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Green party leaders have taken a campaign against the logging of rainforest in Papua New Guinea to the streets of Dunedin and PNG's capital, Port Moresby.
In Dunedin, Green co-leader Russel Norman lead a protest outside the George Street ANZ at midday, calling on the bank to stop financing the destruction of rainforests in PNG.
ANZ has provided finance to Rimbunan Hijau, a Malaysian company involved in logging the rainforests.
Green MP Metiria Turei, who is in Port Moresby, has been drawing attention to the proposal to destroy most of the remaining rainforest on Woodlark Island and to convert it to palm oil plantations.
The island is home to a vast array of endangered plants and animals including the Woodlark Cuscus.
"We are fighting the battle to save the last of the great tropical rainforests of the world.
"In PNG, illegal logging is destroying the rainforests and converting it into kwila furniture and palm oil plantations,"Mr Norman said
"Landowners are trying to stop the logging companies felling their forest but are fighting a losing battle and they need our help," Mr Norman said.
"Tropical rainforest destruction is the single biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and is at the frontline of attempts to stop human induced climate change," Mr Norman said.
