The Jerusalem Post reports: “New Zealand Jews are disproportionately targeted in terms of hate crimes compared to other ethnic groups, despite only comprising 0.2% of the population, the New Zealand Jewish Council (NZJC) revealed in a new report shared with the Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

In Auckland, 13% of all reported hate crimes were against Jews, and in Tasman and Wellington, 10%. This means that a New Zealand Jew is 18 times more likely to be a victim of a hate crime than a Maori, 5 times more than an Asian Kiwi, and 160 times more likely than a European Kiwi. The number and severity of reported antisemitic incidents are the highest in the country’s history.

The report also found that the number of incidents is 11.6x higher than the decade preceding October 7, 2023. Put into context, from January 1, 2014, until July 1, 2022, there were a total of 166 recorded antisemitic incidents in New Zealand. In the year following 7 October 2023, there were a total of 227 incidents recorded. This equates to a new average baseline of 9.7 reported antisemitic incidents per month in New Zealand. 

Another shocking finding was that two out of five (40%) of reported antisemitic assaults occurred in schools…”