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February 23, 2022
By Nick Truebridge, RNZ Checkpoint reporter Police leaders condemned the behaviour by protesters outside New Zealand’s Parliament in the capital Wellington today as “absolutely disgraceful”. The confrontation between police and protesters began early on Tuesday morning and escalated when a car hurtled towards officers. Three police officers were hospitalised after being hit with what they ... <a title="Police criticise ‘disgraceful’ NZ protesters after early clash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/police-criticise-disgraceful-nz-protesters-after-early-clash/" aria-label="Read more about Police criticise ‘disgraceful’ NZ protesters after early clash">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the omicron outbreak is likely to peak in Aotearoa New Zealand in three to six weeks. At that point, she says, the country will move down the traffic light settings, easing off gathering limits. “We are predicting cases will continue to double every three to four days … ... <a title="Easing of NZ restrictions to begin ‘well beyond’ omicron peak, says Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/easing-of-nz-restrictions-to-begin-well-beyond-omicron-peak-says-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about Easing of NZ restrictions to begin ‘well beyond’ omicron peak, says Ardern">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist Two weeks in and New Zealand’s anti-mandates occupation of Parliament grounds remains a total stalemate with no sign protesters are going anywhere. So where to from here? About 800 vehicles continue to clog streets around the precinct and protester numbers swelled to more than 1000 this weekend. Music ... <a title="NZ’s Parliament anti-mandates protest deadlock – where to from here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nzs-parliament-anti-mandates-protest-deadlock-where-to-from-here/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Parliament anti-mandates protest deadlock – where to from here?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
COMMENTARY: Open letter by Nick Rockel to the Parliament protesters. So the Parliament protest goes on, the first protest I can recall having absolutely no sympathy for. I’ve been on marches protesting lack of education funding, nuclear testing, abuse of GCSB [Government Communications Security Bureau] powers, the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] etc. All of which I ... <a title="Nick Rockel: Flower children and neo-Nazis, don’t hold the capital to ransom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nick-rockel-flower-children-and-neo-nazis-dont-hold-the-capital-to-ransom/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Rockel: Flower children and neo-Nazis, don’t hold the capital to ransom">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
RNZ News Some residents of the area around New Zealand’s Parliament in the capital Wellington are worried about leaving their houses with protesters outside, while police say they will clamp down on any abusive behaviour. Protesters have been occupying Parliament’s lawn and surrounding areas for close to two weeks. The growing frustration with the protesters ... <a title="NZ capital’s residents fed up with Parliament protest as new covid cases hit record 2522" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/nz-capitals-residents-fed-up-with-parliament-protest-as-new-covid-cases-hit-record-2522/" aria-label="Read more about NZ capital’s residents fed up with Parliament protest as new covid cases hit record 2522">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand police have moved to start clearing up the roads near Parliament in the capital Wellington, where protesters have clogged the roads with vehicles for more than a week. But there has also been a significant increase in illegally parked vehicles in the area. Some streets around Parliament could not be used ... <a title="NZ police begin to clear up some of blockade near Parliament protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/20/nz-police-begin-to-clear-up-some-of-blockade-near-parliament-protest/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police begin to clear up some of blockade near Parliament protest">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
RNZ News Almost 30 community leaders of New Zealand’s capital Wellington have banded together to urge an immediate end of the illegal protest activities at Parliament. Among those who have signed the joint statement are the region’s mayors, MPs, principals and business leaders. The letter says Wellingtonians and city workers have been “intimidated” by protesters, ... <a title="‘We’ve had enough’ call to NZ capital protesters from city ‘who’s who’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/weve-had-enough-call-to-nz-capital-protesters-from-city-whos-who/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve had enough’ call to NZ capital protesters from city ‘who’s who’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
RNZ News Wellington iwi leaders have called for an end to Aotearoa New Zealand’s 10-day-old anti-covid mandates protest in Parliament grounds and condemned comparisons made by protesters to the 1881 colonial assault at Parihaka. The parliament complex and surrounding streets form part of the historic Pipitea Pā. Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust chairperson Kara Puketapu-Dentice ... <a title="Māori iwi leaders call for an end to NZ’s protest in Parliament grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/maori-iwi-leaders-call-for-an-end-to-nzs-protest-in-parliament-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Māori iwi leaders call for an end to NZ’s protest in Parliament grounds">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is common practice for journalists to share contact details and locations in hostile environments such as war zones. Something is very wrong when news organisations in New Zealand share those details about their staff covering a story in downtown Wellington. Stuff’s head of news Mark Stevens disclosed last Friday that ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/gavin-ellis-copycat-media-abuse-from-ragtag-bag-of-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
RNZ News “Go home and take your children” — that was New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s plea to protesters remaining at Parliament today. Despite being trespassed from Parliament grounds a week ago, protesters remain on the Parliament lawn and show no sign of leaving in spite of a new record 981 community covid-19 cases ... <a title="NZ parliament covid protesters ‘not interested in engaging’, says Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/nz-parliament-covid-protesters-not-interested-in-engaging-says-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about NZ parliament covid protesters ‘not interested in engaging’, says Ardern">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
RNZ News Hundreds of anti-mandate protesters remained on the New Zealand Parliament lawn today as health officials reported a big increase in covid-19 cases nationally. But some have been driven away by the heavy rain and the gale force winds from the tailend of Cyclone Dovi lashing the capital Wellington. The Health Ministry reported that ... <a title="NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost double to 810" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/nz-protest-at-parliament-enters-sixth-day-covid-cases-almost-double-to-810/" aria-label="Read more about NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost double to 810">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2022
Police say a protester who needed medical attention within New Zealand’s Parliament grounds last night had to wait for ambulance staff to get through the roads blocked by vehicles. The protest against covid-19 protection measures has continued through its fifth day with police saying new tents and marquees had been erected while police have strengthened ... <a title="Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/13/stronger-police-barriers-heavy-rain-covid-ads-dont-dampen-nz-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest">Read more</a>
