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title: Why hundreds of New Zealanders buried their heads in the sand together
date: 2014-12-11T19:11:30Z
modified: 2023-07-24T15:18:14Z
permalink: "https://350.org/why-hundreds-of-new-zealanders-buried-their-heads-in-the-sand-together/"
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  - Actions/Demonstrations
  - KIITG
  - Pacific
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Hundreds of people across New Zealand decided to do something quite out of the ordinary last weekend — they all buried their heads in the sand. Why? To send a message to their government that should be a no-brainer — to take their heads out of the sand and get serious about climate change.

Check out one of the 12 demonstrations that happened in the video below where about 220 Kiwis from the city of Christchurch came to New Brighton Beach for #HeadsInSandNZ:


Via [350Christchurch](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTWoPAT-v2AbzB14pC5fL0A)