About a dozen people are demonstrating in Whangarei against the oil company Statoil which has exploration licences for areas off Northland's west coast.
Statoil plans to explore in these shaded areas off the New Zealand coast. Photo: STATOIL
Stopstatoil Whangarei, a newly formed protest group, was protesting alongside State Highway One.
The group's spokesperson Buck Cullen said they wanted to show Statoil they were not welcome in Northland.