PSNA Newsletter No 203 - 27 August 2025
27 Here-turi-kōkā 2025 2025
27 August 2025
Newsletter No 203
The next few weeks leading up to the UN General Assembly in late September will be critical to end the war in Gaza. Turkey has announced a proposal to have Israel suspended from the United Nations General Assembly which is positive powerful move. Apartheid South Africa was suspended in 1974 – a watershed moment in the struggle against apartheid there – it would be similarly a moment in history for Israel to be suspended in 2025!
To build pressure on our government to support such moves we are joining the Global Day of Action for Gaza on Saturday 6 September, called by the Global Alliance for Palestine.
Items in this newsletter
Nationwide rallies/marches/vigils this week
PSNA Advocacy advertisement in the NZ Herald and Post newspapers
Five things you can do now for Palestine…
An early win for the SodaStream campaign
A message from inside Gaza – To stand with Gaza, solidarity movements must isolate Israel!
New Zealand challenged to vote for Israel’s suspension in United Nations
Israel working hard to retain Pacific allies – you can help stuff up their plans!
Steady progress on BDS with local councils
Wellington City Councillor invokes 19th Century NZ railway line to vote against sanctioning Israel
Showing more spine than the New Zealand government
Badil releases new complicity brochure
Video of National Day of Action 16 August
A few pics from around the country
Simplicity divests from Israeli government bonds
Quotes of the week
Letter to MP James Meager
Petition to Palmerston North City Council
Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!
Important stories from last week
Lots of new, interesting merchandise for sale1. Nationwide rallies/marches/vigils this week
Events this week
Nationwide rallies/marches/MP protests/vigils this week
Auckland poster for August 30
To view events around Aotearoa:
Go to the PSNA Homepage – www.PSNA.nz and scroll down to to the button linking to the Facebook events page - Check back on Friday for any moves, adds or changes
Or go directly to events here PSNA Facebook events page
Or Scroll down to the bottom of this Newsletter to get to the detailed list of events around the motu this week.
There are more than 30 events around the Motu this week.
Please Scroll down to the bottom of this newsletter for details.
PSNA Advocacy advertisement in the NZ Herald and Post newspapers
Below is the newspaper advertisement which went in the NZ Herald and Post newspapers today focused on Winston Peters and the demand for sanctions on Israel. It’s important to say that the politician and media focus on the recognition of Palestine is a distraction from the action needed by our government to end the genocide now. Israel fears sanctions above all else and that is our main push at the moment even though we support recognition of a Palestinians state.
Five things you can do now for Palestine…
1) Share the poster for the Global Day of Action for Gaza on your social media pages (first picture in this newsletter)
2) Share the Herald/Post ad above on your social media pages
3) Make a donation to help cover the cost of the ad if you are able to -
Account owner: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK
Account number: 38-9015-0849542-00
4) Sign the petition to support appeals for the Palmerston North City Council to adopt policy against illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land here
5) Join the campaign to stuff up Israel’s plans to lock in its Pacific allies (See the story and link later in newsletter)
An early win for the SodaStream campaign
Protest at PB Tech Central Christchurch
PB Tech in central Christchurch has given up selling SodaStream products after a protest at the shop three weeks ago.
100 complaint forms were served on the store manager as 200 people gathered outside to call for the SodaStream boycott.
We are following up to push for this as a nationwide policy by PB Tech – watch this space!
The only place for SodaStream
STICKER! STICKER! BARCODE! BARCODE!
(Stickering the barcode makes it difficult to scan these products for sale)
With the huge effort leading up to the National Day of Action there was less activity on SodaStream this week but get yourselves geared up for action in the next few weeks and remember when you take action, tell us your stories and send us your pics and videos for the PSNA Newsletter at sodastreamboycott@psna.nz
Remember the Noel Leeming stores are our first selected focus for the PSNA Swap out of Sodastream campaign.
