Browse > Home News / Antisemitism in New Zealand: A Disturbing Case – J-WireNZ councillor candidate forced off ticket because she is JewishRead on for articleA New Zealand would-be councillor has been removed from her party’s ticket because she is Jewish. She has been forced off the A Fresh Approach ticket, not for her policies but because she is Jewish and born in Israel. Karin was on the party’s ticket, campaigning for a position on Devonport-Takapuna Local Board situated within Auckland. Karin Horen told J-Wire: “Receiving the email on Friday night came as a shock—especially knowing that neither the team members nor I had been consulted. If we do not speak out when Jewish New Zealanders are excluded, then we accept a society where anyone can be excluded.