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Video: Greenpeace Lyttleton Blockage + Background

By: Greenpeace New Zealand
Published: Mon 31 Mar 2008 10:07 AM
Video: Greenpeace Lyttleton Blockage + Background
This video gives some background to the Greenpeace climate change campaign in New Zealand and some footage from the Rainbow Warrior's blockade of the Hellenic Sea coal shipment in Lyttelton on the 25th March. It begins with an overview of the last 4 years of the Greenpeace energy/climate campaign and focuses on our achievements on both Marsden B and Huntly.
For more, see… Greenpeace's account of events at the Lyttleton blockade.
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