#1238 Protest Against Mining In NZ's National Parks

Show 1238 Saturday 10 July

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Recently the New Zealand government said they were considering allowing mining in some of our national parks.

Lots of people aren't happy about this, so they gathered in the middle of Auckland to protest.

When the government wants to steal something that belongs to all of us, this is what we do, we gather and we march.

- Steve Abel

Some people bought drums.

And there were hundreds of signs.

NATIONAL PARKS, NOT National’s Parks!

OURS. NOT MINES (labour.org.nz)

WHERE WILL THE FAERIES LIVE?

JOHN KEY … minister of TAILINGS

Too Precious To Mine

WE NEED MORE MINES LIKE WE NEED A HOLE IN THE GROUND

HELLO GOLD MINERS. GOODBYE 100% PURE NZ.

Don’t mine Papatuanuku

DON’T UNDERMINE NZ

LOCK UP BROWNLEE AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!

* Lock somebody up and throw away the key is an expression which means to lock up someone and never let them out.

MR KEY IF YOU WANT TO BE AN AUSTRALIAN MOVE!

NO ONE LIKES A GREEDY GUTS

BEND OVER NZ. WE’RE ABOUT TO GET MINE SHAFTED.

mine shaft

to be shafted

THEY SAY MINE WE SAY OURS

music

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artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
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artist: Matthew Tyas
album: Music for the movies vol1
tracks: Grey Planet
from: Oloron Sainte-Marie, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
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