The Race Relations Commissioner, Meng Foon, is calling on every New Zealander to reject the tactics and ideologies of hate groups after swastikas were spray-painted outside Temple Sinai in Wellington.
The Jewish community is on guard after fluorescent yellow swastikas also appeared in several other inner-city locations.
Wellington City Council received reports on Wednesday morning of graffiti on different parts of the footpath on The Terrace and outside the Wellington Jewish Progressive Congregation on Ghuznee St. It has since been removed.
Photographs supplied to the Herald show swastikas were painted and the word “Heil”…
Read the full story on the NZ Herald here. And watch TVNZ’s story here.
Also, listen to Radio NZ’s Corin Dann’s interview with Dave Moskovitz about the incident here and Newstalk ZB’s Heather Du Plessis Allan’s interview with Juliet Moses about the incident here.
