2006: Year of Tibet in Australia and New Zealand
The Dalai Lama’s Representative, Mr Tenzin Atisha, launched the Year of Tibet at the Woodford Folk Festival.
As dawn broke on 1 January at the Woodford Folk Festival in rural Queensland, monks from the Namgyal Monastery, welcomed the New Year with Tibetan chanting and prayers.
Mr Tenzin Atisha, from the Tibet Information Office in Canberra, announced that 2006 would be celebrated as the Year of Tibet in Australia and New Zealand. He then read a message from the Dalai Lama, welcoming the support for the Tibetan cause and confirming that he will visit in 2007.
The Namgayl Monks will be undertaking a Songs of the Mandala tour over the months of January, February and March with Tibetan performer, Tenzin Choegyal. Itinerary details are available on Tenzin Choegyal’s website http://www.tenzinchoegyal.com/.
Message from the Dalai Lama for the Year of Tibet in Australia & New Zealand:
I am delighted to learn from the Tibet Information Office in Canberra that the year 2006 is being observed as the Year of Tibet in Australia and New Zealand.
On behalf of Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, I wish to express my appreciation to you all for your continuing interest and support in our non-violent efforts for freedom and justice.
I understand that members of the Parliamentary Group for Tibet as well as some other parliamentarians, at both the Federal and State level, actively support the present process of dialogue to produce concrete results for a settlement to the Tibetan issue.
As a Tibetan I have the moral responsibility to make every effort to bring an end to the sufferings of my people. I remain committed in finding a lasting solution that will mutually benefit the Tibetans as well as Chinese peoples.
I also want to thank the Tibetan Support Groups and Dharma Centres in Australia and New Zealand for their support in our efforts for the protection and preservation of our Tibetan identity, culture, the fragile environment, and towards finding a mutually acceptable solution to the issue of Tibet.
As you may have heard, I have accepted an invitation to visit Australia and New Zealand in 2007, and I look forward to it.
THE DALAI LAMA (SIGNED)
December 21, 2005
For further information
Contact: Australia Tibet Council
Phone: +61 2 9283 3466
Fax: +61 2 9283 3846
Email: tibetcouncil@atc.org.au
Here is the current provisional Teaching shedule for 
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