Keep up with the campaign here:
https://www.instagram.com/stories/psna_otautahi/
https://www.instagram.com/psnaotearoa/
Websites: Check out the link to the campaign on https://www.psna.nz/bds
And at
https://bdsaotearoa.nz/economic-boycott/soda-stream
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMYbiKoTll4/
Petition:
https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/swap-out-sodastream
A message from inside Gaza – To stand with Gaza, solidarity movements must isolate Israel!
This opinion piece is from Dr. Talal Abu Rukba, a member of the Al-Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network, resides in Gaza and is the editor-in-chief of Tasamuh magazine.
His opinion piece is here
New Zealand challenged to vote for Israel’s suspension in United Nations
PSNA Media Release – 27 August 2025
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is challenging the New Zealand government to support the move by Türkiye to vote to suspend Israeli membership of the United Nations.
Türkiye Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has told the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Riyadh that Israel should be suspended from the crucial meeting of the General Assembly next month, for its ‘genocidal aggression.’
PSNA Co-chair, John Minto, says New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters will have to take a stand on this issue.
“Cabinet should give him clear instructions to vote against Israeli war crimes and support Palestinian rights.”
“Suspension of Israel will have a lot of backing from many countries horrified with the starvation and carnage in Gaza, and they want to do something effective, instead of just recognising Palestine as a state.
“Even if the US vetoes such a move in the Security Council, there is a precedent going back to 1974 when South Africa was suspended from the General Assembly because it practiced apartheid. The General Assembly suspended a member then, and New Zealand should back such a move now.”
Minto says Israel’s original condition in 1948 for joining the UN was that it allowed the 750,000 Palestinians it had expelled from Palestine to create Israel to return home.
“Israel won’t even talk about its obligations to let Palestinians return, and certainly never had any intention of allowing them to go home. Israel should pay a price for that, along with punishment for its genocide.”
Minto says the escalation of the Israeli assault on Gaza calls for immediate international action and not even wait until the General Assembly debate last next month.
“The Israeli ambassador in Wellington should be told to leave right now, because his government is openly committing war crimes.”
“We’ve just seen a famine declared in Gaza City. Aid is totally insufficient and deliberately so.”
“Israel has called up its military reservists for the major assault it’s conducting on Gaza City to drive nearly a million of its inhabitants out. Israel’s latest dumping ground of choice is South Sudan, even though its government says it doesn’t want to have expelled Palestinians turn up there.”
“And we’ve just had the news that Israel has once again killed journalists, who work for international news agencies, such as Reuters, Al Jazeera and NBC.”
“Netanyahu says it was a mistake. Who believes that?”
Israel working hard to retain Pacific allies – you can help stuff up their plans!
With the crucial United Nations General assembly coming up next month, late September, Israel is desperate to retain its voting allies, as the Global Majority around the world increasingly take measures against the genocide.
The Pacific is crucial for the numbers game in the UN. Half of the 14 votes last year, against the 12-month deadline for Israel to withdraw from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, were from Pacific Islands countries.
They were: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Tonga, Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.
Israel is doing its best to make sure it gets the same voting result next month by sending a high-powered delegation to the Pacific to “broaden partnerships”.
Australia, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Kiribati abstained in 2024.
New Zealand voted for the resolution, along with 123 other countries for an overwhelming majority, though NZ didn’t think Israel had been given enough time to comply (only 48 years!).
PSNA has written to all the countries which have diplomatic representatives in Wellington, who voted against Palestinian rights in 2024. These include the governments of Argentina and the antisemitic and Holocaust revisionist administration of Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary.
We pointed to the horrendous starvation and genocide and that all these countries were signatories to the 4th Geneva Convention, and in the case of Argentina, Fiji, Hungary, PNG, and Tonga, to the Genocide Convention as well.
Besides the UNGA, the other diplomatic numbers game critical for Israel is the embassies located in Occupied East Jerusalem. An embassy in Jerusalem says the country it represents recognises East Jerusalem, not as occupied, but part of Israel.
Besides the United States there are currently only four countries which have embassies in Jerusalem; Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo and PNG.
