The Liberal Agenda – PSNA Newsletter – Superfund Judicial Review called for. National Hui in Wellington February 22/23

We are arguing that the NZ Superfund should be taking notice of international institutions such as the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

The Superfund has taken some small steps in the past to divest from five Israeli banks and Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems for example but has steadfastly refused to develop policy in line with international law and New Zealand’s international obligations.

No date has been set for the hearing but we will keep you posted through future newsletters.

Minto describes it as a fantastic weekend of solidarity in action for Palestine. He says it was “a real pleasure to be asked to come and share this weekend in the area I grew up in”.

Willeston Conference Centre, Level 11, 15 Willeston Street, Wellington Central

We will have a report on the national hui in next week’s newsletter!

1. Help promote Samah Sabawi’s tour by sharing the posters which are on our social media pages and details of her public meetings (see below)
2. Share on your social media pages details of the Paula Jones film (immediately above) and the Palestinian webinars later in the newsletter.

Remaining itinerary for Samah Sabawi – New Zealand Tour 2025
Wednesday 19 Feb – Dunedin

• 12pm, University of Otago, Richardson Building, Room 6N4: Seminar: Palestine: Justice, Peace & Art
• 6pm, Yours Cafe: Book discussion, and the pathway to Palestinian liberation, justice and peace.

Thursday 20 Feb – Christchurch

• 2.30pm to 4pm – Poetry reading with celebrated NZ poet Tusiata Avia
• 7pm Public Meeting at Transitional Cathedral (Scorpio Books will have a stall)

Friday 21 Feb – Nelson

• 3-4 pm Coffee & Korero with Samah, Elma Turner Library
• 6pm Evening at Trafalgar St Hall
• 7.30 pm Book signing + conversation

Saturday 22 Feb – Wellington

• Keynote talk at PSNA national conference

• Asking your local backpacker accommodation to display the poster and draw it to the attention of any Israeli soldiers here on “rest and recreation” from the genocide.
• Pasting the hotline poster (use the version in this newsletter which includes a contact email) around the vicinity of backpacker venues in your local area. This is already happening in some areas.
• Hand out flyers to people in the vicinity of your local backpackers
• Contact us on the hotline if you come across Israeli soldiers

• Go to the PSNA Homepage – www.PSNA.nz
• Scroll down to the button “For a list of events Nationwide, please click here –  Check back often for updates”
• Click the button
• Check back on Friday for any moves, adds or changes

Or events are on the PSNA Facebook events page here

If the events are not listed yet, please check back later.

There are more than 25 events around the Motu this week.

Whangarei – Rally
Friday 21st February
4:30 to 6:00 pm
Hospital shops, Maunu Rd, Te Mai
In support of Gaza hospitals, health workers and patients

Auckland – Stand for Palestine
Monday – Friday
3:00 – 4:00 pm at the US Consulate – 23 Customs Street East
4:00 – 5:00 pm at Te Komititanga Britomart Square

Auckland Picket
Wednesday 19 February
12:00 mid-day
US Consulate – 23 Customs Street East, Auckland Central

Waiheke – Market Stall – hosted by Stand With Palestine Waiheke!
Every Saturday
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ostend Market, Waiheke Island

Auckland – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau
Every Saturday
This week
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Carrington Road overbridge in Point Chevalier

Auckland – Gathering for Palestine
Saturday 22 February
2:00 pm
Te Komititanga – Britomart Square, Tamaki Makaurau

Thames – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
(Hosted by The Basket – Social and Environmental Justice – Hauraki)
First Saturday of the month

Tauranga
No event this week

Hamilton – Flag Waving for Palestine
Saturday 15 February
1:00 pm
Flynn Park, Cnr Wairere Drive & Naylor, Hamilton

Hamilton – Stall at the Malaysian cultural day event
Saturday 15 February
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Claudelands event center, Hamilton

Raglan
No Event week

Cambridge – Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:00 am
Cambridge Town Hall

Rotorua – Rally for Palestine
Every Thursday
4:30 pm
National MP Todd McClays Office – Cnr Amohau and Ranolf St lights, Rotorua

Napier – Rally for Palestine
Saturday 22 February
11:30 am
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout

Hastings – Rally for Palestine
Sunday 23 February
1:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD

Palmerston North – Rally
No event this Sunday

New Plymouth – Flags at the Council
Friday 21 February
No Flags this week

New Plymouth
No Rally this Saturday

Whanganui – Rally for Palestine
Saturday 22 February
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui

Carterton – Gathering for Gaza
Every Tuesday
12:00 midday
Memorial Square.

