who we are and what we do
We have a special interest in the Jewish people, antisemitism, and the central role played by Israel in Scripture and in past, present and future history.
I am a Bible teacher, photographer, media producer, and occasional commentator.
Sheree is an historian, researcher and writer. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Auckland (Thesis: Zionism in New Zealand to 1948). She is a Fellow of London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and completed an ISGAP scholars-in-residence course at University of Oxford in 2023. She convenes the annual Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem Academic Symposium at Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. Sheree was listed by Algemeiner in their J100, “Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2024” and by IAF in their “Israel's Top 50 Christian Allies 2024”.
We have four adult children - all were homeschooled.
Below is a summary of our projects.
Perry Trotter
Dr Sheree Trotter
In this book I argue that Israel and its restoration are subjects central to the biblical account. Failure to properly handle the biblical data on Israel undermines the divine communication project and distorts the identity and destiny of the Messiah Himself. An extended section surveys the techniques replacement theologians have employed in order to avoid the necessary implications of explicit biblical statements. Endorsed by several international scholars.
“…it is more important than ever to reassert the true history of the movement supported by the international community of the time, and acknowledged, particularly after the Holocaust, to be right and just.”
In this book, based on her PhD Thesis, Sheree tells the story of of Zionism in New Zealand, from early settlement to the birth of Israel in 1948.
Sheree is Director of Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, a platform for indigenous solidarity with Israel. It launched 1 February 2024 in Jerusalem at an event hosted by Friends of Zion Museum. IEJ has already generated considerable interest from the Jewish community and indigenous groups throughout the world. IEJ has staged two academic symposia to fight false narratives in academia. Sheree is developing important work responding to settler colonialist theory.
In 2012 we together founded Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation, Aotearoa New Zealand, a non-sectarian charity, controlled by a board of Holocaust survivors, academics, Jewish and non-Jewish leaders. We have photographed and interviewed 70 survivors. HAFANZ opposes antisemitism, Holocaust distortion and universalisation. I have designed and produced three touring exhibitions. Our exhibitions have been shown throughout NZ and portions of our work in UAE, Germany and Australia.
Our latest and current exhibition has been shown in multiple locations including Parliament, AUT and one of NZ’s major musea.
As a result of the 7 October attack, I wrote a statement of solidarity with Israel and sought the endorsement of various Christian leaders.
In 2015 I recorded a short film series in Jerusalem addressing Christian anti-Zionism, replacement theology and antisemitism. It is entitled Evangelical Zionism: An Evangelical Response to Israel’s Evangelical Enemies.
The story of Le Chambon in the South of France is a wonderful yet anomalous example of Christian conduct in an otherwise appalling record of church failure during the Holocaust. I produced this three minute film on Le Chambon and hope to create a full length piece in future.
In 2017 I co-founded the Israel Institute of New Zealand, an independent think tank dedicated to analysis, commentary and advocacy. IINZ was founded directly as a result of NZ’s co-sponsorship of the antisemitic UNSC Resolution 2334. In 2019 I produced The Israel Report, a film series for IINZ for Shine TV. I stepped down from IINZ in 2025.
In 2008 I created a project based on twenty-two messianic prophecies or titles in the Old Testament, one for every letter of the Hebrew alphabet. I then sought commentary from various messianic scholars and leaders. The project is under redevelopment.
I sometimes pay the bills as a wedding photographer and media producer.