Argentina and Fiji have announced they intend to shift to Jerusalem soon.
No wonder Israel is sending a thank you delegation to the Pacific.
Israel’s success has been through predictable measures. It’s used US money to entice the governments to support Israel, and US evangelical outreach has infiltrated local churches in favour of Israeli mythology as well.
PSNA has developed some relationships in the Pacific. It would be tremendous if Pasifika groups within Aotearoa were able to take a leadership role in combating the Israeli interference at this crucial time.
Use the QR code to link through to the PSNA website to see how you can help counter the Israeli efforts.
Or click here.
Steady progress on BDS with local councils
Environment Southland
Southland supporters outside the meeting
A sub-committee at Environment Southland voted to support amending their contracting policy to exclude companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. The recommendation goes to a full council meeting on 17 September.
Meanwhile at the Wellington City Council last week…
By a strong 12 to 6 majority Wellington City Councilors voted this morning to support Palestinian rights.
Technically, it might have only been the Council's Long-term, Finance and Performance Committee deciding on a draft investment policy for the Disaster Investment Fund.
But Mayor Whanau's amendment to not invest in Israeli's government bonds, nor in the list of companies listed by the UN Human Rights Council, as complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, has set a clear direction for Wellington City procurement and investment.
The decision was conditional 'until Israel complies with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provisional measures in relation to potential breaches of the Genocide Convention in Gaza and the ICJ rulings on the illegal occupation and systems of apartheid on Palestinian territory.'
Leading the opposition to adopting the policy was Councillor Nicola Young, who was keen to remind her council colleagues that Wellington's Jewish community had contributed to the city for the past 180 years, including building the railway line, and the policy was an 'oblique hostile move against all Jews.'
PSNA executive members Anne Hare and Don Carson made presentations to the meeting which you can see here
Wellington City Councillor invokes 19th Century NZ railway line to vote against sanctioning Israel
Nicola Young
Wellington City councillors voted overwhelmingly last Wednesday for a Mayoral led sanction on investing in Israeli government bonds, and companies listed by the UN Human Rights Council as complicit in the Occupation.
But Israeli supporters didn’t give in without a fight. Leading the charge was councillor Nicola Young.
Here’s what she had to say;
“We are a municipal organisation, not an international organisation, but we also have a significant Jewish community that for the past over 180 years have contributed a significant amount to our city, including the railway line north, that the Green Party love so much, and indeed I do too, our city and our infrastructure. I think this is a hostile move, an oblique hostile move against all Jews, irrespective of their views.”
This is bewildering, irrelevant and illogical, but typical of some of the defences of genocide and retooling of history engineered by some of our community leaders.
(Here’s another example Does the Governor General have a forked tongue? – Justice for Palestine)
Young was flailing away in the council meeting last week, trying to argue that the Manawatu railway line into Wellington, which was completed in 1886, was somehow a local Jewish deal to protect Israel.
The facts are that political Zionism was not invented until a decade after the line was completed. This colonist racist concept for an exclusive state for European Jews, didn’t exist until Theodore Herzl wrote Der Judenstaat, in 1896, and the State of Israel itself not until 1948.
None of the builders of the railway line back before 1886 could have been Zionist anymore that they could have known what an aircraft was.
The logic of Councillor Young’s claim would have meant that New Zealand could not have gone to war against Nazi Germany in 1939, because of the local contribution, to that time, of Germans in New Zealand.
The struggles to combat Nazis or Zionists, are to oppose vile political ideologies which are ultimately manifested in genocide. These struggles are neither against, nor have intrinsically anything to do with, local ethnic communities.
Using her reasoning, Young just signalled to Wellington’s Palestinian, Arab and Muslim communities, that their contributions to Wellington don’t exist, or are not as valuable as those made by her friends in the local Jewish community.
She sent the same negative signal to the thousands of protesters who had marched through the streets of Wellington just three days previously in support of Palestinian rights and against genocide.
