October 08, 2019
Extinction Rebellion attacks colonial icons
Protest group Extinction Rebellion, which yesterday closed down Wellington streets to protest the continued licensing of oil and gas exploration, today moved its focus to parliament grounds with an attack on a statue of former premier Richard Seddon.
It says King Dick played a major role in the colonisation and exploitation of Māori land.
The group also targets a plaque also targeted a plaque for Captain James Cook, saying he was a perpetrator of atrocities and murderer of Māori people.
Tiaho Ngā Morehu from Ngāi Tahu says “colonisation in Aotearoa stemmed from capitalism and industrialisation in Europe, and the continued exploitation of people, land, and resources in Aotearoa and globally has caused the current social, climate, and ecological emergency.
Josie Butler from Nga Puhi and Muaūpoko, known for throwing a dildo at former minister Steven Joyce at Waitangi, let off a flare to symbolise the class war’flare’ perpetuated by colonisation.
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