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NZ Human Rights Commission disinterested in teachers who praise Hitler

IINZ — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:43:39 +0000

When there was evidence that schools funded by New Zealand were teaching children to glorify terror Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt, and Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, wrote to the Ministry responsible for the funding to underscore the “unacceptable” racism that was being taught and the need to adhere to “New Zealand’s human rights […]

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Israel Institute wants answers over distorted view of Israel by Immigration NZ

IINZ — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 02:31:21 +0000

Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Ashley Church, is seeking a full retraction and an investigation following the publication of an Immigration New Zealand ‘fact sheet’ which contained politicised distortions of the truth and totally erased Israel from the map.

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NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade promotes BDS event featuring supporter of terror group

IINZ — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:19:35 +0000

The Auckland office of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has promoted an event entitled “The One-State Solution and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign: Civil society responses to governmental failure on Palestine/Israel” by retweeting the event.

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NZ groups respond to US exit from UN ‘cesspool of political bias’

IINZ — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 02:34:00 +0000

This week US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, announced the US withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).

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Perry Trotter on Gaza

IINZ — Mon, 21 May 2018 06:27:27 +0000

New Zealander Perry Trotter speaks about the verbal onslaught by the media and UN against Israel. A video report.

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Two Israeli leaders visited New Zealand sharing lessons from the start-up nation.

IINZ — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:29:30 +0000

Two Israeli leaders have recently been in New Zealand sharing lessons from the start-up nation.

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New Zealand headlines mislead on Iranian provocation

IINZ — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 01:35:48 +0000

On Saturday evening, New Zealand time, an Iranian drone (modelled on an American stealth UAV) entered Israeli airspace.

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Is Marama Davidson a dogmatic street activist or serious political leader?

IINZ — Sun, 11 Feb 2018 22:54:11 +0000

A day before Marama Davidson’s announcement that she was putting her name forward as a candidate for the NZ Green Party’s co-leadership she attended an anti-Israeli protest organised by the Palestinian Solidarity Movement and Kia Ora Gaza – the same group that sent Marama on the ‘Ship of Fools’ to Gaza – to demonise Israel.

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NZ must reconsider unconditional support of UNRWA

IINZ — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:29:01 +0000

Over the past nine years, New Zealand has contributed $10.4m to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) but has never once publicly condemned their egregious inefficiency, history of staff inciting and supporting terror, use of schools and other buildings as militant bases, or allegations of corruption.

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