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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Camping, climbing trees and marching to Parliament: spatial dimensions of environmental protest in New Zealand

Pages 11-22 | Received 30 Apr 2014, Accepted 20 Jan 2015, Published online: 16 Apr 2015

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