18 Poutū-te-rangi 2026
18 March 2026

Newsletter No 232

Items in this newsletter

New Items

Nationwide rallies/marches/vigils this week
PSNA National Hui in Rotorua – Friday May 1 to Sunday May 3
Winston Peters, chief apologist for Israeli genocide, in Tauranga
No Wanaka holidays for Israeli genocide
Demand Israel’s suspension from UEFA
Something you can do now with just a few clicks…
A couple of pics from around the country
What the police told us about “move -on” orders
Labour appoints new foreign affairs spokesperson
My Name is Rachel Corrie – for Tamaki/Auckland supporters
Important stories this week

REGULAR ITEMS

MPs Complicit with Genocide
Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!
Annual Palestinian Solidarity Dates
How to Donate
Palestine Solidarity Groups around Aotearoa

Nationwide rallies/marches/MP protests/vigils this week

To view events around Aotearoa:

We have an events page on our website as well as a Facebook events page

PSNA Website events page:

You can find it here – www.PSNA.nz/Events

The QR code for the PSNA website events page is this:

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.

Or 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

PSNA Facebook events page

Go to the PSNA Facebook events page here

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

PSNA National meeting in Rotorua

– 5pm Friday May 1 to 1pm Sunday May 3, 2026 –

PSNA are holding our National Hui in Rotorua on Friday 1st of May to Sunday 3rd of May. The venue is a marae where most people will be able to stay with any extra accommodation provided in cabins or billeting with locals. Alternatively you may like to make your own accommodation arrangements.

PSNA will be covering the cost of meals and accommodation and we’d like you to register with Anne secretary@psna.nz as soon as possible to help with planning.

We imagine most people coming from the South Island and lower North Island will need to fly and others will come by car. Either way if you need help with a travel subsidy please let Anne know.

If you are flying we advise to BOOK NOW to get reasonably priced airfares.

Please note there will be a Mihi Whakatau (welcome) late on Friday afternoon so please try to arrive by 5pm on the Friday.

This national will be a critically important event for people from around the country to come together to build the campaign to isolate genocidal, apartheid Israel and build the campaign for Palestinian liberation.

We are fighting the most important human rights issue of the 21st century and we need your help to shape, plan and organize for the future.

Winston Peters, chief apologist for Israeli genocide, in Tauranga

Tauranga Moana local Palestine group are organising a protest – if you live anywhere near then please join them outside the meeting.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters thinks he is being clever in refusing refused to condemn Israel for any of its myriad of war crimes in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon etc, and has refused to condemn the US/Israel for their illegal attack on Iran.

Winston Peters is always US/Israel-First, not New Zealand First.

No Wanaka holidays for Israeli genocide

If you live anywhere close to Wanaka join this local protest. Here is the message from the organisers.

Upcoming protest action outside Zula Lodge (Albert Town/Wanaka)

Saturday 21st March 10am - 2pm

Meet 10am at the Albert Town Camp Ground, east entrance (see attached Map) for a pre-action briefing, before moving to Zula Lodge.

Do not share this on social media. However please share this quietly and extensively with your friends particularly with those in Central Otago.

This will be a peaceful action in support of Palestine and against Genocide.

Bring signs and flags, though there will be lots to spare if you don’t have your own.

We would like a narrow focus on:

No holidays in NZ for Israeli Defence Force
Free Palestine

Depending on numbers there will be speeches, chanting and music.

This will be a peaceful action in support of Palestine and against Genocide.

We aim to demonstrate that NZ civil society does not welcome IDF, on holiday from committing Genocide, to our shores. If the New Zealand government will not live up to its responsibilities under international law… and to humanity… civil society must take action.

Zula is a backpackers set up by American evangelicals ‘Chosen People Ministries’, specifically to target Israeli soldiers on holiday "after getting out of the army", to provide a place for “rest and relaxation” - which is what the Hebrew word ‘Zula’ means. Zula’s management “100% supports” Israel’s genocidal actions, as they are in line with their version of biblical prophesy, where all of ‘greater Israel’ becomes part of Israel’s undemocratic ethno-state. Palestinians, for these Zionists, are simply obstacles to be removed.

We say there should be no holidays for perpetrators of genocide, in Aotearoa!

Demand Israel’s suspension from UEFA

**Celtic fans display a banner stating 'show Israel the red card' at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on February 12, 2025. Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith**

The Israeli government is carrying out a genocide in Gaza, using white phosphorus in Lebanon and dragging the whole region in a devastating war against Iran... Yet European football bosses are acting like it’s business as usual and are even helping Israel whitewash its crimes on the European stage by playing the 2026 Nations League.

Banning Israel from international sport is picking up steam, and if national football federations speak out, they could force UEFA to hold a vote.

Tell European football federations: demand Israel’s suspension from UEFA.

Sign the petition here

Something you can do now with just a few clicks…

Share the petition above on your social media pages to demand Israel’s suspension from UEFA (European Football Association)

Some pics from around the country

**Supporters in Whakatū/Nelson flag-waving last weekend – huge motorist support for Palestine**

What the police told us about “move -on” orders

Last month a delegation from PSNA met with senior police to discuss the blatant bias in policing towards Palestine solidarity protestors compared to rogue violence from members of the pro-Israel lobby

We also raised the issue of so-called “move-on” orders and in response were told “the intent of the law does not include protestors”. Here is a snip from the police minutes of the meeting.

This is not good enough – there are many laws brought in with other intentions which have then been used to restrict the right to protest eg trespass orders and unlawful assembly laws. Unless protest under the Bill of Rights Act is specifically excluded from the law then police will use “move-on orders” it to curb protest rights.

We are still waiting for a response from the Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith.

If you want to ask Minister Goldsmith to tell you that he doesn't intend to use the Move On Orders to stop lawful protest yourself, please click here. (Please ensure you edit your name into the email)

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Have a go.

Labour appoints new foreign affairs spokesperson

**Vanushi Walters – Labour’s new foreign affairs spokesperson – speaks to Palestine solidarity supporters at parliament last year**

My name is Rachel Corrie

(for Auckland supporters)

More details are here:

My Name is Rachel Corrie | Te Pou Theatre

The show is only on for four nights in this initial run.

19-22 March

6.30pm

(Te Pou Theatre is in the Corban Estate in West Auckland)

We'd love to see you there if you can make it!

Lots of love

Acacia and the Sumud Ensemble team x

Important stories this week

Editor’s picks

Hamas holds talks with peace board over Gaza Strip plan here
Governance in the rubble – why Hamas still holds Gaza here
Iranian Officials Say They Have Been Ignoring Witkoff's Private Requests to Talk here
Behind the Bombs, New Details Emerge on Iran’s Infiltration of Israel here
Ramzy Baroud: Israel’s greatest weapon was fear – and it’s now failing here
Sanitising atrocities by the US or Israel and finding excuses is in the Western media’s DNA here

Regular items

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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.

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

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