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Man chains himself to digger as west Auckland native tree protest grows

Ripu Bhatia Reporter from Community News

More than 100 protesters have gathered to stop the removal of native trees in Auckland, with one man chaining himself to a digger.

For more than 70 days, Save Canal Road Native Trees group have occupied an area of Canal Rd in Avondale.

On Wednesday, veteran protester Steve Abel, who was previously almost hit by one of the trees as it fell down, said up to 200 people were at the site after hearing police were on their way and contractors planned to cut down trees on Wednesday.

About half a dozen people were in the trees and protester Ken Sparks had used duct tape to secure himself to a digger on a truck so it couldn’t get to the site.

Abel said people were chanting and calling on Auckland Council to “step up” and stop the trees from being cut down.

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