But the redeeming feature of her dreadful observations? She lost.
You can watch Nicola Young’s performance here (Nicola Young is a 5:13:40)
Or click here.
Showing more spine than the New Zealand government
The disabled are showing more moral spine than the NZ Government - British athletes turn their back on Israeli anthem
Badil releases new complicity brochure
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights has released a new brochure, “Understanding the Chain of States’ Complicity in the Israeli Genocide.” The brochure compresses the evidence and arguments from BADIL’s detailed research, “Colonial States ’Complicity in Gaza: Arming and Shielding Genocide” into an accessible format for activists, civil society, and solidarity networks to use in direct action, advocacy, and campaigning.
Video of National Day of Action 16 August
If you haven’t seen the great wee video produced by Will Alexander of the National Day of Action for Palestine you can see it here https://www.psna.nz/videos
The QR code to this page is
A few pics from around the motu this week on the National Day of Action for Palestine
We want to put up many more video clips and photos onto our social media platforms from our rallies and marches around the country so we are setting up a dedicated folder each week for anyone to upload photos and videos to.
The folder for photos/videos from this week’s activities is here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10E1mh7cqi83in81fepDxuJ4EyMvRdzEd
16 August in Napier demanding sanctions on Israel
Writing letters to government MPs asking for sanctions on Israeli
Meanwhile East Coast National MP Dana Kirkpartick, who has previously met with locals to hear calls for sanctions against genocidal, had a protest outside her office on the National Day of Action for Palestine…
One of the prominent banners at march of between four and five thousand protesters in Wellington on 16 March
And Remember the Sticker Phantom advice on stickering
Stickering products instore is not everybody’s cup of tea but for those keen to increases pressure on companies complicit with Israeli genocide and apartheid here are a few tips from an expert.
Fact: stickering SS products does hurt Israel. I have seen empty SodaSteam bays in both Woolworths & Warehouse stores due to stickering.
Select your target store – Our first focus is Noel Leeming (owned by the Warehouse group) so make that a priority if you have one close by…
Park on the street, never drive into the carpark. Number plate recognition is everywhere.
Wear a hat or cap, rimmed glasses (not sunglasses) & don't look up at the cameras .
Go when it's busy, Easter, Boxing Day sales, Sat/Sun midday.
I prefer not to buy anything but if you do pay cash.
I Individually rip off 10 stickers & place them face down in the palm of my hand, browse around until the SodaStream (SS) zone is clear.
If the SS zone doesn't clear after 10 minutes walk out, better not to get caught.
Target 1: the CO2 box's, flip & sticker the barcode. Press firmly & turn back over.
Target 2: the machines, most expensive first.
Target 3: syrup bottles, spin & sticker the barcode press firmly & turn back around.
Consistency is key, 2-3 week intervals work best.
At Noel Leeming & Harvey Norman, always talk to at least one salesperson before stickering, until then you are a sales target!
If you get caught you will be trespassed, after 700+ stickers I have been trespassed twice. Both times I believe it was number plate recognition, I got lazy & drove in.
When being verbally trespassed never give them your name but never give them a false name, leave promptly and don't go back for a long while (Don’t target stores near you if you will need to shop there! Target stores further away)
Here are the first signs of success with stickering – the company takes the product of the shelves and puts them behind the counter
Simplicity divests from Israeli government bonds
PSNA has congratulated Simplicity for its divestment from Israeli government bonds but we have urged it to also divest from Israeli companies and involved in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. The Simplicity announcement is here
Quotes of the week
“Western governments are still trying to buy time through rhetorical statements and PR stunts to save face and register formal opposition to Israel’s genocide, while doing nothing serious to stop it and even continuing to enable it.
Those gestures are not bold ruptures with the status quo but deft manoeuvres to preserve it.
Western governments continue to treat Palestinian suffering as a crisis to manage, not a moral emergency to end.”
—Muhammad Shehada; Chief of Programmes & Communications Euro-Med Monitor.
