Protest planned outside dairy awards venue
As the dairy industry prepares to celebrate its top achievers at an awards night this Saturday, attendees are being warned to be aware of protests planned outside the venue – Baypark Arena, Mount Mauganaui.
Three protestors were escorted out of Parliament’s public gallery after heckling as a Green MP spoke.
They also draped large pink banners from the public gallery which read ‘Too Many Cows. Climate Election Now’.
They then issued three short blasts on a whistle and shouted the same “too many cows” slogan. It came as Greens co-leader Marama Davidson was asking a supplementary question to the Minister of Climate Change James Shaw. “Why are emissions falling?” she asked before the commotion kicked off.
The protestors were removed by security.
