PSNA Newsletter No 210 - 15 October 2025
15 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2025 2025
15 October 2025
Newsletter No 210
Items in this newsletter
Nationwide rallies/marches/vigils this week
Pause and Act – can you help with these two things?
PSNA legal challenge to NZ Superfund’s investments opened in Auckland High Court this week
PSNA cautious welcome for ceasefire and hostage release deal
“Rhythms of Resistance” – fundraising event in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton
Qaher – new short film
Genocide by numbers
Profile of Rinad Tamimi
Palestinian scientist wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Will Israel resume full-scale genocide?
A long history of terrorism
PSNA Secretary Anne Hare calls out NZ First advisor
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness
A letter in moral clarity
A few pics from around the country this week
Obituary – Liz Edmond
Quotes of the week
Complicit with Genocide
Free Palestine car convoy
Sitting on the Fence
Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!
Important stories this week
Merchandise for sale
Nationwide events list
Nationwide rallies/marches/MP protests/vigils this week
We have discontinued the Rally list in the newsletter as it can be out of date as soon as the newsletter is sent. We have added a page to the PSNA website which is posted on Wednesday afternoon and then updated as any moves adds and changes are available. See first option.
To view events around Aotearoa. Options:
There is now 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. It is also updated with any late events or if an event needs to be changed. See here. Check back on Fridays to see if there are any changes. Give it a try right now. Email Admin@PSNA.nz if there are any events missingor a change is required.
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” and Click the button. Check back on Friday for any moves, adds or changes
Or go directly to events on the PSNA Facebook events page here
There is also a QR code which will take you to the PSNA events page on the PSNA website
There are more than 30 events around the Motu this week.
Pause and Act – can you help with these two events?
Simultaneous sit-ins at local MP offices around the country: This is an initiative from Ōtautahi/Christchurch activists who are planning this event. If your centre or people in your centre are interested in finding our more please send me the name/phone number of your local contact person (email Co-Chair2@PSNA.nz) for this action and we will add them to a Signal group chat (Signal is an open source app which is the most secure way to discuss sensitive events such as this – it is free to download)
Children’s shoes: The Whaingaroa/Raglan group are planning an event over Labour weekend where they want to display thousands of children’s shoes in the centre of the town. They would love your help in getting these from all over the country (Once they do it the shoes can then be sent to other centres for similar events) If you can help please email secretary@PSNA.nz and Anne will give you the address to send the shoes to.
PSNA legal challenge to NZ Superfund’s investments opened in Auckland High Court this week
PSNA Co-Chairs John Minto (left) and Maher Nazal (centre) with the PSNA legal team Rodney Harrison KC (second from right) Frances Joychild KC (second from left) and Ben Mugisho (right)
The Palestine Solidarity Network’s legal challenge against the New Zealand Superfund’s investments in companies helping to build and maintain illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian Territories opened in the Auckland High Court on Tuesday 14 October and is expected to run for two days.
The named plaintiffs are PSNA Co-Chairs, Maher Nazzal and John Minto, and Rawaa Elhanafy. The lawyers taking the case are Rodney Harrison KC, Frances Joychild KC and Ben Mugisho.
Mahar Nazzal says the Superfund has investments in companies identified by the United Nations Human Rights Council as providing services and utilities supporting the maintenance and existence of illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The UN list was updated on 26 September 2025 and the updated database is here in a pdf.
Nazzal says the recent report by Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’ says when Israel is committing genocide in Gaza many companies such Booking.Com and AirBnB are profiting from “occupation tourism” in Palestine.
“We look forward to the court having a thorough look at the Superfund’s investments and whether they are in line with their legal obligations”
John Minto
Maher Nazzal
Co-Chairs
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Case Summary
The New Zealand Superfund has investments in four companies listed in June 2023 by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
AirBnB
Booking.com
Motorola
Alstrom
Each of these companies is deeply embedded in Israel’s illegal occupation. AirBnB and Booking.com are advertising homes for rent in illegal Israeli settlements. This encourages investors to purchase these properties and also encourages the building and expansion of these illegal settlements.
