PSNA Newsletter No 145 - July 11 2024
17 Hōngongoi 2024
17 July 2024
Newsletter No 145
Kia ora koutou,
The Lancet says Palestinian death toll most likely to be 186,000 or more killed by Israel
A report in the UK medical journal The Lancet, has estimated the Palestinian death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza is likely to be 186,000 or more.
The Gaza Ministry of Health count of bodies brought to hospitals or medical facilities stands at over 38,000 – mostly women and children. However the Lancet report is clear that this is a hopeless underestimate which does not, for example, take account of bodies buried in the rubble – estimated by some at 10,000 or more. The report goes on to say:
Armed conflicts have indirect health implications beyond the direct harm from violence. Even if the conflict ends immediately, there will continue to be many indirect deaths in the coming months and years from causes such as reproductive, communicable, and non-communicable diseases. The total death toll is expected to be large given the intensity of this conflict; destroyed health-care infrastructure; severe shortages of food, water, and shelter; the population's inability to flee to safe places; and the loss of funding to UNRWA, one of the very few humanitarian organisations still active in the Gaza Strip.
In recent conflicts, such indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths. Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death
to the 37 396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186 000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza. Using the 2022 Gaza Strip population estimate of 2 375 259, this would translate to 7·9% of the total population in the Gaza Strip.
The New Zealand government continues its hypocrisy – fulsome condemnation of Russia and support for Ukraine alongside refusal to condemn Israel and miserly, grudging support for the Palestinian victims of Israeli genocide.
Rallies, marches, vigils and protests around the motu this weekend
Ōtautahi/Christchurch poster for this week
To view events around Aotearoa:
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
Events list
North Island
Opononi – Gathering for Palestine
Sunday 21 July
1:30 pm
Outside the Four Square, Opononi
Kerikeri
Every first Saturday of the month
Not this Saturday
Whangarei – Rally
Saturday 20 July
10:00 am
Whangārei Town Basin in front of Hundertwasser Building
Auckland Picket – Devonport Naval Base
Friday 19 July
12:00 noon
Meet at Outside the Devonport Ferry Terminal @ 11:15am
Walk along to the Devonport Naval Base
(Ferries from Downtown Auckland run on the hour and half past the hour after 10:30 am)
Waiheke Island Market – Auckland
Every Saturday
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ostend Market, Waiheke Island
Auckland –Banners around Tamaki Makaurau
Saturday 20 July
10:00 – 1:00 pm
Cnr Stoddard and May Roads, Mt Roskill
Text Steve for details (dependant on wind speeds)
Auckland – Rally
Sunday 21 July
2:00 pm
Te Komititanga – Britomart Square
Waiheke Film – Where Olive trees Weep
7:00 pm
Wednesday July 24,
Waiheke Community Cinema.
Bookings recommended. Tickets $10, koha to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians).
Organised by Stand with Palestine Waiheke!
Tauranga - David Seymour Protest
Thursday 18 July
5:30 pm
Trinity wharf Hotel, 51 Dive Cres
Tauranga – Flags
Sunday 21 July
11:00 am -12: 00 noon
Coronation Park, Mt Maunganui
Hamilton – Rally
Saturday 20 July
1:00 pm
Civic Square, Hamilton
Cambridge Rally
Saturday 20 July
11:00 am
Cambridge Town Hall
Rotorua - Rally
Thursday 18 July
4:00 pm
Rotorua Lakes Council, Haupapa Street (Sir Howard Morrison Corner)
Napier - Rally
Saturday 20 July
11:30 am
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout
Hastings - Rally
Sunday 21 July
2:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD
Palmerston North - Rally
Sunday 21 July
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge
Friday 19 July
4:30 pm
Paynters Ave Bridge
Check the local Facebook page to see if this is on this week.
New Plymouth – Rally
Saturday 20 July
1:00 pm
The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Whanganui - Rally
Saturday 20 July
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui
Carterton
Every Tuesday
12:00 midday
Memorial Square.
