Dear Kanoa, No it’s not “a tiny bit like colonisation”

21 May, 2021

Tena koe Kanoa, I’m writing regarding your interview with Mike McRoberts about the Israel/Gaza conflict aired on 18 May 2021. I am Māori and an historian who has studied this issue closely over many year... Read More...

Ngapuhi Welcomes Incoming Israeli Ambassador at Te Tii Maori, Waitangi

Dr Sheree Trotter

22 April, 2021

Must View, NZ-ISR Relations, Videos

First published on Times of Israel While Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970, for indigenous peoples, living in close connection with the environment and... Read More...

The Māori Queen’s Support for Israel

Dr Sheree Trotter

2 March, 2021

History, Must View, NZ-ISR Relations

“Ten measures of beauty were bestowed upon the world; nine were taken by Jerusalem, and one by the rest of the world.”1 This quote from the Babylonian Talmud of late antiquity, conveys the magic and mystery... Read More...

Minto’s distorted picture of complex Palestinian conflict

Dr Sheree Trotter

10 November, 2020

Conflict, History, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations

First published in Dominion Post and Stuff John Minto has wasted no time in attempting to lecture the incoming Minister of Foreign Affairs, MP Nanaia Mahuta, on what he thinks she should be doing in the Middle... Read More...

Ngāpuhi-Israeli Ties Strengthened

Dr Sheree Trotter

26 October, 2020

History, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations

This article was first published on Times of Israel During the recent Covid 19 lockdown, a small hui (meeting) was held in Northland between members of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) and outgoing Israeli Ambassador... Read More...

No peace until Jewish presence accepted

Dr Sheree Trotter

3 July, 2020

History, Must View, News, Opinion

First published on Stuff OPINION: In 2018 I visited Ramallah with two colleagues. In an unanticipated conversation on a street very near Yasser Arafat’s tomb, a friendly and engaging Palestinian lawyer exp... Read More...

New Zealand’s Exuberant Zionist Labour Prime Minister

Dr Sheree Trotter

28 April, 2020

History, Must View, News, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

First published on Times of Israel On Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, Sheree Trotter reflects on New Zealand’s role in the establishment of the state of Israel. In 1948 NZ Prime Minister Peter F... Read More...

The gap in our Anzac memory

Dr Sheree Trotter

25 April, 2020

History, Must View, NZ-ISR Relations

First published by Newsroom …the men of New Zealand fought and marched to final and complete victory. Nothing daunted these intrepid fighters; to them nothing was impossible. I am proud to have had the honou... Read More...

Author Dr Sheree Trotter