Motorola has a long lucrative history of providing technology and infrastructure to enable Israel’s mass surveillance of Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territory as well as involvement in providing transport infrastructure which links the illegal settlements via racially segregated roads.
Why does this matter now?
In December 2022, Israel elected arguably its most extreme ethno-nationalist government ever. It stepped up the brutal repression of Palestinians and made clear it would not countenance a meaningful peace plan or the formation of a Palestinian state.
The new government said its “top priority” was to push ahead with more illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
In the last week of June 2023, Israeli ministers announced plans to build more than 5,000 additional houses in these illegal settlements on Palestinian land. Further expansion of these settlements in the Occupied West Bank is taking place while the world is distracted with Israel’s ongoing mass killing and mass starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.
This “green light” to illegal Israeli settlers has resulted in a massive wave of settler attacks on Palestinians towns and villages with pogroms against the Palestinian populations – attacks which have been actively supported and assisted by the Israeli Defence Forces.
A very recent case was the killing of Awdah Hathaleen who was involved in the production of the Oscar Award winning documentary ‘No Other Land’.
Within the last two weeks Israel’s Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich has approved plans for another illegal Israeli settlement which would split occupied East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank – a move his office said would “bury” the idea of a Palestinian state.
The case has taken on renewed urgency with the July 2024 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, which found Israel’s occupation of the land it captured in the 1967 Six-day War is illegal and urged signatory countries to withdraw all “aid or assistance” to Israel in maintaining its illegal occupation.
On 18 September 2024 the United Nations General Assembly voted in support of the ICJ ruling (New Zealand supported the resolution) which includes the demand:
(c) To implement sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, against natural and legal persons engaged in the maintenance of Israel’s unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in relation to settler violence;
A further United Nations General Assembly resolution (Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine) was passed in November 2024 which also called for states
“Not to render aid or assistance to illegal settlement activities”
PSNA cautious welcome for ceasefire and hostage release deal
PSNA is cautiously welcoming the Gaza ceasefire and proposed exchange of hostages between Israel and Hamas.
At least 7,000 Palestinians are being held in detention without trial by Israel and about 20 Israeli soldiers are held by Hamas.
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa Co-chair, Maher Nazzal says the deal is a reprieve from Israel’s genocidal attacks on Palestinians in Gaza.
“It’s been two years of mass bombing and starvation. It’s the worst atrocity of the 21st century.”
“The real tragedy is that the main elements of this ceasefire deal were already agreed to nine months ago in January. Israel was forced to let Palestinians return to Gaza City, and lower the intensity of its attacks.”
“Within a few weeks, the Israelis scuttled the agreement, shut off all food and intensified their attacks and are now ethnically re-cleansing Gaza City.”
“Expulsion is still the Israeli government’s aim. Netanyahu must be disappointed that Trump is no longer advocating for removal of Palestinians from Gaza, but Netanyahu usually gets his way with Trump in the end.”
Nazal says PSNA especially notes the Hamas acceptance statement calls on countries supporting the deal – New Zealand included – to make sure Israel abides by the few specific conditions imposed on Israel in the agreement.
“Israel has broken every peace deal it has ever signed on Palestine, right from occupying more than half of what was allocated by the United Nations as a Palestinian state in 1948.”
“In the 1993 Oslo peace deal, which the US also brokered, there was meant to be a Palestinian state within five years. Israel made sure this never happened.”
“This time, there is no mention of the Occupied West Bank. Nothing about return of refugees. There is no commitment in the Trump deal for a Palestinian state, for Winston Peters to eventually recognise. There’s just a vague pathway with no timelines and it’s all conditional on Israeli approval,” Nazzal says.
“So we have a message for Winston Peters, who is demanding PSNA and other protesters applaud the Trump deal as ‘case solved’.”
“Ceasefire or not, our campaign to isolate the apartheid state of Israel will continue to grow until all Palestinians are liberated.”
