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Table of Contents
IntroductionThe amount of work that the Trust (UIT) is involved in daily greatly exceeds what can possibly be described in a website such as this. We can only hope to offer a very small smattering of its highlights and hope that it relates to the interest areas of the passing reader.
Upcoming and Current EventsThe Trust is always working on research, data collection, the development of more and better educational resources on universal income systems, economic rights/human rights, and sustainability issues. It is always on call to provide workshops, advice, support, and seminars for interested people. It is constantly engaged in networking and educating in formal and non-formal situations in an effort to work as broadly and effectively throughout the diversity of the population of Aotearoa NZ as possible. It also works internationally in order to keep abreast of the developments and to be able to work in concert with the unfolding of those developments that are occurring across the globe in the areas uniting the issues of sustainability with those of economic/human rights and the upgrading/strengthening of the democratic structures that empower the people. The Ongoing Work1998-? until everyone in Aotearoa NZ and everyone on our planet is receiving their rightful entitlement of a universal income for their shared roles as the democratic sovereigns over their fully realised democratic societies.
June 2008 onwards into 2009National Display Schedule: on Theme Universal Income for a Sustainable FutureWe thank all these places for offering to provide the space, facilities and staff to arrange the materials often in very constrained circumstances. Dates and locations
April-May 2008Displays in Auckland
The Trust's vertical display on
the theme Universal Income for a Sustainable Future is being shown in
the following public libraries: This is a follow-up to the Trust's distribution of its educational resources on Universal Income in Auckland during the summer.
October - November 2007University of Canterbury Libraries, Christchurch"Universal Income for a Sustainable Future" series of displays roving between six libraries.
Sunday, 25 March 2007Nelson Multi-Ethnic Council Race Unity DayUniversal Income Trust information stall, 11am - 4pm, Victory Square Park, Nelson.
Sunday, 12 November, 1.30 pmThe World of Universal IncomeFree presentationElma Turner Library Activities Room, NelsonFor more info see News page February - November 2006"Universal Income for a Sustainable Future" Library DisplaysElma Turner Library, Nelson; Richmond Library; Stoke Library; Motueka Library, 30 October - 12 November 2006 Wellington public libraries of Kilbirnie and Newtown, August - October 2006 Invercargill Environment Centre, August 2006 South Coast Environment Centre, June - July 2006 Auckland City public libraries of Panmure, Mount Albert and Mount Roskill, February - March 2006
March--April 2006Universal Income Show Broadcasts on [Radio] Fresh FMIt returns on air 20 March - 9 April, every Monday at 1.40 pm and Sunday at 9.10 pm 95.4 FM and 99.4 FM, picks up again in the new year at times/days to be announced later. This show examines issues of Universal Income Systems as they relate to sustainability, democracy, violence, poverty, war, human growth and development, human and economic rights. It will explore the most recent research on these issues as part of a new Aotearoa NZ book promotion soon to be released in Nelson. It also integrates historical perspectives of Universal Income Systems with current national and world affairs. Presented by: Universal Income Trust, uitrustnz@yahoo.co.nz
, www.geocities.com/caeruit , 03 545 7273
November--December 2005Universal Income Show Broadcasts on [Radio] Fresh FM
It airs 7 November - 18 December, every Monday at 1.40 pm and Sunday at 9.10 pm 95.4 FM and 99.4 FM, picks up again in the new year at times/days to be announced later. The show will be streamed for national and international audiences at times and dates to be specified later. Keep checking here for further developments and details. The show will also be recorded on CD for those who don't have access and or wish a high quality recording it. This show examines issues of Universal Income Systems as they relate to sustainability, democracy, violence, poverty, war, human growth and development, human and economic rights. It will explore the most recent research on these issues as part of a new Aotearoa NZ book promotion soon to be released in Nelson. It also integrates historical perspectives of Universal Income Systems with current national and world affairs. Presented by: Universal Income Trust, uitrustnz@yahoo.co.nz
July--August 2005This month we have updated and extended some educational presentation displays on the economics page. They include: Who Really Pays? UI Demo proposal Income distribution They are in two different formats; animated Powershow, and online static slide shows in html.
