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  "description": "Will Appelbe has upset a rural Canterbury town after he blinded their prized salmon statue. The Greenpeace freshwater activist covered the salmon’s eyes with double sided tape and paper and left a pointed message saying, “Fonterra killed my family.”",
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  "textContent": "> In a small South Island rural town, tempers are fraying after an act of eco vandalism blinded a prized salmon.\n>\n> Yes, you read that correctly – a salmon.\n>\n> Standing in the centre of Rakaia, 50 minutes south of Christchurch, the giant fibreglass salmon statue has long been a landmark denoting the fish’s importance in the braided river that borders the town.\n>\n> Except there’s not many salmon left in the Rakaia River – leading to a popular annual fishing competition to announce it would no longer involve any fishing last week.\n>\n> Stuff\n\nRead More",
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