Maher Nazzal
Co-Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
“Rhythms of Resistance” – fundraising event in Kirikiriroa/Hamilton
🎶 Rhythms of Resistance – A Night for Palestine
📅 Friday 17 October 2025
📍 Last Place Bar, Kirikiriroa/Hamilton
🕢 Doors 7:30pm | Music from 8:30pm
An uplifting night of music, art, and community standing together for Palestine. Featuring powerful live sets from Swizl Jager, Kyla Greening, Leah Bell, and Chase Woods, with genres ranging from te reo Māori hip hop to RnB, pop-rock, and indie-folk music.
All proceeds and raffle funds will go directly to Gaza: Beat of the Heart, providing urgent healthcare on the ground in Gaza. Incredible raffle prizes include vinyl, merch, tattoos, art, beauty vouchers, and a studio session with producer Gwyn Williams.
🎟 Tickets: $15 via Humanitix (door sales available)
🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/rhythms-of-resistance-a-night-for-palestine
We'd greatly appreciate it if you considered sharing this event through your social media platforms, and potentially email subscribers too.
Ticket and information page:
https://events.humanitix.com/rhythms-of-resistance-a-night-for-palestine
Instagram post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPQZiSiE3Zn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1A3AH6pgcD/
This folder includes the poster imagery in different dimensions for social media, newsletters etc: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1cShJOHbb_SEWrKJr0PUxosqowlRjewJU
And an event in Auckland…
Qaher
Drama, 20m, Poland, Palestine, Egypt,
A Canadian Palestinian man returns to Palestine after years away to surprise his sister. As he embarks on his journey to reach her, he rediscovers the true meaning of Palestinian identity.
Dir/Writ: Nada Khalifa, Prod: Maciej Ślesicki
Film programme here
Genocide by numbers
For a shocking Summary of the Gaza Genocide by Numbers see Zeteo, “These Horrific Numbers Show the Scale of Israel's Genocide in Gaza Two Years On”, 9 October : https://zeteo.com/p/these-horrific-numbers-show-the-scale .
However the “Gaza direct and indirect deaths” estimate of 186,000 is from 19 June 2024 (Day 256 of the Gaza Genocide) : Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee, and Salim Yusuf, “ Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential”, The Lancet, 5 July 2024: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext (see also Gideon Polya, “The Lancet: 186,000 Palestinians Killed By Violence And Imposed Deprivation In Gaza Genocide”, Countercurrents, 9 July 2024: https://countercurrents.org/2024/07/the-lancet-186000-palestinians-killed-by-violence-and-imposed-deprivation-in-gaza-genocide/ ; Gideon Polya, “Submission To National Anti-Corruption Commission: Australian Labor Government’s Lying For Apartheid Israel”, Countercurrents, 22 July 2023: https://countercurrents.org/2023/07/submission-to-national-anti-corruption-commission-australian-labor-governments-lying-for-apartheid-israel/; Gideon Polya, “Zionist-Perverted Western Mainstream Media Ignore 186,000 Palestinian Deaths In Apartheid Israeli Gaza Genocide”, Countercurrents, 15 July 2024: https://countercurrents.org/2024/07/zionist-perverted-western-mainstream-media-ignore-186000-palestinian-deaths-in-apartheid-israeli-gaza-genocide/ ; Gideon Polya, “Gaza Genocide Censored By Lying Australian Mainstream Media: What They Don’t Want Australians To Know”, Countercurrents, 4 September 2024: https://countercurrents.org/2024/09/gaza-genocide-censored-by-lying-australian-mainstream-media-what-they-dont-want-australians-to-know/ ).
Profile of Rinad Tamimi
Read Rinad’s story here
Palestinian scientist wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Palestinian refugee from Jordan, chemist Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). He shares the award with Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne and Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences praised the trio for “creating molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow.” MOFs can store, filter, and transform molecules, with applications in clean energy, carbon capture, and water harvesting. Yaghi, originally from Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira Village, which was depopulated by zionist militias in 1948, was born in Amman in 1965 to a family of Palestinian refugees.
