2012-02-24 - TVNZ - LUCY LAWLESS PROTESTS ON OIL DRILLING SHIP

LUCY LAWLESS PROTESTS ON OIL DRILLING SHIP [RAW VIDEO] A man has been arrested after actress Lucy Lawless and six other Greenpeace protesters scaled a ship they say is bound for oil drilling in the Arctic. Police confirmed to ONE News that the man was arrested early this morning in connection with the protest at the Port of Taranaki. Police would not comment on what time or why the man was arrested. Greenpeace said around 7am the protesters began climbing a 53 metre drilling derrick on the ship, Noble Discoverer, and then chained themselves to the ship's drilling platform. Five police officers are on board the ship and they say the protesters are trespassing. Lawless, who is famous for her role in Xena, told TV ONE's Breakfast she is prepared to be arrested for this cause. “I don't care, I don't care (about being arrested) I just have to do what I feel is right and this is what I feel is right.“ But, Shona Geary, Shell's corporate communications manager, s