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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Eva Corlett in Auckland

The Māori climate activist breaking legal barriers to bring corporate giants to court

Mike Smith at the Auckland Domain Wintergardens in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.
Mike Smith at the Domain gardens in Auckland. The Mãori activist has won the right to sue seven New Zealand companies over their alleged contributions to climate change. Photograph: Becki Moss/The Guardian

Mike Smith stands stock still in a khaki-coloured vest, posing for a photograph against dark foliage in the Auckland Domain gardens. He sets his face into a determined expression, raises his eyes to the horizon, and jokes he is creating the “Che Guevara look”.

“You know the one – where he is looking wistfully up?” Smith says of the Cuban revolutionary’s famous portrait.

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