Read more here
Will Israel resume full-scale genocide?
A long history of terrorism
PSNA Secretary Anne Hare calls out NZ First advisor
Anne, you absolute legend! here
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness
Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine
By Francesca Albanese
Foreword by Richard Falk, John Dugard and Michael Lynk.
You can purchase this book here
A letter in moral clarity…
Dear Prime Minister Luxon and Minister Peters,
I write to express urgent concern regarding your continued use of the term disproportionate to describe Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. This language, rooted in the framework of international humanitarian law (IHL), fails to capture the nature of the crime now formally recognized by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry: genocide.
1. Israel Is Committing Genocide—Not Waging War
On 18 September 2025, the UN Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention. Israel has:
Killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, including over 18,000 children
Inflicted serious bodily and mental harm through mass bombardment, starvation, and displacement
Deliberately imposed conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
Prevented births by targeting maternity wards and obstructing medical care
The Commission found that “genocidal intent is the only reasonable inference” from Israel’s conduct and official statements. This finding renders the IHL framework—particularly the principle of proportionality—not just inadequate, but dangerously misleading. Genocide is not a matter of excessive force; it is a crime of intent to destroy a people.
2. Israel’s Use of Force Is Not Disproportionate—It Is Exterminatory
The principle of proportionality under IHL regulates conduct within armed conflict. It assumes that war is lawful and that civilian harm may be permissible if not excessive relative to military advantage. Israel has weaponized this language to justify:
Flattening entire neighborhoods with no military targets
Bombing hospitals, schools, and refugee camps
Using starvation as a method of warfare
Declaring that “no distinction” will be made between civilians and combatants
These are not “excesses of war.” Israel is not miscalculating force—it is deliberately exterminating a civilian population. As legal scholar Luigi Daniele writes in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (September 2025):
> “Proportionality’s indeterminacy facilitates distortions that disrupt IHL’s delicate balancing of civilian protection and lawful military necessity.”
3. New Zealand’s Legal Obligations Under the Genocide Convention
New Zealand is a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention. Article I obliges all parties to prevent and punish genocide. Article III criminalizes direct and public incitement to genocide, complicity, and failure to act.
By continuing to use IHL language such as disproportionate, your offices risk:
Mischaracterizing the nature of Israel’s crimes, thereby undermining international legal consensus
Failing to meet New Zealand’s obligations to prevent genocide, including diplomatic, economic, and legal measures
Contributing to impunity by framing extermination as excessive warfare rather than criminal intent
4. Moral Clarity and Legal Precision Are Required
The language of disproportionate implies a moral ambiguity that is no longer tenable. The UN Commission, South Africa’s ICJ application, and multiple legal analyses—including those by Nimer Sultany and Michael Greif—have made clear that the paradigm must shift.
I urge your offices to:
Cease using IHL terminology in reference to Gaza, particularly disproportionate and collateral damage
Publicly acknowledge the UN Commission’s genocide findings
Align New Zealand’s foreign policy language with its legal obligations under the Genocide Convention
Support international accountability mechanisms, including ICJ and ICC proceedings
This is not a matter of diplomatic tone—it is a matter of legal accuracy and moral responsibility. Israel is not conducting a flawed military campaign. It is committing genocide.
I welcome your response.
Yours sincerely,
Richard McCormick
Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
A few pics from around the country this week
Whaingaroa/Raglan
Cave Rock – Sumner beach, Ōtautahi/Christchurch
Community outreach Sumner beach
From the Press Ōtautahi/Christchurch
Remembering Liz Eastmond – an absolute champion for Palestine!
Liz Eastmond came to New Zealand from Edinburgh University in 1969 to join the Art History department. A committed feminist and campaigner for social justice, she was a stimulating and disruptive influence for over a decade. Her Women in Art paper revealed entrenched biases against Māori, women, crafts, and outsiders within mainstream arts in Aotearoa. She later moved permanently to Waiheke Island with her son Fenner, opening the Tivoli Bookstore/Gallery in 2007, which became a renowned meeting place for artists and activists. Always incensed by bureaucracy, Liz once, with Fenner's father David Brady, liberated Lily the Labrador from the local pound.
