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March 24, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Christchurch Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ state of the nation speech at the Christchurch Town Hall yesterday. A clarion call to Trumpism and Australia’s One Nation Party, the speech was accompanied by the background ... <a title="Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/24/pro-palestinian-protesters-challenge-peters-at-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick called on New Zealand government MPs today to support her Member’s Bill to sanction Israel over its “crazy slaughter” of Palestinians in Gaza. Speaking at a large pro-Palestinian solidarity rally in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city Auckland, she said Aotearoa New Zealand could no longer ... <a title="Green Party’s Swarbrick calls for urgent NZ action over Israel’s ‘crazy’ Gaza slaughter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/23/green-partys-swarbrick-calls-for-urgent-nz-action-over-israels-crazy-gaza-slaughter/" aria-label="Read more about Green Party’s Swarbrick calls for urgent NZ action over Israel’s ‘crazy’ Gaza slaughter">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Today I attended a demonstration outside both Aotearoa New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Israeli Embassy in Wellington. The day before, the Israelis had blown apart 174 children in Gaza in a surprise attack that announced the next phase of the genocide. About 174 Wellingtonians turned up ... <a title="‘Declare your city genocide free’ – lessons from NZ’s nuclear-free movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/declare-your-city-genocide-free-lessons-from-nzs-nuclear-free-movement/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Declare your city genocide free’ – lessons from NZ’s nuclear-free movement">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the need for Aotearoa New Zealand to impose sanctions against Israel has grown more urgent after airstrikes on Gaza resumed, killing more than 400 people. Swarbrick lodged a member’s bill in December and said that with all opposition parties backing it, the ... <a title="Swarbrick pleads for NZ cross-party support for sanctions on Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/swarbrick-pleads-for-nz-cross-party-support-for-sanctions-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Swarbrick pleads for NZ cross-party support for sanctions on Israel">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2025
Asia Pacific Report At least 400 people have been killed after a surprise Israeli attack on Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday. The Israeli government vows to continue escalating these military attacks, claiming it is in response to Hamas’ refusal to extend the ceasefire, which has been in place since January 19. But is ... <a title="Netanyahu commits a new ‘bloodbath in Gaza’ to save himself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/netanyahu-commits-a-new-bloodbath-in-gaza-to-save-himself/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu commits a new ‘bloodbath in Gaza’ to save himself">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A national Palestinian advocacy group has called on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to immediately condemn Israel for its resumption today of “genocidal attacks” on the almost 2 million Palestinians trapped in the besieged Gaza enclave. Media reports said that more than 230 people had been killed — many of them children ... <a title="PSNA calls on NZ govt to condemn renewed Israel air strikes on Gaza – 230 killed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/psna-calls-on-nz-govt-to-condemn-renewed-israel-air-strikes-on-gaza-230-killed/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA calls on NZ govt to condemn renewed Israel air strikes on Gaza – 230 killed">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Robert Patman New Zealand’s National-led coalition government’s policy on Gaza seems caught between a desire for a two-state diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and closer alignment with the US, which supports a Netanyahu government strongly opposed to a Palestinian state In the last 17 months, Gaza has been the scene of what ... <a title="New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/18/new-zealand-and-gaza-confronting-and-not-confronting-the-unspeakable/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand and Gaza: Confronting and not confronting the unspeakable">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A former US diplomat, Nabeel Khoury, says President Donald Trump’s decision to launch attacks against the Houthis is misguided, and this will not subdue them. “For our president who came in wanting to avoid war and wanting to be a man of peace, he’s going about it the wrong way,” he said. ... <a title="Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters recite poetry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/16/former-us-envoy-slams-air-attacks-on-houthis-nz-protesters-recite-poetry/" aria-label="Read more about Former US envoy slams air attacks on Houthis – NZ protesters recite poetry">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report An open letter signed by 100 Christian leaders, calling for the granting of humanitarian visas to Aotearoa New Zealand for families of Palestinians trapped in Gaza has been handed over on the steps of Parliament. The letter was presented yesterday on Ash Wednesday to opposition Labour Party MP Phil Twyford, who was ... <a title="100 Christian leaders’ open letter calls for NZ humanitarian visas for trapped Gaza families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/100-christian-leaders-open-letter-calls-for-nz-humanitarian-visas-for-trapped-gaza-families/" aria-label="Read more about 100 Christian leaders’ open letter calls for NZ humanitarian visas for trapped Gaza families">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has launched an open letter calling on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to take action on the future of the besieged enclave of Gaza. The network is asking Foreign Minister Winston Peters to speak up for the people of New Zealand to at least condemn Israel’s ... <a title="PSNA open letter calls for NZ to condemn Israel’s ‘weaponisation’ of Gaza humanitarian aid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/psna-open-letter-calls-for-nz-to-condemn-israels-weaponisation-of-gaza-humanitarian-aid/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA open letter calls for NZ to condemn Israel’s ‘weaponisation’ of Gaza humanitarian aid">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Hamas has accused Israel of “cheap and unacceptable blackmail” over its decision to halt the electricity supply to war-ravaged Palestinian enclave of Gaza to pressure the group into releasing the captives. “We strongly condemn the occupation’s decision to cut off electricity to Gaza, after depriving it of food, medicine, and water,” Izzat ... <a title="Hamas accuses Israel of ‘cheap blackmail’ as Gaza electricity cut-off widely condemned" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/10/hamas-accuses-israel-of-cheap-blackmail-as-gaza-electricity-cut-off-widely-condemned/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas accuses Israel of ‘cheap blackmail’ as Gaza electricity cut-off widely condemned">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Women from Aotearoa, Philippines, Palestine and South Africa today called for justice and peace for the people of Gaza and the West Bank, currently under a genocidal siege and attacks being waged by Israel for the past 16 months. Marking International Women’s Day, the rally highlighted the theme: “For all women and ... <a title="Gallery: NZ women call for long-term peace and justice in Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/08/gallery-nz-women-call-for-long-term-peace-and-justice-in-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: NZ women call for long-term peace and justice in Palestine">Read more</a>
