PSNA Newsletter No 207 - 24 September 2025

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24 September 2025

Newsletter No 207


Items in this newsletter

  1. Nationwide rallies/marches/vigils this week

  2. Four things you can do now for Palestine…

  3. Who to vote for and who to avoid in local body elections…

  4. Another reminder why you should check your local body candidates carefully and avoid the genocide deniers

  5. Complicit with genocide

  6. Free Palestine car convoy

  7. Victoria University BDS triumph

  8. Last call for booking a visit by Muhammad Shehada to your region

  9. The Journalism Education Association of New Zealand working to protect Palestinian journalist in Gaza

  10. PSNA challenges Zionist Court to debate

  11. Fiji opens embassy in Jerusalem

  12. Some of the best current on-line analysis of ‘Recognise Palestine Movement’

  13. Israeli minister would embarrass NZ government with an official ‘thank you’ visit

  14. Boycott Reebok

  15. Bringing Palestine to Queenstown

  16. Sitting on the Fence

  17. The right of return comes first

  18. Stitching for Palestine

  19. Two petitions

  20. No music for genocide

  21. SodaStream struggles

  22. Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!

  23. Lots of new, interesting merchandise for sale


Nationwide rallies/marches/MP protests/vigils this week

Auckland Rally poster

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.

We have added a page on the PSNA website where you can see the coming events for the week. It is updated on Wednesday afternoons for coming events. See here 

There is also a QR code which will take you to that page:

That page is updated as additional events come in or changes are made to events. Check back on Fridays for any Additions or Changes.

There are more than 30 events around the Motu this week. 

Please Scroll down to the bottom of this newsletter for details.


Four things you can do now for Palestine…

 

  1. Share the “Complicit with Genocide” poster on your social media pages (See poster later in newsletter)

  2. Share the link to Who to vote for and who to avoid in local body elections at https://www.psna.nz/local-body-who-to-vote-for  (See article below)

  3. Share your local event for this weekend’s Palestine solidarity action on your social media pages. Events are here on PSNA’s Facebook events page

  4. Share the “Boycott Reebok” poster on social media pages (see images later in the newsletter)


Who to vote for and who to avoid in local body elections

 We asked all local body candidates across the country two questions. Their responses are below. We will keep updating this list as responses come in – updated list can be seen at https://www.psna.nz/local-body-who-to-vote-for

Will you support a local council motion to:

Question 1: exclude companies from your procurement policy which are identified by the United Nations in June 2023 as involved in illegal Israeli settlements?

Question 2: divest from Israeli government bonds and from any Israeli company or foreign companies giving “aid or assistance” to Israel’s illegal occupation or commission of war crimes in Gaza?

See here for their answers - https://www.psna.nz/local-body-who-to-vote-for


Another reminder why you should check your local body candidates carefully and avoid the genocide deniers


Complicit with genocide


Free Palestine – Vehicle Convoy

Bring your car, friends and family for a drive to spread awareness about the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.


Register your interest and the details will be emailed you closer to the time.


Right now, the goal is to gather interest, and then we will send out the meeting point and time.


It is Part of a Nationwide effort covering 25 centres. And may run weekly for the forseeable future.

To register, click here.


Victoria University BDS triumph

Victoria University of Wellingtons’ Academic Board has passed a BDS motion, with 55 votes for and just 1 abstention.     


The motion directs the University to sever ties with institutions complicit in Israel's violations of Palestinian human rights, including research and academic collaborations with military technologies or doctrines.  


https://www.instagram.com/p/DO7joLZj3eE/?img_index=4&igsh=MTBzeDBqczFtczR3MA==


Last call for booking a visit by Muhammad Shehada to your region

Yousef Aljamal's friend Muhammad Shehada, and highly prominent advocate for Palestinian rights, is keen to visit Aotearoa in November for a speaking tour.

Muhammad is the expert who the global media experts call in to explain, and one of the very top commentators who understands how to handle the western audience.

https://www.newarab.com/author/67471/muhammad-shehada

If you would be interested in having him visit your centre for a speaking engagement(s), please contact secretary@psna.nz by 20 September.

Priority will be given to centres which missed out when Yousef visited back in June, but we’ll do our best to get him everywhere we can.


