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Princess Cruises Confronted For A Third Time In Three Days
26 November 2024 Climate Liberation Aotearoa gave Diamond Princess Passengers cruise ship passengers an informative spirited welcome to Ōtepoti Dunedin on Tuesday the 26th of November. A cluster of protestors gathered outside Dunedin’s iconic railway station to meet with passengers. Chalk drawings covered the pavement point out how detrimental the cruise ship industry is to…
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Out On The Water to Clean Up Cruise Pollution
25 November 2024 At dawn on Monday 25 November, 16 Christchurch and Lyttelton supporters of Climate Liberation Aotearoa (CLA) kayaked out to meet the Diamond Princes cruise ship as it docked at Lyttelton Port. This was part of a planned phase of escalation to on-water tactics by the climate action group, in keeping with advice…
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Diamond Princess met with protests for the 5th time since start of cruise season
24 November 2024 Protesters greeting the Princess Cruises ship in Pōneke on Sunday morning wore bowties, top hats, and waved Monopoly money as they marched in front of the passenger shuttles coming into the central city. This is the fifth time since the start of the summer cruise season that protestors from Climate Liberation Aotearoa…
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Ōtepoti Becomes The latest community to join in NObela Boycott Action
November 17th 2024 In Ōtepoti Dunedin this afternoon at approximately 1pm supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement picketed outside Woolworths South Dunedin, calling on the supermarket chain to remove Obela products from its shelves. Others entered the supermarket and attached stickers to Obela products, informing customers that Obela supports the illegal Israeli occupation,…
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Glacier Tourism Hangs In The Balance
30 October 2024 Over Labour weekend, Climate Liberation Aotearoa displayed several huge banners around the Haupapa/Tasman Glacier to highlight the environmental impact of New Zealand’s heli-tourism business. Banners with messages such as, ‘HELI TOURS MELT ICE’ and ‘TOURIST HELIS MELT GLACIERS’ were read by pilots and passengers as they flew overhead on sightseeing trips. ‘With…
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Cruise protests to continue, told they are targeting wrong group
22 October 2024 Cruise ships arriving in New Zealand this season can expect to be met by protesters. Climate Liberation Aotearoa has met Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess ship each time it docked at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Last Tuesday, on the first day of Dunedin’s cruise season at Port Chalmers the group gathered to…
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Dream Holiday? Climate Activists Say No Way Does The Cruise Industry Deliver On The Dream It’s Selling
15 October 2024 Climate Liberation Aotearoa again greeted the Diamond Princess cruise ship on Tuesday, 15th October in Port Chalmers, Ōtepoti Dunedin. This is the fourth time in six days that the group has met the Diamond Princess, the first ship of the summer season, to highlight the issue of luxury emissions during a climate…
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Climate Liberation Aotearoa confronts Princess Cruise Lines for the third time in 5 days
October 14th 2024 On Monday morning, a gigantic banner saying “Cruise = ☹️Climate“ was unfurled on the hillside in Diamond Harbour as the ship made its way to dock in Lyttleton, Ōtautahi. This was the third time in 5 days that the climate action group, Climate Liberation Aotearoa has confronted the passengers from the Princess…
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Climate Liberation Aotearoa protests Diamond Princess cruises in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland
October 10th 2024 Cruise ship passengers on board the Diamond Princess, the first ship of the summer cruise season, received an unconventional welcome to Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland this morning from supporters of Climate Liberation Aotearoa and Extinction Rebellion Tāmaki Makaurau. Passengers were greeted to the City of Sails by members of Climate Liberation Aotearoa and Extinction…
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Dunedin Flood: Climate Crisis Spoils Climate Protest
4 October 2024 Today at 10am, supporters of Climate Liberation Aotearoa staged a road blockade to draw attention to the climate crisis, however the road was already blocked and the protest was ruined by climate change fueled flooding. Last year in September, leading NZ climate scientist Professor James Renwick was interviewed on Otago Access radio.…
