Photo: Supplied"This storm in a T-shirt" is how a climate activist who tried to pay a court fine using a hand-drawn $50 note has described being trespassed for wearing a shirt saying 'It's a Climate Emergency'. Bruce Mahalski was convicted and discharged in December for trespassing at the Dunedin Airport after wearing the shirt and holding a protest sign. Another trip to Christchurch Airport had been uneventful, but when he returned to Dunedin Airport, he was trespassed. "Last time, I took the $50 note for my offender levy into the court in a bag of coal." As to whether he would return to Dunedin Airport, he did not plan to but expected other activists would.

Source: Stuff January 07, 2026 21:02 UTC