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Fair Trade Fortnight 2006
Fair Trade Fortnight is the biggest event promoting fair trade in Australia and New Zealand, and runs from 29th April to 13th May.

Already an exciting array of events are being planned, including a speaking tour of coffee farmers from Papua New Guinea and cocoa farmers from Ghana; Connections - Strengthening ties in the fight for fair trade, a trans-Tasman student conference; tastings; public displays and exhibitions; morning teas; the launch of the first Fair Trade Community in Australia / New Zealand; schools seminars; and much more.

To get involved, check out the events lists which you can download from this page. It's not too late to consider hosting an event - contact us for help in getting started.

Australia: aust@fta.org.au or tel 03 9662 2919
NZ: promotion@fta.org.nz or tel 09 355 6856

Events Calendar
Events lists will be progressively updated as information becomes available

Click on the cities below for details of events in Australia:

Producer Speaker Tour
The highlight of FTF06 will be the speaking tour of two representatives from Kuapa Kokoo, a Fairtrade cocoa producer in Ghana; and two representatives from Highlands Organic Agriculture Cooperative, a Fairtrade coffee producer in Papua New Guinea.

To find where you can hear the speakers talk, click on the links in the Events section above.

Coffee Speakers from HOAC, PNG:

  • Perth 27 - 30 April
  • Canberra 1 - 2 May
  • Brisbane 3 May
  • Melbourne 4 - 7 May
  • Sydney 8 - 9 May
  • Auckland 10 May
  • Wellington 11 May
  • Christchurch 12-14 May

Cocoa Speakers from Kuapa Kokoo, Ghana:

  • Auckland 25 - 30 April
  • Dunedin 30 April -1 May
  • Christchurch 2 - 3 May
  • Wellington 4 - 5 May
  • Sydney 7 - 8, 10, 13 May
  • Wollongong 10 May
  • Canberra 11 - 12 May
  • Melbourne 14 - 16 May

Speaker Tour Downloads:

Starbucks Australia

From 2 May - 26 June Starbucks will be featuring via in-store point of sale and displays their new Fairtrade Certified(tm) Blend - Café Estima Blend(tm) as part of our Coffee Passion promotion. During Fair Trade Fortnight Café Estima Blend(tm) will be sampled in all Starbucks Australia stores. Starbucks sells two Fairtrade Certified Coffees - Timor Lorosa'e (single origin coffee from East Timor) and Café Estima Blend(tm) (a blend of washed coffees from Latin America, Indonesia and East Africa) for $9.95 for a 250 gram bag.To find your local Starbucks store visit www.starbucks.com.au

  • FTF06 Media Release 7 April 2006 (97KB pdf) Generic media release which can be adapted for local use in Australia and NZ. Word version also available HERE.

Promotional materials downloads:

See the Oxfam websites for details of other resources which may be available:

If you are developing your own Fair Trade Fortnight promotional materials, any use the FAIRTRADE Label must be approved by FTAANZ. Instructions on how to use the Label may be downloaded here.

Fair Trade Communities resources

Click here for more info on Fair Trade Communities

Events resources

  • Email sign-up sheet (335KB pdf) Please use this at your events to collect contact details to build up our email database, and return to FTAANZ after the Fortnight

Fair Trade Fortnight Forum

What do you think of Fair Trade Fortnight? Are you involved in planning events? Post your thoughts and ideas here. (FTAANZ members and registered users only).

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