CAN 730,134 CRYSTALS BRING ABOUT WORLD PEACE?

CAN 730,134 CRYSTALS BRING ABOUT WORLD PEACE?

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (Wireless Flash) -- Can burying more than 730,000 quartz crystals bring about world peace? We'll find out in September when members of a New Zealand tribe will bury 730,134 crystals -- one for each day of the last 2000 years. The peace crystal burial will take place on a sacred Moriori site on the island of Rekohu -- but the real benefit won't be felt until New Year's Day 2000 when all of the crystals will be dug up. Spokesperson Steve Ardagh claims that when the crystals are exposed to the first light of the millennium, they will attract and magnify positive peaceful energy and supposedly unite all races and cultures. Although the event sounds bizarre, Ardagh claims the ceremony has protected the Moriori culture from wars and violence for nearly 1000 years.

CONTACT: Steve Ardagh, ****; Christchurch, NZ; 011-64-3-379-6621 or Maui Solomon (Moriori press contact); 011-64-4-472-6744