A windy day, but nine protesters including some first-timers in Christchurch. And lolly cake too! Christchurch discussion thread
Seven anons in Auckland, distributing three or four hundred flyers. Scientology’s been busy, sending legal threats to three anons recently. “All have recommitted themselves to staying on board till the job is done.” And the legal letters were a great example to show the public how “the cult tries to bully people into silence.” Cheers, Scientology!
Auckland
“9 Anons arrived. And I want to say a big thank you to every one of them. It`s a dirty job but someone has to do it. These people are all genuine heroes. Not only are they willing to go out there and stand up for human rights, they are also willing to risk being fairgamed and intimidated by a fanatical cult.
There was a St Patrick’s day parade going up Queen St for about half an hour which meant there were a lot of people gathered to see our signs and be handed our flyers. We also had five citizens come and join us for short spells. Donning masks and handing flyers out. I can’t give an exact count, but somewhere between five and six hundred flyers went out today.” (Ididntcomeback in Auckland thread)
Scientologist Volunteer Minister Rita showed up and “took photos of us and engaged in a bit of cussing off camera.” Was everybody else off practising their table tennis for the exciting Ideal Org fundraising tournament today?
Christchurch
Pretty low key effort today, but we reached many, as Christchurch is very busy with people in town for the Flower Show. SO many people saying, Oh I know about scientology being a scam’, ’save your fliers, I know about it’, ‘is that Tom Cruise’s weird religion’ ‘Oh, poor Katie being on that de-tox programme’ …. etc. Also, still receiving very positive comments about our two page spread from last year. Another awesome thing is that we are being recognised by the mask - mainly by tourists - but they know who we are and what we stand for, AND they are right behind us, and don’t mind telling us.
Was totally awesome to have the response like that, especially when a year ago when I first started protesting, people didn’t really know about it and now they do! (OnceBitten’s raid report)
Auckland kicks it off - 11:00 am Saturday 14th on the corners of Queen and Customs streets. Flyers, banners and masks provided. Please bring cameras…video especially. RSVP here.
And Christchurch starts at 1 pm in Cathedral Square - planning here.
After the protest you can upload and tag your photos and videos in the multimedia hub at Kiwianon Ning. The Ning now supports bulk importing (including title, captions and tags) from your Flickr account - you can do it here. Different ways to upload photos and videos, including by phone and email, are listed here.
Fantastic day today! We had music and signs, and so many people congratulated us, and even thanked us. People really curious and mentioned the Press report …. asking questions and wanting to find out about Anonymous. The general questions were, “how can anyone get involved in something like Scientology??’ - it was great talking to them. [...] Great protest, great people, and good fun. (from Once Bitten)
Despite the rain we had a great turnout. Started with 7 anons . but were joined by an Anon up from Christchurch and a newbie Anon from out of Auckland. Plus a female Anon who decided to renew her membership card. So 10 total. No scios made their presence known to us.
We handed out approximately 600 “Why I wear this mask” fliers. It was over 600. Not less. [...] Thanks to all who attended. We are having an effect. (from Ididntcomeback)
Featuring the brave contingent of Christchurch protestors and some failbaiting by the scientologists, including Mikey Ferriss, head of NZCoS, who were eventually made to leave by the police - and are now in the police files for harrassment and lewd behaviour!
Auckland
Featuring Martin Ruston the veteran cult protestor, Auckland anons flyering, and the infamous ‘homosexuals are physically sick’ quote. And playing frisbee with free scientology propaganda!
The Anonymous protests against the Scientology Organisation’s criminal actions and Fair Game policy went off without a hitch in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch today!
The Auckland protest had 46 anons on Queen St at its peak, handing out over 1300 flyers, plus a contingent of about 10 scientologists trying to share the glory. Meet one posing with a couple of friendly anons!
The head of the NZ CoS, Mike Ferriss, and his mates indulged in a bit of bullbaiting and hassling of the protesters, the ethical Scientologists that they are. When asked how he’d discovered the name of one of the anons present, he replied “I’m OT4 and I do have superpowers.” Anon’s response: “I’m name fagged, dammit.” Guess you should really stop wasting Scientology members’ money on PIs and lawyers to Fair Game innocent New Zealanders then, Mikey. Just use those superpowers to shatter supression and stop people telling the ugly truth about the Organisation of Scientology.
Wellington had three stalwart anons flyering on Manners Mall, despite the rain, wind and cold. Delicious chocolate cake was eaten and plans were made to amp up the effort for June’s protest.
Christchurch, home of NZFG, had ten anons showing up to protest, including several newbies and some ex-scientologists. The anons masked up and spread the word with over 400 flyers. Many lulz were had!
Epic success yet again, Anonymous! New Zealand has shown the world how it’s done and kicked off the fourth global day of action in style! A special thanks to all the brave ex-scientologists who came out and stood up against the crimes and abuses of Scientology with us today. And cheers to Mike Ferriss and his gang for a live demonstration of Fair Game today!
Visit www.nzraid.info/forums for more reports and photos, and join us on irc.partyvan.fm in channel #nzraid to chat live and celebrate!
