The Accord was signed by representatives of he Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand Incorporated, His Highness the Aga Khan Council for Australia and New Zealand, the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand Incorporated, the New Zealand Jewish Community Security Group Charitable Trust, the New Zealand Jewish Council Incorporated on behalf of: Auckland Hebrew Congregation, Progressive Jewish Congregation of Auckland, Waikato Jewish Association, Wellington Jewish Community, Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation, Nelson Jewish Community, Christchurch Hebrew Congregation, and Southern Lakes Jewish Community; and Dayenu, New Zealand Jews Against Occupation Incorporated. “And, in my view and my experience in life is that, dialogue and listening, communicating and understanding, is the best way of being able to deal with it because the minute that dialogue and, and listening and, and communicating, stops between parties, inevitably you end up in violence and, and we’re not gonna let that happen, here in New Zealand.” “I’d love to see events all over the country focusing on how we look after each other, how we engage in debates, how we can agree to disagree, how we can have peaceful protests and how we can still guard and make sure we look after our freedom of speech which is a fundamental of our democracy here and something which we fought very hard to have in this country.”
Author: Audrey Young
Published at: 2025-07-21 22:00:00
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