The Journalism Education Association of New Zealand working to protect Palestinian journalist in Gaza

According to Zeteo, Israel has killed 270 local Palestinian journalists in Gaza during the past two years.

Some are trying to escape before they too are targeted for showing the world what Israel is doing.

https://jeanz.org.nz/f/nz-should-help-desperate-journalists-get-out-of-gaza#6ff7134b-f7c6-458c-9dec-4e4b0dfe00fe


PSNA Challenges Zionist Court

ACT MP Simon Court

A challenge from PSNA to all government MPs to speak up and support Palestine provoked an apoplectic response from Zionist ACT MP Simon Court.

He demanded PSNA recognise that Hamas was responsible for all the death and destruction in Gaza.

“I doubt you have the moral clarity or courage to admit you are wrong and say it to those who need to hear it – the New Zealanders young and old whose minds you have poisoned with antisemitic rhetoric.”

We don’t think it is worthwhile to write back to try to persuade anyone like Court to dispassionately look at the history and evidence of apartheid Israel, which almost inevitably leads into genocide. 

He is inextricably tied into the miserable 10 percent of New Zealanders who the polls show doesn’t think the government is doing enough to support Israel.

But public debates are another thing.  We have challenged Court to a debate on Israel and Palestine. 

So far, he has not replied.  We’ll keep you posted and hope to be able to supply details of time and place – if he has the nerve!


Fiji opens embassy in Jerusalem

Fiji has just relocated its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, joining only five other countries which have shifted their representation from Tel Aviv.

They are; USA, Kosovo, Guatemala, Honduras and Papua New Guinea.

Locating an embassy in Jerusalem is a formal endorsement of the illegal Israeli occupation.  No countries took the step until Trump shifted the US embassy there while Israel was massacring Palestinians in the Great March of Return in Gaza in mid-2018.

Supporters of the Palestinian cause in Fiji made their opposition to the move clear;

'Not on the right side of history': Concerns about Fiji embassy in Jerusalem | RNZ News

Protest outside Fijian Consulate in Auckland

In Auckland, PSNA Tāmaki Makaurau mounted a protest at the Fiji Consulate


Some of the best current on-line analysis of ‘Recognise Palestine Movement’

Owen Jones for a European view

Netanyahu Just BLACKMAILED The West - His INSANE Response To Palestine Recognition

Mahmood Odeh for a regional Arab perspective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbVpW2AwmZk


Israeli minister would embarrass NZ government with an official ‘thank you’ visit

Sharren Haskel

PSNA says a proposed ‘thank you visit’ by Israel’s deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel would be embarrassing for the New Zealand government and expose it as a collaborator with Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa Co chair, John Minto says he expects the New Zealand government will find some excuse to avoid having Haskel in New Zealand. 

Haskel, in an interview with genocide denier Sean Plunket on his radio show The Platform last month said she’d like to visit New Zealand in October saying “We want to thank the New Zealand government for its support over the last two years.”

Minto says the last thing Winston Peters would want the public of New Zealand to hear, is a high-level representative of the State of Israel coming here to praise him for his support for genocide and ethnic cleansing.

“Not because the praise would be false, but because it would be true.”

 “For two years now, our government has bucked public opinion, and it’s refused to sanction Israel, or take any measures to hold Israel to account, for its mass bombing and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.”

“Instead, Winston Peters has provided political cover to genocide and ethnic cleansing, by amplifying Israeli propaganda and dismissing the desperate appeals from Palestinians, the United Nations and a whole range of international human rights groups.”

 “The damage to this country’s standing in the international community is incalculable.”

 “His predecessor National led government, of John Key, rebuked Israel for far less serious infractions of international law in 2010 and 2014.”

 “Over previous decades, New Zealand would have spoken out strongly and taken a principled position. But now we have become the unprincipled runt among countries we like to compare ourselves with, and tried to make it all go away with the public by saying the issue is too complicated or we need more facts.”

“With our reputation goes our potential trading opportunities among the vast majority of countries in the world who recognise Palestine and stand with the Palestinians.”

Haskel’s proposed visit would be added to her tour to Fiji and Papua New Guinea both of which voted with a Pasifika bloc last year. to join with Israel and the US at the United Nations, against a ruling by the International Court of Justice.

Minto points to the fact that Fiji opened its new embassy in Jerusalem last week.

