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 …
Jacinda Ardern
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 …
PM Jacinda Ardern comments on UNSC Resolution 2334
Prime Minster, Jacinda Ardern, refused to comment on the Israel Institute of New Zealand poll conducted earlier this year. While most Kiwis supported Israel, …