Protest
swells in Auckland
28
March, 2015
The
protesters come from a number of groups including Greenpeace and Oil
Free Auckland.
Greenpeace
has said that the protest was even bigger and louder than last
year's.
They
blocked Federal Street for more than half an hour, where a petroleum
industry summit is being held at SkyCity, where the government will
announce its latest block offer at a Petroleum Summit is being held
over three days.
It
is billed as the all-encompassing oil and gas event of the year,
where the government will reveal its block offer for 2015, as well as
start consultation over oil and gas exploration in an area covering
more than 450,000 square kilometres.
Almost 4,000 people said they would be attending the event on Facebook.
Photo: RNZ/Kim Baker Wilson
Protesters' signs at the march.
Photo: RNZ/Kim Baker Wilson
The
protest was described on Facebook as speaking out against 'another
glitzy oil conference in Auckland where Simon Bridges will continue
his attempt to sell off our oceans to Big Oil.'
'Join
us at Midday in Victoria Park to march to the conference where we'll
make sure the oil industry and the Government hear loud and clear
that New Zealanders do not want risky deep sea drilling in our
waters.'
1:42 PM - 29 Mar 2015 Auckland City, New Zealand, New Zealand
Protesters were asked to bring a drum, in order to 'beat [them] in unison to symbolise ... seismic blasting happening in our oceans right now.'
Protestors march in Auckland against deep-sea drilling.
Photo: RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson
Over
3,500 people had said they would be attending the event on its
Facebook page.
A
Greenpeace campaigner, Steve Abel, said deep sea drilling was an
unwanted industry.
He
said it offered very little benefit to New Zealand, but a large
amount of risk.
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