(Clearwisdom.net) During the 2005 Christmas and 2006 New Year holiday season, practitioners toured cities on the north island to clarify the truth, expose the Chinese Communist Party's evil persecution of Falun Gong, and introduce Falun Gong to local residents.

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A reporter interviews a practitioner
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People pay close attention to the truth of Falun Dafa

After the truth-clarification in New Plymouth, the practitioners continued their journey to Wanganui and Palmerston North. On a Saturday morning in Palmerston North City, after practitioners introduced the beauty of Falun Dafa and the truth of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, eight Chinese people expressed a desire to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated organizations. The largest local English newspaper covered the event, and a reporter from Wanganui conducted a telephone interview after the event.