A two-week long hikoi protesting against asset sales, privatisation, overseas land sales and the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will begin today in Cape Reinga. The ‘Aotearoa is Not For Sale’ hikoi aims to reach Wellington on Friday, May 4, after stopping in […]
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New Zealand Oil Spill Decimating Bird Population
According to the New Zealand government an oil spill from a grounded container ship in the Bay of Plenty has killed 1,250 seabirds with hundreds of others in rescue centers. However, conservationists say the avian death-toll is far higher with most contaminated […]
Continue readingFracking debate heating up in New Zealand
Heated debate over fracking, the mining process which could be used to extract gas in western Southland, is raging in the gas heartland of Taranaki. A protest group, Climate Justice Taranaki, has called for a ban or moratorium on the practice, which […]
Continue readingIndigenous and Environmental Groups set sail from Australia to protest offshore oil drilling
A flotilla of six boats sailed from Auckland Sunday to launch a protest against plans by a Brazilian oil company to drill for oil and gas off the East Cape of the North Island. The protesters, including the Greenpeace environmental group, the […]
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