Minister arrested
PA Wellington A former Morrinsville Methodist minister was one of four Church leaders arrested during -a demonstration at Noonkahbah, Western Australia, according to the National Council of Churches in New Zealand. . The , minister, the Rev. Robert Stringer;’ who is serving with the Uniting Church in Australia, Was taking part in a demonstration aimed at blocking a convoy of oil-drilling equipment. The convoy “forced its . ' ••
way on to the sacred
grounds” of the Noonkanbah Aboriginal people, a council statement said. Mr Stringer was • , the Methodist minister at Waitoa, Morrinsville, from 1969 to 1972 and was a missionary in the Solomon lands from 1972 to 1978. Commenting on the -arrests, ; the general secretary of the National Council of Churches (the Rev. Angus MacLeod) said the 1 World Council of Churches’ executive had recently expressed solidarity-with' the Noonkanbah people “in- - their struggle.”
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