Martinborough – Gathering for Palestine
Every Wednesday
11:00 am
The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough
Masterton
Every Sunday
9:30 am
Town Hall Lawn
Featherston
Every Saturday
11:00 am
The Squircle (opposite the op shop).
Wellington – Flags (by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Every Friday
7:15 – 8:15 am
Hill Street bridge Overbridge, Wellington
Wellington – Rally (by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Saturday 20 July
1:00 pm
Te Aro park across from The Opera House
Please see Instagram account @falastin_tea_collective for updates.
South Island
Nelson – Rally
Saturday 20 July
10:30 am
1903 Square, Upper Trafalgar Street, Nelson
Blenheim
Saturday 20 July
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Christchurch – Rally
Saturday 20 July
1:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch
Timaru – Market Stall
Not this week
Dunedin - Rally
Saturday 20 July
1:00 pm
Otago Museum Reserve to the Octagon, Dunedin
Queenstown
No Rally this weekend
Invercargill - Rally
Sunday 21 July
1:00 pm
Wachner place Invercargill
Four things you can do now with just a few clicks…
1) Send this message to the Prime Minister
Christopher Luxon
Prime Minister
c.luxon@ministers.govt.nz
Kia ora Mr Luxon,
I note you made this tweet last week.
Are you also shocked at the massacre of 90 Palestinian civilians by Israeli airstrikes on "safe zones" in Gaza?
Are your thoughts also with these victims and their families?
Should Palestinians have had to encounter 76 years of brutal political violence from Israel?
Please respond without unnecessary delay.
(your name)
2) Write a letter of support for Gaza at www.lettersforgaza.org (see more details later in this newsletter)
3) Endorse our “Letter of Demand” to hold the government and key government ministers, to account for failing to uphold New Zealand’s legal responsibilities under the Genocide Convention. You can do this here.
4) Continue sharing these memes on social media
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Reminder: Date change to 10 August for nationwide rallies and protests
August 10 was agreed at our last national meeting as the date for a big push to get a mass turnout in support of Palestine across the country. We will have more details in future newsletters but mark this day in your diary as a MUST ATTEND for your local Palestine solidarity activity.
Remember what Israel says about the Olympics – sportswashing to help normalise genocide!
“Every time we succeed in hearing the Israeli anthem play in the background while our flag flies overhead is in my eyes worth everything,” says Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar.
The full story is here
(This same Israeli minister also proclaims the “supremacy of the Jewish Race”)
The flag of the apartheid state of Israel must not fly at the Olympics.
“Where Olive Trees Weep” – film screening
Wednesday July 24, Waiheke Community Cinema. Bookings recommended. Tickets $10, koha to Medical Aid for Palestine.
Where Olive Trees Weep is a 1922 film of Palestinians under occupation with Dr Gabor Mate, Amira Hass and Ashira Darwish, (102 mins)
Organised by Stand with Palestine Waiheke!
Carrying the message for Palestine
Canterbury University students at the Palestine “Club day” stall
Write a short message of solidarity which will be shared with people in Gaza.
Go to www.lettersforgaza.org
Following up on a rally held in Ōtautahi on 13 July, messages of support were sent to journalists in Gaza for spreading amongst the people there. You can send a brief message of solidarity by clicking on the link above.
Here is a “letter from Gaza” drawn by a student in Gaza whose teacher asked the class to do drawings based on their dreams…
Gardens for Palestine
Jessie and Mazin Qumsiyeh
Peggy Kelly hosted Mazin and Jessie Qumsiyeh on their visit to Ōtautahi/Christchurch on their tour of New Zealand. Peggy has written this piece for our newsletter:
In the face of Genocide and an Ecocide how can we begin to imagine a Land of Milk and Honey – or even a land of Just Enough?
It’s beyond imagination; today’s evil is too much an obstacle. The rubble-heaped graveyards are everywhere. Life is a bone-dry existence on the Strip.