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"Israel cannot hide the truth of the genocide it is waging in Gaza, so it is killing as many of those who record each strike as it can. What Israel is doing in Gaza is terrorism practised by a state.
In killing as many civilians and non combatants as it can, in targeting hospitals, first responders and journalists, it is seeking to terrorise Palestinians into fleeing abroad.
It must not and cannot be allowed to succeed. It is up to every nation that calls itself civilised to stop it."
—David Hearst; Editor-in-Chief, Middle East Eye
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"Rescuers killed in the line of duty.
Scenes like this unfold every moment in Gaza, often unseen, largely undocumented.
I beg states: how much more must be witnessed before you act to stop this carnage?
Break the blockade. Impose an Arms Embargo. Impose Sanctions."
—Francesca Albanese; UN Special Rapporteur on Israel & the Occupied Palestinian Territories
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[The Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip since October 2023 had] “killed more journalists than the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined".
—Report: News Graveyards - How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World; Watson Institute
Letter to MP James Meager
Like many National Party MPs around the country, James Meager is refusing to meet local constituents to discuss government policy on Gaza. Tracey Howard from Timaru wrote him this letter:
Dear Mr Meager,
Thank you for your reply. However, I must again express my profound disappointment and deep concern regarding its content and your continued refusal to engage directly with the constituents you are elected to represent.
Acknowledging a humanitarian catastrophe while refusing to hear the voices of those who elected you is a fundamental abdication of your democratic duty. "State level diplomacy" is not an alternative to public accountability; it is supposed to be an extension of it. The New Zealand public has a right to be heard on matters of grave international importance, especially those where our government's stance has implications for international law and human rights.
Your outlined position, while stating basic necessities like ceasefire and aid access, is dangerously passive given the overwhelming evidence of war crimes and the imminent risk of famine in Gaza. Simply repeating these points without demonstrating tangible, urgent action to pressure allies to enforce them is seen by many as complicity through inaction. The situation demands more than reiteration; it demands leadership.
The consideration of recognising Palestinian statehood is a positive step, but it cannot be a distant, theoretical discussion while a live-streamed human catastrophe unfolds. The urgency of the moment requires that such considerations be accelerated and matched with immediate and concrete diplomatic measures.
My concern is not a "local constituency issue"; it is a matter of basic humanity, international law, and the moral conscience of our nation. It is the duty of every elected official to listen to their constituents on such defining issues.
I reiterate my request for a meeting, not for myself alone, but as a representative of a growing number of your constituents who are horrified by the violence and our government's perceived weakness in responding to it. I urge you to reconsider and to provide your constituents with the forum for dialogue they deserve.
Yours sincerely,
Tracey Howard
Petition to Palmerston North City Council
The Palmerston North-based advocacy group Thyme4Action has launched a campaign calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and for Palmerston North City Council to adopt an ethical stance by avoiding contracts with companies complicit in the illegal occupation of Palestine.
The group has kicked off their initiative with a community petition urging Council to pass resolutions in support of Gaza and uphold international human rights standards. The petition went live online this week and is already gaining widespread support and community backing
The Petition is at https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/search?query=Thyme4action
Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!
Remember possible action for local groups
For groups affiliated to PSNA we suggest the following actions could be taken at any time in support of this campaign
Asking your local backpacker accommodation to display the poster and draw it to the attention of any Israeli soldiers here on “rest and recreation” from the genocide.
Pasting the hotline poster (use the version in this newsletter which includes a contact email) around the vicinity of backpacker venues in your local area. This is already happening in some areas.
