Tag: BDS movement

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter New Plymouth has admitted it has investments in companies active in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, contrary...

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand's Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has congratulated the Nelson City Council on its vote today to boycott companies which trade...

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has backed Christchurch City Council and called for other cities to block business with firms involved in...

Asia Pacific Report Christchurch, New Zealand's third-largest city, today became the first local government in the country to sanction Israel by voting to halt business...

BDS National Committee The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian society leading the global BDS movement, has called for immediate pressure...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto You could be forgiven if you missed the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion that Israel’s long-standing occupation of...

With similar Israel divestment motions having been passed at City of Sydney and Canterbury/Bankstown Councils, many had expected the motion to pass in what...

Student Justice for Palestine Pōneke After almost a year of consistent pressure from the student body, the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) Foundation has announced...

By Robin Martin, RNZ News reporter A New Zealand local authority, Whanganui District Council, has passed a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,...

Asia Pacific Report Following an open letter by Auckland University academics speaking out in support of their students' right to protest against the genocidal Israeli...

Asia Pacific Report A group of 65 Auckland University academics have written an open letter to vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater criticising the institution's stance over students...

Asia Pacific Report A score of Palestine solidarity protesters draped themselves in white shrouds with mock blood in a sombre “die-in” demonstration at Te Komitanga...

Asia Pacific Report From France to Australia, university pro-Palestine protests in the United States have now spread to several countries with students pitching on-campus camps. And...

Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland’s Takutai Square today hailed the strong stance of Ireland over Israel’s genocidal war against...

By John Minto Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) congratulates New Zealand film director Jane Campion over her request for her 1989 debut film Sweetie to...

By Roger Fowler in Auckland The multi-billion-dollar NZ Super Fund  - New Zealand's state pension fund - has finally divested from five of Israel’s biggest...

ANALYSIS: By John Minto Tēna koutou, tēna koutou, tēna tātau katoa The topic of this talk is about the lies told about Palestine by the pro-Israeli...