other events will be happening throughout August, such as TimebankTuesday: Skills discovery and dinner on Tuesday 2 August from 6.30pm atGribblehirst Community Hub, Abortion in Primary Care, What's the Hold-Up? onWednesday 3 August from 7pm online via Google Meet, Closing Party AucklandZinefest 2022 on Saturday 6 August from 9pm at Whammy Bar, Poor People With MoneyBook Launch on Thursday 11 August from 6pm at 12 Beresford Square and AbortionAccess and Reproductive Freedom in Aotearoa on Friday 12 August from 7pm online.This newsletter is a bit more sparse compared to previous newsletters, so if youknow of any upcoming events or your own group's events that you want included inthe next newsletter (coming out on Sunday 14 August), then please emailtamakimakaurauanarchists@protonmail.com with them!We are an explicitly anarchist group in Auckland, about a year old, strugglingfor a better, fair and equal world. We are always open to new members. To findout more, come along to a public meeting, or you can find us attamakimakaurauanarchists@gmail.com.Upcoming Events on the Left in AucklandOngoingProtect Putiki, Kennedy Point, Waiheke IslandOccupation of Putiki Bay to stop the construction of an environmentallydevastating marina. Check Facebook for updates on situation, actions, materialneeds and how you can participate.Page: https://www.facebook.com/protectputiki/Tuesday 2 August, 6.30-8pmTimebank Tuesday: Skills discovery and dinner, Gribblehirst Community HubAt this event, Timebank Auckland Central uncovers skills to share with thecommunity or to ones they might like to learn. Regulars can work with new peopleor if there are no new people they will work on plans for upcoming events. Thenthey share a dinner made from donated and rescued food. Vegan option available. Free.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/751870302514772/Wednesday 3 August, 7-9pmAbortion In Primary Care, What's The Hold-up? Online via Google MeetIn this ALRANZ talk, PhD candidate and Nurse Practitioner Emma Macfarlane willshare her research on the provision of optimal first trimester abortion care inprimary post care post law reform, reflecting on where we are at and where we maybe going. Emma's presentation will then be followed by discussion. Free. RSVP.Link: meet.google.com/edq-qymf-gfgSaturday 6 August, 9pm-1amClosing Party ? ?*? ? Auckland Zinefest 2022, Whammy BarCome through to celebrate the end of Auckland Zinefest month with a banger partyat Whammy Bar ?( * ? * )? They'll have a sick lil lineup for ya'll to boogie to(w/ more acts TBC!) Thinking Foxes Ray Leslie - If you submitted your zine toBest of the Fest be sure to come thru! The winners of each category will beannounced on the night - Special thanks to Gordon Harris, Womens Bookshop, TheBlack and White Box and Crushes for supplying them with some amazing prizes forBest of the FestFree.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/318420773760648/Thursday 11 August, 6-8pmPoor People With Money Book Launch, 12 Beresford SquareDominic Hoey having a launch for his new novel, Poor People with Money at SoapDancehallThere will be readings (Dominic and Sam Te Kani), drink specials, music and booksfor sale. Dominic might even write something inane in yours if you ask nicely. Free.Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1207612146689706/Friday 12 August, 7-9pmAbortion Access and Reproductive Freedom in Aotearoa, onlineJoin Auckland Feminist action to hear from people in the feminist movement aboutreproductive justice, followed by Q & A, and then you will have an opportunity tobe part of a facilitated discussion. More info about speakers to be announced.This is a good time to connect and network with feminists in Aotearoa tostrengthen our reproductive freedom, and plan together to make progress for afreer choice in our right to choose, increased abortion accessibility, increasedsexual health services, and increased prenatal and postnatal care and support.RSVP, limited to 500 people. Free.Link:https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/abortion-access-and-reproductive-freedom-in-aotearoa-tickets-389998264307https://mailchi.mp/de1fb315435b/auckland-activist-fortnightly-newsletter-96_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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