protest Archive

  • Catherine Delahunty

    Coromandel – No More Mining, Stop the Vandals - by Catherine Delahunty



    Last Sunday we went for a walk in the park. Some people went all the way to the Glass Earth/Newmont drilling rig high in the forest park and occupied it for a while. The rest of us with our babies and banners walked for an hour and a half up the beautiful Parikiwai Valley near [...] read more
    May 30, 2011 7:56 pm - 2 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    It’s only a song, Simon - by Keith Locke



    National MP Simon Bridges says he hopes “we never see Tiki Taane in Tauranga again.” This was after the award-winning singer was arrested while performing at Tauranga’s Illuminati nightclub on Sunday morning. Apparently his “crime” to was provide a musical background – singing the well-known rap song F*** tha Police – during a Police visit [...] read more
    April 12, 2011 1:36 pm - 51 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    Rafting the majestic Mokihinui - by Russel Norman



    Over 100 of us rafted and kayaked down the Mokihinui River on Sunday. The Mok is a fantastic wild West Coast river, a river full of life which makes its way through some of the last of our great lowland forest. Meridian Energy wants to dam and destroy the Mokihinui and drown the surrounding forest, [...] read more
    October 27, 2010 3:59 pm - 9 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Waihopai protesters asked for beer money - by Keith Locke



    Talk about stupidity and vindictiveness. The Government Communications Security Bureau is claiming from the Waihopai Three protesters $256.38 for the beer drunk by workers repairing the plastic dome at the spybase.   Another invoice specifies $62.93 for savouries. The total damages claim against the three protesters is over $1 million. The court case will be micky [...] read more
    October 13, 2010 10:14 am - 125 Comments
  • frog

    Join the Fairness at Work rallies this weekend – a reminder - by frog



    The NZ Council of Trade Unions are kicking off the fightback against Government attacks on workers’ rights with Fairness at Work rallies in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin this weekend. Please come along and support employees’ right to be treated fairly by their employers. read more
    August 20, 2010 5:57 pm - 15 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    JB Hi Fi picket - by Keith Locke



    Arguments employers used during the recession to stop wages rises don’t hold much water now. So it is not surprising there is now a small wave of industrial action for improved wages and conditions. In the state sector, the ACC and Housing New Zealand workers escalating their efforts to force their empoyers into serious negotiations. [...] read more
    July 5, 2010 2:31 pm - 11 Comments
  • frog

    A protest march in support of corruption - by frog



    Whether they realised it or not, the protesters in Timaru yesterday were marching in support of someone being treated, because of his standing in the community and reputation as a philanthropist, more favourably by authorities than any other citizen would have been in the same circumstances. In effect, they were marching in support of corruption. read more
    June 26, 2010 8:24 am - 39 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Gerry Brownlee fails as travelling salesman for mining industry - by Catherine Delahunty



    About one hundred Coromandel people came out in the pouring rain yesterday to tell Gerry Brownlee what they thought of his plans to undermine Schedule 4 areas of the conservation estate. read more
    May 13, 2010 9:24 am - 14 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Stop The Mining March, May 1st - by Catherine Delahunty



    The march against mining Schedule 4 in Auckland was an unqualified success! They say “mine” we say “ours”! read more
    May 3, 2010 10:07 am - 25 Comments
  • frog

    Biggest NZ Protest March in Living Memory - by frog



    Well, that’s what the youtube video says, anyway Were any of my readers there? How was it? read more
    May 1, 2010 7:12 pm - 100 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Mining protest at Parliament: The first ripple - by Catherine Delahunty



    Yesterday I joined what will undoubtedly be the first in a series of protests against the Government’s plans for mining in Schedule 4 land. Conservative media estimates put the numbers at 500, but I reckon it was closer to 1000. Metiria’s speech was a rousing call to action, and she contrasted Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson’s [...] read more
    March 31, 2010 10:47 am - 9 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Iranian protests - by Keith Locke



    Iran has shown once again how authoritarian governments are scared for the internet. The regime has just announced it is cutting off access to Google’s email services. read more
    February 15, 2010 4:58 pm - 4 Comments
  • frog

    ACC protest videos – raw footage - by frog



    The motorbikes are coming, and there are a lot of them! This photo was taken from quite a distance so the perspective makes it look like there are fewer people, but basically the entire of the area outside the beehive is covered in people. read more
    November 17, 2009 1:59 pm - 9 Comments
  • frog

    Gutting ACC – join the fightback - by frog



    The fightback against the Government’s proposed ACC cuts is building. Green Party ACC spokesperson Kevin Hague has developed a submission guide to assist people who want to make submissions against the cuts. There’s also a big protest planned at Parliament next week. And someone has sent me a really cool video exposing some of the Government’s lies about the motorcycle levy. read more
    November 12, 2009 1:34 pm - 4 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    A walk across a bridge - by Russel Norman



    They say that revolutions start with small actions. Today the people of Auckland started a transport revolution by walking over a bridge. They refused to be intimidated by the NZ Transport Agency and walked and rode across their iconic bridge on its 50th birthday. It was small thing – 10,000 men women and children strode [...] read more
    May 24, 2009 3:14 pm - 203 Comments
  • frog

    Can you join the S92A protest march? - by frog



    From CFF: The Creative Freedom Foundation announced that at 12 Noon on Thursday 19 February 2009 (today), a public demonstration will be held on Parliament grounds in Wellington in support of MPs against Guilt Upon Accusation laws in New Zealand  specifically the controversial Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment Act, due to come into effect [...] read more
    February 19, 2009 10:46 am - 5 Comments
  • frog

    The youth of today - by frog



    I visited Parliament a couple of times on school trips as a child, but nothing as cool as this Hanmer Primary School story ever happened to me: Hanmer School teacher Katie Wenborn said the Year 7 and 8 students were eating lunch on [Parliament] lawn when a woman began talking about the [human rights in [...] read more
    August 7, 2008 2:07 pm - 36 Comments
  • frog

    Bastion Point 30 years on - by frog



    Today we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the forcible eviction of protesters from Bastion Point. I for one will be watching the series of documentaries starting from 9 tonight on Maori TV. Like so many events from our past, they are coloured by our impressions from the time as well as the fading of our [...] read more
    May 25, 2008 7:44 pm - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Chaotic protests at London Olympic torch relay - by frog



    It seems kind of strange that people in London are going to such lengths to highlight the moral issue of taking a torch to China where people will be running around in circles, jumping up and down, or throwing pointy sticks.  Meanwhile, here in New Zealand our government doesn’t see any moral quandary in choosing [...] read more
    April 7, 2008 10:34 am - 25 Comments
  • frog

    Vigil for Tibetans - by frog



    Click to enlarge the poster. read more
    March 17, 2008 8:04 pm - 22 Comments
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