Martinborough – Vigil for Palestine
First Wednesday of the month
11:00 am
The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough

Masterton – Gathering for Gaza
Every Sunday
9:30 am
Town Hall Lawn, Masterton

Featherston – Gathering for Gaza
Every Saturday
11:00 am
The Squircle (opposite the op shop).

Wellington – Flags on the Bridge
(hosted by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Every Friday
7:15 – 8:15 am
Hill Street bridge Overbridge, Wellington

Wellington – Rally
(hosted by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Moving to Third Saturday of the month. Next Rally Saturday 15 March
Check out https://www.instagram.com/falastin_tea_collective for details

Wellington – National Hui
Saturday 22 February – 9:00 – 5:00 and then shared meal
Sunday 23 February – 9:00 – 3:00 pm
Registrations closed

South Island
Nelson – Samah Sabawi
Friday 21 Feb

• 3-4 pm Coffee & Korero with Samah, Elma Turner Library
• 6pm Evening at Trafalgar St Hall
• 7.30 pm Book signing + conversation

Nelson
No Rally this weekend

Blenheim – Rally for Palestine
Saturday 22 February
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station

Picton – Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Picton Foreshore

Christchurch – Samah Sabawi at the Library
With acclaimed NZ poet Tusiata Avia
Thursday 20 February
2:30 – 4:00 pm
Tūranga central library 2.30 to 4pm

Christchurch – Samah Sabawi Public Meeting
Thursday 20 February
7:00 pm Public Meeting
Transitional Cathedral (Scorpio Books will have a stall)

Christchurch – Flags for Palestine
Friday 21 February
4:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch

Christchurch – Rally for Palestine
Saturday 22 February
1:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch

Dunedin – Rally
Moved to once a month
No Rally this weekend

Dunedin – Seminar: Palestine: Justice, Peace & Art
Wednesday 19 February
12:00 noon
University of Otago, Richardson Building, Room 6N4

Dunedin – Samah Sabawi – Book discussion
And the pathway to Palestinian liberation, justice and peace
Wednesday 19 February
6:00 pm,
Yours Café, 43 Moray Place, Dunedin

Dunedin – Fundraiser Gig for UNRWA
Resistance v2 – Fundraiser Gig for UNRWA
Saturday 22 February
4:30pm onwards
Yours Cafe – 43 Moray Place

Invercargill – Rally for Palestine
No rally this weekend

Pass on to us any news you have of government MPs at public events so we can hold them to account. Send messages to Secretary@PSNA.nz

Sign the BDS petition here

On Wednesday night, protesters disrupted the red carpet Hollywood premiere of the movie, and the livestream was cancelled, with mainstream Hollywood media covering the protest.

Watch the powerful new short video on Marvel and Disney’s complicity in genocide on Instagram and X!

BDS is also calling on audiences to boycott Disney’s Snow White movie, Disney+ subscriptions, and Marvel merchandise.

Gal Gadot, depicting the Evil Queen in Snow White, has organized screenings of an Israeli military propaganda movie that attempts to justify Israel’s genocide.

Our movement has shown that even the largest entertainment corporations like Disney are susceptible to grassroots pressure when they harm Palestinians.
Given the urgent need for accountability amid the rise of the global far-right, let’s make sure Marvel and Disney hear us loud and clear: we won’t stand for whitewashing Israel’s genocide and apartheid!

Sign the petition, and watch and share the video on Instagram and X.

What will it take to reconstruct Gaza, both physically and politically? What role will external actors play in facilitating or obstructing this effort? Can meaningful reconstruction happen under continued siege and occupation? In this policy lab, Dena Qaddumi and Jehad Abusalim join host Tariq Kenney-Shawa to discuss what the ceasefire in Gaza means for Palestinians and the state of the physical and political landscape that determines what comes next. Register here.

Register here.

“Achieving lasting and just peace is impossible without the Palestinian people obtaining their legitimate rights in accordance with international resolutions, as has been previously clarified to both the former and current US administrations. The whole ship is going in the wrong direction now”. 

–Ali. Shihabi; Saudi Commentator, close to Royal Court
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“[Netanyahu is a] Zionist and the son of a Zionist . . . who inherited extremism in his genes. Occupation does not have a good face or an ugly face. It has only one face and it is Benjamin Netanyahu.” 

–Al Akhbariya, Saudi State News Channel