Peacemakers like Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela all had one thing in common – to resolve peace issues and establish peace connections around the world. This section looks at current peacemakers and their involvement in overcoming violence, conflict or oppression.
The text below was adapted from the Disarmament and Security Centre website: http://www.disarmsecure.org/people.php
Kate Dewes Ph.D. O.N.Z.M (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit) has been a passionate anti-nuclear campaigner for over 3 decades. She played a leading role in the New Zealand
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Friðarsúlan - Imagen Peace Tower
Since 1981 Yoko Ono has been working on a interactive art work called the WISH TREE. The WISH TREE is a art work where people are invited to write down their personal wishes for peace and tie them them to a tree branch. Over the years Yoko has collected over a
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Every year since 1901 the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the person “who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”. The Nobel Peace Prize is an internatio
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Alyn Ware (New Zealand – Aotearoa)
This biography was adapted from http://www.rightlivelihood.org/ware.html.
Alyn Ware is one of the world's most effective peace workers, who has led key initiatives for peace education and nuclear abolition in New Zealand and internationally over the p
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Jonah Lomu is generally known as one of Rugby’s leading stars. Besides being an outstanding rugby player, Jonah also is a "Champion for Peace" and supports several charities such as the National Kidney Research Foundation and Cure Kids.
Rugby legend Jonah Lomu was born to T
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Art for Peace is an online art exhibition organised by Tania Kaizarova from Bohumin, Czech Republic. Artists are invited to submit works of art for the exhibition. Art submissions can be made online at www.deviantArt.com or sent directly to
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The events that occurred in Parihaka (a small village in Taranaki) in the 1870's between European settlers and the Maori people have become dramatic events in New Zealand's history.
The ideas of 'Peace, Power and Conflict' were tested in a conflict between these two groups as the governme
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Bob Harvey QSO JP, Mayor of Waitakere City and President of the Peace Foundation was recently appointed to the Executive Committee of Mayors for Peace, an international organisation of over 2400 mayors and cities promoting the global abolition and elimination of nuclear weapons.
Mayors for Peace
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