July 15-18Universal Income presentation at Kotahitanga (The Power of One); Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) Te Hui Tauira, Waikawa Marae, Picton; 15-18 July 2005; Te Roopu Tautoko; hosted by Student Association of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Incorporated (SANITI). Convenor of Workshop--Huia Mikaere Presenter--Patrick Danahey
August 20-21Ecofest Expo – 20th – 21st August 2005 Saturday, 20th August from 10.00 am – 5.00 pm and Presentation on Universal Income Systems as well as ongoing Universal Income Trust Display table. March--April 2005Since the beginning of 2005, there has been a marked increase in the numbers of people offering to help promote and distribute resources throughout the country. Most recently, the emphasis has come from the tertiary education sector of society: specifically the students. As such, the Universal Income Trust would like to thank all the members of the Student Associations including those of the NZUSA (New Zealand University Student Association) and ATSA (Aotearoa Tertiary Student Association) who have offered their help in the promotion and distribution of resources throughout Aotearoa New Zealand's tertiary education institutions. The following is a synopsis of those institutions carrying some of our resources:
Affiliated to NZUSA (New Zealand University Student Associations)
All the member associations of ATSA (Aotearoa Tertiary Student
Associations)
January 20051) Libraries from around the country have been continuing to display and distribute the latest Universal Income Trust Brochures. Some of the key libraries--including their subsidiaries (the amount of which, are indicated by the numbers in parenthesis)--include the following: North Island (105+libraries); Wellington (12), Kapiti Coast (3), Levin/Horowhenua (3), Palmerston North (1), South Taranaki (7), New Plymouth (number of libraries unknown), Hamilton (6), Manukau City (14), Auckland City (17), Whangerei (3), Far North (6), Thames (1), Rotorua (1), Whakatane (3), Gisborne (12), Napier (2), Hastings (3), Masterton (1), Lower Hutt (8). South Island (63 libraries); Nelson (3), Tasman including Golden Bay (5), Buller (7), Greymouth (2), Hokitika (1), Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago (12), Invercargill (2), Dunedin (5), Oamaru (2), Timaru (1), Ashburton (1), Christchurch, Rangiora/Waimakariri (3), Kaikoura (1), Marlborough (4).
2) There ahave also been roving UIT displays
moving around the country. they have been in the following places:
Public libraries in Blenheim, Picton, Rai Valley, Stoke, Richmond,
Motueka, Westport,
Blackball Hilton in Blackball near Greymouth, Whangerei, and Gisborne
(current)
[please contact us if you would like to borrow it to put up in your
locality]
December 2004New link to Senator Suplicy's speech on The
Approval of the Citizen’s Basic Income Bill in Brazil. This
speech was presented to the Centre for Brazilian Studies, University of Oxford,
at the Conference on Overcoming Social Exclusion, Brazil Comparative
Perspective, on June, 22,2004. November/ December 2004Libraries from around the country have offered to display and distribute the latest Universal Income Trust Brochures. Some of the main libraries--which are distributing to their subsidaries as well--include the following: North Island; Aucklund, Manakau City, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Wellington, and Hamilton South Island; Blenheim, Buller, Christchurch (New Lynn), Dunedin, Havelock, Hokitika, Greymouth, Kaikoura, Karamea, Motueka, Murchison, Nelson, Picton, Rai Valley, Reefton, Richmond, Runanga, Stoke, Tapawera, Westland, Westport. Their are also some displays that are roving around the country which are beginning in the Top of The South Island they include: Black Ball, Blenheim, Motueka, Picton, Richmond, Rai Valley, Stoke, and Westport. If you would like to help distribute resources and displays in your area, Please contact us. EcoFest 2004, Trafalgar Centre, Nelson14-15 August 2004Workshop: Saturday 14 August, 3.30-4.30 pm., Patrick Danahey, Universal Income Trust, will present a multi-media interactive workshop. The Universal Income Trust will have a stall at the event. Please stop by and visit.
Paper by UIT accepted for Forum Barcelona 2004: The Universal Forum of CulturesAugust though September 2004September 2004, a paper from UIT entitled: Education and the democratic sovereignty of the people: a human rights approach towards introducing and entrenching the full integration and implementation of a universal income beyond the duration of elected governments has been accepted as part of the Forum Barcelona 2004 Dialogue; Human Rights, Emerging Needs and New Commitments which will host within that framework the 10th Congress of the Basic Income European Network's The Right to a Basic Income: Egalitarian Democracy 2004 at the INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE Barcelona, 18-21 September 2004. "The purpose of this Dialogue is to analyse the current status and force of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st century. The aim will be to work towards the creation and adoption of a new Universal Declaration of Emerging Human Rights by civil society, with the idea of encouraging the values of freedom, equality, pluralism, solidarity, and the institutional principles of democracy. This should lead to the reinforcement of the statute of citizenship, the establishment of the social agenda of the New Millennium and, in addition, the review of the current international system of guarantees of basic rights." Forum Barcelona 2004: The Universal Forum of Cultures, is a five month project extending from May 9 to September 26, 2004 and is being co-organized by the Barcelona City Council, the Catalan autonomous Government and the Spanish Government, with the unanimous support of UNESCO as the major partner. Three main themes define the forum; they are Cultural Diversity, Sustainability, and Conditions for Peace. The paper will be included on the CD of the Congress. Stay tuned for more details. For more information see http://www.barcelona2004.org/eng/eventos/dialogos/ficha.cfm?IdEvento=185 www.basicincome.org and www.redrentabasica.org.
