Tag: Protest
Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted
RNZ Pacific
A stand-off was averted on Norfolk Island today when a couple occupying a historic house chose to leave rather than face criminal charges.
The...
Humanitarian group slams plan to divide Papua after draft law approved
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Humanitarian Coalition for Papua says that the unilateral creation of three new provinces in Papua by the Indonesian central government...
Police arrest 90 at rally in Jakarta against plan to ‘carve...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian police have arrested a total of 90 Papuan students during a protest action near the Presidential Palace complex in Central...
NZ war protest flotilla faces Russian oligarch’s luxury Northland estate
RNZ News
A New Zealand protest flotilla has arrived outside the luxury Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov.
The eight vessels sailed to Helena Bay,...
Papuan activists protest in Jakarta, demand Jokowi pull troops in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Scores of Papuan activists have held a protest in front of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) headquarters in Central...
Parliament protest: What the cameras in the crowd witnessed
SPECIAL REPORT: By Rituraj Sapkota of Māori Television
“I have never had that fear before that I might get physically hurt,” says Patrice Allen, a...
Covid-19: 28 Parliament protesters believed to have tested positive
RNZ News
Twenty-eight of the anti-public health protesters who occupied New Zealand's Parliament grounds over the past month have now tested positive for covid-19.
In a...
Political parties condemn Parliament protesters, praise police actions
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
All political parties have supported a motion in Parliament to recognise the "safe restoration of Parliament's grounds"...
Parliament protest aftermath – NZ police enter ‘significant investigation phase’
RNZ News
Police have begun a "significant investigation" into yesterday's events at the Parliament protest and say they will hold people accountable for any criminal...
Police out in force after chaotic scenes end anti-mandate protest at...
RNZ News
Police are out in force in New Zealand's capital Wellington after yesterday's massive operation to clear the illegal anti-covid public health measures occupation...
NZ Parliament grounds ‘reclaimed’: Police operation ends 23-day protest
RNZ News
The area around New Zealand's Parliament has today been the scene of a full-day ordeal of violence as police removed protesters whose behaviour...
PM Ardern denounces violence, ‘desecration’ outside Parliament
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is saddened and angered by protesters' actions today, and that the New Zealand Parliament's grounds have been...
60 arrests made as NZ police say some Parliament protesters have...
RNZ News
Police have made 60 arrests today as part of a pre-planned operation to remove anti-covid public health protesters from New Zealand's Parliament grounds.
Police...
NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge
RNZ News
All southbound traffic lanes on State Highway One over the Auckland Harbour Bridge have now reopened after they were closed while New Zealand...
Putin ‘will not stop at Ukraine’ – NZ protesters condemn Russian...
By Tom Kitchin and Emma Hatton, RNZ News reporters
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been met with despair and anger in New Zealand.
Nearly 100 people...
NZ omicron outbreak: Protest at Parliament now location of interest
RNZ News
The two-week old protest at New Zealand's Parliament has been added to the Ministry of Health's covid-19 locations of interest website as new...
Fears that NZ Parliament protest turning into political ‘free-for-all’
By Jake McKee, RNZ News reporter
Misinformation researchers are concerned the protest at New Zealand' s Parliament is becoming a "free-for-all" as the idea of...
The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
The early morning action on Monday to cordon off the occupation of Parliament grounds and prevent it growing...
Police criticise ‘disgraceful’ NZ protesters after early clash
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...
Protest funder hopes it will revive NZ’s $18 billion tourism industry
RNZ News
One of the people funding New Zealand's two-week-old Parliament grounds occupation says it makes no sense to maintain a quarantine system at the...
Lynley Tulloch: The irony of the Parliament protest: Peace and love...
COMMENTARY: By Lynley Tulloch
There is a dangerous anger on rapid boil at the protest in Wellington. It is a stew of dispossession and...
NZ’s Parliament anti-mandates protest deadlock – where to from here?
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...