Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Stop-Deep-Sea-Oil-Flotilla---Arrives-at-Hicks-Bay-27MZIFVMHLZ0.htmlConceptually similarStop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla Departs AucklandGP04A4RCompleted★★★★Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla - San Pietro ActionGP049T8Completed★★★★Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla - Elvis Teddy at CourtGP04IUDCompleted★★★★Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla - East Cape HuiGP04A59Completed★★★★Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla - ArrestGP049X5Completed★★★★Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla Returns to AucklandGP049WBCompleted★★★★Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla - YachtsGP049XFCompleted★★★★Rainbow Warrior in East Cape ClipreelGP04H8YCompleted★★★★Oil Free Seas Flotilla Departs AucklandGP0STOB88Completed★★★★View AllGP04A4HStop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla - Arrives at Hicks BayFlotilla and Greenpeace activists take inflatables ashore at Wharekahika / Hicks Bay and are welcomed on to the local marae by the local hapu [sub-tribe]. The 'Stop Deep Sea Oil' flotilla was formed to protest Brazilian oil company Petrobras’ plans to drill for oil in the deep waters off the East Cape. In April and May 2011, the flotilla engaged with and successfully disrupted a seismic survey the company was running at the time. It was during this engagement that Elvis Teddy, the skipper of a te Whanau a Apanui-owned fishing boat, was arrested.Locations:Aotearoa-OceaniaDate:15 Apr, 2011Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:4m32sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :CLIPREELKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Greenpeace activists-Inflatables (boats)-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Maori-Marine pollution-Oceans (campaign title)-Offshore drilling-Oil (fossil fuel)-Oil (Industry)-Oil drilling-Oil exploration-Outdoors-Seismic testing-SingingShoot:Stop Deep Sea Oil FlotillaThe 'Stop Deep Sea Oil' flotilla was formed to protest Brazilian oil company Petrobras’ plans to drill for oil in the deep waters off the East Cape. In April and May 2011 the flotilla engaged with and successfully disrupted a seismic survey the company was running at the time.The eight boats that comprised the flotilla - many of which were also involved in opposing France’s nuclear testing in the Pacific, and nuclear fuel shipments through the Tasman Sea - were led by the Vega, which made the first voyage to protest France’s nuclear testing at Moruroa in 1972.Related Collections:Stop Deep Sea Oil Flotilla NZ (Photos & Videos)
