Haere Mai Welcome to ANZPCSC

If this task of building a peaceful world is the most important of our time, it is also the most difficult. It will, in fact, require far more discipline, more sacrifice, more planning, more thought, more co-operation and more heroism than war ever demanded.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

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The aim of Aotearoa New Zealand Peace and Conflict Studies Centre Trust Te Whare O Rongo is to establish in Aotearoa New Zealand a designated, well-funded Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies that brings together research, teaching, tikanga, theory and practice and provides a focal point for New Zealand universities, teachers, students, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

A Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand would be committed to the following values and principles:

• Non-violence in all areas

• The international human rights framework

• Truth, compassion, and social justice

• A focus on New Zealand's contribution to international peacemaking

• The Treaty of Waitangi

• Bicultural principles and processes within our multi-cultural society

• Academic endeavour, integrity and credibility at the highest levels of the universities

• The role of universities as critics and conscience of society

• Wider community education

• A teaching methodology which is harmonious with the aims of peace and conflict resolution

• Inter-faith and intra-faith exploration and dialogue in the area of peacemaking

• Recognition of the role of religion and spirituality in providing resources for peacemaking

• Recognition of the role of women in peace-building.

Newsflash
Sept 2008

The trustees are delighted to hear that Professor Kevin Clements has been appointed as the inaugural director of The Peace Centre at Otago University.
Kevin Clements, a New Zealander, is currently the Director of the Australian
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Brisbane.
Further details will follow in our next newsletter.

Press Release>> PDF

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The Government has given $6 million to Moriori to revive their culture, identity, language and heritage.

An important aspect of that heritage is the 500 year legacy of peace practised by Moriori. Read the article by Maui Solomon >>

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