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Below are the emergency response details for various towns and cities for the day all-out war and / or invasion of Iraq begins.

* Wellington emergency response details - peace vigil from 5pm at the Cenotaph (corner Bowen Street and Lambton Quay), a march will leave from there at 5-30pm and go via the British High Commission (Hill Street) and

Australian High Commission (Hobson Street) to arrive at the US Embassy (Fitzherbert Terrace) around 6-30pm, then a candle lit vigil for peace. There will be a speaker, a period of chanting, and a period of silence a each stop; you are invited to bring candles, red (for blood) and/or Black (for mourning) streamers or ribbons, flowers, photographs, or other objects to leave at each place to express your grief for the people of Iraq. For more information contact Peace Movement Aotearoa tel (04) 382 8129 or email pma@xtra.co.nz

If you wish to have the emergency response details for your city or town included, please send them to Peace Movement Aotearoa pma@xtra.co.nz with the subject heading 'emergency response details'. As new details come in we will add them to the listings at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/vigils.htm

If you require more information about the emergency response vigils, please contact us and we will send you a message which gives some background information about their purpose, and how you can set them up in your area.

And if you haven't already done so, now would be a good time to circulate the details for your area around your local e-lists and contacts.

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