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The previous days: NZ: Protests against the vaccination mandate continue outside Parliament
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COVID-19: New Zealand police move to end three-week vaccine mandate protest
The protest, modelled on the truckers’ demonstrations in Canada, had taken over the roads and lawn around New Zealand’s parliament buildings.Wednesday 2 March 2022 07:16, UK
Protesters have fought police with fire extinguishers and pitchforks as officers moved to end an anti-vaccine mandate protest in New Zealand’s capital three weeks after it began.
The protesters had been outside Wellington’s parliament buildings for 23 days when police in riot gear moved in early on Wednesday morning.
Protesters used projectiles, shields, fire extinguishers, and pitchforks to fight police, as officers began dismantling protesters’ tents and towing away up to 50 vehicles.
Sixty-five people were arrested and at least three police officers injured during the operation to clear the parliament lawn.
Pepper spray was used against some protesters.
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At one stage, the parliament building – known colloquially as The Beehive – was under a thick cloud of smoke from a number of fires on the lawn.
Fire and Emergency NZ later confirmed there had been no injuries as a result of the fires.
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