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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1410/
- Published: 2026-02-16T17:30:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-16T17:30:58.000Z
- 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.”
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> In a small South Island rural town, tempers are fraying after an act of eco vandalism blinded a prized salmon.  
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> Yes, you read that correctly – a salmon.  
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> Standing in the centre of Rakaia, 50 minutes south of Christchurch, [the giant fibreglass salmon statue](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360913885/rakaias-famous-salmon-move-its-almost-300000-restoration?ref=goodoil.news) has long been a landmark denoting the fish’s importance in the braided river that borders the town.  
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> 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](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360943787/native-fish-foretold-rivers-collapse?ref=goodoil.news) last week.  
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[Read More](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360939119/who-blinded-salmon-eco-protest-sparks-fury-canterbury-town?ref=goodoil.news)