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Celebration of Fair Trade Fortnight: 1 - 16 May 2010


Fair Trade Fortnight Just Women

This Fair Trade Fortnight (May 1-16) Trade Aid is highlighting the positive impact fair trade has on women working in developing countries with the theme for the fortnight being “'Just Women - justice for women by women”.

Mother’s Day falls during the Fortnight too, so it is a great time for Kiwi’s to show their support for women around the world, and those closer to home, by buying Trade Aid’s products.  

During Fair Trade Fortnight Trade Aid shops around the country will be:

  • running in-store celebrations—product sampling,  coffee mornings and more...
  • holding community events and talks (request a speaker from your local shop during The Fortnight)
  • hosting our Nepalese trading partner, Meera Bhattarai - a leader of the fair trade movement in Nepal, as she tours New Zealand.

Check the activities and events that are happening here:  (more events will be added throughout April so check back or talk to your local Trade Aid shop about getting involved)
 
Events near you:

WHANGAREI

  • Trade Aid Whangarei, would like to celebrate the women in the Northland community and are asking the Northland public to nominate a special woman in their lives. The Nominee could be a mother, sister, teacher ,friend, any female who is making a positive difference in someone's life or in the community and Trade Aid will celebrate their efforts by rewarding them with a $200 gift pack of products made by other women. A shop window display of the top 10 entrants and the Newspaper will run an article on Trade Aid and the winner.
  • Throughout the fortnight customers can learn more about the women we buy from and the impact that fair trade has on their lives through displays of product and educational material
  • Look out for special promotional prices on selected items each week during the Fortnight.

AUCKLAND

  • Auckland Central, High St.
    • Friday 7th and 14th May, 12pm to close. Food tastings and music at our High St shop. Have a spiced hot chocolate, enjoy laid back Latin sounds and sample the wide range of offerings from Trade Aid cooks! From Peruvian alfajores to Indian poppadom crisps, via decadent chocolate delights.
  • Henderson Trade Aid.
    • 1-16th May - Free delicious Trade Aid chocolate sampling in store daily
    • Saturday 8th May – World Fair Trade Day – Local Musician Jess Jackson and Friends 11 – 2.30pm, West City, Waitakeri Mega Centre.  Public welcome to jam along! Join us to Celebrate Fair Trade, at Henderson Trade Aid shop, yummy fair trade baking, Trade Aid chocolate, Palestinian Olive Oil & Dhukkah to sample!  Plus fair trade coffee!
    • Thursday 13th May, 1-2pm  -  Join us in store to welcome fair trade pioneer & Trade Aid trading partner, Meera Bhattarai, from Nepal. Afternoon tea available – register attendance for catering, call Debbie 835 1904.  All welcome.
  • Sylvia Park Trade Aid.
    • Try some Trade Aid, fair trade food samples every weekend of Fair Trade Fortnight.

TAURANGA

  • Saturday 8th May, 10am -1pm Trade Aid  cupcake morning tea party at the Trade Aid shop to celebrate the women of fair trade.  Fair Trade cupcakes coffee, tea and chocolate to give away. 

KIRIKIRIROA (HAMILTON)

  • Saturday 1st May “Tea Party”, 11 – 3pm  @ Trade Aid Kirikiriroa, 104 Alexandra St - FREE in store tea tasting, cakes and slices. Wear a silly hat! And be part of the fun!
  • Saturday 8th May, “World Fair Trade Day / Mothers Day Bonanza” - 11am – 3pm @ Trade Aid Kirikiriroa, 104 Alexandra St. Featuring The WAI TAIKO Drummers! One day ONLY 20% off selected mother’s day gifts, Mother’s day gift baskets available also. FREE in store coffee, chocolate, dried fruit selections with every purchase.
  • Wednesday 12th May, 7pm – Evening with Trade Aid’s Nepalese Trading Partner, Meera Bhattari, entitled ‘Meera: Mana wahine, Mana whenua.’ Evening includes a series of performances, Trade Aid stories with a presentation by Meera. Snacks/nibbles will be provided. Location: Well Energy Trust Performing Art Academy Dance Studio.

