14 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2026
14 October 2026

Four steps for Palestinian solidarity this week

1) Just one day left to sign this petition here – or use the QR code on the poster.

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2 Sign these two petitions here and here

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3 Click here to send this short message to all current MPs (Please note that after clicking you will need to copy and paste the picture into your email)

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To: All current MPs

To all MPS

Kia ora koutou,

Thank you

Thank you Auckland and thank you to all the MPs who took part in the massive 15,000-strong march for Palestine in Queen Street last Saturday.

Those of you who took part are standing up for core New Zealand values supporting democracy, international law and equal human rights for everyone in Palestine.

The counter protest by contrast was a small and pathetic affair where apartheid and genocide were defended.

New Zealand needs all its MPs to support the movement for a state in Palestine where everyone living between the river and the sea enjoys equal rights and all ethnicities and religions are protected under a democratic constitution.

IF you were not there on Saturday – make sure you are there next time.

(your name)

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4 Go to the PSNA website at www.psna.nz, click on the social media link and spend five minutes liking, sharing and following our social media accounts.

Items in this newsletter

Nationwide rallies/marches/flag-waving this week
Auckland aces the 10 October global march for Palestine with 15,000 strong march
Reflection on the Auckland protest – Paul Maunder
A few pics from other centres on October 10
From our collection crew in Ōtautahi/Christchurch
Where do our political parties stand on sanctions against Israel
Free Palestine Party leaflets
Making Palestine the baseline this election
Sign the pledge: Make your vote count for Palestine
Christchurch City Council – Boycott Israel!
The Golden Bay Weekly – 2 October 2026
Quotes of the week
PHD Candidate sharing stories from teachers in Gaza
PSNA – S’bu Zikode and Hāhona Ormsby – upcoming tours
Pedal for Palestine – October 18
Follow the apartheid money – J4P’s new campaign
Three years of genocide in Gaza
Important stories this week

Films, books, performances, Palestinian culture

David Robie’s review of Naza - an expose on Israel’s use of AI systems to commit genocide in Gaza

Regular items

“Sitting on the Fence” documentary now available for general release
Your KiwiSaver may be funding violations of Palestinian rights
Join the ICC Six watch
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 "Events" image on the banner line. 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.

Auckland led the way on Global March for Palestine with 15,000 strong turnout

Watch a flyover of the huge Auckland protest here. The full story as reported by journalist David Robie is here here

What a fantastic series of events around the country last weekend. Thank you all for organising and activating as part of the greatest global movement in the history of humanity.

It was a 15,000-string, marvelous march in Auckland where local activists did a huge amount of groundwork to create and turn out a broad coalition of groups for a lively, colourful, eye-catching celebration of humanity.

And across the country numbers were excellent and the organisation impressive – thanks again everyone!

Every time we march or wave flags for Palestine or wear our Palestine t-shirts and badges we keep the issue in front of the public and remind everyone Israel is a racist, apartheid state which is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. This is preventing Israel and the pro-Israel lobby from getting back to “business as usual” which it is desperate to do. One of our roles is to make that utterly impossible for them.

Yesterday also marked the first time the pro-Israel lobby has made a concerted effort to get numbers out across the country to confront our protests (this became violent in Nelson with physical attacks on our supporters) These so-called “anti-Hamas” protests, actively supported by the New Zealand Jewish Council, were a small, sad, pathetic spectacle.

The public is with Palestine – not with Israel.

It’s also important to note that while the mainstream media have largely ignored our regular nationwide protests for three years, they suddenly turn up with cameras and microphones when the pro-Israeli lobby decides to rally and march. Across the western world this has been the same pattern – the corporate-controlled media, and shamefully including our publicly funded TVNZ and Radio NZ, have been deeply complicit in promoting Israeli propaganda for many decades. This has not changed even with the genocide.

But New Zealanders have had their eyes opened by the genocide – at terrible cost to Palestinians. There is no closing those eyes again.

We are winning – thank you for being part of this great movement working to end the greatest human rights catastrophe of the 21st century.

Reflection on the massive Auckland protest – from author Paul Maunder

We’d driven to Auckland from Wellington to see some old friends who are now in a rest home/hospital. I’d suggested we go to the Palestinian march and they were keen, even though it involved some complex logistics. But we got there and moved past the Destiny Church Zionists who appeared to be inmates from some old fashioned, colonial ‘looney bin’ to join the body of protestors.

