Occupying Big Irrigation in New Zealand (Video)

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09/07/2017

Greenpeace activists and locals occupy a dam construction site in central Canterbury - defying legal threats from a big irrigation company.

It’s part of the Central Plains Water irrigation scheme, currently under construction across the Canterbury Plains.

Central Plains Water threatened Greenpeace with a court injunction to try and stop protests against the scheme.

In response Greenpeace occupied the company’s dam, due to be filled with water from the Waimakariri river.

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