ROTORUA

  • Saturday 1st May - 10am  -1pm  - Fair Trade Fiesta, celebrating everything fair trade with tastings, samples,  in store specials, acoustic guitarist,  free gift wrapping for Mum!
  • Saturday 8th May - 10am - 1pm our very own weavers and spinners in store - Have a go !!  ...makes you think just how our producers do it!! Loads of gifts for Mum from Mum's means your giving twice, Free gift wrapping.

TARAIWHITI (GISBORNE)

  • April 30th to May 14th, Trade Aid/ Fair Trade display at H.B.Williams Memorial Library
  • Wednesday May 5th, 5.30 - 7.00 pm, Fair Trade speaker at "Craft For The Heart" at Winemakers Daughters Cafe, Grey St.
  • Saturday May 8 'World Fair Trade Day' 10 am - midday, Live music by local women, free coffee and fair trade treats outside Trade Aid Tairawhiti 107 Gladstone Rd
  • And... check out local cafes for fabulous goodies made with fair trade ingredients during FTF. Listen to local radio for more....

NEW PLYMOUTH

  • Week of 1-9th May, tastings in store of chocolate each day.  And store displays showcasing our visiting producer partner.
  • Saturday 8th May, Fair trade morning tea in-store with baking using Trade Aid fair trade organic products
  • Monday 10th May, meet Meera Bhattarai, Head of one of Trade Aid's partner organisations and inspiring women's advocate talking at St Andrews Church Hall, 72 Liardet Street, New Plymouth at 7pm.  Supper to follow.
  • Week of the 10th May, Displays and information in store of different womens producer groups.

WHANGANUI

  • Saturday 1 May, 20% storewide FTF sale
  • Thursday 6 May, 3 – 5pm at Trade Aid shop, presentation by Trade Aid volunteer Helen Garwood entitled ‘travelling as a volunteer’ on her visit to India and Bangladesh Trade Aid producers
  • Friday 7  + 14  May, 5 – 7pm at Trade Aid shop. Jewellery party – 10% off jewellery
  • Saturday 8 May, WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY! Big celebration at the majestic square with ceremonial opening by Trade Aid’s Nepalese trading partner Meera Bhattari, Trade Aid Stall, entertainment , games, raffle.
  • Saturday 15 May, UCOL students sale. By voucher only.
  • Date TBA, ‘Black Gold’ Movie screening at Rapido Café.  Gold coin donation.
  • Date TBA, Nepalese product display @ Wanganui Museum with Retro posters and Story of TA’s beginnings.

FEILDING

  • Every weekday,  3 -14th of May,  9.30am - 4.30pm. Join us in our Feilding shop, to participate in our "Just Women" knit-a-thon event where you can join us in making peggy squares for cot blankets which we will give to Women's Refuge to support women close to home, while consuming fair trade products which support women in developing countries. If you are not a knitter, come along and learn to knit!

PALMERSTON NORTH

  • Saturday May 1st, 11am - 2pm. Craft stall in-store: make a bracelet or card from recycled materials provided. Free samples and tastings of fair trade chocolate, nuts and dried fruits in-store.
  • Saturday 8th May, 11am - noon. UCOL Music students performance : Songs about women. Craft stall from 11am to 2pm: make a bracelet or card from recycled materials provided. Free samples and tastings of fair trade chocolate, nuts and dried fruits in-store.

HAVELOCK NORTH

  • Saturday 8th May.  We will have a local female poet,  reciting her poetry – looking at the female condition in a fun way.  A small group of women from Sounds HB (a Sweet Adelines group, harmonising without musicians) will also be present through the day to entertain the public. Free samples and tastings of fair trade chocolate, nuts, dried fruits and more in-store.