The protest was beautiful, for it was a Palestinian protest which we were supporting. Auckland is now a multi-cultural city with Europeans simply another ethnic group. This is obviously contributing to the Pākeha fragility rage of ACT. The costuming and props of the movement are profoundly important, reminding me of the Zapatista in Mexico. The movement is a culture. The shrill, bird-like voices of the Palestinian teenagers alongside us leading the chants were beautiful in their vulnerability and certainty. One of our mates was in a wheelchair, the other had to be watched for random wandering, but they were encompassed by purpose.

And then when we got to the hill leading up to Albert Park, something wonderful happened.

Suddenly, as they saw me as an elder, a Palestinian family, without fuss or bother, simply took over the pushing of the wheelchair. I suddenly felt the grace, resilience and dignity of the culture. When we reached the park we embraced and they faded into the crowd.

Rather than being ‘a protestor’, I had become a supporter of another group’s cry for justice and the international movement made total sense. And there is a role for everyone.

A few pics from other centres on October 10

From our collection crew in Ōtautahi/Christchurch

Brilliant effort today Team Koha.

We collected $917.70 at the rally today and $105 yesterday at the BoR flag waving for a total of $1,022.70.

The genocide has been deliberately pushed off the mainstream media and every cent is needed for us to keep up our increasingly effective mahi. Two examples of our donors:

A homeless man in Hereford St gave 35 cents today.

Last night at flag waving a U.S. serviceman who’d been down in Antartica on the navy research programme stopped and emptied his wallet – $85.00.

We’re doing more than collecting...

At this stage of the election campaign where do our main political parties stand on sanctions for Israel?

ACT: No sanctions. Has the most outspoken MPs in support of Israel.

Green Party: Introduced Sanction Israel Bill, based in sanctions against Russia. Promises ‘recognition of Palestine and sanctions against Israel’. “It is time to sanction Israel and it is time to expel the Israeli ambassador” - Ricardo Menéndez March

Labour: Supports the Greens’ Bill. States it will end procurement and investment in companies on UN Human Rights Council list, which profit from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

National: Bans immigration of some West Bank settlers and two ministers – specifically not ‘the government of Israel’. No action at all on the Gaza genocide. Deteriorating voting record in the UN.

New Zealand First: Leader holds post of Foreign Minister. No sanctions on Israel. Welcomes Israeli soldiers and visitors.

Te Pāti Māori: Comprehensive sanctions on Israel and expel the US Ambassador too. ‘Stands unequivocally with the people of Palestine’.

TOP: Supports ‘two-state solution’ but no sanctions policy.

If they won’t sanction Israel – don’t give them your vote!

Free Palestine Party leaflets

You can order Free Palestine Party leaflets by emailing secretary@palfree.nz

Making Palestine the baseline this election

We’ve asked the main political parties the following five questions about their position on Palestine. Now, we’re asking you to put the same questions to the candidates in your electorate and help increase the pressure.

OUR QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES

1. Would you support the recognition of the State of Palestine immediately?

2. Do you accept Israel's actions in Gaza since October 2023 amount to genocide?

3. Do you support a ban on procuring goods or services involved in illegal Israeli settlements?

4. Do you support comprehensive sanctions on Israel for their violations of international law?

5. Would you support expelling the Israeli ambassador until Israel complies with international law?

Our politicians should serve as representatives of their constituents. We need your help to push individual candidates to clearly state where they stand on Palestine.

Email your candidates or record yourself asking them the five questions. Send your email responses or videos to:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nzalloutforgaza?stkn=ZjZodjlnNzk0bW9w

or nzalloutforgaza@gmail.com

Sign the Pledge: Making your vote count for Palestine

You can sign the pledge here

Christchurch City Council – Boycott Israel!

Above are photos of our wonderful Wednesday action at the City Council. And what a great occasion it was! 35 people turned up to support our PSNA representatives who introduced our petition to the ChCh City Council. The petition, collected over three different Saturday one-hour stalls in Lyttelton, called upon the City Council to stop trade with Israel going through the Port of Lyttelton.

300 Lyttelton people had signed the petition. This amounts to an impressive 100 signatures being collected per hour!

And all this demonstrates, as was pointed out to the councilors, the significant support out there in the community for boycotting Israel!!

Erika & Eliot (PSNA National Committee member) - pictured behind the “Boycott Israel” placard gave a truly great and inspiring 5-minute presentation on behalf of PSNA, and the public who had signed the petition.

While the outcome will be decided at another time, half the councilors joined in the applause at the end of the presentation.

But well done to everybody who attended for contributing to a truly impressive stand for Palestine!

We will keep you posted.