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Cruise Ship Meeting Delayed Due To Climate Emergency
13 September 2024 Representatives from local council, port officials, Department of Conservation and local tourism operators today had some unexpected guests at their pre-cruise ship season meeting at the Edgar Centre. Climate Liberation Aotearoa supporters dressed in high vis gear declared the meeting cancelled due to the Climate Emergency and began putting away chairs and…
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Cruise vs climate: ‘Intimidating’ protests prompt safety fears
1 September 2024 The cruise industry claims climate activists are becoming increasingly intimidating, with management plans now in place at Auckland’s downtown port amid fears someone could get hurt. Amelia Wade reports. Dragging their wheeled suitcases after disembarking the giant ship behind them, the cruisers are welcomed to Auckland by protesters covered in fake blood…
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Climate breakdown is here. Now, luxury cruises must end
19 August 2024 Cruise ship passengers on board the Pacific Explorer received an unconventional welcome to Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland this morning from supporters of Climate Liberation Aotearoa. Passengers were greeted to the City of Sails by members of Climate Liberation Aotearoa covered in fake blood and holding signs reading ‘Cruise Emissions Kill’ and ‘Your Cruise –…
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Fast Track protest at Hamish Campbell’s Office
17th August 2024 Climate Liberation Aotearoa is holding a visual exhibition of the devastation that will be caused by the Fast Track Bill, outside Hamish Campbell’s office in Ilam, Ōtautahi Christchurch at 10 am on Saturday. Activists will turn the car park into an art installation, allowing Ilam MP Hamish Campbell to more fully comprehend…
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Climate Change Is Alarming! Climate Liberation Aotearoa Disrupts Cruise Passengers With Loud Chanting At Queen’s Warf
16 August 2024 At 9am this morning, Climate Liberation Aotearoa activists disrupted cruise ship passengers as they exited the P&O Pacific Explorer at Queens Wharf in Auckland. Passengers were greeted with megaphone singing and chanting. “Cruise ship passengers have for too long turned a blind eye to the damage they are causing to our climate,”…
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Climate Liberation Aotearoa Disrupts Cruise Association Conference After Delegates Deregistered
15 August 2024 At 1:30 this afternoon 14 supporters of Climate Liberation Aotearoa entered the Cordis Hotel in Auckland to disrupt the New Zealand Cruise Ship Association Conference due to CLA’s two delegates being de-registered the night before the conference, by Jacqui Lloyd, chief executive officer of the Cruise Association. “When we registered we didn’t…
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Time To Count The Cost Of Smelly Cruise Ships
15 August 2024 This morning Climate Liberation Aotearoa supporters will be at Queen’s Wharf in Tāmaki Makaurau welcoming passengers from the Coral Princess with a street theatre performance depicting the impact of the cruise ship industry on marine ecosystems. “We will be there to greet the Coral Princess and raise awareness of the cruise ship…
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Protest At The Consulate Of Uganda, Paeroa, NZ
13 August 2024 Yesterday afternoon, climate activists from Climate Liberation Aotearoa were gagged and tied up in front of the honorary consulate of Uganda in Paeroa, in order to expose the mistreatment and silencing of climate activists by the government of Uganda. This follows the arrest on Friday Aug 9 of 49 members of Students…
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Coal Train Blocking Climate Protesters Face Court Today
31 July 2024 Climate Protectors Are Not Criminals Six New Zealanders from across the South Island, supporters of the Extinction Rebellion climate group, will appear in the Dunedin District Court today for blocking a coal train at Dunedin Railway Station in 2021. They face charges of obstructing railway employees in the course of their duty…
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People’s Assembly outside Hamish Campbell’s Office
28 July 2024 Climate Liberation Aotearoa are facilitating a People’s Assembly this Sunday the 28th July at 12pm, outside MP Hamish Campbell’s office. All members of the public are welcome to come and discuss the Fast Track Bill and what to do about it. A number of experts including Iwi leader and climate change iwi…