Protesters must leave within 48 hours from Aotea Square. Good outcome for Auckland Council.
· · @GeorgeWood2011 on Twitte · 22 minutes ago via Twitter ·
We're taking this as an announcement that the Auckland Council has won its quest for an injunction to evict the Occupy Auckland protesters from Aotea Square. If that is the case, we are delighted that the District Court has ruled in the Council's favour.
Stay tuned for confirmation...
UPDATE: It has indeed been confirmed that the Occupy Auckland protesters are legally required to vacate Aotea Square within 48 hours. The Herald reports:
Occupy Auckland protestors have been given 48 hours to leave their campsite at Aotea Square.
An Auckland District Court judge this morning ordered the protestors to remove all their signs and banners and move out of the campsite by Friday.
The protestors have been camping in the city centre square since October 15.
Auckland Council said it welcomed the judge's decision to grant its request for a permanent injunction on the occupation.
But it doesn't seem as though the protesters are going to go without a further fight; read on:
Occupy Auckland spokesman Chris Glenn said the movement was in the process of lodging an appeal against the ruling.
Many in the camp were resolved to stay there through Christmas despite the eviction order, he said.
"As far as we're concerned it's business as usual. We're continuing to protest against corporate greed and gross inequality in our society."
Mr Glenn said the occupy protestors had always expected to face legal obstacles and were expecting to win their appeal.
"It's important we don't limit the rights of people to protest."
We have no problem whatsoever with the right to protest. However the people of Auckland have rights too, and are being prevented from using Aotea Square for its intended purpose by an occupation that has been declared illegal by the Courts in spite of the provisions of the Bill of Rights Act.
The Occupy Auckland protesters are actually showing a form of "corporate greed" by refusing to vacate Aotea Square; isn't that "gross inequality" too?
9 comments:
On Saturday it looked as if moves were being made to evict the protesters and/or some where leaving. Fences had been removed from the western perimeter and that half of the 'camp site' was partially vacated.
Good result even if two months too late to protect the ratepayers pocket.
Good result, but not surprised that some-one would appeal.
To be effective any appeal would need to be accompanied by an application for stay of enforcement.
Given that the courts are basically shut for civil matters that sort of application would not be determined until the new year.
My thinking is that as the protesters have no rights any application for stay would not be granted.
Citizens sit in perhaps ? 400 rumbustious toddlers trampling tents.
Or "Occupy Auckland's tents". ACT on Campus moving into the protesters tents.
Oh dear I2, you do not seem to realisee that the protestors, as lefties, are not subject to laws like the rest of us
They are doing The Great Successor's work so must be left alone
The Great Successor ? You mean David Shearer or Helen Clark's defacto daughter : J.A. ?
SL.
I will send my 4 year old down.
He will deal to the occupants if you tell him;
a) the piggies from Angry Birds are hidden in the tents, and:
b) Penny is a golden egg in disguise
They came, they camped, they made fools of you all. They won their battle and they continue to prevail. You cannot prevent them from doing whatever they want to do. Day after day, week after week, month after month, they made fools of you all.
They won, you lost. Eat that!
@anon as far I can see capitilism hasn't been scratched let alone brought to it's knees so what do you mean ?
Thank you,
The given information is very effective.
I’ll keep updated with this.
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