Jordan and Jenny had a lovely time at the national Aotearoa Animal Rights Conference 2013, held in Wellington this July. Join us as we relive our North Island expedition to meet other Vegans in the tofu :-)
Jen “Go Vegan For All The Animals” near Green party MP Mojo Mathers with the petitions.
Jen for Prime Minister!
Acronyms ahoy! Troy from HSI (Humane Society International), Jen from INVSOC (Invercargill Vegan Society) and Hans from SAFE (Save Animals From Exploitation).
Aotearoa Animal Rights Conference 2013 two day schedule.
“Speed Dating” meet and greet. Two circles were made, with the outer group rotating clockwise around after our meeting time was up! :-) Sonya from “Speak Up For Animals” gives me a thumbs up :-)
Jordan with “Go Vegan”. Jessie, Michael are doing fantastic work for Veganism in New Zealand, aided by baby Ames :-)
Among her many interesting studies, she coined the term “Vegansexual” for Animal Rights advocates who were not interested in being in a relationship with non Vegan partners.
Here she is appearing on current affair show Campbell Live about her book “Chicken”.
Dr Potts was kind enough to sign our copy of her book :-)
Carl Scott spoke at the Aotearoa Animal Rights Conference 2013!
An inspiration to us all, Carl spoke about his plans for future Vegan activism. You can listen to Carl’s full speech here, he was even kind enough to mention the Invercargill Vegan Society at 21m43s. Thank you very much Carl! :-)
“Horror Movie”, “Compassion is Hip, Go Vegan”, “Milk Kills”
Aunty Mena’s vegetarian cafe on Cuba Street, seems to be all Vegan :-)
Author Will Potter spoke at the conference about police surveillance and the labelling of activists as “terrorists”. Giving “Green is The New Red” the respect it deserves, Julie Gunn with her copy :-)
Separated at birth? :-)
Vegan sausages being sizzled!
A trip to “Te Papa”, the national museum on a sunny Wellington day :-)
We joined the Auckland march against “synthetic legal high” drugs being tested on animals, with a Vegan message.
Jordan and Jen marching with “Go Vegan For All The Animals, Invercargill Vegan Society” signs.
“Go Vegan” signs :-)
Visiting the University of Auckland Animal Rights Group, fundraising sausage sizzle. Well done everyone!
Signwalking around Queen Street.
We visited “One Tree Hill”, subject of a U2 song of the same name and numerous political incidents.
Great view from the top :-)
At the bottom of One Tree Hill lies a crater/basin. Seemingly all of the North Island was formed by savage volcanic action. We used light pumice like volcanic rock to spell out a “VEGAN” message visible to the people up One Tree Hill :-)
Lots of lovely Pukeko, blue/black/red “swamp hens” :-)
In New Zealand culture, the Pukeko is thought of as crafty and curious :-)
“Loving Hut” restaurant in Auckland, right by the Skytower! The Loving Hut franchise is owned and operated by “Supreme Master” believers worldwide. They are quite an interesting group, with their own international television channel and restaurants all over the place!
Tiramisu and cheesecake at “Loving Hut”.
We visited Romina in Auckland. One of the most creative people on this planet, her artistic talent knows no limits!
We flew back home to Invercargill, having met hundreds of wonderful people in Wellington and Auckland. Thank you all so very much for your hospitality!
