Protesters briefly brought a central city Auckland intersection to a halt today rallying in support of urgent action against climate change.
The group gathered at the busy intersection of Victoria St West and Queen St in the CBD close to midday.
About 40 people stood in the intersection with a banner that boasts the words “Rebel for Life”.
Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand spokeswoman Lynne Dempsey said the Auckland protest went well with the group only briefly holding up traffic.
No governments had listened when they had held peaceful protests, she said.
“So we now have to be socially disruptive, non-violent civil disobedience, but disruptive of traffic and things like oil outlets.”
The point is that governments were there to protect the people and “we are not being protected” because they were not taking any action to urgently address carbon emissions.
Speaking from Christchurch a group spokesman said a string of protests in New Zealand were a part of a movement across the world demanding an urgent response to avert climate and ecological catastrophe.