Water is scarce and the grief is too great; where do we start?
We can only begin from wherever we are – from our own comparatively comfortable place.
After the Christchurch earthquakes our recovery was supported by kind strangers acting randomly with surprising empathy.
It’s this collective empathy that Gaza and indeed the whole of Palestine needs now – it needs our unconditional love.
Bethlehem University has the capacity to propagate plants. Just like GapFiller did for Christchurch, the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability can do for Palestine. They have a gardener, research students, volunteers and spare glasshouses. They can, with help from us, prepare for life after war.
Propagating fruit and shade trees to be part of a tentative restorative strategy in a devastated Concentration Camp is a powerful idea.
Imagine not just a cease-fire but rebuilding and replanting. Imagine the gradual restoration of the land for the sustenance of its people.
Imagine helping to get that process underway…
Check out https://palestinenature.org
To donate: https://bufusa.org/palestine-museum-of-natural-history/?form=PIBS
Contact Mazin, Jessie, Rami or other team members via info@palestinenature.org
To talk to someone in Aotearoa New Zealand email me, Peggy Kelly: kellysykes@xtra.co.nz or search for the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.
UN experts declare famine has spread throughout Gaza Strip
GENEVA (9 July 2024) – The recent deaths of more Palestinian children due to hunger and malnutrition leaves no doubt that famine has spread across the entire Gaza strip, a group of independent experts* said today.
“Fayez Ataya, who was barely six months old, died on 30 May 2024 and 13-year-old Abdulqader Al-Serhi died on 1 June 2024 at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah. Nine-year-old Ahmad Abu Reida died on 3 June 2024 in the tent sheltering his displaced family in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis. All three children died from malnutrition and lack of access to adequate healthcare,” the experts said.
“With the death of these children from starvation despite medical treatment in central Gaza, there is no doubt that famine has spread from northern Gaza into central and southern Gaza.”
The experts said the death of a child from malnutrition and dehydration indicates that health and social structures have been attacked and are critically weakened. “When the first child dies from malnutrition and dehydration, it becomes irrefutable that famine has taken hold,” the experts said.
“We declare that Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza. We call upon the international community to prioritise the delivery of humanitarian aid by land by any means necessary, end Israel’s siege, and establish a ceasefire.”
“When a 2-month-old baby and 10-year-old Yazan Al Kafarneh died of hunger on 24 February and 4 March respectively, this confirmed that famine had struck northern Gaza. The whole world should have intervened earlier to stop Israel’s genocidal starvation campaign and prevented these deaths,” the experts said. “Thirty-four Palestinians have died from malnutrition since 7 October, the majority being children. Inaction is complicity.”
Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese who visited Aotearoa New Zealand in November 2023
The experts: Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food; Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967; Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Paula Gaviria Betancur,Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons; George Katrougalos, Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order; Barbara G. Reynolds (Chair), Bina D’Costa, Dominique Day and Catherine Namakula, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts and Working Groups are part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Comprising the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, Special Procedures is the general name of the Council's independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Special Procedures experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity.
Message from the International Solidarity Movement: On the ground support needed in the Occupied West Bank
**Join the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine: Long-Term Volunteers Needed!**
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine is seeking dedicated long-term volunteers to join our efforts in standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people. ISM is a Palestinian led movement founded in 2001 committed to resisting the long-entrenched and systematic oppression and dispossession of the Palestinian population, using non-violent, direct-action methods and principles
**Minimum Commitment:** 2 weeks
**Maximum Commitment:** As long as your visa allows
While a minimum commitment of 2 weeks is required, staying for longer periods, especially 3 months, greatly enhances the continuity and impact of our work. As we grow and strengthen our connections with local families and communities, an extended presence is invaluable.
**Why Stay Longer?**
**Continuity:** Longer stays help maintain the momentum of our initiatives and relationships.
**Impact:** A deeper understanding of the situation on the ground.
**Support:** We strive to assist volunteers staying for 3 months in making their stay more financially sustainable.
Join us in supporting the Palestinian popular resistance to the Israeli occupation and apartheid. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people's just demand for freedom.
