The WOMAD festival is being held this weekend in New Plymouth's Brooklands park - and amongst the sponsors are two oil companies, Todd Energy and OMV. And not everybody is happy about the association between the festival and the two companies. Nathan Rarere spoke with climate activist Urs Signer and asked if this was the first year the festival had been sponsored by the two big oil companies.
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