Translations of UIT materials into other languagesDec 2003-October 2008Volunteer translators have regularly and generously offered their services to translate UIT resources. We now have resources translated into Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Languages. The Trust would like to thank the following people for making it possible to begin to share these ideas and open them up for discussion, debate, modification and development throughout the various non-English speaking cultures: Ishikawa, Yuka; Japan--Japanese Translator Li, Zhi; Beijing, China--Chinese Translator López Langenbach, Mauricio A.—Spanish Translator Mahler, Doris; Aotearoa NZ--German Translator Pang, Dongrui; Aotearoa NZ--Chinese Translator Sahib, Nada Abdul-Adheem—Arabic Translator Yang, Sookja; Jeju, Korea --Korean Translator If you have the ability and would like to help translate UIT Brochure(s) and/or other materials into non-English languages please contact us at uitrustnz@yahoo.co.nz or uitrustnz@xtra.co.nz If you speak or have contacts with people from the above cultures and would like resources in these languages please contact us at the same address(s). See Resource Page for more information
Human Rights National Plan of Action2002-2004National Throughout NZThe Trust has been preparing information handouts on economic rights for the public concerning the Human Rights National Plan of Action initiated by the Human Rights Commission which began in 2002 and is continuing throughout 2004. http://www.hrc.co.nz/index.php?p=23950
Eco ShowFebruary 25-29, 2004Manakau City, AucklundThe Trust has been invited to provide workshops/presentations at the Manakau City Ecoshow this year. It may also be participating in panel discussions on economics at this forum. In addition UIT will have an ongoing stall operating throughout this five day event. Patrick Danahey will be the principal speaker and presenter for the Trust at this event. For more on the event and scheduling see their website at www.ecoshow.co.nz.. Opportunities Festival
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 | In December 1998, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Trust presented Human Rights 2000: A Festival For Change - a weekend of entertainment with workshops and information tables, focusing on economic rights and the full implementation of the IBHR in Aotearoa NZ. The festival drew over 200 performers on 5 stages and was supported by a diverse array of community groups and businesses. The Kaumatua Richard Wallace and the Maori Culture Group from the Whakatu Marae provided a tangata whenua opening ceremony. Speakers at the festival included Areta Koopu, Human Rights Commissioner and member of the Waitangi Tribunal; Ross Brereton, South Island Human Rights Commissioner; Bob Newson, Kaiwhakarite for the Human Rights Commission - Maori Advisor; Colin Aikman, one of the original signatories and drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and Paul Hunt, NZ elected official then sitting on the United Nations' Committee for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and UIT Chairperson Patrick Danahey. |
| In mid-1999, following from this festival, three of the event organisers and members of UIT were independently sponsored for the project Human Rights 2000: World Networking Tour. They travelled to 18 different countries (in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Aegean, Scandinavia, Australia, USA and Canada) networking, presenting workshops, holding informal meetings, and gathering information/resources. The primary objective was to introduce the underlying principles of a UI, which have been derived from the recent developments in international human rights laws combined with the concept of democratic sovereignty, with the intention of helping to link with, unify and strengthen the global social/economic justice, sustainability, and basic income movements. Amongst the many people they met and networked with were :- |
John Craig (Centre for Policy Development in Queensland's Department of the Premier),
John Tomlinson PhD (Basic Income Guarantee Australia),
Lobsang Nyandak (Executive Director of Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy),
Thupten Lungrig (Vice-chairman of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile headed by the Dalai Lama),
Key members of Basic Income European Network (BIEN) including the then chairperson, Philippe van Parijs Ph.D.,
Members of the Forum for Stable Currencies held in the House of Lords in London,
Council of Religious in Ireland (CORI) representatives (authors of a basic income proposal recently considered in an Irish government Green Paper),
Representatives of Ontario Campaign Against Poverty,
Robert Schutz Ph.D. (US economist, author of The $30,000 Solution: A Guaranteed Annual Income for Every American ),
Marie-Louise Duboin,Ph.D. (current leading member of the French universal income movement and daughter of one of the original founders of the basic income movement in Europe),
MP's and government officials from around the world.
They also spent much time with grass roots organisations and the general public.
| Following on from the last UBINZ (Universal Basic Income NZ) conference, UIT convened a follow-up working group meeting in Wellington in 2000, Universal Income: Gathering 2000, at which various people involved in UBI (Universal Basic Income), UIT, UUI (Unconditional Universal Income), CI(Citizens Income ) and the NZ Democratic Party, which has a form of Basic Income in its manifesto, discussed education and promotional strategies as well as reinforcing common ground policies. |
| UIT submitted to New Zealand's Tax Review 2001 and was interviewed on Mainland TV on this issue. |
| Also, in April 2001, it submitted to New Zealand's Second Periodic Report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. |
| In 2002 the Trust prepared information for the Maori Anglican Church. The South Island Maori Anglican Church Hui Amorangi decided to bring the concept of Universal Income Systems to the national Runanganui on the North Island to consider a formal investigation of its merits. At their national conference in 2001, Te Runanganui o Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa (the Maori Anglican synod) resolved the following: 1) That Te Pihopatanga investigate Universal Income Systems to determine whether such a system should be sought as a policy for this nation.2) And that Te Runanga Whaiti appoints a working party on this matter. |
