Living with Courage
July 2012
Banner photo: Playing basketball at Nkhulambe Secondary School in Blantyre District, Malawi [© Alfredo Caliz/Panos Pictures]
Celebrating a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Wellington
Don McGlashan performing [SGI-NZ]
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the city's Nuclear-Weapon-Free Declaration, the Wellington City Council together with SGI-New Zealand Aotearoa organized a public concert in Wellington's Civic Square on April 12. Among the performers were award-winning musicians Don McGlashan and Warren Maxwell. Over 400 people attended the concert.
SGI-NZ representatives also attended a Mayoral reception held at the Wellington City Council Chambers on April 14, where a "passing the flame" ceremony was held as youth representatives took responsibility for working for a nuclear-weapon-free world. Speakers included Sir Geoffrey Palmer, former Prime Minister of New Zealand; Graham Kelly, former Labour Cabinet Minister; renowned peace and women's rights campaigner Dame Laurie Salas and long-time antinuclear activist Laurie Ross.
Councillor Helene Ritchie, who moved the historic nuclear-weapon-free declaration on April 14, 1982, commented, "Now is the time to pass the flame on to a new generation of young activists who will 'think global and act local' on this most important issue facing the world."
