Press releases
Week of action media coverage
Rebels from across Aotearoa New Zealand travelled to Paekakariki, Wellington for a Rebel Camp from Saturday 5 - Tuesday 8 October. On Monday 7 , the group was the first to disrupt one of 60 [...]
Extinction Rebellion to disrupt Wellington
Extinction Rebellion will disrupt Wellington on Monday 7 October, starting an international wave of climate and environmental civil disobedience. Participants will meet at Midlands Park, Wellington at 7 am before moving to undisclosed locations. National [...]
Stop the Petroleum Conference for good
Monday, 30 September 2019, 8:19 amPress Release: Oil Free Otago Today a coalition of groups and citizens, including Extinction Rebellion, Oil Free Otago, Environmental Justice Otepoti and others, have gathered in Queenstown to strongly oppose [...]
Protesters Target Ardern for Climate-Change Hypocrisy as She Takes World Stage
As New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took the world stage at the United Nations Action Summit on Climate Change, protesters called her out for hypocrisy back home. Climate activists backed by the international grass-roots [...]
Ōpōtiki District Council Declares Climate Emergency
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 3:04 pm Press Release: Extinction Rebellion At today’s Ordinary Council Meeting, Members of Extinction Rebellion Ōpōtiki urged ODC to make a Climate & Ecological Emergency Declaration (CEED), including signing the Local [...]
Ōpōtiki District Council declares a Climate Change Emergency
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 3:04 pm Press Release: Extinction Rebellion At today’s Ordinary Council Meeting, Members of Extinction Rebellion Ōpōtiki urged ODC to make a Climate & Ecological Emergency Declaration (CEED), including signing the Local [...]
Amazon vigil: the sound of rainforest burning
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 1:40 pm Press Release: Extinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Media advisory for immediate release Thursday 5 September at 8:45 am Amazon vigil: the sound of rainforest burning What: A [...]
Extinction Rebellion Ōtautahi to peacefully block coal
Thursday, 8 August, 2019 - 09:15 Extinction Rebellion (XR) Ōtautahi have invited the public to engage in peaceful civil disobedience this Friday (9 August) to launch their "rebellion against coal". XR have declared a rebellion [...]
Social issues a major theme for National Poetry Day
Original article on Scoop Social issues a major theme for National Poetry Day Thursday, 1 August 2019, 9:07 am Press Release: Phantom Billstickers Climate change and the plight of refugees are the focus of some [...]
XR Ōtautahi Declares Rebellion Against Coal
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1907/S00310/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1907/S00310/xr-otautahi-declares-rebellion-against-coal.htmxr-otautahi-declares-rebellion-against-coal.htm XR Ōtautahi Declares Rebellion Against Coal Thursday, 25 July 2019, 11:45 am Press Release: Extinction Rebellion XR Ōtautahi is declaring a rebellion against coal in Canterbury. We are holding an official launch party for [...]
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