Images by George McLellan
Wellington, Jul 6 2011 12PM: Around 400 enthusiastic protestors gathered outside parliament to demonstrate against the Government’s roads of national significance development project. The demonstration was initially organised by Kapiti residents who are opposed to the development of an expressway through their community. Below are twenty images of the rally.
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