Hand out flyers to people in the vicinity of your local backpackers
Contact us on the hotline if you come across Israeli soldiers
Important stories from last week
Editor’s picks
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – aid as a weapon here (Al Shabaka analysis)
Israel kills Middle East Eye journalists in double-tap strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital here
Mass starvation in Gaza is the great horror of our age here
This moral, cultural and political earthquake will send out even more destructive tremors
Ceasefires “R” us here (Junaid Ahmad)
E1 settlement plan will doom Palestine. It must be stopped here
When it comes to peace, Israel never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity here
Hamas Offered Major Concessions in New Gaza Ceasefire Proposal here
Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians here
In leaked audio ex Israeli military chief justifies killing tens of thousands in Gaza “They need a Nakba once in a while” here
How western media helped turn Israel's genocide into 'fake news' here (Johnathan Cook)
Vast majority of Israelis believe there are 'no innocents' in Gaza, says poll here
Norway fund divests from US firm Caterpillar over Gaza, West Bank abuses here
Other stories
'When bombs turn taps off': Israel wrecks Lebanon's water systems despite ceasefire here
Israel seizes money in raid on West Bank currency exchange here
Targeted journalists in Gaza focus of Auckland solidarity rally here
Marwan Barghouti, Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Israeli need to humiliate here
The US Can End the Gaza Genocide Now here (Jeffrey Sachs)
Britain in Palestine – 14-minute film here
NZ is trailing its allies over Palestinian statehood but there’s still time to show leadership here
Saving Marwan Barghouti is our duty here
Netanyahu is on a mission to seize the Middle East. Will anyone stop him? here
Israel’s Assassination of Memory here
How can western countries back up Palestine recognition with action? Here are four ways here
Israel announces official visit to Pacific region to broaden partnerships here
Japanese BDS activists are ramping up their campaign against FANUC robotics here
Pregnant Mothers Face the Burden of Gaza’s Famine and Genocide here
“Whenever my baby cries from pain or hunger, I cry with her."
Israel's murderous killing spree against Palestinian journalists here
Leaked cabinet minutes reveal Israel chose to starve Gaza as a strategy of war here
Facing up to Genocide – a New Zealand journalist bears witness with Occupied Gaza and the Occupied West Bank here
Rallies across New Zealand honour Gaza strip journalists and condemn their own news media here
NZ’s Christopher Luxon condemns Israel’s occupied West Bank settlement plan here
200,000 plus march in Australia to demand Canberra sanction to end Israel arms trade here
Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest ever Gaza aid flotilla here
Activist slams Pacific’s dreadful response to Palestine amid growing links with Israel here
NZ joins calls for urgent, independent foreign media access to Gaza here
Bulldozing Gaza here
Ongoing Israeli Colonial Expansion: Forcible Transfer of Palestinian Bedouin and Refugee Communities here
UN and Red Cross warn of catastrophe if Israel launches Gaza City offensive here
Lebanon says it is beginning disarmament of Palestinian factions in refugee camps here
Israel Is Forcing Parents in Gaza to Watch Their Children Die of Hunger here
Explosive robots’ spearheading Israel’s assault on Gaza city, residents report here
Merchandise for sale - please check with your local branch and/or contact us Merchandise@PSNA.nz
If your local branch does not have what you are after we are ready to mail to you any of our t-shirts, long ($35) and short ($30) sleeved, hoodies ($45) bumper stickers ($3), Tino/Palestine pins ($3) flags large & medium ($10 or $7) and other items plus postage.
Note: We now have small size hoodies $45.
See more on the PSNA website here.
Looking to purchase PSNA merchandise in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton
Please contact Danielle Edwards dani.awesome.edwards@gmail.com
Looking to purchase PSNA merchandise in the Wairarapa
Please contact Kris.whelan@yahoo.co.nz
Reminder: Annual Dates for Palestine Solidarity
28 Mar – 4 Apr Israel Apartheid Week
30 Mar Land Day Palestine
5 Apr Palestinian Childs Day
9 Apr Deir Yassin massacre - Irgun Terrorism - 107-120 Palestinian men, women and children massacred
17 Apr Palestinian Prisoners Day
11 May World Kufiya Day
15 May Nakba Day – marking the mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Palestine in 1948
5 Jun Nakba Day - Start of 1967 War - Land Grab – Invasion of Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza, Egypt and Syria - 5 June 1967 – 10 June 1967
20 Jun Attack on Gaza - 6–21 May 2021 (2 weeks and 1 day)
16-18 Sep 40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacres
28 Sep Second Intifada - 28 Sept 2000 – 8 Feb 2005
2 Nov Balfour Declaration
29 Nov United Nations - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
8 Dec "First Intifada - 8 Dec 1987 – 13 Sept 1993
Are you able to donate a cup of coffee a month to the campaign?
