3 Pipiri 2026
3 June 2026

Newsletter No 243

Four things you can do with a single click each…

(Note the first three are the same as last week – please action them if you haven’t done this yet – number four is new)

1) Sign the PSNA Nakba petition here

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2) Sign up to join the “Free Palestine Party” here (We know the date of birth section is clumsy to fill in but it’s important to check at least 500 people are on the electoral roll)

Sign the PSNA Nakba petition here

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3) Check your Kiwisaver Fund. Go to www.mindfulmoney.nz, type in the name of your KiwiSaver fund into the Fund Checker, click the button ‘Show Companies’ and look for the companies with an OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territories) symbol. If you see any of those companies in your fund, write to your fund manager (the address is on your KiwiSaver statement) and tell them you don’t want your savings going to those companies.

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4) Click here to send this email to the Commissioner of Police Richard Chambers (See item later in newsletter)

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Commissioner Chambers
New Zealand Police
Richard.Chambers@police.govt.nz

The law should be applied equally

Kia ora Mr Chambers,

The law should be applied equally to everyone and yet the police are refusing to prosecute a pro-Israel supporter for wilful damage for a tyre slashing spree in Raglan earlier this year.

At the same time police have prosecuted five people in Christchurch for wilful damage for placing small stickers onto the window of the central Christchurch business last year.

This is unbelievable bias.

If the situation were reversed and a pro-Israel supporter had their tyres slashed the police, media and politicians would be in a frenzy claiming it as a violent, anti-semitic attack which endangered Jewish lives

I’m asking you to prosecute the tyre slasher.

(your name)

Items in this newsletter

New Items

Nationwide rallies/marches/flagwavings this week
The “Free Palestine” Party is almost to the goal of 500 members…
Sign PSNA’s Nakba petition – sever all ties to genocidal, apartheid Israel
Your KiwiSaver may be funding violations of Palestinian rights
Palestine solidarity pickets at Fiji High Commissions and Consulates
Police double standard on Palestine
A few pics from around the country this week
Stolen Palestinian land listed on Booking.com
OOPS - Juliet Moses slips up – “700,000 (Palestinians) expelled” during the Nakba
Important stories this week

Regular items

Join the ICC Six watch
MPs Complicit with Genocide
Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!

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.

The “Free Palestine” Party is closing in on the goal of 500 members it needs to register as a political party – Join up now!

(Note this is independent of PSNA but is an initiative from PSNA supporters)

Go here to sign up: https://palfree.nz/

Your KiwiSaver may be funding violations of Palestinian rights

Important message from Barry Coates – founder and CEO of Mindful Money
(Website: mindfulmoney.nz. Join our mailing list here)

The judgement won by PSNA forcing the NZ Super Fund to review its investments in four companies that violate the rights of Palestinian people was important. It also sends a warning across the bow of KiwiSaver and other investment funds funds. You may not realise it, but your KiwiSaver might be invested in those four companies.

Mindful Money is a charity that tracks investment in KiwiSaver, including companies on the United Nations Human Rights Council database of companies involved in the building and maintenance of illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. Our analysis shows there is even more invested in the four companies by KiwiSaver funds than by the NZ Super Fund.

So what can you do? Check your fund – it is free, quick and easy to do so. Go to www.mindfulmoney.nz, type in the name of your KiwiSaver fund into the Fund Checker, click the button ‘Show Companies’ and look for the companies with an OPT symbol. If you see any of those companies in your fund, write to your fund manager (the address is on your KiwiSaver statement) and tell them you don’t want your savings going to those companies.

If you want to shift to a fund that doesn’t invest in those companies, use the Fund Finder to find a Mindful Ethical Fund. You can also use the same website for non-KiwiSaver managed funds.

It’s your money. Don’t let it be used to fund companies that violate human rights.

PSNA’s Nakba petition – sever all relations with genocidal, apartheid Israel

The Instagram post can be shared from here

Palestine solidarity pickets at Fiji High Commission and Consulate in Fiji, Auckland and Wellington

PSNA is to picket the Fijian High Commission in Wellington and Consulate in Auckland tomorrow at 12.30pm (June 2) to protest at Israel opening its first Pacific Islands’ Embassy in Suva.

The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa says it is acting in solidarity with a call from the Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network in Fiji.

Israeli Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar is scheduled to cut the ribbon to open the embassy at 5pm.

PSNA spokesperson Rinad Tamimi says while the rest of the world is distancing itself from Israel for its genocide in Gaza, illegal settlements on the West Bank and invasion of Lebanon, Fiji is deepening its ties with the Netanyahu regime.

“It’s partly personal. Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is grateful is for Israeli support for his coup in 1987, when the rest of the world were distancing themselves from the Rabuka led military junta,” Tamimi says.

“But it’s mostly the result of intense diplomatic activity by Israel throughout the Pacific, its determined attempts to reverse the trend around the world to isolate Israel and its institutions.”

“Israel is working with United States Christian Zionists to make the Pacific an Israeli pond, to deliver votes in the United Nations and embassies in Jerusalem.”

In the September 2024 landmark United Nations General Assembly resolution to order Israel out of the Palestinian Occupied Territory within 12 months, no fewer than seven Pacific countries, including Fiji, voted against, out of a world total of 14 votes against.

