{"id":1280919,"date":"2022-02-08T09:23:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1280919"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:24:05","slug":"new-zealand-protest-convoy-blocks-capital-demands-end-to-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-protest-convoy-blocks-capital-demands-end-to-vaccine-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Protest Convoy Blocks Capital: Demands End to Vaccine Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-zealand-protest-convoy-blocks-capital-demands-end-to-vaccine-mandates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1280919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Hordes of vehicles blocked streets around New Zealand\u2019s Parliament on Tuesday, in a protest mirroring others building around the world demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions and vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-new-zealand-wellington-57115d5d12a448c54b9e599a6f7d8381\">hundreds<\/a>\u201d to over a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/covid-19-omicron-outbreak-convoy-protesters-arrive-in-wellington\/WHEVUEVUTMHIJ63X4RVZBLFVEE\/\">thousand<\/a>\u201d vehicles have surged into the capital of Wellington with authorities reluctant to move them on or arrest them due to fears about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100068802986878\/posts\/248090807494350\/?d=n\">\u201csafety\u201d<\/a> of their \u201cstaff.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s leftist Prime Minister&nbsp;Jacinda Ardern has declined to meet with the convoy, saying she is too \u201cbusy\u201d to meet her opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Vehicles in the convoy included cars, trucks and motorbikes and displayed signs such as \u201cJabcinda we know you sold your soul to the devil\u201d, \u201cStop the mandate #Freedom\u201d and \u201cPolitical language is designed to make lies sound truthful.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19798650\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1369234184.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19798650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1369234184-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A protester wears a t-shirt displaying a slogan during a protest at Parliament on February 08, 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Hagen Hopkins\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19798658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238280474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19798658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238280474-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protesters hold placards as they gather in front of the parliament building in Wellington on February 8, 2022, during a demonstration against Covid restrictions, inspired by a similar demonstration in Canada. (MARTY MELVILLE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A multitude of flags were also spotted alongside the NZ flags brandished by the protestors including the United States\u2019 flag, former President Donald Trump-themed flags, and British flags.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles remained outside New Zealand\u2019s Parliament \u2013 which had just reconvened after their summer break \u2013 for hours, and appear to have left the area peacefully later on in the day, with the Wellington police not reporting any arrests.<\/p>\n<p>An eye-witness testimony from the scene known as \u2018Anne\u2019 told the <em>New Zealand Herald<\/em>&nbsp;queues of convoy cars heading into Wellington via the&nbsp;K\u0101piti Expressway said that vehicles \u201ccame, and they came, and they didn\u2019t stop \u2013 it was unbelievable\u201d, and at times the \u201cqueue must have gone on for at least three-quarters of an hour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be huge in Wellington \u2026 I don\u2019t even know how they\u2019re going to get in there\u201d, Anne said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19798554\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238284154.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19798554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238284154-765x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This combination shows trucks (top) parked in the Canadian capital Ottawa during continued protests against coronavirus vaccine mandates and restrictions and a file picture of a convoy parked on the streets in front of the parliament building in New Zealand\u2019s capital Wellington on February 8, 2022, during a similar demonstration. (MARTY MELVILLE, DAVE CHAN\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The key aims of the protest were reported to be to challenge the mask mandate for pupils in schools and also the vaccination requirement for certain public sector jobs such as for nurses, teachers and police officers.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand has had some of the strictest coronavirus restrictions, but following both domestic and international pressure has begun to relax its rules.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19798674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1369253968.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19798674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1369253968-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protesters hold a sign during a protest at Parliament on February 08, 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Hagen Hopkins\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/01\/backflip-new-zealand-allows-pregnant-journalist-to-return-home-despite-draconian-border-laws\/\">the news<\/a> that Charlotte Bellis, a pregnant New Zealand journalist, was forced to rely on the Taliban for support, in a shocking turn of events, after New Zealand refused her entry, Ardern\u2019s government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/03\/new-zealand-dismantling-tough-border-restrictions-as-pressured-pm-jacinda-ardern-relents\/\">U-turned<\/a> on their strict entry requirements \u2013 introducing a gradual relaxing of the entry requirements \u2013 possibly to avoid further embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>Ardern has also promised she won\u2019t implement any more lockdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hordes of vehicles blocked streets around New Zealand\u2019s Parliament on Tuesday, in a protest mirroring others building around the world demanding an end to coronavirus restrictions and vaccine mandates. An &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1280919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}