Stewart Hydes is co-ordinating a meeting point designated for tradies and ute drivers at the Southern Trust Event Centre on Morgans Rd, Timaru. Hydes said he wasn’t sure exactly how many protestors to expect but said it should run into the hundreds. “Even if half the people who said yes to coming to the protest take part, the number will be in the hundreds,” Stewart Hydes said. Overall South Canterbury protest co-ordinator Roger Small said he was also unsure of numbers, but expected more than 100 tractors and a far bigger number of utes. A Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency spokesperson said district policing teams would be responsible for managing traffic and crowds on the day.
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Small said the Timaru District Council had been really helpful by allowing the participants to use Caroline Bay for the protest. Co-organiser of the South Canterbury protest, Jeremy Talbot, said the protest followed a huge amount of stress in the rural community, caused by Government regulations or proposed regulations including land and water reforms and land use rules. Talbot said the new tax on high emission utes was the final straw. Protests are also planned in more than 40 locations, from Kerikeri to Invercargill, and participants are encouraged to bring their dogs with them to make some noise, hence the name: ‘A Howl of a Protest’.