Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New Zealand

Aerial of Greenpeace activists locked on to barrel in front of digger and ground banner that reads "STOP BIG IRRIGATION / #SaveOurRivers".
The action is against the Central Plains Water, an enormous multi-million dollar irrigation scheme in Canterbury, New Zealand. The scheme is taking water out of the Rakaia river in Canterbury. Much of that water will be used to expand intensive dairying.

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Locations: Aotearoa, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Credit line: © Simon Baker / Greenpeace

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Stop Big Irrigation Action in New Zealand

Greenpeace activists stopped the laying of pipes for Central Plains Water, an enormous multi-million dollar irrigation scheme in Canterbury, New Zealand.
The scheme is taking water out of the Rakaia river in Canterbury. Much of that water will be used to expand intensive dairying.
Several activists locked themselves inside irrigation pipes, and inside machinery, while others are blocking the pipe trench being dug.

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