“It’s the same Pacific slant with embassies in illegally Occupied Jerusalem. The world would locate all their embassies on in Tel Aviv, because they didn’t recognise Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem. Then Trump opened a US embassy in Jerusalem in 2018.”

“Since then, only Kosovo, Honduras and Guatemala have joined the US. That is, except for the Pacific – Papua New Guinea and Fiji are now in Jerusalem and they are soon to be joined by Samoa,” Tamimi says.

“It’ll be Samoa’s only country post outside the Pacific. Is Israel paying for it?”

Police double standard on Palestine

PSNA media release 3 June 2026: A link to the release is here

PSNA is demanding police charge a pro-Israel tyre slasher, after he slashed two tyres on a Palestine supporter’s car in Raglan during a pro-Palestine protest in mid April.

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa says Police told the victim they will not charge the Auckland businessman saying he has admitted he did it, apologised and has agreed to pay for the damage.

PSNA Campaign Co-ordinator John Minto says the Police say the tyre slasher has no criminal record and the victim has never been a victim before so it doesn’t reach the threshold for prosecution.

“Police have told the complainant they can’t prosecute because it doesn’t meet the Solicitor General’s guidelines for doing so.”

“We are flabbergasted at the double standard. Five of our supporters in Christchurch were charged with wilful damage last year after placing small stickers onto the window of a central city business”.

“One of these people appears in court tomorrow in Christchurch to face police charges of wilful damage”

“Since when is slashing tyres given a free pass but putting stickers on a window demands prosecution?” says Minto.

“A large PSNA delegation met with senior police in Wellington earlier this year to discuss what we have seen as an obvious police bias in going softly on pro-Israel physical violence and property damage while taking heavy-handed action at the mildest protests against the genocide in Gaza.

“The police denied any bias in their policing, but this tyre-slasher case underlines the shocking prejudice at some police levels.”

“They are taking their blatantly prejudiced approach from similar outrageous police responses to protests in Australia and the UK.”

“Letting off this tyre slasher just adds to the litany of complaints of systemic police prejudice against Palestinians and Palestine supporters in New Zealand.”

“If the situation were reversed and a pro-Israel supporter had their tyres slashed the police, media and politicians would be in a frenzy claiming it as a violent, anti-semitic attack which endangered Jewish lives”

“We have written to the Police Commissioner Richard Chambers to demand prosecution of the tyre slasher.”

Background
The well-known Auckland businessman had approached two women who had arrived in Raglan carrying Palestinian flags for a protest and offered money to them to fly an Israeli flag instead. They declined and joined the protest. Returning to their car an hour later they found one of the tyres was flat and had been slashed. The following day a second tyre was found flat – both tyres had to be replaced.

If the second tyre had blown out during the drive back from Raglan to Hamilton the situation could have been much worse.

The victim lodged a complaint with police and then using CCTV footage from the local supermarket was able to identify the person responsible from the company name on the car of the offender. The victim’s husband contacted the man through social media and after initial denials he phoned the victim’s husband and admitted responsibility and offered to pay for the damage once he was sent images from the CCTV cameras.

All this information was passed to police who last week contacted the complainant to say they would not be prosecuting the man.

A few pics from around the country this week

**At the rally in Tamaki/Auckland last weekend**

**A soggy protest at the Fiji High Commission in Wellington against Fiji decision to open an Israeli Embassy in Suva**

**More soggy protesting with important messages**

**Children’s shoes symbolising the victims of Israel’s genocide in Gaza line the High Commission’s outside wall**

Stolen Palestinian land listed on Booking.com

A Palestinian landowner just found out his stolen land is listed on Booking.com for $170 a night.

The Dutch government — where Booking.com is headquartered — wants to pass a bill to stop it — but only if enough of us make sure the new bill includes services like Booking.com.

Booking.com: Stop listing stolen Palestinian land. Sign the petition here

OOPS - Juliet Moses slips up – “700,000 (Palestinians) expelled” during the Nakba

In a recent interview with the anti-Palestinian racist host of the Platform, Sean Plunket, New Zealand Jewish Council spokesperson Juliet Moses slipped up and admitted Palestinians were expelled during the Nakba. Israel always denies expulsion with the lie that Palestinians fled voluntarily. She also criticises the new “Palestine free from the river to the sea” political party and the democratic state it’s campaigning for.

The Platform with Juliet Moses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtCh-5D7gs

Palestinians expelled – 2:51

Sean Plunket:
“Okay. So, what are the principles of the free Palestine from the river to the sea party, which I understand you can join for just $2. They only need 500 members. They'll probably get there”

Juliet Moses:
“That's right. Well, I you know, I've looked it up. Sorry, I'm old and have to put my glasses on. They essentially they want Israel to not exist anymore. They want a binational, secular and democratic, with full and equal citizenship for all with ethnic and religious rights protected in a democratic constitution state.

So in other words, they oh and they also want all Palestinians to be given the so-called right of return. There are, because of the fact that Palestinians are the only people in the world who inherit refugee status down the generations, there are now from the original let's say 700,000 who are expelled from, or fled during the war, the initial the war of independence as it's called in 1948, there are now somewhere like 10 times that number of the original number. So they want them all to be able to live (in Palestine)”

Important stories this week

Editor’s picks

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli prison system nightmare here
Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting against new Israeli embassy 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