Court remands Greenpeace activist Lucy Lawless

The eight Greenpeace activists arrested before and during an occupation of a Shell-chartered drillship were today remanded at large for sentencing on September 14 at the New Plymouth District Court, after pleading guilty to charges of unlawfully being on a ship.

A one night journey into Apple's core

Written by Mike Daisey.

One of the most controversial pieces of modern theatre becomes one of Silo's fundraising one-offs, when The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs polarizes audiences on June 24th at the Maidment Theatre.

NZer in protest over Shell's Arctic oil plans

New Zealander James Bellamy is this afternoon (NZ time) part of a Greenpeace Nordic team of activists that are involved in a stand-off at sea with a Shell-contracted icebreaker, the Nordica, that is on its way to the Arctic to support the drillship the Noble Discoverer, which was occupied for fou

Signs You’re A 90’s Television Addict

I’ve stated many a time on this blog that I am a geek. My geekness comes in all shapes and forms, but mostly in the form of TV and theatre dorkery.

Greenpeace activists remanded for another two weeks

The eight Greenpeace activists arrested during their occupation of a Shell-chartered drillship were today remanded for a further two weeks, till May 3rd, pending ongoing negotiations over the charges they will face.

Greenpeace is hopeful of a reasonable and fair outcome on this date.

Greenpeace Nordic boards Shell-contracted icebreakers in Helsinki

Greenpeace Nordic activists have today scaled and boarded two Shell-contracted icebreakers in Helsinki, occupying the vessels as they prepared to sail for the Alaskan Arctic to support Shell's Arctic oil drilling there.

March Court date set for arctic drillship activists

The court date for the seven Greenpeace activists, including actor Lucy Lawless, who occupied Shell's Arctic bound drillship Noble Discoverer for four days in the port of Taranaki was moved today.

Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace activists arrested

The occupation of an Arctic-bound Shell drillship by six Greenpeace activists including actor Lucy Lawless ended this morning after police climbed the ship's drilling tower and arrested the group.

Lucy Lawless v. Shell: David v. Goliath

I am a fan of strong female characters on TV. I fully subscribe to the adage "you can’t be what you can’t see." A huge part of that is having highly visible, positive role models on our screens.

Activists vow to continue drill ship occupation

Actor Lucy Lawless and Greenpeace New Zealand activists this afternoon vowed to continue their occupation of Arctic bound Shell drillship Noble Discoverer into a third day.