Greenpeace protesters arrested

Greenpeace protesters at the port of New Plymouth this morning. Photo supplied

Greenpeace protesters have been arrested in New Plymouth this morning, after vandalising a ship.

Seven members were nabbed by police for painting a slogan on a shipment of palm-based animal feed at the Port of Taranaki.

Greenpeace spokesman Simon Boxer says the feed is destined for Fonterra dairy farms.

He says they painted the words "Fonterra Climate Crime" on the side of the ship.

Mr Boxer said the activists, four men and three women, were arrested and questioned at New Plymouth police station.

Last month Greenpeace staged a 12-hour blockade of a shipment carrying palm kernel expeller, at the Port of Tauranga.

- NEWSTALK ZB