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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
By Susan Botting, Local Democracy Reporting journalist A Kaipara district councillor’s almost week-long participation in New Zealand’s anti-covid-19 mandate protest at Parliament is jeopardising the safety of Kaipara residents, warns Mayor Dr Jason Smith. Dr Smith said he was particularly worried about those in the councillor’s West Coast/Central council ward which had Kaipara’s lowest vaccination ... <a title="Mayor slams Kaipara councillor’s protest role as ‘health risk’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/mayor-slams-kaipara-councillors-protest-role-as-health-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Mayor slams Kaipara councillor’s protest role as ‘health risk’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand’s Police Commissioner admits some tow companies are reluctant to help with the removal of vehicles near Parliament but says some towing will begin today. The anti-mandate protest on Parliament’s grounds and neighbouring streets is entering its ninth day. Commissioner Andrew Coster told RNZ Morning Report he expected to see some of ... <a title="Police act against NZ protester vehicles but admit towies unwilling to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/18/police-act-against-nz-protester-vehicles-but-admit-towies-unwilling-to-help/" aria-label="Read more about Police act against NZ protester vehicles but admit towies unwilling to help">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 The one million New Zealanders who are so far delaying getting their booster shots are the biggest concern of top covid-19 adviser Sir David Skegg. Phase two of New Zealand’s Omicron response plan begins at 11.59pm tonight, as daily cases rocket toward the 1000 mark. Sir David, who is chair of the Strategic ... <a title="Omicron spread: ‘Crazy’ shortfall in booster numbers worries top NZ covid-19 adviser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/omicron-spread-crazy-shortfall-in-booster-numbers-worries-top-nz-covid-19-adviser/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron spread: ‘Crazy’ shortfall in booster numbers worries top NZ covid-19 adviser">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 10, 2022
Police handcuffed three people after protesters today tried to push through a barrier on the grounds of New Zealand’s Parliament — known as the Beehive. The group is part of a convoy which travelled to the capital Wellington yesterday to protest against covid-19 vaccine mandates. After trying to push through the blockade this afternoon, three ... <a title="Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/police-arrest-3-nz-anti-vax-protesters-after-push-through-beehive-barrier/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
RNZ News More than 50 police have formed a ring around the front of New Zealand’s Parliament today edging up to a line of protesters who have linked arms lining up in front of the Cenotaph. One person speaking said he would walk up the Parliament steps at 3pm and get arrested, inviting others in ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/covid-19-nz-protesters-camped-at-parliament-warned-over-trespass/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2022
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting Māori health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand are holding back on covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of growing anti-vaxxer protest in the wider Whanganui region. That is despite the area recording the second-lowest rate in the country of vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11 years. Iwi ... <a title="Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for tamariki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/05/iwi-clinic-egged-as-anti-vaxxers-force-caution-in-vaccine-rollout-for-tamariki/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for tamariki">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2022
By Niva Chittock, RNZ News Reporter New Zealand police are investigating an anti-vaccine protest attended by Destiny Church leader pastor Brian Tamaki. A Destiny Church spokesperson confirmed Tamaki visited Christchurch over the weekend to give the Sunday sermon at the local congregation. Tamaki also spoke at an event in a central park on Saturday, which ... <a title="NZ police probe after Tamaki speaks at Christchurch anti-vaccine protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/10/nz-police-probe-after-tamaki-speaks-at-christchurch-anti-vaccine-protest/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police probe after Tamaki speaks at Christchurch anti-vaccine protest">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2021
RNZ Pacific Malaita province in Solomon Islands is planning to poll people on self-determination. It comes two weeks after a Malaitan-led protest against the national government in Honiara degenerated into a violent riot. The Malaita Premier, Daniel Suidani, said he was seeking the help of the United Nations in the referendum, which he hoped to ... <a title="Malaita plans self-determination poll to see if it’s ‘still in the mind’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/09/malaita-plans-self-determination-poll-to-see-if-its-still-in-the-mind/" aria-label="Read more about Malaita plans self-determination poll to see if it’s ‘still in the mind’">Read more</a>
