1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Now today Cabinet apparently decided the government's position on recognizing 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: your state of Palestine. Meanwhile, a number of priests and 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: pastors protested by sitting in minister's electorate offices. Reverend mel 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: mackenzie is the vicarates and Anne's Anglican parish in Nikola 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Willis's electorate, and she's currently chained apparently to Nichola's electorate office. 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: Mell are you there? 7 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: I am hello? Thank you here there? Yeah, thank you? 8 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: Are you still chained? 9 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: I am, yeah, I'm chained with some colleagues of mine, 10 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: fellow Anglican press, and we've had a Catholic press from 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 2: the electorate with us today as well. 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: Is the Catholic priest still there? 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 2: He had to attend a funeral by about four o'clock, 14 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: so we've released him. 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So what are you are? You chained 16 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: to the door? Is that what's going on? 17 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 2: We are, we've chained to the door. For us, We're 18 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: really focused on like one thing in particular, which is 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 2: trying to seek an urgent timeline from the government for 20 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: implementing sanctions and our key there's really our key focus 21 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: for doing this. We would love it off the back 22 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: of the large scale process we saw on the weekend 23 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 2: in Tammacky Maikodos, uh and the rolling demonstrations that are 24 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 2: happening around New Zealand. We feel like these are all 25 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 2: moods and know there's a mode of New Zealanders who 26 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: care deeply about this. So we're really deeply speaking action 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: now from the government to make a commitment that lines 28 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 2: up with you know what the values people are holding 29 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 2: and wanting to see, uh see sanctions placed by the 30 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 2: New Zealand government on Israel. 31 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: Why did you decide that you needed to change yourself 32 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: to an electric office. 33 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: Well, it's actually out of frustration really with the international 34 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 2: community have been calling, making many many calls, lots of 35 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: words uh and and now we just feel like sanctions 36 00:01:54,840 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 2: actually what speaks louder than words when when the government's 37 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: been uh dragging the chain on this sort of speak 38 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: which is a bit of a pun. But we want 39 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: to see them act and just make a commitment to 40 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 2: the time frame that they will introduce sanctions into Parliamentce 41 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: how long you let stay there? Oh, look, we were 42 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 2: prepared to start overnight. We're just so focused on the 43 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 2: suffering that's happening in Gaza. We're praying by sort of 44 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: doing what Anglican and Catholic priests do, which is to pray, 45 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 2: pray and fast, and we're fasting from liquid and from 46 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: also from food in solidarity with the people of Palestine 47 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: in particular. And yeah, we recognized also violence done, you know, 48 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: in the hostages being held, so so for us, we 49 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: are just devastated by the level of violence that's securing 50 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,839 Speaker 2: and wanting to stand with them, Yes, and what we're doing, 51 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: so we'll stay overnight, we yeah, and just want to 52 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 2: keep putting that to the government. Will they hear the 53 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: mood of New Zealanders and put that time frame on. 54 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 1: All right, mal, thanks very much for your time. Reverend 55 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: mel mackenzie, who is the vicarates and Anne's Anglican parish. 56 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 57 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 58 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.