Press releases
Extinction Rebellion Queenstown Lakes Wanaka Action
Extinction Rebellion Queenstown Lakes are undertaking our first action on Wednesday 24th at the Wanaka lakefront – specific location will be announced at 7am. We are taking this disruptive action in order to highlight the [...]
Extinction and climate protests follow damning report
Activists will take non-violent civil disobedience against climate and ecological collapse tomorrow, Saturday 20 April. Extinction Rebellion (XR) will protest in Auckland, Thames, Tauranga, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and Dunedin. The protests follow the Government’s release [...]
Extinction Rebellion – We are the Rising Tide
On Saturday 20th April, Extinction Rebellion Te Whanganui-a-Tara will be holding a human wave for action on climate change. The wave will be gathering at 11am at Waitangi Park before moving throughout the CBD waterfront [...]
Sour milk at Parliament, in protest against polluted waterways + Video
Around 60 members of Extinction Rebellion Te Whanganui-a-Tara gathered in Parliament grounds this afternoon to protest against intensive dairy farming and the associated land damage, greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater pollution, health impacts and species extinction. [...]
ECan CEO advocates for declaration of climate emergency
Environment Canterbury CEO Bill Bayfield has promised to ask ECan councillors to declare a climate emergency at their next meeting on May 16. Bayfield's promise was in response to a theatrical protest held by Extinction [...]
Wellington SOUR MILK – There is a sour side to our white gold
Extinction Rebellion (XR) Wellington will be taking action at Parliament at 3pm on the 17th of April 2019 to draw attention to the sour side of our white gold. Esteemed freshwater ecologist Dr. Mike Joy [...]
Courageous rebellion takes off in Aotearoa
Across the world, thousands of people are taking part in a rebellion to avert climate, ecological and human catastrophe. This begins in Aotearoa New Zealand today. Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand spokesperson Rowan Brooks says [...]
Extinction Rebellion to give ECan a performance review
"We’re going to give ECan a performance review to let them know they need to do something about the ecological emergency" says Extinction Rebellion Åtautahi (XR Åtautahi) spokesperson Grace Stainthorpe. "As members and representatives of [...]
Wellington Gathering of Rebels
Extinction Rebellion Te Whanganui-a-Tara Kick-Off Event “A Gathering of Rebels” International Week of Action against climate change and the 6th mass extinction (April 15 - 20, 2019) On Monday, April 15th 2019, Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) [...]
International week of extinction rebellion starts in NZ
What An international week of civil disobedience to avert climate, ecological and human catastrophe. It starts in New Zealand. In Britain, where the group began, protesters will gridlock London by blocking roads and it's underground [...]
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