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Greenpeace activists have boarded a boat carrying palm kernel animal feed from Indonesia, chaining themselves to the boat and its four cargo cranes off the coast of Tauranga. The boat, the East Ambition, is several kilometres off the Tauranga coast. The 12 activists are calling on Prime Minister John Key to stop imports of palm kernel, used for animal feed on New Zealand farms and sold by Fonterra's RD1.
Greenpeace activist Jo McVeagh said the palm kernel crop encourages rain forest destruction and adds to climate change.
She described Fonterra's involvement as "criminal".

"This ship's cargo has contributed to the release of up to 364,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. That's the same as the emissions from 127,000 cars over a year," Ms McVeagh said before she chained herself to one of the ship's cranes.
Greenpeace climate campaigner Simon Boxer said New Zealand imported 1.1 million tonnes of palm kernel last year, creating up to 20 million tonnes of greenhouse emissions in the process.
"Fonterra's intensification of the dairy industry is fuelling rainforest destruction, increasing greenhouse gas emissions here and abroad, putting pressure on the health of our land and threatening our clean, green reputation," Mr Boxer said. He said importing palm kernel animal feed undermined the New Zealand Government's negotiating position at the upcoming international climate change talks in Copenhagen.
"On the one hand, the New Zealand Government argues in international negotiations that New Zealand should get off lightly on tackling climate change due to our agricultural emissions and on the basis we're doing everything we can to reduce those emissions.
"On the other hand it is allowing the intensification of dairy farming, and Fonterra's contribution to rainforest clearance, even when palm-based animal feed is not needed. If John Key continues to stand by and allow this kind of hypocrisy, New Zealand's credibility in the negotiations could be damaged," Mr Boxer said. Fonterra has not yet returned phone calls.
Mr Boxer said the protesters informed the port, the pilot and ship's captain what they were doing before they boarded.
However, Port of Tauranga corporate services manager Terry James told NZPA the port was first aware of the boarding when it saw there was a small craft tied alongside. The port was having problems talking to the ship, he said.
Cameras, which normally helped with guiding ships into the port, could make out a Greenpeace activist tied to the ship's anchor chain, which stopped the ship from either raising or lowering the anchor, and protesters in the ship's cranes.
Mr James said the situation was a concern to the port because the last Greenpeace protest threatened the health and safety of all those involved in the recovery exercise after a protest aboard a coal ship at berth about six or seven years ago.
Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns said police were on their way to arrest the protesters and they would not prevent the ship from being unloaded. The protesters could be charged with illegally boarding a vessel as well as breaking customs laws.
Police confirmed they were at the port and "assessing the situation". Police spokeswoman Jacky James said it was very early on in the operation and she could not comment further.
Mr Boxer said the protesters had not yet heard from police.

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