{"id":1619250,"date":"2024-04-19T09:40:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=99961"},"modified":"2024-04-19T09:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:40:37","slug":"rousing-farewell-for-kiwi-doctors-flying-out-to-gaza-aid-flotilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/04\/19\/rousing-farewell-for-kiwi-doctors-flying-out-to-gaza-aid-flotilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Rousing farewell for Kiwi doctors flying out to Gaza aid flotilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kia Ora Gaza<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A passionate haka reverberated through Auckland International Airport as a medical team of three New Zealand doctors received an emotional farewell from a big crowd of supporters before flying to Turkey to join the international Freedom Flotilla to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The doctors, who left Auckland yesterday, hope to be able to reach Gaza and join with other flotilla medics to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid and treat wounded patients in the war-ravaged enclave.<\/p>\n<p>Their participation is facilitated by Kia Ora Gaza.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=Kia+Ora+Gaza\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Other Kia Ora Gaza and Freedom Flotilla reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99970\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99970 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Waves-KOG-680wide.png\" alt=\"Kiwi medics, Dr Shahin, Dr Idais and Dr Ali salute\" width=\"680\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Waves-KOG-680wide.png 680w, https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Waves-KOG-680wide-300x265.png 300w, https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Waves-KOG-680wide-475x420.png 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiwi medics, Dr Shahin, Dr Idais and Dr Ali salute the airport gathering. Image: Achmat Eesau\/Kia Ora Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99973\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99973 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Airport-crowd-KOG-680wide.png\" alt=\"Part of the crowd farewelling the New Zealand doctors\" width=\"680\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Airport-crowd-KOG-680wide.png 680w, https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Airport-crowd-KOG-680wide-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Airport-crowd-KOG-680wide-356x364.png 356w, https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Airport-crowd-KOG-680wide-410x420.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of the crowd farewelling the New Zealand doctors at Auckland International Airport yesterday. Image: Jo Currie\/Kia Ora Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"moz-reader-block-img\" src=\"https:\/\/kiaoragaza.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/aa716cc5-5a07-4d90-af71-af263bf1184f-9238-000005ffddf0777a_file.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kia Ora Gaza organiser Roger Fowler \" width=\"1024\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"48114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kiaoragaza.wordpress.com\/2024\/04\/18\/big-farewell-as-kiwi-doctors-fly-out-to-represent-aotearoa-on-aid-flotilla-to-gaza\/aa716cc5-5a07-4d90-af71-af263bf1184f-9238-000005ffddf0777a_file\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kiaoragaza.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/aa716cc5-5a07-4d90-af71-af263bf1184f-9238-000005ffddf0777a_file.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1145,895\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aa716cc5-5a07-4d90-af71-af263bf1184f-9238-000005ffddf0777a_file\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kiaoragaza.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/aa716cc5-5a07-4d90-af71-af263bf1184f-9238-000005ffddf0777a_file.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kiaoragaza.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/aa716cc5-5a07-4d90-af71-af263bf1184f-9238-000005ffddf0777a_file.jpg?w=490\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kia Ora Gaza organiser Roger Fowler with the three Gaza-bound New Zealand doctors. Image: Tayyaba Khan\/Kia Ora Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The doctors being farewelled were Dr Wasfy Shahin and Dr Faiez Idais led by Dr Adnan Ali.<\/p>\n<p>Kia Ora Gaza organiser Roger Fowler anticipated this current flotilla was &#8220;shaping up to be an historic event&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>After ignoring six months of horrific genocide in Gaza, he said, the New Zealand government had failed to take a stand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They haven\u2019t even lifted a finger,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Freedom Flotilla&#8217;s solidarity mission &#8220;is an international civil society attempt to break through Israel\u2019s illegal siege and end the occupation and slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And it was also planned to deliver more than 5500 tonnes of urgently needed humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>Other speakers included Green Party co-leader, Marama Davidson, who sailed on the 2016 Women\u2019s Boat to Gaza, PSNA secretary Neil Scott and local Palestinian community leader Maher Nazzel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2024\/04\/19\/rousing-farewell-for-kiwi-doctors-flying-out-to-gaza-aid-flotilla\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kia Ora Gaza A passionate haka reverberated through Auckland International Airport as a medical team of three New Zealand doctors received an emotional farewell from a big crowd of supporters before flying to Turkey to join the international Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. 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