New Zealand officials do not know how many legal Palestinian refugees there are

2 May, 2021

For decades, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials have recommended funding UNRWA. When presented with evidence of UNRWA schools teaching hate, MFAT officials also tried to justify the practice... 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 institutional racism NZ officials contribute to

David Cumin

15 April, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations, Opinion, United Nations

The New Zealand justice system has been called racist. Underpinning that accusation are some powerful statistics. More than half of the prison population is Māori but Māori comprise only 15% of the general p... Read More...

Green MP accepts petition written by terror affiliates and underpinned by flawed report

IINZ

11 April, 2021

BDS, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

On 24 March, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman accepted a petition created by a group with ties to a terror organisation that is based on a flawed report. Anti-Israel activist group, Wellington Palestine, acknowledg... Read More...

NZ Super Fund decision breaches legal requirements

IINZ

6 April, 2021

BDS, NZ-ISR Relations

UK Lawyers For Israel have published an article that outlines a number of reasons why the New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF) decision to divest from Israeli banks is an apparent breach of legal requirements. Inte... Read More...

Does the International Criminal Court decision contribute to a peaceful solution?

Guest

29 March, 2021

Conflict, NZ-ISR Relations

On 5th February 2021 Pre Trial Chamber 1 of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a majority decision ruled that the ICC is permitted to exercise jurisdiction over events occurring in the West Bank and Gaza... Read More...

Is NZ Labour more tolerant of antisemitism than Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour party?

IINZ

10 March, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations

In January The Israel Institute of New Zealand exposed NZ MPs as members of an online group that frequently posts vile antisemitism. Labour MP for Christchurch Central, Dr Duncan Webb, was found to have posted ... Read More...

MFAT CEO questioned about NZ funding hate

IINZ

5 March, 2021

NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

The CEO of the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Chris Seed, said NZ's funding of schools that teach hate and incite violence is a "serious issue". Yet New Zealand is set to give another $1m to the orga... Read More...

NZ Super Fund undermines NZ’s reputation as a fair actor

IINZ

3 March, 2021

BDS, NZ-ISR Relations, United Nations

The New Zealand Government superannuation savings vehicle, the NZ Super Fund, is ostensibly joining the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel - a movement deemed racist by many of New... 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...