Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Occupying-Big-Irrigation-in-New-Zealand-27MZIFJXS0WOJ.htmlConceptually similarOccupying Big Irrigation in New ZealandGP0STR492Completed★★★★Occupying Big Irrigation in New ZealandGP0STR494Completed★★★★Occupying Big Irrigation in New ZealandGP0STR490Completed★★★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4MCompleted★★★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4NCompleted★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4PCompleted★★★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4QCompleted★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4LCompleted★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4SCompleted★★★★★★View AllGP0STR496Occupying Big Irrigation in New ZealandGreenpeace and local activists occupying the site of the Central Plains Water Dam.Locations:Aotearoa-Canterbury (New Zealand)-OceaniaDate:7 Sep, 2017Credit:© Jeremy Gould / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3000px X 2000pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Activists-Climate (campaign title)-Dams-Day-Irrigation-KWCI (GPI)-Occupation actions-Outdoors-SAGE (campaign title)Shoot:Occupying Big Irrigation in New Zealand (Photos)Greenpeace activists and locals occupy a dam construction site in central Canterbury, New Zealand - defying legal threats from a big irrigation company.The dam is 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.Related Collections:Occupying Big Irrigation in New Zealand (Photos & Video)