Teen climate protesters on train tracks at Dunedin are endangering their lives, police say
29 Apr, 2021 01:48 AM
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Protesters opposing the use and transport of coal block the railway tracks near the Dunedin Railway Station this morning. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
Protesters opposing the use and transport of coal block the railway tracks near the Dunedin Railway Station this morning. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
Otago Daily Times
A train driver stopped by climate activists this morning did not see three youths on the tracks until the train was dangerously close, police say.
Extinction Rebellion Ōtepoti activists have once again stopped a train carrying coal from leaving Dunedin Railway Station.
Teen climate activists criticised for protesting on train tracks Thu, 29 Apr 2021, 2:59PM
Protesters opposing the use and transport of coal block the railway tracks near the Dunedin Railway Station this morning. Photo / Stephen Jaquiery
Teen climate activists criticised for protesting on train tracks Thu, 29 Apr 2021, 2:59PM
A train driver stopped by climate activists this morning did not see three youths on the tracks until the train was dangerously close, police say.
Extinction Rebellion Ōtepoti activists have once again stopped a train carrying coal from leaving Dunedin Railway Station.
It follows another protest like it yesterday.
Three young activists stepped on to the rail track about 7.20am.
Dinnissen was critical of the adults who watched the incident unfold.
No-one was arrested at the scene, but police were “working through that process”, he said. No-one was arrested, but Dinnissen said the protesters needed to realise trains could not stop, and they were “putting themselves and everyone else at risk”. Dante Dawes, 17, told
Stuff he and the two other teens went on the tracks at 7.15am with the intent of delaying the coal train from Western Southland, which they did for about an hour. The trio, who were part of the youth wing of Extinction Rebellion, were acting under ‘’our own autonomy’’.