Canterbury Mornings

A large climate protest in Wellington has closed off all access to MBIE's Stout Street building.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment says staff should work from home or from another ministry office today if possible.Dozens of activists with the international group Extinction Rebellion are intermittently blocking Lambton Quay and Whitmore Streets as part of rallies planned for 60 capital cities around the world.First time protester Mel Vautier told Chris Lynch protesters have been seen as disrupters in the past but we look back glad at what they achieved so hopefully it's the same situation here.Mel is chained to a car in the middle of Stout Street with 5 other protesters and another group of protesters are chained to a boat in the middle of an intersection further down the road. People are being urged to avoid the area.