**Get Involved Today!**
For more information and to apply, visit https://palsolidarity.org @ismpalestine
Can’t come? You can still participate! Considering donating to support our work in Palestine: https://www.gofundme.com/f/isms-vital-work-in-palestine-worldwide
Obela in August
Get ready to take some serious action in August to stop New Zealand supermarkets stocking Obela Hummus.
We are preparing a comprehensive campaign to get rid of this product from our supermarket shelves throughout the country in August!
We have written to both supermarket chains (Woolworths and Foodstuffs) but have received no response. It’s time for consumer action!
Obela is 50% owned by Israel’s largest food company, Strauss Group, which is known for its support of the Israeli military, namely the elite Golani and Givati infantry brigades, whom they fund and provide care packages for.
Looking out for government MPs
“Pitiful in the face of genocide” – yes that’s our government. It still hasn’t even reached first base in responding to the industrial scale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. First base would be to condemn Israel and call for an immediate permanent ceasefire.
We need to challenge government MPs in National, New Zealand First and Act.
If you come across information with details of where any of these MPs will be for speaking or have meeting engagements, then please contact us urgently so we can organise to protest and challenge them.
Email apartheid-Israel@PSNA.nz or text 027 4 APARTHEID or 027427278.
What is PSNA and how does it work?
Sometime people ask questions about PSNA structure and how we work. Here is a simple overview.
Our aims:
PSNA’s aims are on the front page of our website here.
Our aims can be summed up as working to get the majority of people in Aotearoa New Zealand on board with supporting Palestine and turning that support into effective political pressure on our government to hold Israel to account for its myriad war crimes against the people of Palestine.
Structure:
PSNA in its current form was established at a national meeting of Palestine solidarity activists from around the country held in Christchurch in 2019. PSNA is not a Palestinian organisation but is a Palestine solidarity organisation which takes its lead from Palestinian-led campaigns here and overseas such as the international Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement.
As the name indicates, PSNA is a national network of independent organisations which support the aims of PSNA (see above) Each organisation in the network makes its own decisions about what and when they will take action in support of Palestine. Currently there are 29 centres around the country which have groups that are part of the network.
The network has a national meeting each year which elects the National Chair, Deputy National Chair(s) and National Secretary/Treasurer. People in these positions are accountable to the national committee and to our annual national meetings. The rest of the national committee is made up of representatives from any/all of the groups who are part of the network. These network reps are approved by the national meeting rather than being elected as such.
The current National Chair is John Minto, Deputy National Chair is Layan Khalil and National Secretary/Treasurer is Neil Scott. There are at least five Palestinians on the national committee.
Our last national meeting was held in May this year and because of the big influx of new people from around the country and the need to include them in the movement, it was decided to prepare the way for a possible new structure and new leadership before a follow up national meeting is held in Wellington in late November.
In the meantime PSNA has established several “working groups” made up of volunteers from this year’s national meeting which are looking at national strategy, letter-writing, BDS campaigning etc
The network has national monthly meetings on Zoom – sometime more frequently as needed – where all centres in the network are invited to be represented.
National mailing list:
The national committee has an email database of around 10,000 people and is putting out a weekly national newsletter during the genocide. Fortnightly newsletters were sent out before October 7th last year.
We encourage local groups in the network to feed in names so we can continually build the database as it gives us a bigger base to organise from into the future.
Finances:
The national committee runs a national bank account for the network. The bank account has four signatories, two of which are needed to authorise every payment. All payments are based on invoices or receipts for bills already paid. The National Secretary/Treasurer presents a breakdown of income and expenditure for the previous calendar year at each national meeting as would be expected in any organisation.
Where does our money come from?
Most money comes in from donations. We have a group of people who make automatic payments each month as well as those (the majority) who send donations when they are able. We also collect money at rallies and protests – in some cases these stay with the local group if they have their own local account, in other cases this money goes into our national bank account.
