Demonstrations were staged in the New Zealand cities of Auckland and Christchurch on Saturday following Israel's attacks on Gaza, according to local media.

About 400 people took part in a protest held in Auckland, the largest city in the country. Some of the demonstrators threw balloons full of red paint at buildings, Radio New Zealand reported.

Protest spokesman John Darroch said that components made in New Zealand have guided the missiles that have killed and injured thousands of people in the Gaza Strip and millions more in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In South Island's largest city of Christchurch, more than 500 people took to the streets on Saturday to protest against Israel's invasion of Gaza.

In Dunedin city, about 100 people also took to the streets to demonstrate against the Israeli offensive on the same day.

The "Justice for Palestine" group and its supporters carried placards declaring "resistance is not terrorism" and chanting, the Radio New Zealand said.