Action Against Oil Expansion in New Zealand

Sinead Waites from a group of 12 oil-smeared activists in central Wellington to protest Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee's reckless determination to dig and drill for more dirty fossil fuels while ignoring the impacts on climate change. On the eve of the close of submissions on the Review of the Crown Minerals Act, Greenpeace supporters delivered its submission in dramatic style covering themselves in fake oil (molasses and water) to mimic the impact of a crude oil spill on New Zealand shores. The Greenpeace submission, along with an ongoing petition which has more than 18,000 signatures, calls for the Government to stop the development of new oil and coal reserves and to start investing in building a clean economy.