About 30 protesters are standing outside the Australian consulate in Auckland brandishing signs stating "No human is illegal". The protest is against the situation on Christmas Island. Members of Global Peace and Justice and Socialist Aotearoa are among the crowd.
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About 30 protesters are standing outside the Australian consulate in Auckland brandishing signs stating "No human is illegal".
The protest is against the situation on Christmas Island.
Members of Global Peace and Justice and Socialist Aotearoa are among the crowd.
Other signs say "Close Christmas Island now" and "Refugee crisis - Time for NZ to step up".
The crowd has started chanting: "Stand up fight back".
The group joined together to chant: "Shame, shame, shame".
One woman read out a statement from Labour corrections spokesman Kelvin Davis, stating the Christmas Island riots kicked off because of a "build up of fear, anger and frustration at a system that is broken".
"A strong prime minister could have made a difference, and the Christmas Island riot could have been avoided," the statement said.