Steve Abel

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Steve Abel (born January 1970) is a New Zealand singersongwriter and environmental activist.

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Abel contributed his song Hospice for Destitute Lovers

to the art noir feature lm Woodenhead (2003). His debut album Little Death garnered favourable reviews when
released in February 2006 and featured a Kiwi supergroup of notable New Zealand musicians including Geo Maddock and Kirsten Morell of Goldenhorse; Mike
Hall and Milan Borich of Pluto; and Gareth Thomas of
Goodshirt.[1]
Abel was involved in protests by Native Forest Action
against logging on the West Coast of New Zealands
South Island.[2] He later worked as a campaigner for
Greenpeace from 2002 to 2006 during which time he
was prominent in the New Zealand movement against genetically engineered food crops. Abel was also involved
in actions against the proposed coal-red power station
Marsden B in Northland, New Zealand including a nineday occupation in 2005 and the operation of a pirate radio station Heatwave FM which broadcast from Ruakaka
in November 2006.[3] The Marsden B proposal was later
abandoned. Abel was one of the coordinators of the rerecording of the Don McGlashan song "Anchor Me" in
2005 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the bombing
of the Rainbow Warrior.[4]
In 2006 Abel was awarded an Alternatui (Album of the
Year) for Little Death from Beach Radio on Waiheke Island.
He currently resides in Auckland.

See also
Anchor Me (Greenpeace song)

References

[1] Most Abel backing. New Zealand Herald. 2006-02-18.

Retrieved 2007-09-25.
[2] Christian, Peter (1999-02-03). Arrested protesters draw
criticism. The Press.
[3] Activists scale Marsden B in climate change protest.
New Zealand Herald. 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2007-0925.
[4] Nippert, Matt (2005-06-25). Shore thing. New Zealand
Listener. Retrieved 2007-09-25.

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