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Movie screening: LINDA LINDA LINDA - Fundraiser for Burmese Punks!

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The Freedom Shop are hosting another movie night and we would love to see you there. LINDA LINDA LINDA (Nobuhiro Yamashita, Japan, 2005) 13 Garrett Street, Te Aro, Wellington Thursday 18th September, 6pm. Fundraiser for Burmese punks - Koha entry. Since the military overthrow of a semi-democratic government in 2021, Burma has been immersed in a civil war, three million people have been displaced, many now living as refugees in surrounding countries. Over half of the country has been liberated by opposition armed groups, but the regime hangs on, using air strikes, forced conscription and brutality to control the main cities and areas of economic value. Amongst the opposition is the punk movement that has led protests, organised Food not Bombs groups, food gardens, social centres and other projects, both inside and outside the country, all run on the smell of an oily rag. Your dollar goes further when it’s in the hands of punks. We are screening Linda Linda Linda – a low-key, ...
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NAGASAKI DAY - Aro Hall, Saturday 9th August 2025

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Come to Aro Valley Hall from 9am on Saturday 9th August for a day of exhibitions, music, inspiring talks, food, drinks and solidarity with all those who want to work for an independent, nuclear free Aotearoa. The Freedom Shop will be there and we'll be stocking some books from the speakers of this event - an incredible line-up including Maire Leadbetter, Mark Derby, Helene Ritchie, Graeme Clarke, David Robie, Karl Geiringer, Glenn Colquhoun, Inshirah Mahal, Valerie Morse, Trace Hodgson and Sonya Smith. We hope to see you there!  Lots more info here: https://www.solidarity.co.nz/new-zealand-issues 
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Stop the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB)

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 Submissions on the RSB are open until 1pm 23 June.  The Regulatory Standards Bill has to be rejected.  The RSB recommends that Parliament removes any requirement for  all future and existing laws (apart from Treaty settlement Bills) to comply with Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Bill Of Rights Act. The Treaty Principles was about changing the principles of Te Tiriti, the Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) is about removing Te Tiriti.  The obligations listed in the RSB are nearly all related to private property rights: human rights and Te Tiriti obligations are not considered at all. And that is what this Bill is about - it is about the ACT party's endless focus on private property rights and the prioritisation of corporate profit. What is ironic is that if this had been law in the 1800s, the entire country would still be totally Māori as a clause in the Bill states: legislation should not take or  impair  property without the owner’s consent unless cer...
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Film Screening: BORN IN FLAMES (Lizzie Borden, 1983)

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 A community screening of anarcha-feminist filmmaker Lizzie Borden's dystopian masterpiece, which explores themes of race, queerness, intersectional feminism, police brutality and surveillance, and the role of independent radio in political revolution. Fierce, intelligent guerrilla filmmaking from the depths of the Reagan era, which invites conversations about radical change, and has relevance to tino rangatiratanga and decolinisation movements in our own hapori whānui. We would love to see you there! WHEN: 7pm Wednesday 28th May. WHERE: 13 Garrett Street, Te Aro, Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
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Happy 30th Birthday to The Freedom Shop!

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 On the 1st of May 2025, the Freedom Shop in Wellington turned 30! We began in upper Cuba Street in the NORML shop and since then have been in various places around the city: the Cake Shop, Oblong, sharing space at Rebel Press, and then for several years at the Opportunity for Animals - now we're in the front of Book Haven (next door to Opportunity for Animals). Come and check us out.   
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