Every word and action they said and made should be reviewed under our hate speech laws, and prosecutions made if deemed appropriate. ‘Children mourned’Under a two-word heading, “Children mourned”, in the Herald’s World section (Dec 22) are 115 words on children killed in Gaza due to recent shelling by Israel. Unicef reports two children are killed in Gaza every day due to the fragile ceasefire signed in October. The vast majority of goods, from inputs such as petrol and diesel to cars and farm tractors to T-shirts and ballpoint pens, are imports whose prices are inflated by a weak NZ dollar. I’m not aware that existing law prevents us from demonstrating humanity in treating others as we would ourselves be treated.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 22, 2025 20:27 UTC