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Operation 8 verdict

rocky — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:26:25 +0000

The judge is just dismissing the jury for the day - they will resume deliberations tomorrow morning.

David Shearer – The Backstory

rocky — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:19:03 +0000

One of David Shearer’s campaign volunteers organised this video as a surprise for David on the night of the Mt Albert By-Election in 2009. We played it to David and the Labour Party activists during the election night celebrations and I’ve had it sitting on my computer ever since. After re-watching it with my partner ...

Operation 8: Deep in the Forest

rocky — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:46:35 +0000

Last night walking into the film screening in Auckland I was a bit apprehensive about how it would all be put together. Fortunately my fears were unfounded and the film did justice to the complex issues involved.

Protest @ WINZ today!

rocky — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:19:39 +0000

Aucklanders - the fight back against the worst recommendations in the Rebstock report starts now. Join us - Auckland Against Poverty - in a picket, 2pm today outside Work & Income, Sel Peacock Dr, Henderson.

Sack Paul Henry – protests at TVNZ

rocky — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:01:47 +0000

Join the protests this evening outside TVNZ in both Auckland and Wellington calling for Paul Henry to be sacked.

AUCKLAND: 5pm, TVNZ HQ, 100 Victoria Street West
WELLINGTON: 5pm, TVNZ, 86 Lambton Quay

Pig Code of Welfare – last day to send submissions

rocky — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:02 +0000

Today is the last day to send in your submission on NAWAC's draft Code of Welfare for Pigs. New Zealand Open Rescue have put out a new video containing footage from many different farms around the country, to remind you why it is important to have your say. You can send a submission using SAFE's template at www.lovepigs.org.nz.

Summary of Facts – as requested

rocky — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:16:04 +0000

UPDATE 14/01 – my Summary of Facts My only charge is still obstructs police – seemingly because I refused to comply with an unlawful request. Note the fact that they haven’t charged me with disorderly behaviour must mean they realise my use of a megaphone was not unlawful. I have no doubt at all that ...

3rd time today – when will they learn?

rocky — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:20:19 +0000

As lprent has already posted: I was arrested today for chanting on a megaphone. This is the third time I have been arrested for the same thing. As I mentioned yesterday, there was the broiler conference protests in 2005 which led to a precedent being set in the High Court that it is valid to ...

Five more unlawful arrests of protesters today

rocky — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:52:51 +0000

John Darroch called today to inform me that the police were starting to round up and arrest protesters, and that they had three paddywagons ready. I turned up at the protest 10 minutes later and it was pretty much all over. John D, John Minto, and three others had been arrested, and everyone else seemed ...

Anything substantive to say?

rocky — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:15:08 +0000

My assumption whenever I read Cameron John Slater’s trash over at Whale Oil is to assume it’s just that trash. That’s why I don’t bother reading Cameron John Slater’s daily tirade of garbage anymore unless specifically alerted to something (I do have to admit there was a period where I used to read it regularly ...

Climate Direct Action

rocky — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:21:39 +0000

Text from John Darroch a couple of minutes ago: hey just hanging ten stories up the mfat building in welly protesting against fonterror regarding climate change Nice one John – according to NZPA you’re only four stories up. Hope you get your point across and make it down safely! Great to see some action following ...

US Style Cow Stalls – what aspiration!

rocky — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:10:54 +0000

In a year when New Zealand factory farming practices for pigs (and earlier for chickens) have been widely exposed and shocked the country, our dairy industry is looking at adopting similar practices for dairy cows. In a year when climate change has been on the world agenda as never before, our dairy industry is attempting ...

Levin Arrest and Police Escort

rocky — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:31:53 +0000

This is a guest post by Jasmine because I couldn’t be bothered writing it myself Today Rochelle and I were hanging out in Levin, as you do on a Saturday afternoon, and decided to go check out the local layer hen slaughterhouse. There was no one around so we decided to climb the fence and ...

Fighting for democracy?

rocky — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:54 +0000

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton is facing prison after speaking out at an anti-war rally. A British soldier was arrested on Monday for speaking out at an anti-war rally and refusing to return to fight in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Joe Glenton has been charged not just with desertion, but with new charges under the Armed Forces ...

Suppression Orders & The Internet

rocky — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:47:15 +0000

Gagged The Law Commission yesterday released a report on ‘Suppressing Names and Evidence’. It’s timely given that Vince Siemer was arrested just last week for stating on his website that the judge in the Oct 15 ‘terror case’ has ruled that [lprent: gagged - see my comments at bottom] used by police were unlawfully obtained. ...