“This is an extremely partisan and hostile act.  Fiji and PNG have joined only four other countries in the entire world to locate in Jerusalem to try to legitimise the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem.”

“It looks like Israel’s minister will still bully her way into Fiji and PNG, but my pick will be that Winston Peters will be too busy when Haskel plans to gatecrash the Beehive.”

“It’s a shame.  We’d be delighted to deliver a very strong demonstration to confront the representative of the worst atrocity of the 21st Century.”


Boycott Reebok


Bringing Palestine to Queenstown: the tourist capital of Aotearoa New Zealand

A great turnout for Palestine in Queenstown and a marvellous response from tourists and locals alike!

The Queenstown solidarity crew

On the main Frankton-Queenstown road

Snow-capped peaks and piles of toots

Sanctions now!

Saying it all in Queenstown

Martinborough – lots of toots and waves…

Wellington takes the message to Lambton Quay

And Wellington again…


Sitting on the Fence

Daniel Cleary is making a documentary called “Sitting on the Fence” about NZ’s complicity in the genocide. It’s an independent self-funded film which needs financial support.

You can view a short segment from the film at this link and help to get the full film completed.

A documentary film on the New Zealand government's complicity of inaction to the Gaza genocide

By 'sitting on the fence' did the New Zealand government fail to act to prevent this genocide? Does it have the blood of Gaza on its hands? This documentary is a challenge, that discovers if our govt did anything about it, or just hid behind words of diplomatic platitudes and political rhetoric. Did a lack of action enable Israel?  We follow the protest movement with the NZ Green Party calling for stronger sanctions, sending the Israeli ambassador home, speaking out and condemning Israel’s military actions.  When New Zealand was put on notice of a plausible genocide, all of these things are required by New Zealand under international law outlined in the UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s latest report – The Economy of Genocide.  NZ was also obligated to stop all trade, military and economic ties with Israel, stop making parts for smart bombs, stop sharing intelligence, stop sending spy satellites into space,  stop the NZ police force contracts with Israeli companies...


The Right of Return Comes First

 By PSNA Co-Chair Maher Nazzal
As governments debate whether to recognise Palestine as a state, the international conversation risks missing the heart of the Palestinian struggle. Recognition, borders, and diplomatic formulas matter, but they are not the starting point. For Palestinians, the struggle begins and ends with one demand: the Right of Return.

More than 70 percent of the Palestinian people are refugees or descendants of refugees. They were expelled or displaced in 1948, and again in 1967, from towns and villages that still stand across historic Palestine. Their homes are not abstract; they are catalogued, remembered, and mapped. No political arrangement that ignores this reality can claim to deliver justice.

The two-state solution, long promoted as the “practical” outcome, has in practice confined Palestine to fragments of land under occupation and siege. Even if recognised by the world tomorrow, such a state would leave millions of Palestinians permanently excluded, their right of return erased, their dispossession cemented. A flag over Ramallah or Gaza cannot substitute for Haifa, Jaffa, Lydda, or the hundreds of destroyed villages where keys and deeds are still kept in exile.

This is why the call “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” carries such weight. It is not a rejection of coexistence, but of fragmentation. It insists that liberation must encompass every Palestinian, in Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem, inside ’48, and in the global diaspora. Without return, “statehood” is a hollow shell.

The dilemma, then, is not really between recognition and liberation. It is between justice deferred and justice demanded. Recognition of Palestine within 1967 borders may provide diplomatic tools, but it cannot replace the Right of Return. If recognition is to mean anything, it must be framed as a step toward fulfilling that right, not a substitute for it.

History shows that the dispossessed rarely accept erasure. South African exiles did not trade their homes for Bantustans; neither will Palestinians trade theirs for an occupied “state.” The world must recognise Palestine, yes, but more importantly, it must recognise that the Right of Return comes first.

Until every refugee can go home, Palestine is not free.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be FREE.

 

Regards,
Maher Nazzal
Kiwi-Palestinian, activist, and community leader


Stitching for Palestine

Held at the Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery on Saturday 20 September

The public was invited to participate in a communal art project that gathered people around a large flag sewn together from 20 keffiyehs, upon which messages of support are embroidered through the timeless art of Tatreez (Palestinian cross-stitch). While embroidery experience was useful, none was required… just a will to make your mark of solidarity on this textile landscape.

