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Protesters march to Warehouse in Auckland city, demand halt to Israeli SodaStream products

November 23, 2025

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully on The Warehouse in downtown Auckland today to protest over the sale of products by the genocidal state of Israel. Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) co-chair Maher Nazzal and fellow protesters delivered a giant letter calling on the management to stop selling SodaStream products. SodaStream — ... <a title="Protesters march to Warehouse in Auckland city, demand halt to Israeli SodaStream products" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/protesters-march-to-warehouse-in-auckland-city-demand-halt-to-israeli-sodastream-products/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters march to Warehouse in Auckland city, demand halt to Israeli SodaStream products">Read more</a>

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UPDATED – Recognition of Palestine as a State – Advocacy Group Urges New Zealand Government to Listen to large Majority of Citizens

September 15, 2025

Earlier today, the New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said his cabinet would not decide on whether to formally recognise Palestine as a state for some weeks. Luxon’s announcement drew criticism from advocacy groups labelling his position as weak. For more on this issue, see; New Zealand PM Luxon Labelled as Weak and Cowardly After ... <a title="UPDATED – Recognition of Palestine as a State – Advocacy Group Urges New Zealand Government to Listen to large Majority of Citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/15/recognition-of-palestine-as-a-state-advocacy-group-urges-new-zealand-government-to-listen-to-large-majority-of-citizens/" aria-label="Read more about UPDATED – Recognition of Palestine as a State – Advocacy Group Urges New Zealand Government to Listen to large Majority of Citizens">Read more</a>

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There is a plot Mr Luxon: It’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians based on biblical justification

August 29, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell “Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has ‘lost the plot’ and has condemned attacks on Gaza. “It is among the strongest language the New Zealand leader has used against Netanyahu and comes amid reports of intense aerial attacks on Gaza after Israel’s decision to launch a fresh ... <a title="There is a plot Mr Luxon: It’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians based on biblical justification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/29/there-is-a-plot-mr-luxon-its-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-based-on-biblical-justification/" aria-label="Read more about There is a plot Mr Luxon: It’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians based on biblical justification">Read more</a>

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NZ media workers call for ‘decisive action’ by Luxon over Gaza journalists

August 28, 2025

Asia Pacific Report About 120 journalists, film makers, actors, media workers and academics have today called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and two senior cabinet ministers in an open letter to “act decisively” to protect Gaza journalists and a free press. “These are principles to which New Zealand has always laid claim and which are ... <a title="NZ media workers call for ‘decisive action’ by Luxon over Gaza journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/28/nz-media-workers-call-for-decisive-action-by-luxon-over-gaza-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about NZ media workers call for ‘decisive action’ by Luxon over Gaza journalists">Read more</a>

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When journalists like Anas al-Sharif are killed we lose access to truth in Gaza

August 20, 2025

During the past 22 months in Gaza, the pattern has become unbearable yet tragically predictable: A journalist reports about civilians; killed or starved, shares footage of a hospital corridor, shelters bombed out, schools and homes destroyed, and then they are silenced. Killed. At the Committee to Protect Journalists we documented that 2024 was the deadliest ... <a title="When journalists like Anas al-Sharif are killed we lose access to truth in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/when-journalists-like-anas-al-sharif-are-killed-we-lose-access-to-truth-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about When journalists like Anas al-Sharif are killed we lose access to truth in Gaza">Read more</a>

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Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right side of history’ over Palestine

August 20, 2025

Pacific Media Watch The New Zealand Green Party co-leader suspended over criticising government MPs over a “spineless” stance over Gaza has called for action. Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said in an interview with Al Jazeera that public pressure was mounting on governments to end the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The politician continues to push for ... <a title="Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right side of history’ over Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/20/suspended-green-mp-tells-al-jazeera-nz-must-stand-on-right-side-of-history-over-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right side of history’ over Palestine">Read more</a>

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Caitlin Johnstone: Israelis understand that Trump can end the nightmare in Gaza. Americans should know this too

August 19, 2025

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone It’s so revealing how Israelis keep begging Trump to end the killing in Gaza, because they understand that the US President has the power to force Israel to stop. It seems like Israelis understand this far better than Americans do. Six former ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Israelis understand that Trump can end the nightmare in Gaza. Americans should know this too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/19/caitlin-johnstone-israelis-understand-that-trump-can-end-the-nightmare-in-gaza-americans-should-know-this-too/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Israelis understand that Trump can end the nightmare in Gaza. Americans should know this too">Read more</a>

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The Arab, the Left and those who remained silent: History will not forgive you

August 18, 2025

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – By Ramzy Baroud The consequences of the Israeli genocide in Gaza will be dire. An event of this degree of barbarity, sustained by an international conspiracy of moral inertia and silence, will not be relegated to history as just another “conflict” or a mere tragedy. The ... <a title="The Arab, the Left and those who remained silent: History will not forgive you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/18/the-arab-the-left-and-those-who-remained-silent-history-will-not-forgive-you/" aria-label="Read more about The Arab, the Left and those who remained silent: History will not forgive you">Read more</a>

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Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif, warns UN expert

August 13, 2025

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. Global condemnation is mounting over Israel’s assassination of one of the most prominent journalists in Gaza, the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, along with four of his colleagues at the network and another freelance journalist. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for ... <a title="Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif, warns UN expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/israel-has-deliberate-strategy-of-killing-palestinian-journalists-like-anas-al-sharif-warns-un-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Israel has ‘deliberate strategy’ of killing Palestinian journalists like Anas al-Sharif, warns UN expert">Read more</a>

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Australian media faces existential crisis after realising ‘free Palestine’ might extend well beyond university lawns and Instagram

August 4, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Clancy Overell, editor of The Betoota Advocate After years of sitting on the fence and looking the other way, the Australian media is today reckoning with the fact that showing basic sympathy towards the starving and war-weary people of Gaza is actually a very mainstream sentiment. This explosive moment of self-reflection has rocked ... <a title="Australian media faces existential crisis after realising ‘free Palestine’ might extend well beyond university lawns and Instagram" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/04/australian-media-faces-existential-crisis-after-realising-free-palestine-might-extend-well-beyond-university-lawns-and-instagram/" aria-label="Read more about Australian media faces existential crisis after realising ‘free Palestine’ might extend well beyond university lawns and Instagram">Read more</a>

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Palestine surveillance author says Australian protesters ‘outraged’ by Israel’s war on Gaza

August 4, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory, a book on the Israeli arms and surveillance industry, says Australian protesters are “outraged” not just by what Israel is doing in Gaza, but also by the Australian government’s “complicity”. Loewenstein, who also spoke at the rally, told Al Jazeera that Australia has, for many ... <a title="Palestine surveillance author says Australian protesters ‘outraged’ by Israel’s war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/04/palestine-surveillance-author-says-australian-protesters-outraged-by-israels-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine surveillance author says Australian protesters ‘outraged’ by Israel’s war on Gaza">Read more</a>

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Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official

August 1, 2025

Asia Pacific Report A former senior UN aid official has condemned the bloodshed at the notorious US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid food depots, describing the distribition system as having turned into a “catastrophe”. The number of aid seekers killed continues to climb daily beyond 1000. Martin Griffiths, director of Mediation Group International and ... <a title="Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/bloodshed-at-ghf-run-gaza-aid-sites-a-great-sin-says-former-top-un-official/" aria-label="Read more about Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official">Read more</a>