MASTERTON

  • Free tastings of delicious fair trade organic products every day between 11am and 2pm
  • Daily specials in-store
  • May 8th, Coffee, Cake and Cookies plus free music and also some super specials for this morning only

WELLINGTON

  • 30th April, Launch of FTF with Women’s shopping night with specials, prizes and speakers. In-store 6-8pm  rsvp for catering wellington@tradeaid.org.nz
  • 1st May, Coffee tasting outside store
  • 5th May, Meet our partner Meera Bhatterai from Nepal, in the Wellington Store 6.30pm
  • 8th May, Celebrate World Fair Trade Day with food and entertainment in our Wellington store 10.30am – 4.00pm
  • 9th May, Mother’s Baking Day – bring your mother into our store for a morning / afternoon tea

Also:

  • Demonstrations of traditional crafts by local women in-store during the fortnight
  • Tea, coffee, chocolate tastings in store during the fortnight.
  • Static display and information on Trade Aid in Wellington City Library , mezzanine floor , 3 – 17th May

PICTON

  • Saturday 8th May, 11am -2pm. A delicious selection of Trade Aid food tastings outside our shop (weather permitting) to celebrate World Fair Trade Day.

NELSON

  • 30th April, 12-1pm Trafalgar Street, Nelson - Local Women’s groups are invited to meet Meera Bhattarai, and hear how her dreams and hopes for fellow women led her to found the Association for Craft Producers (ACP), so that they are now economically and socially self-sufficient. The event is free but will be limited to 50 places.  People who are interested in attending should give their names to: The Manager, Trade Aid, 148 Hardy Street, Nelson.  Tel: 03 548 1563
  • 30th April, 6.30 – 8pm Talk by Meera Bhattarai. NMIT Lecture Theatre, Hardy Street, Nelson - Members of the public are invited to a talk by Meera Bhattarai, a founder of Trade Aid’s Nepalese trading partner, on the eve of the Fair Trade Fortnight (1-16 May). This is a free event but with limited seating.  People who are interested in attending should give their names to: The Manager, Trade Aid, 148 Hardy Street, Nelson.  Tel:  03 548 1563
  • 11th May 2010, Film evening. 7pm Suter Gallery, 208 Bridge Street, Nelson. The general public are invited to a film evening. Tickets are $10 each and available from The Manager, Trade Aid, 148 Hardy Street, Nelson.  Tel:  03 548 1563.

    Our main feature film is Maquilapolis, City of Factories

    “Maquilapolis is a wonderful fusion of expose and imagination, delivering an unprecedented look into the realities of life in the border communities where the maquiladoras reign. Made in collaboration with the women whose lives center on these secretive factories, Maquilapolis succeeds in crossing borders and peering around corners to capture how the women caught in the contradictions of global capital understand their own positions."
    B. Ruby Rich, Community Studies Department & Social Documentation Program, University of California, Santa Cruz

    “A portrait of the perils of globalization that admirably seeks new forms of expression…..A stirring work that’ll provoke genuine outrage.”
    New York Times.

    *Winner of the 2007 Latin American Studies Association CASA Award of Merit in Film**

CHRISTCHURCH

  • Wednesday 5th May, Talk by Trade Aid at the WEA, time TBC
  • 10th – 26th May, Junk to Green Funk art exhibition, Northland Mall - view amazing artworks and sculptures made of recycled materials with the theme of Justice for Women.
  • Saturday 8th May, Fairtrade fiesta at City Mall with product tasting, music and more

OAMARU

  • Thursday 6th May, 11am -4pm - Fair Trade Coffee and Cake at Portside Restaurant  $6.00 Entertainment from 2pm onwards.
  • Saturday 8th May Free coffee tasting in store 10am till 2pm. Entertainment outside store.

DUNEDIN

  • Saturday 1st May, Celebrate the new look Trade Aid with live music, free coffee, yummy chocolate, prize draws, face painting, jewellery making and more... 133 George Street from 10am to 4pm for a fair trade celebration for all the family!
  • Monday 3rd May, Hear the fair trade pioneer, Meera Bhatterai, talk about her amazing work in Nepal over the past 25 years. Driven by the hopes and dreams of her fellow women, Meera started the Association for Craft Producers (ACP) in 1984 at the age of just 30. From its humble beginnings, ACP has grown to over 1,200 artisans and 60 full-time staff members, exporting to more than 18 countries throughout the world, including Trade Aid here in New Zealand.
    To be held at the Academy Cinema at 50 Dundas Street from 5.10pm to 6.00pm and repeated from 6.40pm to 7.30pm, with free fair trade coffee, chocolate and refreshments in between.
These are just some of the many events happening around the country. Visit your local Trade Aid shop to learn more.

 

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