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Thomas Greve/Supplied The Waiheke community was mobilised on Monday morning by calls to protect the kororā. Emily Māia Weiss (Ngāti Pāoa) is one of the occupiers who has been at Kennedy Point full-time for more than a month. When workers arrived by boat on Monday morning, kayakers paddled out in Pūtiki Bay to get between the barge and the breakwater, while between 30 and 40 people gathered on the rocks “talking, having our breakfast”. “It felt like the first time they had seen the power of the people who will come to protect the penguins,” she said.
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Protesters have lined the walkways surrounding the occupation with placards. On Wednesday, 30 days since the construction barge arrived at the bay and the protectors moved in, workers erected fences above the breakwater. It was one of the first visible signs of construction since the first week, when two piles were driven into the seabed. Emily Māia Weiss (Ngāti Pāoa) has been on the beach since day one. She heads up Protect Kennedy Point, a movement that brings together supporters from Ngāti Pāoa, Save Kennedy Point (SKP), Waiheke s Piritahi Marae, environmental groups and the community.