{"id":3670,"date":"2018-07-02T06:56:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T18:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?page_id=3670"},"modified":"2025-06-23T21:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:38:13","slug":"greenpeace-activists-halt-dairy-conversion-in-the-mackenzie-country","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/greenpeace-activists-halt-dairy-conversion-in-the-mackenzie-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace activists halt dairy conversion in the Mackenzie country LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            LIVE\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n\n                \n                        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\">\n                            <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/23869\/petition\/1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\n                                Sign the Petition\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3956\" height=\"2965\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/07\/9d08b30c-dji_0059sdzdf.jpeg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/07\/9d08b30c-dji_0059sdzdf.jpeg 3956w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/07\/9d08b30c-dji_0059sdzdf-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/07\/9d08b30c-dji_0059sdzdf-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/07\/9d08b30c-dji_0059sdzdf-1024x767.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/07\/9d08b30c-dji_0059sdzdf-1823x1366.jpeg 1823w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/07\/9d08b30c-dji_0059sdzdf-454x340.jpeg 454w\" class=\"wp-image-3791 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <p>                Dozens of environmental activists have braved freezing temperatures this morning to protest at the site of a proposed mega dairy farm in the Mackenzie \/ Te Manahuna. 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