Here’s the latest news from the campaign to stop the
Wellington motorway and the destruction of Te Aro.
This
morning security guards working for Transit NZ broke into
the freedom shop (Wellington anarchist bookshop at 272 Cuba
St) and changed the locks.
They put a notice up warning
everyone that transit is now the legal occupier of the
building. This afternoon at 4pm about fifty people turned up
with a huge set of boltcutters and chopped the locks off and
re opened the freedom shop.
Lots of media turned up to
film the lock chopping and surrounding protests. so as of
now the freedom shop is open again. the building across the
road (289 Cuba St) is also occupied by protesters with
several people sleeping there.
It is also being used as a
meeting room and protest base so if you are in the area pop
in and say hello..
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