{"id":2494,"date":"2015-02-09T07:27:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T18:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2015-02-11T07:17:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T18:17:53","slug":"stop-statoil-hikoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/?p=2494","title":{"rendered":"Stop Statoil Hikoi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/avatr.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/avatr.gif\" alt=\"avatr\" width=\"70\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Mana News editor Joe Trinder<\/p>\n<p>On 6th Feb Waitangi day Rueben Taipari Porter lead the Hikoi against the Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil. I first met Rueben last year at Waitangi \u00a0and we discussed his campaign for the Mayoralty of Tai Tokerau during the local body elections, in which he came up with some really impressive answers. During the Stop Statoil Hikoi Rueben showed a commanding presence and displayed \u00a0superb leadership skills. Rueben has successfully \u00a0managed to disrupt public support for deep sea oil drilling and the profile of the Statoil company.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2504\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2504 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben2-1024x865.jpg\" alt=\"Rueben2\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben2-1024x865.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben2-300x253.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben2-495x418.jpg 495w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Rueben Taipari Right: Tim O&#8217;Shea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The protests managed to attract a crowd of approximately\u00a03000-5000 people from all\u00a0across New Zealand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2501\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2501 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Rueben1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben1-495x330.jpg 495w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben1-75x50.jpg 75w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben1-120x80.jpg 120w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Rueben Taipari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rueben organised thousands of protesters from the lower Te Tii Marae to the Treaty grounds. These types of Hikoi can be like herding cats.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2512\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2512 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Rueben3\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben3-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben3-495x330.jpg 495w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben3-75x50.jpg 75w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Rueben3-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Cheyne Timmermans Right: Rueben Taipari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New Zealanders from all backgrounds came to support the Stop Statoil hikoi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TinoAsians2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2521 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TinoAsians2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"TinoAsians2\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TinoAsians2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TinoAsians2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TinoAsians2-495x330.jpg 495w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TinoAsians2-75x50.jpg 75w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/TinoAsians2-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This cool character below marched with the Hikoi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2514\" style=\"width: 716px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2514 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hone.jpg\" alt=\"hone\" width=\"716\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hone.jpg 716w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hone-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hone-495x664.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hone Harawira<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Mana News editor Joe Trinder On 6th Feb Waitangi day Rueben Taipari Porter lead the Hikoi against the Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil. I first met Rueben last year at Waitangi \u00a0and we discussed his campaign for the Mayoralty of Tai Tokerau during the local body elections, in which he came up with some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2494"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2638,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions\/2638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mananews.co.nz\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}