Protest to stop seismic surveying takes the streetsSIMON O'CONNOR/STUFF A large group gathered at Puke Ariki to protest the seismic surveying happening off the coast of New Zealand. The human-made noises were said to illustrate the disturbance that is currently happening underwater off the Taranaki coast - it was a "walking seismic survey on the street". At midday on Saturday a group of passionate locals and campaigners joined the Stop the Seismic Survey protest that started at Puke Ariki and moved onto Devon Street. The Climate Justice Taranaki protest was an attempt to raise awareness and stop the surveying that is being done off the coast of Taranaki by the oilfield services company Schlumberger New Zealand. "The Amazon Warrior, the world's largest seismic surveying vessel, is out there right now even though we can't see it.

Source: Stuff December 02, 2017 06:11 UTC