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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1286/
- Published: 2025-09-07T18:30:55.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-07T18:30:54.000Z
- Description: “In particular, I am conscious of the fact that as an officer of the court, Ms Swedlund made a conscious decision to engage in sustained, illegal, behaviour,” Judge Belinda Sellers explained.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> The Green Party’s Menendez March said he wrote his support letter so the judge would have a full picture of Swedlund’s character. The two worked together when she volunteered with Auckland Action Against Poverty.  
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> “I am sure Hannah and others that engage in non-violent action are well aware of the potential consequences,” he told the *Herald*. “It is for the sentencing judge to decide what the consequences are.”  
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> In the five-paragraph letter, printed under his official MP letterhead, he described Swedlund as a diligent worker who “navigated complex family situations with care to uphold people’s dignity”.  
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> “I look forward to Hannah continuing to make positive contributions to Aotearoa in her professional and personal capacity,” he wrote.  
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> The Green Party continues to push for sanctions against Israel, with co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick temporarily booted from the House last month after she refused to apologise for saying the coalition government should grow a spine.

[Read more here.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/auckland-lawyer-convicted-for-vandalising-mps-offices-to-protest-israel-palestine-conflict/KSBRAWDLFNFF7J2V5XORV5ESMI/?ref=goodoil.news)