A protester arrested at a gas conference is understood to be the first member of Extinction Rebellion to be charged in New Zealand.

About 20 members of the Christchurch/Ōtautahi branch of the climate action group gathered outside Christchurch District Court on Tuesday afternoon to support activist Dylan Parker, who was charged with being found without reasonable excuse on Rydges Hotel in Latimer Square…

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SOURCE: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/117169560/extinction-rebellion-activist-to-appear-in-christchurch-district-court