Ocean Sentry
The Green Party is celebrating news that Pete Bethune is to come home.
“Pete Bethune is a brave Kiwi who protected whales when his Government would not and we look forward to his return to NZ,” Dr Russel Norman, Green Party co-leader said today.
Pete has been on trial in Japan for boarding a whaling vessel and has was today given a suspended sentence of two years. “Pete is a hero to many New Zealanders who are opposed to the Japanese Government’s whaling regime. Were it not for his activism many more whales would have been slaughtered this year,” Dr Norman said…. Press Release: Green Party
