Family Walk South Island For A GE Free Future
Wednesday, 29 August 2001, 11:50 am
Press Release: Coalition for a GE Free Environment
Peter and Kim Ens and their 21 month old son Patrick are
walking the length of the South Island to display their
support for a GE Free New Zealand.
The family left from
Slope Point Lighthouse, at the Southernmost point of the
South Island, on Saturday They will be arriving in Dunedin
sometime on Wednesday morning.
The family are taking
their campervan and Pieter and Kim are taking it in turns to
walk and drive. The family do not have a fixed itinery but
plan to walk up the main highways.
They hope to bring
their message to MPs when they arrive in
Wellington.
Ends
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