Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Stopping-Big-Irrigation-Action-in-New-Zealand-27MZIFJXVHDQF.htmlConceptually similarStopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4NCompleted★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4PCompleted★★★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4LCompleted★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4SCompleted★★★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4QCompleted★★★★Stopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGP0STQZ4RCompleted★★★★People's Occupation of the Canterbury Regional Council in New ZealandGP0STR49FCompleted★★★★Intensive Dairy Conversion in Mackenzie Country, New ZealandGP0STRZ4ZCompleted★★★★Intensive Dairy Conversion in Mackenzie Country, New ZealandGP0STRZ50Completed★★★★View AllGP0STQZ4MStopping Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGreenpeace activists locked on to digger with banner that reads "STOP BIG IRRIGATION / #TooManyCows".The action is against the Central Plains Water, an enormous multi-million dollar irrigation scheme in Canterbury, New Zealand. The scheme is taking water out of the Rakaia river in Canterbury. Much of that water will be used to expand intensive dairying.Locations:Aotearoa-Canterbury (New Zealand)Date:2 Aug, 2017Credit:© Simon Baker / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4000px X 2667pxKeywords:Access blockade actions-Actions and protests-Banners-Chaining actions-Climate (campaign title)-Dairy farming-Day-Diggers-Greenpeace activists-Irrigation-KWCI (GPI)-OutdoorsShoot:Stop Big Irrigation Action in New ZealandGreenpeace activists stopped the laying of pipes for Central Plains Water, an enormous multi-million dollar irrigation scheme in Canterbury, New Zealand.The scheme is taking water out of the Rakaia river in Canterbury. Much of that water will be used to expand intensive dairying.Several activists locked themselves inside irrigation pipes, and inside machinery, while others are blocking the pipe trench being dug.Related Collections:Stop Big Irrigation Action in New Zealand (Photos & Videos)