Protestors say "enuf is enuf" to aerial baiting
BY GEORGE GARDNER
Relevant offers
A national day of protest against the aerial dumping of all poisons in New Zealand will include a Waiheke march and the launch of a song and music video.
Protesters will walk up Oceanview Road in Oneroa on Sunday November 15, starting at the Post Office at 2pm.
They plan to march through the village to Artworks where there will be drumming, music, speakers, and the launch of music video "Enuf is Enuf" at 4pm.
The song is a collaboration of New Zealand artists jazz musician Caitlin Smith, blues performers Billy TK
and Katy Soljak, and the protest's national co-ordinator, island resident Paul Cohen.
Musicians on the recording include Johnnie Stevens, Mel Davies, members of men's choir V12, the Campfire Girls and Nic Stevens of reggae band Cornerstone Roots.
Mr Cohen says protests will also take place in Rotorua, Coromandel, Wellington, Takaka in Golden Bay, Te Anau and all around country.
Auckland's rally will meet at 2pm in QE2 Square and protesters will march up Queen Street, he says.
"The point of all this is to get the government to stop dumping aerial poisons as it's indiscriminate and there are far better ways to get rid of pests, such as trapping," says Mr Cohen.
"There are places in the country where this has been successful. At the Puketi Forest Trust in the Bay of Islands, Maori have worked in partnership with Forest and Bird under the umbrella of the Department of Conservation to stop aerial baiting in favour of bait stations.
"That project has reduced the pests so effectively they are going to introduce endangered species to the 15,000 hectares," says Mr Cohen.
For more information on the protest go to enufisenuf.co.nz
- Waiheke Marketplace
