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Greenpeace protestors hit by weather in testing night on OMV barricades
It’s been a challenging night on the barricades for the climate protestors blocking entrances to OMV – New Zealand’s last major offshore oil exploration company. The rain came in, high…
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Greenpeace calls on OMV to leave NZ as blockade continues
Climate protesters are eight hours into a planned 72 hour blockade of the OMV building in New Plymouth. More activists are arriving from around the country, and organisers say they’re…
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Climate protesters shut down New Plymouth oil giant
Around a hundred climate protesters led by Greenpeace have formed a human barricade around the offices of OMV
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Hundreds to descend on OMV in New Plymouth for climate protest
Hundreds of climate protesters are expected to descend on New Plymouth
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Protestors chase OMV henchboat north
A group of people who have been occupying Austrian oil giant OMV’s support vessel in the Port of Timaru are now racing north to New Plymouth – the destination of…
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Police move in to end Greenpeace oil ship occupation
After 50 hours occupying OMV’s oil and gas exploration ‘henchboat’ in Timaru to prevent it leaving port, the last 10 protestors are now being forcibly removed by police. The occupation…
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OMV ‘henchboat’ occupation rolls into second day
Dozens of people from seasoned activists to first timers, grandparents and academics, are continuing to occupy the support vessel for Austrian oil giant OMV. The occupation in the Port of…
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30 people occupying OMV support vessel to halt oil operations
30 people, including a team of Greenpeace climbers, have stormed aboard the support vessel for Austrian oil giant OMV’s oil rig at dawn this morning, and some have locked themselves…
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Dangerous nitrous oxide emissions rising fast – New study
An international team of scientists have just found that nitrous oxide emissions are rising much faster than had been previously thought. Nitrous oxide is a long-lived and potent greenhouse gas,…
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Bottom trawled coral ‘ stolen by Talley’s ’ dumped at Parliament
Greenpeace protesters have covered Parliament lawn with replica coral this morning, calling on the Government to take urgent action on bottom trawling.
