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Tens of thousands of people have marched on the New Zealand parliament in Wellington to protest against a bill that critics say strikes at the core of the country’s founding principles and ...
As with the Wellington protest, these were organised via Telegram and Facebook. According to The Spinoff news website, a "NZ Convoy" channel on Telegram, that had taken part in organising the Wellington protest, renamed itself "Freedom Camp NZ" and began promoting plans to expand the protest nationwide in mid-February. The "Freedom Camp NZ ...
Police estimates say about 42,000 people marched on Parliament in Wellington, [44] including some on horseback. [17] The Māori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō and the Mayor of Wellington Tory Whanau joined the protests in Wellington. [14] [45] Coinciding with the march an online petition opposing the bill received over 200,000 signatures. [44]
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 November 2024. Protests against the COVID-19 mandates, lockdowns and restrictions in New Zealand See also: COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand COVID-19 protests in New Zealand Part of protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic Date 13 August 2020 – present Location New Zealand Caused by ...
The Wellington protest was organised by Hutt Valley coordinator Craig Innes. The Groundswell convoy drove from Petone to Wellington, with participants driving in laps around the New Zealand Parliament. Counter-demonstrators from environmentalist groups Extinction Rebellion and Generation Zero gathered nearby. Police monitored the protest and ...
Auckland and Wellington 2011 Occupy movement: Major centres Protests in the wake of the 2008 economic crises. 2012 Against gay marriage [37] 250 2018 26 July Abortion availability [38] Wellington 2022 Sunday, 6 February Thousands protest against the vaccine mandates at the parliament grounds in Wellington and Picton Welllington and Picton 2024
The Adelaide Road protest marked RPR's second protest during the week and ended with the arrest of five members on charges of endangering traffic and breaching court bail. [16] On 3 May, Police arrested three RPR protesters for disruipting traffic on Glenmore Street in Wellington's Karori suburb. [17]