Tag: New Zealand
‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland
Asia Pacific Report
About 20 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office in Auckland today, demanding a stronger stance...
A grim Atlas guides NZ’s right-wing politics
The three-party coalition that took power in New Zealand late in 2023, after a campaign centred on attacking the country’s founding Waitangi Treaty, has...
NZ legally obliged to step up and speak out after World Court ruling on Israel
New Zealand’s commitment to the international rule of law means it must also go beyond the UN court’s genocide case findings on Gaza, writes...
Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former PM Clark
Asia Pacific Report
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, who led the UN Development Programme which oversees UNRWA, told RNZ Morning Report today it...
‘Ceasefire now’ protesters march on NZ naval base, demand Luxon upholds Israel genocide court order
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
About 200 protesters marched through the heart of Auckland’s tourist suburb of Devonport today to the Royal...
Back South Africa over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells NZ
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
A Palestinian advocate has appealed to the New Zealand government to call for a permanent ceasefire in...