We will need some serious money to make our campaign as effective as possible. For example, we will need somewhere in the vicinity of $25,000 to bring speakers to New Zealand over the next year and organise large public meetings to help spread the message.
You can help. Are you able to donate a cup of coffee a month to the campaign? In other words, can you afford to make an automatic payment of $5 per month to support the Palestinian struggle? (If you can afford more that would be great!)
Our account details are:
Account name: Palestine Solidarity Network
Account number: 38-9015-0849542-00
We are happy to provide a receipt upon request (however, we are not a registered charity so this is not tax-deductible)
Nationwide Rally list to 23 August 2024
To view events around Aotearoa:
Go to the PSNA Homepage – www.PSNA.nz. Scroll down to the button “For a list of events Nationwide, please click here - Check back often for updates”. Click the button. Check back on Friday for any moves, adds or changes
Or events are on the PSNA Facebook events page here
Or Scroll down to the bottom of this Newsletter for the detailed list of events for this week.
There are more than 30 events around the Motu this week.
North Island
Rawene - Winter Films for Palestine
Saturday August 30
No Event this weekend
Kerikeri - Rally
First Saturday of the Month
6 September
Whangarei
Saturday August 30
No Rally this weekend
Auckland – Stand for Palestine
Monday – Friday
3:00 – 4:00 pm at the US Consulate - 23 Customs Street East
4:00 – 5:00 pm at Te Komititanga Britomart Square
Auckland – Picket UK Consulate
Wednesday August 27
12:00 am
151 Queen Street, Auckland CBD
Waiheke – Market Stall – hosted by Stand With Palestine Waiheke!
Every Saturday
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ostend Market, Waiheke Island
Auckland – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau
Every Saturday
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join the team – text Rhona on 021 035 8617
Auckland –Rally and March – Britomart to Aotea Square and back
Saturday August 30
2:00 pm
Te Komititanga / Britomart Square
Auckland – Leafletting for major Rallies
Wednesdays September 3 & 10
Any part of the day
Email AK-Leaflets@PSNA.nz to join in
Thames – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
(Hosted by Voices for Palestine - Hauraki)
Saturday 6 September
No Event this weekend
Tauranga – Flag Waving
Sunday August 31
11:00 am
Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui
Hamilton – Flag Waving for Palestine
Every Saturday
1:00 pm
Flynn Park, Cnr Wairere Drive & Naylor, Hamilton
Raglan – Silent Vigil for Palestine
Hosted by Whaingaroa Palestine Solidarity
Saturday 30 August
11:00 am
Raglan Public Library
Cambridge - Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:00 am
Cambridge Town Hall
Rotorua – Rally for Palestine
Every Thursday
4:30 pm
National MP Todd McClay’s Office - Cnr Amohau and Ranolf St lights, Rotorua
Gisborne
Saturday August 30
No Rally notified for this weekend
Napier – Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:30 am
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout
Hastings – Rally for Palestine
Every Sunday
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD
Palmerston North - Rally
Every Sunday
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
Ngāmotu-New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge
(Hosted by Palestinian Solidarity Taranaki)
Saturday August 30
1:00 pm
Paynters Ave Bridge, New Plymouth
Whanganui - Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui
Martinborough – Vigil for Palestine
Every Wednesday
11:00 am
Memorial gate - Martinborough Square, at the end of SH53
Masterton - Gathering for Gaza
Every Sunday
9:30 am
Town Hall Lawn, Masterton
Wellington – Flags on the Bridge
(hosted by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Every Friday
7:15 – 8:15 am
Hill Street bridge Overbridge, Wellington
Wellington – Rally at Wellington Hospital
(hosted by Aotearoa Healthcare workers for Palestine)
First Friday of the month