Local groups also engage in various fundraising activities which contribute either to local funds or go into the national account.
What do we spend money on?
We fund political work in line with our aims (see above) and this covers a wide range of things. For example:
Leaflets, posters, advertising and other promotional materials as well as postage to send materials around the motu. This has also included supply of speaker and other equipment, flags, banner materials for new local groups.
Travel for overseas speakers eg PSNA paid for all the internal travel and most of the accommodation costs for Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh and his wife Jessie on their three-week tour here in May/June. Funding for other visits in recent years include Nasser Mashni (APAN), Salman Abu Sitta (Palestine Land Society), Antony Loewenstein (author “The Palestine Laboratory”), Miko Peled (author “The General’s Son”), Gideon Levy, etc
PSNA costs associated with the 2023 visit of the UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
We paid for John Minto and Layan Khalil to travel to South Africa for the First Global Conference on Israeli Apartheid in May this year.
A series of newspaper adds which helped keep Palestine high on the public agenda
We pay local organising expenses in some cases – eg a mass leafletting in Te Tau Ihu – the north of the South Island and 50,000 leaflets for Ōtautahi/Christchurch.
Travel costs to meetings with ministers and government officials, including Palestinian representation.
Travel costs to meet with senior media representatives, including Palestinian representation.
It’s important to say we don’t make charitable donations for humanitarian work in Gaza. It is not in our aims although we do list four charitable organisations on our website for people who want to do so and ask us for advice. We have also provided funding for the Gaza Centre of Human Rights over many years for their work documenting Israeli war crimes.
Important stories this week
Editor’s Pick’s
Testimonies from the Mawasi massacre – 90 people buried in the sand here
Why the West Bank is on the verge of economic collapse here
In bad faith: a satire here (video)
Other Stories
Israel is falling apart, and American leaders are in denial here
When media freedom as the “oxygen of democracy” and political hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena here
Owing truth to the dead: Israel’s desecration of war graves here
Arab Council of Australia: Statement on addressing racism in Australia here
The ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
A reader tells us this book can be obtained on electronic copy at no cost here Printed copies are available from The Nile, $26.10 + shipping from here.
There is also a 15-page article from Ilan Pappe based on the book and that is available here
Freedom Flotilla to Gaza ready to go from Türkiye but held up by Israeli pressure on supporting countries
Gaza Aid flotilla, due for launch last week has been delayed by ‘Israeli tactics’ here
Keep up to date with developments here https://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/
Remember BDS for Aotearoa New Zealand
Remember our big six BDS targets for Aotearoa New Zealand?
Obela Hummus
Ahava skin care products
Sodastream
HP (Hewlett-Packard)
BP and Caltex
McDonalds
Watch out for this man promoting racism and apartheid
Here he is – the Israeli ambassador – watch out for him around Aotearoa New Zealand – if you hear of any planned appearances or speaking engagements please contact us urgently: Email apartheid-Israel@PSNA.nz or text 027 4 APARTHEID or 027427278.
Israeli ambassador Ran Yaakoby
Reminder: Dates for Palestine Solidarity during the year
Israel apartheid week has been added to the dates for likely local and national Palestine solidarity activity this year.
28 Mar – 4 Apr Israel Apartheid Week
30 Mar Land Day Palestine
5 Apr Palestinian Childs Day
9 Apr Deir Yassin massacre - Irgun Terrorism - 107-120 Palestinian men, women and children massacred
17 Apr Palestinian Prisoners Day
11 May World Kufiya Day
15 May Nakba Day – marking the mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Palestine in 1948
5 Jun Nakba Day - Start of 1967 War - Land Grab – Invasion of Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza, Egypt and Syria - 5 June 1967 – 10 June 1967
20 Jun Attack on Gaza - 6–21 May 2021 (2 weeks and 1 day)
16-18 Sep 40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacres
28 Sep Second Intifada - 28 Sept 2000 – 8 Feb 2005
2 Nov Balfour Declaration
29 Nov United Nations - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
8 Dec First Intifada - 8 Dec 1987 – 13 Sept 1993
Are you able to donate a cup of coffee a month to the campaign?
