Apart from our co-collaborators School Strike 4 Climate Whanganui-a-Tara , we want to thank the following organisations for their practical support. Without it, organising the march and rally would have much so much harder.
They provided high vis, marshals, road cones, PA gear, megaphones, meeting and storage spaces and more:
PSA
Peace Action Wellington
Twofiftyseven
VUWSA
WEGC
Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition
Also, the Police for keeping the marchers safe, and WCC for traffic management advice and support.
Last but not least, the individuals who volunteered with putting up posters, first aid, marshalling, and more!
On 3 March in Wellington, we are holding a march fron Civic Square to Parliament
Please come to support our call for climate justice. This is an intergenerational event, so bring your friends and family! (As well as snacks, water, sun protection and protest placards.)
Meet at Civic Square at 2pm
From there we will march to Parliament with our protest signs and chanting, arriving at 3pm.
At Parliament there will be speeches and we will present our demands to invited Members of Parliament.
This event is a collaboration between Fridays for Future Te Upoko o Te Ika and School Strike For Climate Te Whanganui-a-tara.
We made an online pamphlet with all the details you need
The pamphlet has the schedule of events, karakia, chants and lyrics to The Climate Song which is the feature of the sing-a-long at Parliament.
We are continuing to alternate our Friday lunchtime protests between the Parliament Lawn and Midland Park (outside the Fonterra office), 12.30 till 1.30.
21 April
Midland Park
(due to bad weather, Earth Day action postponed)
28 April
Midland Park
post-Earth Day action
5 May
Parliament lawn
If bad weather, Midland Park
12 May
Midland Park
19 May
Parliament lawn
If bad weather, Midland Park
26 May
Nationwide climate march
Meet at Civic Square 11am, march to Parliament, arriving around 12 noon for rally.
Fridays for Future at the Great Big Waterfront Clean-up 28 Jan 2022
On Friday 28 January a break-away group from Fridays for Future signed up to the Great Big Waterfront Clean-up (organised by Museum of Wellington and Sustainable Coastlines).
Inorganic rubbish that is not disposed of properly (into a rubbish bag that is taken to the dump) often ends up in our seas, rivers, streams etc, and then either inside bird/fish stomachs or around their necks.
Armed with garden gloves, plus-size rubbish sacks and specially made “Fridays for Future” flaglets, we followed the instruction to go forth and pick up litter.
Earlier groups of rubbish retrievers had already gone ahead and filled their sacks with the big stuff. We got the low-lying junk clinging to bushes and hiding under piles of leaves – bits of polystyrene, cigarette butts galore, bottle caps, chocolate bar wrappers, clingfilm, unidentified bits of hard plastic, and a cute anxiety ring (that I will take home to clean and wear). All that squatting was quite the inner-thigh workout!
Early arrivals waiting for the rest of the group.
In the meantime, our presence on the Parliament Lawn continued as usual…
Holding the fort at the Parliament Lawn
I will leave you with a photo from the previous Friday, when an impressive family group visiting Wellington for the day joined us to show their support. It is always great to talk to – and pose with – anyone dropping by.
21 Jan 2022 – Joined by members of a Tongan family reunion