Led by Dorita Hannah with Alya Abed Ali, Emma Farry and friends from the Palestinian community and wider, Stitch for Palestine is a collaboration with the Palestinian Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA). This iteration of the ongoing project will be held in the context of the exhibition  Catherine Griffiths: Walk With Me.    


Two petitions

BREAKING: Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia just said they'll boycott the Eurovision Song Contest unless Israel is kicked out.

Now other national broadcasters are deciding whether to join the boycott and hold the Israeli government to account on the global stage. 

Public pressure can make all the difference. Add your name and share wildly. 

 Sign the petition 

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Netherlands and Slovenia just said they'll boycott the Eurovision Song Contest unless Israel is kicked out.

Now other national broadcasters are deciding whether to join the boycott and hold the Israeli government to account on the global stage. 

Public pressure can make all the difference. Add your name and share wildly. 

 Sign the petition 


No music for genocide


SodaStream struggles

Israeli SodaStream is losing shelf space at this central North Island New World supermarket.

There’s only one SodaStream canister on display, compared with seven from its rival Oh Bubbles.

And you have to pay $52 for a SodaStream canister, while Oh Bubbles is on offer for $38.

 The SodaStream packet looks the worse for wear on the top end.  It is reasonable to assume that someone objecting to Israeli apartheid and genocide may have put a sticker on the box.  New World staff then had to peel it off. 

The resulting display is not that of a premium product.

Keep stickering!


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

  • General strike for Palestine in Italy here

  • Genocide-enabling and the charade of backing Palestinian statehood here (Mick Hall)

  • UN experts confirms what Palestinians have long said: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza here

  • Israel has officially moved on from destroying Hamas to erasing Palestine here

  • Owen Jones goes to Palestine here (Video)

  • Israel: The European Settler-Colonial Project in the Levant here (Historical perspective)

  • Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil Challenges New Deportation Order here

  • SABRA AND SHATILA here

  • NZ government “will not respond” on latest accusation of genocide in Gaza here

 

Other stories

  • Israel Initiates the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza City and the Path That Leads to Kill All Israeli Hostages here

  • France’s Macron says Europe likely to reimpose sanctions on Iran soon here

  • Israel is waging a holocaust in Gaza. Denazification is our only remedy here

  • Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique here

  • Gaza City under relentless bombardment as Israel launches ground invasion here

  • You can’t bomb the truth away here 

  • Charlie Kirk and his killer were spawned by the same dark soul of US politics here (Jonathan Cook)

  • Israel moves to embrace its isolation here

  • Europe Uses Iran As Pawn In Transatlantic Power Play here

  • The NAM reborn: Non-Aligned monarchies and Pakistan’s mercenary generals here

  • Eric Cantona’s bold stand calls for Israel’s exclusion from international sports here

  • Reebok dropped a new product line today with WNBA star Angel Reese. Their post on IG is a good opportunity for comments here

  • If Israel’s settlement plan goes through the West Bank will soon cease to exist here

  • Israel announces official visit to Pacific region to broaden relationships here

  • Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon here

  • TikTok sold to Zionist here

  • As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank here

  • How recognition of Palestine can be turned into more than symbolism here

  • Will sanctions work? here    

  • RNZ Palestine discussion here

  • Western media's pre-existing condition? Gaza atrocity denialism here

  • Germany's Israel Obsession (Antony Loewenstein Documentary) 2025 here (Antony Loewenstein video documentary) and an interview on ABC about the documentary is 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.

See more on the PSNA website here.


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 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.

  • We have added a page to the PSNA website where we now post the Events list. You can find it here – www.PSNA.nz/Events

     

    The QR code for this is:

It is updated on Wednesday afternoon and ongoing as events are notified to us. Please check back on Friday afternoon to see if there has been Additions or Changes.

There are more than 30 events around the Motu this week.

North Island

Rawene

Saturday September 27

No Event this weekend

 

Kerikeri - Rally

First Saturday of the Month

Next is October 5

 

Whangarei

Saturday September 27

No event in Whangarei this Saturday

 

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 MFAT

Wednesday September 24

12 Noon

139 Quay 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

Saturday September 27

10:00 am – 12:00 noon

Visiting Luxon’s Botany Electorate- The Te Irirangi Dr, Te Rakau Dr, Botany Rd intersection

Join the team – text Rhona on 021 035 8617

 

Auckland - Rally – Sanction Israel Now!

