Protesters plan whale graveyard for MPs

Parliament's front lawn will turn today into a whale graveyard in a Greenpeace effort to raise awareness of international whaling practice.

The graveyard was being set up in response to a proposal being considered by the International Whaling Commission which could legitimise commercial whaling and allow hunting to continue in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Greenpeace executive director Bunny McDiarmid said.

Greenpeace wanted all commercial whaling to end.

"Our Government has a choice - support a proposal that could result in a real whale graveyard or fight for a proposal which protects the future of whales," Ms McDiarmid said.

- NZPA