Two hours after tractors and utes started rolling through central Timaru, Small asked all participants to abandon their road protest and make their way to Caroline Bay. Valentina Bellomo/Stuff Farmers gathered on the outskirts of Timaru ahead of the Howl of a Protest. Bill Shearer of St Andrews, south of Timaru, said he joined the protest because he had been associated with farming all his life. Esther Ashby-Coventry/Stuff Timaru farmer Paul Carrol explains why he is taking part in the Howl of a Protest. SHOURABH VITTALMURTHY/STUFF Tractors and utes head towards the Howl of a Protest in Timaru.

Source: Stuff July 16, 2021 00:28 UTC