Protest Circuit
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…mō te āke, āke, āke! (Dunedin Waitangi Day, 6th February 2024)
I decided to let this one sit with me for a bit before endeavoring to get it into publishable shape, so my field notes/protest photography article on this year’s massive Waitangi Day demonstration in Ōtepoti Dunedin are appearing a little… Continue reading
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Long, Slow, and with Terrible Haste (Dunedin-Palestine Solidarity Movement, October-December 2023)
I had intended to publish this around a month ago, but unfortunately life gets ahead at times. C’est la vie, I suppose. In keeping with the local demonstration photo galleries I posted in 2022, this will be a mixture of… Continue reading
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Gathering Flames (Mosgiel Firefighters Strike, 19th August 2022)
After decades of running down and chronic underfunding, the fire service in New Zealand experienced its first unqualified strike across the country on the 19th August for an hour at 11AM. While there have been go-slows, work-to-rules, and partial strikes… Continue reading
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A Day in the Winter Sun (Pro-Choice/US Solidarity Rally, 16th July 2022)
In the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v Wade and subsequent developments (both in the United States and in the National Party here in New Zealand), feminist protests offering solidarity to the US and reaffirming the commitment to maintain… Continue reading
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Derek’s No Good, Very Bad Day in Dunedin (Anti-FRC Rally, 2nd July 2022)
Destiny Church level boss in Christchurch and leading organiser of their de facto ‘street wing’ the Freedom & Rights Coalition (FRC) Derek Tait took a trip down to Dunedin in early July. As far as I’m aware this is the… Continue reading
Notes South from Nowhere 