Taranaki Action Court Sentence

Greenpeace activists Lucy Lawless (R) Viv Hadlow (C) and Shayne Comino (L) leave the secure area of the New Plymouth District Court, February 7, 2013. While appearing in court the activists were sentenced to 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay $5210 in reparation for climbing the drilling tower of the Noble Discover February 24 2012, while it was moored in Port Taranaki. All were arrested after a 77 hour occupation of the tower. An eight person was arrested on the first day of the action. The ship was being prepared for the it's trip to the Arctic. Greenpeace/Nigel Marple

Unique identifier: GP04IQW

Type: Image

Shoot date: 07/02/2013

Locations: Aotearoa, New Plymouth, Oceania, Taranaki

Credit line: © Nigel Marple / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Taranaki Action Court Sentence

Greenpeace activists appear at the New Plymouth District Court. Actress Lucy Lawless is among them. The activists were sentenced to 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay $5210 in reparation for climbing the drilling tower of the Noble Discoverer ship on February 24 2012, while it was moored in Port Taranaki. All were arrested after a 77 hour occupation of the tower. The activists had stopped the Shell-contracted drillship from departing the port of Taranaki for the remote Arctic, where its exploratory oil drilling programme threatened to devastate the Alaskan coastline.

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