Recording history . . . A Groundswell supporter records the moment tractors and utes left Mandeville. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE
Hagley Park bound . . . Mike Dredge, a dairy farmer who drove from Mariua, to meet North Canterbury farmers. PHOTO: ROBYN BRISTOW
Supporters . . . Some of the farmers and supporters who turned out at Amberley. PHOTO: ROBYN BRISTOW
Signs say it all . . . A supporter carries a hay bale sign for the protest. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE
On our way . . . Groundswell supports prepare to leave their assembly point in Cust to join in the tractor protest march into Christchurch. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE
Tractor line . . . A line of tractors, utes and supporters vehicles from Cust and surrounding areas file through Mandeville on their way to the city. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE
Waiting their turn . . . Oxford farmer John Christey and his son Issac aged 9, wait in their tractor for the Groundswell convoy to leave from Cust. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE
More photos from the Groundswell day of protest.
In support . . . Aleisha Black with her one-year-old daughter Bessie, turned out in support of North Canterbury farmers at Amberley last week as they gathered to protest the Government’s pricing agricultural emissions document, He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN). A convoy then drove into Christchurch’s Hagley Park to join with other farmers who had driven from all points of the compass. PHOTO: ROBYN BRISTOW
