PSNA Newsletter No 215 - 19 November 2025

19 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2025
19 November 2025

Newsletter No 215

Items in this newsletter

Nationwide rallies/marches/vigils this week
National Protest in Wellington – Wednesday 10th December
A week of action on SodaStream – 22 Nov to 30 Nov
Protest your local MPs – Friday 5 December
A few pics from around the country this week
Creative idea on SodaStream from a reader
Cole Martin’s national tour continues
Anika Moa Presents…Gigs for Gaza
Xmas gifts for Palestine
Join the ICC Six Watch…
Boycott Reebok – global day of social media action on Saturday 22 November
Why we need to build Palestine House in Aotearoa New Zealand
Designate Israel as a terrorist state and the IDF as a terrorist group
Complicit with Genocide
Sitting on the Fence documentary
Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!
Important stories this week

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We have discontinued the Rally list in the newsletter as it can be out of date as soon as the newsletter is sent.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 missing or 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.

National Protest in Wellington – Wednesday 10th December

We are encouraging you all to come to Wellington for the national protest which is taking place as parliament is sitting. We want to make this a huge expression of anger and disgust at the government’s betrayal of our values and our humanity by complicity with Israel’s genocide.

If you need support we are happy to pay petrol costs for those car pooling to Wellington. If you need a place to stay we will be organizing bunkroom accommodation at a holiday park on the 9th or 10th December. Contact your local Palestine group and let them know you are coming and what support you may need to get there.

In the meantime help build this national protest - share the poster above family and friends in Wellington and by putting on your social media pages.

National week of action targeting SodaStream in Noel Leeming stores - 22 to 30 November

Let’s all get stuck in with protests, pickets and stickers targeting Noel Leeming selling SodaStream products from genocidal, apartheid Israel.

Let’s get SodaStream off the shelves once and for all!

Many centres are organizing protests outside their local Noel Leeming branches with letters of complaint, requests for meetings and stickers on SodaStream products (Remember sticker the barcode to make it difficult to check out these genocide supporting products!)

We will be telling Noel Leeming and its customers – Don’t give money to Israel!

We have plenty of stickers and SodaStream leaflets we can send to you immediately. Just email merchandise@PSNA.nz

For Auckland supporters – Friday 28 November

Join the Auckland PSNA Protest the Warehouse Group AGM from 9am on Friday 28 November at 26 The Warehouse Way, Northcote, Auckland

(Noel Leemings is owned by the Warehouse Group)

Protest your local MPs – Friday 5 December

On Oct 30th, about 12 different centers across the country protested outside the offices of their local Nat/NZ First/Act MPs

PSNA is supporting another series of nationwide MP protests on the 5th of December, with the intention of making them even larger than last time. These MP protests will add momentum to our national protest at parliament on the 10th of December.

The message we will send on the 5th of Dec is simple: The government must sanction Israel.

More details in the next newsletter…

A few pics from around the country this week

**Outside ASB Bank in Ōtautahi/Christchurch - Fake blood is poured on the posters and then…**

**Flagwaving over the motorway in the Hutt Valley**

**Spotted in Paihia – the vintage community embraces Palestine**

Creative idea on SodaStream from a reader

There are many ways to make your point about retailers selling genocide and apartheid products. Here is an idea from one of our reader. Not everyone will feel comfortable doing this but if you do…

dress well (look as if you have money)
go in on a busy day
find a salesperson
tell them you have recently moved and need a few new appliances
spend 20 mins with that person finding a big expensive tv (at least 5K)
then ask them to put that aside, while you decide on a top of the range washing washing (miele...)
do the same with a fridge, keeping that sales person with you the entire time
continue with a toaster, coffee maker... (get the drift)
play the game for as long as you can (90 minutes is good ) then...
ask for a soda dispenser
ask if they have soda stream
then say sorry, I can't buy off a retailer that sells soda stream...
walk out

Good luck! Let us know how you get on so we can share the feedback.

Cole Martin’s national tour continues

You can find the list of Coles talks here.

And here

Anika Moa Presents…Gigs for Gaza

Mainly for people in Tamaki – More information here

Xmas gifts for Palestine

If you wish to purchase any of these items, in the first instance please contact your local branch.

Earrings ($10 - $20), fridge magnets ($3), badges ($2), silicone wristbands ($5), string bracelet ($4), bumper stickers ($3), carry bags (kufiyah style, this is not a watermelon and Free Palestine) ($15), small change purses (on right in photo) ($8.50) Bucket hats and Baseball caps ($25) Back packs ($30)

Our standard lines are also available - see pictures on the PSNA website here.

T shirt (2 finger peace sign) XXXXL, XXXL, XXL, L, M, S, XS - $30

T shirt (Justice the seed) XXXXL, XXXL, XXL, XL, L, M, S, XS, 12, 10, 8, 6 yr old - $30

Long sleeved top XXXL, XXL, XL, L, M, S, XS - $35

Hoodies Justice the seed M, L, XL, S - $45

Palestine flags, large $10

Check with your local branch first and then contact us at Merchandise@PSNA.nz (Postage will also need to be covered in direct purchases)

Join the ICC Six Watch!

Share the poster on social media – keep alert – email ICC6@PSNA.nz if you find where any of these six genocide deniers are due to show up.

Boycott Reebok

Share this image on your social media pages this Saturday 22 November as part of the international day of action to boycott this proud sponsor of Israeli genocide and apartheid.

Why we need to build Palestine House in Aotearoa New Zealand

Designate Israel as a terrorist state and the IDF as a terrorist group

Petition link: https://petitions.parliament.nz/5e5def5b-0658-4431-5edd-08ddfd8ffce6?lang=en

Petition title: Designate Israel as a terrorist state and the IDF as a terrorist group

You can share this petition via this QR code

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

Palestinian factions reject US Gaza plan ahead of UN vote here
The Palestinian Olive Harvest: Sumud, Land, and a Resisting Economy here
Trump’s Ploy at the UN Is American Imperialism Masquerading as a Peace Process here
Trump wants to recreate the British Mandate in Palestine here
Palestinians recount gang rapes by Israeli soldiers, dogs here
I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel here
Dozens of Gaza Medical Workers Are Still Disappeared in Israeli Detention here
“The prison is inside me” Three released Palestinian boys abducted, tortured by Israeli forces while seeking aid here

Merchandise for sale - please check with your local branch and/or contact us Merchandise@PSNA.nz

**Recent new material – leaflets and stickers are free the bucket hats and caps are $25**

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.

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