Palestinian Film Festival 2025
In conjunction with Winter Wonderfest and Justice for Palestine,
the Whanganui Palestinian Solidarity Group proudly presents Whanganui’s inaugural
Palestinian Film Festival 2025
AUGUST 15th - 16th 2025
Davis Lecture Theatre, Whanganui
Featuring award-winning films Israelism, It Must Be Heaven, The Doctor’s Wife and The Wanted 18 (in conjunction with Justice for Palestine).
All films will be screened at the Davis Lecture Theatre, Watt Street, Whanganui.
For screening times, trailers, ratings, run times, awards listings, and all other information please click through below:
Nakba Day 2025
Flowers for Palestine Exhibition
This Nakba Day truly gave weight to the expression that “the Nakba never ended” with the ongoing genocide in Gaza at the hands of Israel only escalating. We were happy to present portions of a display from the Palestine Museum in Ramallah, the 7 months-long community embroidery project piece created by the Flowers for Palestine - Putiputi mō Parihitini group, works by local Whanganui artist Patrick Baker, and a project called “Know Their Names” after the early 2024 Al-Jazeera list of children killed in the genocide, consisting of children aged 0 - 17 years of age.
The writing of names portion of the exhibition allowed the public a tangible means of grasping the sheer scale of children killed by the Israeli state, let alone the women and men and thousands upon thousands unaccounted for under the rubble. Many were deeply moved. One writer who attended the exhibition went away and wrote a 5 page poem about the name-writing portion of the exhibition and their reflections on it.
We also collected signatures for our open letter to support the Illegal Occupation of Palestine Sanctions Bill, which you can sign here.
Captured during installation of the Flowers for Palestine exhibition
Book Launch “If I Must Die”
with author Dr Yousef Aljamal
JUNE 19th 2025
We were privileged to host back-to-back events on Thursday 19th June with visiting writer and journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal as part of his PSNA National Tour of Aotearoa.
The first event was a book launch of his latest work, “If I must Die” - an anthology of the works of the recently killed Palestinian writer and academic, Dr Refaat Alareer.
The event was held at Paige’s Book Gallery.
Public Lecture with Dr Yousef Aljamal
JUNE 19th 2025
Directly after the book launch at Paige’s Book Gallery, there was a public lecture held at the Davis Lecture Theatre - a short walk from Paige’s Book Gallery.
Dr Aljamal recounted his experiences living in Gaza and under apartheid military siege, and courageously described the plight of his own family in Gaza under genocide.
Whanganui Palestinian Film Festival 2025
AUGUST 15th - 16th 2025
A series of award winning films that explores the Palestinian struggle through the eyes of Palestinian artists, activists, dreamers, dairy farmers and young American Jews.
Brought to you by WPSG and with support from Justice for Palestine and Winter Wonderfest.
Davis Lecture Theatre
Watt Street, Whanganui
Dr Mazin Qumsayeh
(Nobel Peace Prize Nominee 2024)
Public Lecture
“Water, Nature and Environment: Insights from a Palestinian Environmentalist”
Organised with the
Palestinian Solidarity Network Aotearoa
25 May 2024
WEEKLY SATURDAY RALLY
Every Saturday 11am - 12pm
Outside of the Tram Shed,
Taupō Quay, Whanganui
We have merch, petitions to sign,
letter templates to MPs,
information on the BDS movement,
signs to hold, flags to wave.
We do not tolerate any of the following at our rallies or events (i.e. you will be asked to leave):
Racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, violence, bigotry, sexism, transphobia, or homophobia.