Welcome to Jubilee Aotearoa!
We are a network of agencies and individuals in New Zealand working together for the cancellation of the unjust and unpayable debts of poor countries. Jubilee Aotearoa is a local network linked to other Jubilee and debt campaigns in countries all around the world, poor and rich, south and north.
On this site you can learn more about the debt issue, see some answers to frequently asked questions about debt, and take action to help swell the tide for change. You can also visit the sites of other linked campaigns on our links page.
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Recent Updates on Debt
The Food Crisis: More debt or more justice? [PDF 333 KB)
17 October 2008: International Day for the Elimination of Poverty
In October 2008, Jubilee Aotearoa issued a statement challenging voters to demand that whatever government comes into power in November commits to genuine solutions to the world food crisis. Currently New Zealand is a member ofthe World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, institutions that are actively encouraging poor countries to take up even more debt as a 'solution' to their food shortages.
Debt relief is 'unfinished business' - new UK Jubilee report
May 2008
At least another 400 billion dollars of 'unpayable' poor country debt must be cancelled, Jubilee Debt Campaign (UK) warns in a new report, released on the tenth anniversary of the Birmingham human chain in 1998.
You can also read Jubilee's news archive...
Jubilee Aotearoa Member Organisations: Caritas Aotearoa and Christian World Service (lead agencies), Anglican Social Justice Office, Arena, Council for International Development, Dev-Zone, Latin America Committee, Oxfam New Zealand, Student Christian Movement, Tear Fund, Trade Aid, World Vision .
