The streets of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, echoed with the sound of people power today.
From Aotea Square to the US Consulate on Customs Street, protesters marched shoulder-to-shoulder because they refuse to let Aotearoa become a supply chain for global conflict.
The protesters in the March for Peace were demanding that the New Zealand government refuse any “war mineral” deals with the US President Donald Trump’s administration.
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“We will not allow our precious environment to be mined and destroyed to feed a military machine,” said a statement by the organisers Greenpeace Aotearoa with Anti-War Aotearoa (AAA).
“But our fight doesn’t end today. We need to send a direct, undeniable message to Jared Novelly, the newly confirmed incoming US Ambassador.
“As an oil billionaire and Republican donor, he is looking to our region to secure these minerals — and we need to stand united to tell him NO!
“Our whenua and moana are not for sale, and they are certainly not bargaining chips for foreign wars.”
Video clip and images by Kerry Sorensen-Tyrer.
This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.