Climbing Action at OMV Headquarters in Wellington

Greenpeace climbers scale the Majestic Centre, the tallest building in Wellington, to reach the headquarters of Austrian oil giant, OMV. The two activists began the unusual ascent at dawn and the climb is expected to take all day. If they can make it to OMV’s offices on the 20th floor, they will deliver a message. They deploy banners along the way. Following the departure of oil majors Chevron and Equinor (formerly Statoil) this month, OMV is the last remaining international oil giant operating in New Zealand. A self-propelled drill rig, which will be used by OMV to drill exploratory wells off the Taranaki Coast and in the Great South Basin, has just arrived in the country. Greenpeace New Zealand claims that the arrival of the rig comes as governments and councils all over the world are declaring a climate emergency.