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Photo Essay: Apanui Iwi Protest Deep Sea Oil Drilling in NZ

By: The Scoop Team
Published: Wed 20 Apr 2011 04:25 PM
Apanui Iwi Protest Deep Sea Oil Drilling in New Zealand Waters
Coinciding with the international ‘Day of Direct Action against Extraction’ commemorating the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, a substantial group protested against Deep Sea Oil Drilling in New Zealand Waters in Wellington today. The group consisted mostly of Maori from the Iwi Te Whānau-ā-Apanui.
Photos by Nick Brown


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