About a dozen people are demonstrating in Whangarei against the oil company Statoil which has exploration licences for areas off Northland's west coast.
Statoil plans to explore in these shaded areas off the New Zealand coast. Photo: STATOIL
Stopstatoil Whangarei, a newly formed protest group, was protesting alongside State Highway One.
The group's spokesperson Buck Cullen said they wanted to show Statoil they were not welcome in Northland.
Māori protesters predict there will be growing opposition now that the Government has granted 15 oil exploration permits to oil and gas companies worth about $110 million. Audio
Greenpeace protesters sealed off the entrance to the Statoil energy company in Wellington this morning - in a display of opposition to deep-sea oil drilling.
Norwegian oil giant Statoil is considering going further into New Zealand. The company at present has a concession to investigate conditions off the Northland coast.
Protesters who staged a sit-in outside an oil conference in central Auckland are planning several more protests in coming months.
Iwi representatives from Northland and throughout the rest of New Zealand have taken part in a march in central Auckland in protest against deep sea oil drilling. Audio
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