Environmental activists put their bodies on the line in Christchurch today to highlight the message that coal is taking a toll.
Thirty Extinction Rebellion members sat on the train tracks in Woolston on Friday. Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers
Nineteen people were arrested and five train services were disrupted when 30 Extinction Rebellion members sat on the train tracks in Woolston, from 10am to early in the afternoon.
About 70 other protesters cheered on from the safety of the railway’s grass berm, including people who had taken the day off work and travelled from around the South Island.
Julia Neill said it was about looking towards a sustainable future…
Source: RNZ
5:06 pm on 9 August 2019
Katie Todd, Reporter
Simon Rogers, Photographer
