Kiwi activists have gathered outside the Australian consulates in Auckland and Wellington to demand more pressure be put on Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Actress Lucy Lawless, along with two-dozen others, lined up outside Auckland's consulate on Thursday morning.
The group were all wearing smoke masks, spelling out "Tell Scott to act on climate."
In Wellington, Extinction Rebellion activists marched from Parliament to the Australian consulate.
Morrison has been globally criticised for his response to the devastating Australia bushfires.
The Prime Ministers decision to go on holiday as the country burned was controversial, as were his multiple forced handshakes, choice to walk away from a pregnant woman asking for help, and his decision to host a cricket match to celebrate the New Year.
The protests in New Zealand are part of a global day of activism to urge Australia's government to act on climate change.
"We need politicians to show the same courage. This is a climate emergency, and we're now paying the price of years of failure," said Greenpeace New Zealand's mobilisation manager Abi Smith.
"We are calling on Australian governmental representatives in New Zealand and around the world to put pressure on Scott Morrison and his Government to stop subsidising fossil fuels and immediately transition to clean energy."
