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With legal avenues exhausted, the protectors at Kennedy Point say they ve no choice but to occupy the beach.
Protesters trying to stop construction work they believe could harm little blue penguins at Waiheke’s Kennedy Point say they have been left with “no choice” but to take urgent legal action. Save Kennedy Point campaigners took their fight to the High Court on Monday, when they filed an application for an injunction and judicial review against Auckland Council and the Department of Conservation with Kennedy Point Boat Harbour Limited a party to proceedings.
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Protestors at the site of a controversial marina development on Waiheke Island with model penguins on display.