“I believe that New Zealand’s strong traditions of fairness and concern for the vulnerable can help lead the world in the direction of humanitarian competition in the 21st century. Nothing can justify the continuation of the current state of the world where so many people suffer in a cruel zero-sum game in which the strong prey upon the weak.” – Soka Gakkai International President Daisaku Ikeda.
“New Zealand is at the centre of [a] water hemisphere composed of oceans filled with infinite possibilities.” – Daisaku Ikeda – 16 March 2014 (Scoop)
March 2014 – New Zealand • Peace On Earth – An Interview With Daisaku Ikeda
New Zealand’s Scoop Independent News published a comprehensive interview with Daisaku Ikeda today, March 16.
Scoop co-founder Alastair Thompson conducted the dialogue with Mr. Ikeda, who is also president of the world peace organization, Soka Gakkai International. The two discussed five important topics concerning the global quest for peace: the role of human dignity, passive violence, religious cooperation, the Internet, and the Water Hemisphere (a major planetary region that includes New Zealand).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1403/S00115/peace-on-earth-an-interview-with-daisaku-ikeda.htm
A brief profile of Mr. Ikeda, which follows the interview, introduces iChoose, ICAP’s anti-bullying program, which toured New Zealand schools in 2013. Mr. Thompson attended the iChoose presentation at Kelston Boys High School on March 5, 2013, and reported on it for Scoop:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1303/S00008/ichoose-to-stop-using-passive-violence-500-words.htm