A tireless supporter of Palestine, Liz co-founded Stand with Palestine Waiheke with the late Susi Newborn, ran the Free Palestine stall at the Saturday market, and achieved a New Zealand first by raising the Palestine flag from the Local Board flagpole. She helped organise a three-day hui at Piritahi Marae in September 2024, culminating in a march through Oneroa, all while travelling weekly to city protests at Britomart.
Her health suffered in the process, and in hospital it was discovered she had inoperable brain tumours that robbed her of speech. She passed away on 1 October 2025. A commemoration is planned for Sunday 2 November at Morra Hall Waiheke Island at 2pm, where friends and family can express their love and admiration for this extraordinary woman. Liz leaves behind her son Fenner, family in England, and a devoted circle of supporters determined to continue her fight for justice and world peace.
Quotes of the week
“'In the afterlife, I’ll ask God for one thing:
to force the Israelis to go on the same hunt for water and food under airstrikes all day every day,' my late friend Ali used to say, before he was killed in an airstrike last year while walking next to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah."
—Muhammad Shehada; Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
"[I]f a permanent agreement is signed that includes full Israeli withdrawal, the lifting of Israel’s suffocating siege, and a visible political horizon, there would be little reason for Gazans to cling to armed struggle.
In fact, many of those supportive of Hamas’ insurgency will be the first to denounce the group as soon as the war ends.
—Muhammad Shehada; Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Complicit with genocide
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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.
It is Part of a Nationwide effort covering 25 centres. And may run weekly for the forseeable future.
To register, click here.
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.
More details are on our website here https://www.psna.nz/sitting-on-the-fence which is at this QR code.
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
Palestinians released from Israeli jails return to loved ones here
Israeli Officials Are Openly Saying They Plan To Resume Attacks On Gaza here
Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé: Despite Ceasefire, Palestinians Still Face “Elimination, Genocide” here
Pro-Palestine protesters blockade Christchurch aerospace summit by chaining themselves to doorways here
US Sending 200 Troops to Israel, Establishing CENTCOM “Coordination Center” here
Benjamin Netanyahu cornered to stop the war in Gaza is preparing the ground for a way out here
Peace activists blockade convention centre in protest against Aerospace industries here
Key Points and Prospects of the Israeli-Palestinian Agreement here
$21.7 Billion In US Military Aid Has Fueled Israel's War here
Other stories
Movie streamer/distributer MUBI defends decision to accept funding from venture capitalist firm Sequoia heavily invested in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people here, here and here.
Outcry over ExpressVPN ownership: What the Israeli connection means for user privacy here
Gaza summit at Sharm el Sheik here
Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show here
Hundreds of Palestinian Captives Released in Khan Younis From Israeli Detention here (here
A free book of poetry about Gaza on the World Beyond War website here
Genocide exposed: The history of the IDF here (video)
On the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, the Scandinavian organisation Lay Down Your Arms awarded the U.N. special rapporteur on occupied Palestine to highlight a peace champion working in line with the will of Alfred Nobel here
Israel/OPT: Ceasefire must be a pathway to ending Israel’s unlawful occupation, apartheid and genocide here (Amnesty International)
Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide here
What an Israel-Syria security deal could mean for the Middle East here
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble here
October 7th: Part 2: Return of the Hannibal Directive and the Genocide Starts Now! here
Iran Warns Trump Against ‘Miscalculation’ here
Max Blumenthal EXPOSES Netanyahu's Censorship Campaign WITHIN the US here
Exclusive: Senior Hamas Leader Mousa Abu Marzouk on Trump’s Gaza Plan and the Future of Hamas here
Two Years After October 7: Israel’s War, Gaza’s Ashes, and the Collapse of Moral Authority here
Foreign policy transparency lacking here
Two years after October 7, Palestine has become a graveyard of failed strategies 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.
The watermelon and the fist stickers will be back in stock early next week.
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)