We will need some serious money to make our campaign as effective as possible. For example, we will need somewhere in the vicinity of $25,000 to bring speakers to New Zealand over the next year and organise large public meetings to help spread the message.
You can help. Are you able to donate a cup of coffee a month to the campaign? In other words, can you afford to make an automatic payment of $5 per month to support the Palestinian struggle? (If you can afford more that would be great!)
Our account details are:
Account name: Palestine Solidarity Network
Account number: 38-9015-0849542-00
We are happy to provide a receipt upon request (however, we are not a registered charity so this is not tax-deductible)
In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter – an invitation to subscribe from Leslie Bravery
Because of mainstream news media complicity, daily headlines and commentary only occasionally ever mention the relentless Israeli violence in Palestine, not even the frequent air strikes!
However, daily news and statistics regarding the violence Palestinians are forced to live under are regularly reported on in the “In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter”, sourced and compiled for easy reading and correlation chiefly from the Palestinian Monitoring Group's daily situation reports.
The In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter continues to be circulated, by email, worldwide to subscribers only, as it has been over the last two decades.
Please contact lesliebravery@icloud.com if you also wish to become a subscriber.
Merchandise for sale
We have Merchandise you can buy including T-shirts from our website.
Go here - https://www.psna.nz/shop
More ways you can get involved
Forward this Newsletter – If you know people who may be interested in this movement, please forward this Newsletter to them.
Join in local activities in your area monthly Rallies - In Auckland at 2.00 pm on the first Saturday of every month. Please consider doing the same in your community. Contact Secretary@PSNA.nz if you would like to know where and how to get Flags and Banners
Help set up a Students for Justice in Palestine groups on your campus
Tell Your MP your opinions on Divestment and Sanctions of Israel.
Write Letters to Newspapers – Call Talkback Radio
Keep in touch with the campaign on social media
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network website: https://www.PSNA.nz
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/671376706283605/
o NZ Palestine Solidarity Network email: Secretary@PSNA.nz
The Palestine Human Rights Campaign produces the In Occupied Palestine newsletter. It is a regular daily newsletter on the daily situation in Palestine, compiled by Leslie Bravery and emailed to subscribers. If you would also like to become a subscriber, please contact Leslie at “lesliebravery @ icloud .com” (remove the spaces to use as an email address) for further information.
Keep Updated on our Facebook pages and websites (listed below)
Human rights for Uyghur refugees - In line with our support for human rights for the people of Palestine we have added our name to the petition in support of human rights for Uyghur refugees so they can be included in the government’s refugee quota. PSNA members who wish to also sign this petition can do so here - https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/open-letter-let-s-show-compassion-to-the-uyghur-community
PSNA Groups
PSNA National Committee
Website: www.PSNA.nz
Chair - John Minto: Chair@PSNA.nz
Secretary - Neil Scott: Secretary@PSNA.nz
Regional Groups
Bay of Islands PSN Bay of Islands (Email)
Whangarei PSN Whangarei (Facebook)
Auckland PSN Auckland – Tamaki Makaurau (Website)
Hamilton Palestine Human Rights Campaign Waikato (Facebook)
Tauranga Tauranga Moana 4 Palestine (Facebook)
Napier/Hastings Aotearoa Standing with Palestine (Facebook)
Palmerston North PSN Palmerston North (Email)
New Plymouth PSN Taranaki (Facebook)
Wellington PSN Wellington (Email)
Nelson Te Tau Ihu (Nelson) Palestine (Facebook)
Christchurch PSN Christchurch (Facebook)
Dunedin Dunedin for Justice in Palestine (Facebook)
Invercargill PSNA Invercargill (Email)