Peace in Aotearoa-New Zealand: Past, Present and Future

Session 1A
Extremism

Kieran Ford: Alternative Approaches to Countering Far-Right Extremism in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Tamkeen Said: Extremism in Aotearoa

Session 1B
Militarism, Peace and Planet

Peace Movement Aotearoa: Challenging militarism to build peace and justice, advancing Pacific partnerships and time for action on killer robots

Session 1C
Disarmament Education in Action

A Panel with Kate Dewes, Marcus Coll and Olivia Shimasaki

Session 2A
Peace Studies, the Military and Civilians

Griffin Leonard and Joseph Llewelyn: Building Security and Peacebuilding through Military Abolition

Richard Jackson and Aidan Gnoth: What is the “Peace” in “Peace Studies”?

Kyle Matthews: 'No Spy Waihopai': How does
Praxis Inform the Theories of Pragmatic Nonviolence?"

Session 2B
Youth and Peace

Tracy Scott: Voice to Voice – A Youth Resiliency Programme

Marie Nissanka: Investigating the Relationship Between Volence and Multiple Deprivation in Young People

Session 3A
Peace and Practice

Sylvia Frain and Monica Carrer: The Everyday Peace Initiative: Putting research into practice

Christina Barruel: The Peace Foundation (PF): Offering Peer Mediation in Aotearoa-New Zealand Schools

Session 3B
Contemporary Issues in the Pacific

Mino Cleverley: Climate Change Conflict and the Pacific Islands

Heather Tribe: Food Security and Peacebuilding in New Zealand

David Whippy: Is Fiji Ready for Peace Education?

Session 3C
Hybrid Peacebuilding and Security Sector Reform

A Panel with Sung Yong Lee, Yuji Uesugi, Hiromi Nagata Fujishige
and Kyoko Cross

Session 4A
The Victims of Violence

Sung Yong Lee: Between Forgiveness and Revenge in Cambodia

Hyukmin Kang: Understanding Nonviolent Actions for Victims of State-led Violence

Obinna Nweke: Gender Justice and Peace Gaps in the Boko Haram Transitional Justice Discourse

Session 4B
Intergroup Relations

A Panel with Mariska Kappmeier, Chiara Venanzetti, Hussain Raissi and Joshua Campbell

Session 4C
Exploring Indigenous Peace Traditions Collaboratively

A Panel with Kelli Te Maihāroa, Heather Devere, Maui Solomon and Maata Wharehoka

Keynote 5 – Stellan Vinthagen
"The Imperative to Become an Activist Scholar: And all the Challenges that Comes With It"

Session 5A
The Treaty of Waitangi and Peace

Griffin Leonard: Māori and the Great Wars

Peace Movement Aotearoa: Peace, the Treaty, Human Rights, and the UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies

Janine Joyce: Ngāi Tahu, Aotearoa-New Zealand, Democracy, Sustainable Culture and Community

Session 5B
Climate Justice Panel

A Panel examining the climate crisis through a peace and conflict lens. Panelists include Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins, Zac Rudin (Student Strikes for Climate), Alva Feldmeier (Amnesty
International), and Rosemary Penwarden (Extinction Rebellion)

Session 6A
Fields of Peace, Domains of Conflict: Contesting Methodology in Peace and Conflict Research

A Panel with Jeremy Simons, Hyukmin Kang, Alejandra Ortiz and Sam Oando

Session 6B
Forms of Contemporary Peacebuilding

Rachel Laird: Reaching Over and Across: Dialogue for Peace in Virtual Exchange

Joshua Campbell: Peacebuilding Through Volunteering

Joseph Llewellyn: Is Gandhi Relevant Today? A Discussion

Session 7A
Time for Change

Thomas Nash: "How to stop another Operation Burnham happening in the future"

Jane Verbitsky: Parihaka: Peace, Justice, Reconciliation and Development?

Session 7B
Reflections on a Life in Activism

Rachael Elder: Gender Violence

Tracy Scott: A Reflective Practioners Learning
Journey

Session 7C
Democratisation, Demilitarisation and the Gun Lobby

Alejandra Ortiz: On the Horns of a Dilemma: Colombian Soldiers Narratives and Their Willingness to Protect Civilians

Hera Cook: Christchurch