The Golden Bay Weekly – 2 October 2026

Quotes of the week

When Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in 2006, economic warfare and starvation were systematically imposed, punctuated by periodic “high-tech killing sprees” to inflict the maximum destruction possible in order to make the enclave uninhabitable and force its people out.

—Muhammad Shehada; Palestinian writer & analyst, & the EU Affairs Manager

at Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor

“We're finally realising who we are. All of this land is ours. The entire land, including Gaza and Lebanon. Gush Katif is tiny compared to what we will get with God’s help to achieve...

We will destroy everyone.”

—Amichai Friedman; Israeli Military Rabbi

PHD Candidate sharing stories from teachers in Gaza

AECNZ is Aotearoa Education Coalition is a group of academics and educators

It aims to connect NZ educators to the terrible injustice playing out in Palestine and to strengthen the resolve of teachers, social workers, health workers, government servants, council workers, to speak truth to power.

https://aecnz.substack.com/p/learning-on-tap-ep3-saleh-ablalawi

PSNA – S’bu Zikode and Hāhona Ormsby – upcoming tours

Check the PSNA website here for details or use the QR code:

Pedal for Palestine – October 18

PSNA is supporting a national “Pedaling for Palestine” event on Sunday October 18 to raise money for the Palestinian cycling team, the “Gaza Sunbirds”. It comes a week after the October 10 International Day of Solidarity with Palestine and could be advertised at these events. The poster for the Christchurch event is above.

The weather is improving and this event is a great way to keep Palestine before the public in the leadup to the election.

Any money raised locally (either through sponsorship, entry fees or donations) can be sent to PSNA national account with “Sunbirds” in the reference line and we will get it through to the Gaza club.

Follow the apartheid money – J4P’s new campaign

Following their win in getting ASB to divest from Motorola last year Justice for Palestine’s next target is ASB – again targeting Motorola investments by the bank. You can sign their petition and support their campaign through their Instagram account. The post is here

To go straight to the petition on Action Station to sign it, click here.

Three years of genocide in Gaza

Important stories this week

Editor’s picks

Tell No Lies, Claim No Easy Victories: My Thoughts on Oct 7’s 3rd Anniversary here (Muhammed Shehada)
Livestream: What three years of Israeli genocide failed to destroy here
With or without 7 October: Israel's Gaza endgame was always ethnic cleansing here

Films, books, performances, Palestinian culture:

David Robie reviews new film Naza

https://www.facebook.com/20531316728/posts/10154009990506729/

NAZA (Collateral Damage) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIBRLEEaueo

I have just watched the most disturbing film in my lifetime - a warning to the world of a horrendous future when human life and death is being decided by remote AI-assisted control warfare weapons as in Gaza. But unlike the Venice film festival premiere last month when the audience gave an unprecedented 25-minute standing ovation for The Guardian-produced NAZA: A Window into Systems of Mass Killing, the New Zealand preview audience at the Rialto Cinemas sat in shocked silence for minutes at the end, unsure how to respond to this harrowing documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.

This is a chilling visual testimony (evidence for future war crimes trials of Netanyahu and others?) of what Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein wrote about in his landmark global book The Palestine Laboratory. At least 74,000 Palestinians have been slaughtered (the real total is bound to be far, far higher) in three years - mostly women and children. And a Republican congressman, David Valadao, has just been reported as gloating about the US "benefits" of the war on Gaza in that weapons "are tested there; we are able to learn from that".

Sickening!

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“Sitting on the Fence” now available online

In Sitting On The Fence, Kiwi voices speaking truth to power in Aotearoa, US and Israel over their complicity in genocide have at last been given the platform that those in Parliament, the media and diplomacy have sought to silence.” Jane Kelsey - Emeritus Professor of Law, Auckland University, Aotearoa / New Zealand

Sitting On The Fence is now available to watch online in New Zealand.

The film can be viewed at this link www.sittingonthefence.tv. Please share on your social media networks.

And from Ilan Pappe…

**Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian / author, Professor at Exeter University UK**

When asked to comment on the kiwi film by Daniel Cleary well-known Israeli historian Ilan Pappe has high praise:

“Albert Einstein said that "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” This includes those politicians in New Zealand who sat on the fence, and still do, during the most televised genocide in our times. But Sitting On The Fence and some of the brave critics interviewed in it give us hope that complicity is not only exposed but can also be challenged. This film is a tribute to the few who did not remain silent and a harsh indictment of those who will be judged for being on the wrong side of the history of New Zealand and of Palestine. This is not just a film about complicity in New Zealand, but how the silence in New Zealand tragically epitomises that of the world”

You can watch the film here: www.sittingonthefence.tv

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.

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