We must all condemn terror
Last week rockets fired from Gaza reached all the way to Tel Aviv for the first time since 2014. There were no casualties: six missiles …
Jacinda Ardern
NZ increases support to corrupt UN body
New Zealand has recently announced it will contribute a further $1.5m to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in addition to its $1m …
Israel Institute condemns hate speech at Vodafone Music Awards
Israel Institute of New Zealand director, Dr David Cumin, has condemned a speech given at the recent Vodafone Music Awards by the lead of …
New Zealand’s selective outrage raises questions of ideology
Former New Zealand Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, famously said “New Zealand’s foreign policy is trade” but New Zealand has recently condemned a human rights …
New Zealand government bias against Israel
Over the last decade or so there has been a noticeable increase in bias of the New Zealand government against Israel. This despite New …
Gaza, Israel, and NZ’s moral confusion
This has been a distressing week for those who value justice and truth telling. The conflict on the Israel Gaza border has been portrayed …
NZ called out at UN: ‘Shocking and shameful’
This week New Zealand’s Prime Minister, yet again, pointed an accusing finger at Israel for the “devastating one-sided loss of life” in the conflict …
Eight questions for Ms Ardern and Mr Peters on the United Nations vote
Prime Minister Ardern and Foreign Minister Peters both stood by New Zealand’s decision to vote for a resolution that declared the recognition of Jerusalem …
The anniversary of the infamous UNSC Resolution 2334
Today is the anniversary of New Zealand’s co-sponsorship of UNSC Resolution 2334. Many kiwis were, and are, indignant that then NZ Foreign Minister McCully …
Why I Left The Left
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was questioned this week as to whether she supported Murray McCully’s co-sponsorship of the ‘measure condemning Israeli settlements’ (UNSC Resolution …