September 5
6:00 pm
In front of Wellington Hospital, 49 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington
Wellington – Hīkoi for Palestine
(hosted by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Saturday August 30
1:00 pm
Glover Park hīkoi to Cuba Mall
See https://www.instagram.com/falastin_tea_collective for further details
South Island
Nelson
Saturday August 30
10:30 am
Banners & Flags Salisbury-Champion Rd roundabout, Richmond
Picton / Blenheim - Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
10:30 – 12:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Picton
Joined with the Rally in Blenheim from now on
Greymouth - Te Tai Poutini - West Coast
Saturday 30
No event notified this weekend
Christchurch – Flags for Palestine
Every Friday
4:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch
Christchurch – Israeli will Not Silence us – Rally for Palestine
Saturday August 30
12:30 pm - Flag Waving before the rally - Durham Street side of the bridge
1:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch
Christchurch – Peace walk to the sea
Sunday August 31
9:15 am
Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch
Christchurch – Film Fundraiser for Gaza – Tale of the Tree Jewels
(Hosted by the Falasteen Film Society Otautahi)
Sunday August 31
7:00 pm
WEA Hall – Entry $20 – All funds go to Gazan Families
Timaru - Let Gaza Live - Sanction Israel
Saturday August 30
No event this weekend
Dunedin - Public Rally for Palestine
No Rally this weekend
Next Rally Saturday September 6
Invercargill - Rally
(hosted by Invercargill Stands With Palestine)
Sunday August 31
1:00 pm
Wachner place, Invercargill
More ways you can get involved
Forward this Newsletter – If you know people who may be interested in this movement, please forward this Newsletter to them.
Join in local activities in your area - Contact Secretary@PSNA.nz if you would like to know where and how to get Flags and Banners
Help set up a Students for Justice in Palestine groups on your campus
Tell Your MP your opinions on Divestment and Sanctions of Israel.
Write Letters to Newspapers – Call Talkback Radio
Keep in touch with the campaign on social media
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network website: https://www.PSNA.nz
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/671376706283605/
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network email: Secretary@PSNA.nz
The Palestine Human Rights Campaign produces the In Occupied Palestine newsletter. It is a regular daily newsletter on the daily situation in Palestine, compiled by Leslie Bravery and emailed to subscribers. If you would also like to become a subscriber, please contact Leslie at “lesliebravery @ icloud .com” (remove the spaces to use as an email address) for further information.
Keep Updated on our Facebook pages and websites (listed below)
Human rights for Uyghur refugees - In line with our support for human rights for the people of Palestine we have added our name to the petition in support of human rights for Uyghur refugees so they can be included in the government’s refugee quota. PSNA members who wish to also sign this petition can do so here - https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/open-letter-let-s-show-compassion-to-the-uyghur-community
PSNA Groups
PSNA National Committee
Website: www.PSNA.nz
Chair - John Minto: Chair@PSNA.nz
Secretary - Neil Scott: Secretary@PSNA.nz
Regional Groups
Bay of Islands PSN Bay of Islands (Email)
Whangarei PSN Whangarei (Facebook)
Auckland PSN Auckland – Tamaki Makaurau (Website)
Hamilton Palestine Human Rights Campaign Waikato (Facebook)
Tauranga Tauranga Moana 4 Palestine (Facebook)
Napier/Hastings Aotearoa Standing with Palestine (Facebook)
Palmerston North PSN Palmerston North (Email)
New Plymouth PSN Taranaki (Facebook)
Wellington PSN Wellington (Email)
Nelson Te Tau Ihu (Nelson) Palestine (Facebook)
Christchurch PSN Christchurch (Facebook)
Dunedin Dunedin for Justice in Palestine (Facebook)
Invercargill PSNA Invercargill (Email)