Plan for ‘Tens of Thousands’ To March Across Auckland Harbour Bridge for Palestine and Climate

Palestine Action is hoping a large crowd will join a planned march on Sept. 13, which would block traffic over a busy stretch of Auckland road.

Hikoi (community march) members walk across the Auckland Harbour Bridge on day three of a nine-day journey to Wellington in New Zealand on Nov. 13, 2024. A hīkoi is traveling across New Zealand, with Māori communities marching to Wellington to protect and advocate for the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi and unique Māori rights. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

Protests demanding greater action on climate change and sanctions against Israel will combine in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 13 in what organisers hope is an event that will attract “tens of thousands” of people to march across Auckland’s Harbour Bridge.

Last time a march travelled over the bridge—nine months ago during a protest against a controversial law that Parliament later dropped—which saw about 5,000 people walk across, there were significant traffic delays. But that was on a Wednesday morning.