Saturday September 27

2:00 pm

Te Komititanga Britomart Square, Auckland

 

Thames – Vigil to Stop the war on Children

(Hosted by Voices for Palestine - Hauraki)

Next is the first Saturday of the month - Saturday 5 October

 

Tauranga – Flag Wave – Sanction Israel Now!

Sunday 28 September

11:00 am

Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui

 

Tauranga - Candlelight vigil 

memorial and celebration of Palestinian Sumud

Tuesday 7th October

6.30 pm

Mt Maunganui Cenotaph, Marine Parade, Mt Maunganui

 

Hamilton – Sanction Israel Now!

Every Saturday

1:00 pm

Flynn Park, Cnr Wairere Drive & Naylor, Hamilton

 

Raglan – Silent Vigil for Palestine

Hosted by Whaingaroa Palestine Solidarity

No event notified for this weekend

 

Cambridge - Rally for Palestine

Every Saturday

11:00 am

Cambridge Town Hall

 

Rotorua Sanction Israel Now!

Every Thursday

4:30 pm

National MP Todd McClay’s Office - Cnr Amohau and Ranolf St lights, Rotorua

 

Gisborne

Saturday September 27

No Rally notified for this weekend

 

Napier – Sanction Israel Now!

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 - Sanction Israel Now!

Every Sunday

2:00 pm

The Square, Palmerston North

 

Ngāmotu-New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge

(Hosted by Palestinian Solidarity Taranaki)

Saturday September 27

1:00 pm

Paynters Ave Bridge, Ngāmotu New Plymouth

 

Whanganui - Sanction Israel Now!

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)

Next event – the first Friday of the month - Friday October 4

 

Wellington - Cuba to Vivian takeover

Saturday September 27

1:00 pm

Meet at Cuba Mall stage

 

Wellington - The Doctor's Wife

With Q&A by Director Paula Whetu-Jones & Dr Alan & Hazel Kerr

Wednesday 1st October

6:30pm

Venue: The Roxy, Miramar

Entry by Koha

Tix booked through: https://whitioraproductions.com/the-doctors-wife

 

South Island

Nelson Whakatū – Banners and Flag Waving

Saturday September 27

10:30 am

Cnr Champion & Salisbury Rd, Richmond

 

Picton / Blenheim - Sanction Israel Now!

Every Saturday

10:30 – 12:00 am

Blenheim Railway Station

 

Greymouth - Te Tai Poutini - West Coast

Saturday 27 September

11:00 am

On the lawn below the GDC fountain.

If it rains gather outside the old Noel Leeming store Mackey St

 

Christchurch – Flags for Palestine

Every Friday

4:00 pm

Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch

 

Christchurch – Sanction Israel Now!

Saturday September 27

12:30 pm - Flag Waving before the rally - Durham Street side of the bridge

1:00 pm

Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch

 

Timaru

Saturday September 27

No Event this weekend

 

Queenstown – Flag Waving for Palestine

(Hosted by Queenstown for Palestine)

Saturday September 27

4:30 pm

Park & Meet: Sugar Lane, outside The Boatshed Cafe

 

Queenstown – Launching Paper Boats on the Lake for the Sumud Flotilla to Gaza

(Hosted by Queenstown for Palestine)

Saturday October 5

3:00 – 5:30 pm

Location Earnslaw Park (exact location TBD) - Look for the Palestinian Flags

Launching boats at 5pm

 

Dunedin

No Rally this weekend

 

Dunedin – Fundraiser for Palestine

(Organised by Fairleigh Evelyn and co)

Sunday September 28

12:00 – 8:00 pm

45 Māori Road, Dunedin Central

 

Invercargill – Picket @ Penny Simmonds MPs office

(hosted by Invercargill Stands With Palestine)

Thursday September 25

12.15pm - 1 pm

22 Kelvin St, Invercargill

 

Invercargill – Convoy to Bluff Signpost

(hosted by Invercargill Stands With Palestine)

Saturday September 27

1:00 pm

Meet at the front gates to Queens Park, Gala Street, 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)