24 March 2015

To whom it may concern

Tēnā koe/ Greetings,

RE: PACIFIC PREPARATORY WORKSHOP, AOTEAROA, 2015

“Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi,

Engari, he toa takitini”

(Mine is not the strength of me alone,

But of the multitudes)
Purpose

1. This invites you of the Pacific Regional Workshop to be held in Aotearoa, New Zealand,
7-9 April 2015.

Workshop Details

2. Logistical details are as follows:

 When: 6pm Tuesday 7- 1pm Thursday 9 April 2015
 Where: Waipapa marae, Auckland University, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand.

3. The Workshop will begin with a powhiri (traditional welcoming ceremony) at Waipapa
marae.

4. Accommodation is available on site at Waipapa marae from the afternoon of 7 April to the end of
the workshop 1pm 9 April (please advise if you will be staying on the marae). Please advise also
if you require translation services, and/or dietary requirements, and we will do our best to
accommodate you.

5. Unless otherwise notified, all koha (donations) towards accommodation and workshop-related
costs will be gratefully received at the workshop.

6. For local travel tips to/from Waipapa marae, please see attached.

7. General Contacts for Pacific Workshop:

 Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn: catherinedavis@hotmail.co.nz, +64 272255417; and
 Hone Harawira: hone@tehiku.com, +64 21 865 372.

Provisional Agenda

8. The proposed agenda is as follows (participants are warmly encouraged to propose items
of priority and significance to their respective indigenous peoples. ‘Break’ periods and
changes to the program will be incorporated as agreed from time to time by the
participants):

Day One 7 April

Powhiri/ Welcome, opening prayers
 Dinner
Opening Words by Māori Ad Hoc Organizing Committee Representative
Brief Introductions of all participants
Confirmation of Agenda, and Sessions 7-9 April: these to include the following items:
a. Prepare for Pacific Delegates’ engagement at the PFII and EMRIP by, for example, drafting
interventions (or an interventions framework at least) and recommendations for consideration
by the wider Pacific and the Pacific Caucuses, including:
i. Systematic monitoring of how the UN DRIP, WCIP Outcome Document, Universal
Periodic Review findings and recommendations and other relevant human rights
instruments have been implemented at the national level.
ii. Building upon priorities and aspirations as contained in the Pacific preparatory
meeting, held in Sydney, Australia, for the WCIP 2014, and the WCIP Outcome
Document. Specific priorities so far proposed for discussion:
 To restore and maintain the health of our waters, and to ensure access for all
humans to safe drinking water.
 To urgently de-commission Fukushima (for the Pacific) and other nuclear power
plants. This is connected with climate change risk, in particular (1) infrastructure
failure due to the impact of severe weather events such as flooding, and (2) the
necessary step towards urgently transitioning to renewable clean energy. For e.g.
see:
 http://enformable.com/2011/08/the-great-unknown-experts-split-on-how-to-
decommission-fukushima-nuclear-plant-50-years-may-not-be-enough-time/
 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/13/idUS178883596820110613
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d39iV2tKErc
 Ensuring proper standards for scientific research and development – this is also
connected to climate change, because with the growing pressure for water, food,
social, environmental, energy, human health and other “securities”, science will
propose many technological ‘fixes’ (e.g. Geo-engineering, genetic manipulation
genetically modifying human DNA to withstand new viruses, bacteria,
diseases; messing with human fertility capability in response to the
World's over-population, etc), and many of them will come with ethical
dilemmas attached. For example, see:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-
sciences/themes/bioethics/call-for-advice-revision-of-unesco-
recommendation-on-the-status-of-scientific-researchers/
 Protection of citizens inherent freedoms of expression, freedom from
unreasonable search and seizure, free access to and sharing of public
information, and freedom of the press (for example, in the wake of activities
by the New Zealand Government (1) prior to the 2013 enactment of the
Government Communications Security Bureau legislation, (2) unnecessarily
intrusive and unlawful mass surveillance by States on its citizens, and (3) spying
on other States, whether for legitimate or “illegitimate purposes”1).
b. Develop a Pacific response to the Paris Climate Change Conference in December, and/or
Pacific participation in indigenous peoples’ meetings about this matter. See, for e.g.,
http://focusweb.org/content/behind-climate-negotiating-text-cop21, including
implementation of effective:
i. Emission reduction targets and strategies;
ii. Climate Change mitigation and adaptation action;
iii. Mechanisms for the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights.

1
Ref “Former diplomat, minister shocked by WTO spy claims”,
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11421918.
 c. Identify any State or UN Agency/ mechanism lobbying we need to do, and then organize that
ahead of our arrival at the PFII and EMRIP.
d. Resolve any miscellaneous PFII and EMRIP logistics, including confirmation of Pacific
caucus meeting spaces.
Session #1
Cuppa tea break – Close of Day One.

Day Two 8 April (discussion items carried over from Day One)
Breakfast
Session #2
Morning Tea
Session #3
Afternoon Tea
Session #4
Dinner
Session #5
Cuppa tea break – Close of Day Two.

Day Three 9 April (discussion items carried over from Days One and Two)
Breakfast
Session #6
Morning Tea
Session #7
Closing Words by participants and Māori Ad Hoc Organizing Committee
Representative
Poroporoaki/ Farewell ceremony - Close of Workshop.

RSVP
9. Please confirm your participation, and additional Agenda requests, at your earliest
convenience to Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn, catherinedavis@hotmail.co.nz, +64 272255417.

Naku noa na,

Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn
For Ad Hoc Organizing Committee
 Attachment – Local Travel tips

Travel options from Auckland airport:

http://www.aucklandairport.co.nz/ToAndFro
mTheAirport/PublicTransport/TaxisAndShu
ttles.aspx

Note that the Airport Shuttle is probably the

best value option, with a stop on “Symonds
Street”, just around the corner from
Waipapa marae. Shuttle bookings can be
made here:
https://www.supershuttle.co.nz/Default.aspx

If travel by hired car or personal vehicle:

Waipapa marae address: 16 Wynyard
Street: Driving instructions from Auckland
airport are as follows (see maps, left and
over page):
Driving instructions from Auckland airport:
(19.2 km - about 22 minutes):

1. Head northeast on Cyril Kay Rd toward Fred Ladd Way 0.5 km

Partial restricted usage road
2. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto George Bolt Memorial Dr 1.6 km
Go through 1 roundabout
3. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto State Highway 20A 4.2 km

4. Merge onto State Highway 20 7.5 km

5. Take exit 18 for Dominion Road toward Urban Route 4 0.4 km

6. Keep right at the fork to continue toward Dominion Rd/Urban Rte 4 40 m

7. Turn right onto Dominion Rd/Urban Rte 4 4.5 km

8. Turn right onto View Rd 0.3 km

9. Turn left onto Wynyard Rd 0.2 km

The Auckland University Marae, Waipapa, is situated at # 16 Wynyard next to the Department of
Māori Studies.
Marae website:
http://maraedirectory.com/index.php?/marae/waipapa/

Parking is located on the marae grounds (follow the

Wynyard street access to the spaces underneath the
dining hall).