{"id":7391,"date":"2019-12-03T17:48:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T04:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=7391"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:45:12","slug":"omv-blockade-continues-into-its-second-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/omv-blockade-continues-into-its-second-night\/","title":{"rendered":"OMV blockade continues into second night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A \u2018Climate Uprising\u2019 blockade of Austrian oil driller OMV\u2019s Taranaki headquarters has now held strong for 36 hours and is entering its second night. Around 100 people have been braving high winds and heavy rain to demand the Austrian oil giant surrenders it\u2019s permit to explore for oil and gas in New Zealand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Protestors have been blocking all entrances to OMV\u2019s&nbsp; New Plymouth headquarters, forcing its employees to stay away from work for two full days so far.<\/p>\n\n<p>Andrew Duncan from Kapiti spent his 74th birthday on the barricades of the protest.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#39;s a heartwarming moment during the blockade of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@omv<\/a>&#39;s New Plymouth office: protesters sing happy birthday to Andrew from K\u0101piti, who is 74 today! \ud83d\udc9a It takes all kinds of people to stand up to the companies fuelling the climate crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climateuprising?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#climateuprising<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZP7K5Fk0l\">pic.twitter.com\/aZP7K5Fk0l<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceNZ\/status\/1201640974629261312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>\u201cThe world is falling apart and we need to hold it together. 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