Supplying information to news media. The national office is located in Wellington and provides a focus for PMA activities. Extensive files and resources are maintained for the use of groups both here and abroad. PMA was deliberately set up without any other peace groups being formally members or affiliated. This avoids a lot of potential conflict.
Some groups have daily or weekly contact, some never make contact at all.
It is important to this relationship that PMA has no policy and never makes public statements. The Working Group oversees finances and staff appointments and general directions of work. Members of it do not represent the groups they come from, but are selected to give geographical and social spread. The National Peace Workshops are a good idea, based on the same non-hierarchical structure. This is like a national conference, but it is organised so that anyone can take a ninety minute workshop on anything they like.