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Climate Activist Draw Attention To Outdated Regulations Of Heli Tourism In Aoraki National Park
Friday, 9 May 2025, 6:31 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
Climate Liberation Aotearoa recently displayed several large banners around the Aoraki/Mt Cook area to protest for a new long-term sustainability plan for helicopters in Aoraki National Park. More >>
Restore Passenger Rail Climate Protest Charges Dropped 6 May
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 4:56 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
The group said that their actions in 2022-23 were an attempt to match the urgency of the climate catastrophe, which was, and is still, being largely ignored by the government. More >>
UPDATE: Denniston Protest Over, Climbers Down
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 9:11 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
The protest targeted Australian-owned Bathurst Resources' plan to mine 20 million tonnes of coal from the pristine Denniston Plateau under the government's new fast-tracked consent process. The company has a history of consent breaches in Aotearoa, and campaigners ... More >>
Activists Halt Coal For 30+ Hours
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 10:22 am | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
The occupation follows a five-day protest camp of over 70 people, including tamariki and kaumātua, on the Denniston Plateau, the site of Bathurst’s proposed coal expansion. More >>
Activists Occupy Stockton Mine Cable Cars In Bold Protest Against Massive Coal Expansion
Monday, 21 April 2025, 10:33 am | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
Bathurst’s existing operations have already devastated parts of the Stockton Plateau, leaving toxic lakes and a barren landscape behind. Activists fear the same future for Denniston, home to great spotted kiwi, green geckos, and ancient sandstone ecosystems ... More >>
Encampment At Denniston Plateau To Protest Bathurst Mine
Saturday, 19 April 2025, 2:43 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
“Bathurst don’t care about anything besides the profit they make for their shareholders,” said Cora Scott. “The Fast Track dismantles democracy and enables companies like Bathurst to make big money and leave behind a big mess.” More >>
Andrew Sutherland Not Guilty Of Endangering Transport
Monday, 10 March 2025, 8:12 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
This is the first of several Restore Passenger Rail trials for temporarily blocking Wellington traffic two to three years ago. Its outcome may affect how the next trials will proceed. More >>
Resign, Simon Watts!
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 1:30 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
The government’s continued support for anti-climate policies further entrenches this kind of environmental destruction. It is a criminal coalition between policymakers and industry that locks out the public and sets us up to a fate unimaginably bad. More >>
Climate Liberation Aotearoa Takes Action At Larnach Castle Ōtepoti Dunedin
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 4:56 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
One cruise ship can produce as much cancer causing fine particulate matter as one million cars and a 3,000 plus passenger cruise ship on a ten day cruise emits enough CO2 to kill a person before 2100 due to climate related causes. More >>
Climate Trial At Wellington District Court
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 4:24 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
An affordable, nationwide passenger rail service would significantly cut our emissions, while providing an accessible transport option for all Kiwis. To achieve this we must disrupt the pretense that we can maintain our current carbon emissions and have ... More >>
Cenotaph Rally Sends Message: “We Won’t Be Cowed”
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 3:20 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
The rally had an atmosphere of camaraderie, with music, flags, and the For Future’s Sake (FFS) choir singing after the speeches. The message was clear: do what you will, we’ll still be here supporting one another. More >>
International Solidarity With Political Prisoners
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 9:02 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
The 16 Just Stop Oil protesters were sentenced to a combined 41 years in prison for peaceful protest in the United Kingdom, after Lord Walney, former Labour Party politician John Woodcock, called for members of Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action to be treated ... More >>
Protesters Meet Silver Nova In Milford: "Luxury Cruises Must End"
Monday, 13 January 2025, 2:47 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
Supporters of Climate Liberation Aotearoa held up flags depicting penguins, dolphins, and sea lions as they chanted “You cruise we lose” after paddling out to out to meet the ship. More >>
Royal Princess Cruise Ship Met By Bloodied Climate Protestors In Wellington
Monday, 16 December 2024, 9:08 am | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Cruises, has a spotty history with New Zealand environmental regulatory bodies, with the Coral Princess being turned away in 2022 for insufficient cleaning, known as “biofouling,” that could have introduced ... More >>
Climate Liberation Aotearoa Give Cruise Ship Passengers A Wake-Up Call
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 4:12 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
The protest is part of an ongoing campaign to challenge the entitlement of the cruise ship industry that favours luxurious holidays over the preservation of our world and our future. More >>
Glacier Tourism Hangs In The Balance
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 8:18 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
Heli tourism is an unsustainable industry, and we’re in danger of depriving future generations of New Zealanders and manuhiri from experiencing these iconic Aotearoa landscapes. More >>
Dream Holiday? Climate Activists Say No Way Does The Cruise Industry Deliver On The Dream It's Selling
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 8:02 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
It’s unfortunate to cause this very minor disruption to the passengers but we are here to send a clear message that the disruption to the environment and climate caused by these huge floating hotels is unjustifiable. More >>
Dunedin Flood: Climate Crisis Spoils Climate Protest
Friday, 4 October 2024, 3:09 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
People in our community are worried about their property and possessions as the water rises, and for this we raise the alarm. This is what climate change looks like - more frequent and severe weather, storms, and flooding,” said spokesperson Annabel ... More >>
Cruise Ship Meeting Delayed Due To Climate Emergency
Friday, 13 September 2024, 10:49 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
Climate Liberation Aotearoa supporters dressed in high vis gear declared the meeting cancelled due to the Climate Emergency and began putting away chairs and asking people to leave. More >>
Climate Change Is Alarming! Climate Liberation Aotearoa Disrupts Cruise Passengers With Loud Chanting At Queen's Warf
Friday, 16 August 2024, 5:38 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa
Climate Liberation Aotearoa is calling for an end to the lenience our government gives to the cruise ship industry, asking them to count cruise emissions in our emission targets and reduction plans, and ban these ships from sensitive natural environments. More >>