Residents of the small New Zealand town of Motueka are not happy. They have planted vegetables and flowers on a building site. They want to stop a McDonald's from being built there.
Tara Forde, spokeswoman for a group called Uniquely Motueka said the garden was designed "to represent the diversity in the community that McDonald's never will."
The group says the restaurant will add unwanted health, trash and traffic problems to the town.
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About 1,000 people have signed a petition urging the Tasman District Council to withdraw permission it has given for the restaurant to be built. The population of Motueka is 7,125.
Forde said that it was about showing McDonald's they are not welcome in a lot of small towns around New Zealand. Many people are becoming more aware of the effect of a McDonald's in their town.
Motueka, near Nelson, in the South Island, is the gateway to the Abel Tasman National Park. Motueka's information office says their town has a laid-back lifestyle and what McDonald's opponents call "amazing cafes." (STAFF WRITER WITH DPA)
紐西蘭莫圖埃卡小鎮的居民不高興了，他們在鎮上一處建地上種植了蔬菜和花卉，以阻止麥當勞在該地進駐。
「獨一無二的莫圖埃卡」組織的女性發言人泰拉．芙德說，這個花園的目的是要「呈現本社區的多元性，這是麥當勞無法帶來的」。
該組織表示，麥當勞只會帶給這個小鎮不必要的健康、垃圾和交通問題。
已有近千名民眾連署請願，呼籲塔斯曼區議會撤回已核發給該餐廳的營建許可；莫圖埃卡的人口約有七千一百二十五人。
芙德說，這是為了讓麥當勞知道，紐西蘭許多小鎮都不歡迎它，很多人逐漸意識到麥當勞會為他們的市鎮帶來什麼樣的影響。
位於南島鄰近尼爾遜市的莫圖埃卡，是亞伯塔斯曼國家公園的門戶。該鎮服務處表示，莫圖埃卡擁有悠閒自在的生活方式，和反對麥當勞進駐者所稱的「令人驚歎的咖啡館」。（德通社／翻譯：袁星塵）
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