Dunedin residents exposed to holocaust denial literature in letterboxes
July 29, 2018 by Keren Cook
Dunedin residents found leaflets dropped into their letterboxes, promoting antisemitic, Holocaust denial material. Read more
Steven Sedley recognised in New Zealand Queen’s Birthday Honours.
June 4, 2018 by Keren Cook
Wellington resident Steven Sedley has been named in this year’s New Zealand Queen’s Birthday Honours. Read more
Protests in New Zealand by pro-Palestinian activists over Ben-Gurion screening
May 28, 2018 by Keren Cook
Pro-Palestinian activists in Wellington and Auckland have demonstrated threats and actions to sabotage the screening of a new film about Israel’s founder and first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Read more
Police restrain protesters in Auckland
May 15, 2018 by Keren Cook
A line of police prevented conflict restrained a small group of Auckland Peace Action protesters at an Israel 70th anniversary event. Read more
Shofars to blow in 100 NZ locations to bless Israel
April 30, 2018 by Keren Cook
New Zealand Christians joined together to Bless Israel across the nation and around the world. Read more
Israeli Olympic Swimmer visits New Zealand to swim in Cook Strait open sea event for Parkinson’s research
April 30, 2018 by Keren Cook
Alon Mandel is an Israeli Olympic butterfly swimmer who represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics and is the national record holder (2014) in 50 and 100 metre butterfly. Read more
New Zealand MP addresses Yom Hashoah commemoration event
April 19, 2018 by Keren Cook
New Zealand MP Michael Wood, Under Secretary to the Minister of Ethnic Communities addressed the audience at this year’s Yom Hashoah commemoration event. Read more
New Zealand Green MP supports anti-Israel rally
April 19, 2018 by Keren Cook
An Anti-Israel rally held in Auckland on Sunday heard Greens MP Gorliz Ghahraman falsely accuse Israel of genocide against the Palestinian Arabs. Read more
New Zealand paramedic receives award for six-hour rescue of Israeli tourist
April 15, 2018 by Keren Cook
A St John intensive care paramedic has received the New Zealand Search and Rescue Council’s gold award for a six-hour rescue mission last year. Read more
Pop Poetry launch event celebrates Jewish culture on Auckland’s Karangaphape Road
March 25, 2018 by Keren Cook
Pop Poetry launched on Auckland’s well known Karangahape Road this week and runs for two further days, finishing on Sunday. Read more
Auckland landmark synagogue for sale
March 13, 2018 by Keren Cook
An Auckland CBD landmark historic building dating from 1885 which played a focus in early Jewish life for almost a century, is now up for sale. Read more
Auckland high school student wears ‘inappropriate’ striped pyjamas with Jewish star to athletics day.
February 23, 2018 by Keren Cook
A Bosnian living in Auckland has laid a complaint about an Auckland high school student who wore a Holocaust victim costume to school. Read more
Anne Frank: ‘Let Me Be Myself’ Exhibition tours New Zealand
February 12, 2018 by Keren Cook
The Wellington-based Holocaust Centre of New Zealand (HCNZ) has welcomed the exhibition Anne Frank: Let Me Be Myself to New Zealand which has opened in Auckland. Read more
Israeli travellers sentenced in New Zealand for drug smuggling
December 22, 2017 by Keren Cook
Three Israeli men in their mid-twenties have been sentenced in a New Zealand court for trying to smuggle millions of dollars worth of the drug MDMA, or ecstasy, into New Zealand in January this year. Read more
New Zealand school targeted by antisemitic vandals
December 21, 2017 by Keren Cook
Mana has been restored at a North Island primary school New Zealand. Read more
New Zealand pop icon Lorde faces backlash for upcoming Israel concert
December 21, 2017 by Keren Cook
Kiwi pop icon Lorde is facing backlash for scheduling a concert in Israel for 2018. Her fans demanding that she boycotts the country completely. Read more
New Zealand Pop icon set to perform in Israel in 2018
December 20, 2017 by Keren Cook
New Zealand pop icon Lorde will play one concert in Tel Aviv next year. Read more
Auckland Domain will be home for a new Holocaust Memorial made of Jewish ghetto cobblestones.
December 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
Auckland is receiving its first ever Holocaust tribute in the shape of a living garden formed by using cobblestones from a Jewish ghetto. Read more
Diplomatic freeze between New Zealand and Israel seen as a “blemish” on World Stage
December 1, 2017 by Keren Cook
The diplomatic freeze between New Zealand and Israel is being labeled a “blemish” on New Zealand’s reputation internationally. Read more
Auckland’s only cemetery catering for Jews running out of space
November 15, 2017 by Keren Cook
The Waikumete cemetery located in Glen Eden, Auckland, was established in 1886 to replace the Symonds Street graveyard in central Auckland and is the only place that provides for Jewish burials. Read more
Dame Susan Devoy speaks out about Anti-Semitic Hate Speech from Iranian Embassy in New Zealand
November 1, 2017 by Keren Cook
Race Relations Commissioner, Dame Susan Devoy says racism in New Zealand should be ignored “at our peril”. Read more
Anti-Semitic blogger Brendon O’Connell arrested on arrival to New Zealand
October 29, 2017 by Keren Cook
Brendan Lee O’Connell, 46, was jailed in 2011 in Perth after being found guilty of six racial hatred charges – and has failed to claim political asylum in New Zealand. Read more
Historian travels New Zealand to recount Holocaust Denial experience
October 17, 2017 by Keren Cook
History aficionados attended an event at University of Otago’s Wellington Campus on the weekend to hear a famous historian share how he overcame an infamous Holocaust denier. Read more
Israeli students receive New Zealand citizenship in Dunedin
October 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
Israeli siblings Ari and Michelle Fridman pledged oaths as two of the sixty-eight people to officially become New Zealand citizens at a ceremony in Dunedin this week. Read more
Innovation funding agreement underway for New Zealand and Israel
October 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
A new innovation agreement is currently being forged between the New Zealand and Israeli governments. Read more
Wife Murderer Colin Bouwer paroled and to be deported
September 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
South African Colin Bouwer, the psychiatrist who killed his wife with poison, has been released on parole in New Zealand. Read more
Kiwi teen drives awareness around sustainability
July 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
An Auckland teenager has been a proactive environmental campaigner and has some ambitious plans to raise awareness around the environmental movement through local festivals. Read more
New Zealand Queens Birthday Honours: Avon Cook
June 7, 2017 by Keren Cook
Auckland businessman Avon Cook has been named in the New Zealand Queen’s Birthday Honours. Read more
Offensive Facebook post reinforces Jewish racial stereotypes at Auckland bar
May 8, 2017 by Keren Cook
A bar in Auckland has advertised a meal deal on Facebook and accompanied it with a photo of an Orthodox Jew. The caption on the post reads: “now that’s a bargain.” Read more
New Zealand Foreign Minister Brownlee committed to restoring NZ-Israel relations
May 3, 2017 by Keren Cook
Recently appointed New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Gerry Brownlee is now actively working to restore diplomatic relations with Israel. Read more
