Protests

New Wellington mayor Tory Whanau is no stranger to protests.

The former activist told me the protesters should be taking their fight to Parliament.

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Wellington's Transmission Gully ground to a halt today as a protest group wanting to restore passenger rail blocked the main highway, calling for the government to urgently reinstate the transport… Video, Audio

They are the biggest protests in Iran for years - but will this women-led uprising force the regime to change? Audio

Supporters of the Freedoms and Rights Coalition - associated with Destiny Church - are marching through central Wellington to Parliament where they will rally. Along the way, theyt are passing a… Audio

In an analytical piece written for Newsroom, senior political reporter Marc Daalder's raised some concerns about what might happen at a planned protest convoy to Parliament next week. Marc speaks to… Audio

Joining us on the Panel this morning are Linda Clark  and former Labour Party leader Mike Williams. Among other issues, they discuss the war in Ukraine and the likely findings of the review into the… Audio

RNZ Political reporter Charlie Dreaver from parliament where a huge clean up is underway after the chaotic scenes yesterday in which protesters were cleared from the grounds they had occupied for 23… Audio

Day 23 of the anti-mandate protest near Parliament was probably the most dramatic yet. Hundreds of police spent the day clearing the protest and dozens of arrest were made. Sponge bullets and pepper… Audio

Police have moved in on the three-week old protest camp at Parliament, clearing out tents and making arrests. Audio

Our overseas correspondent in Canada, Peggy Revell joins us from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Audio

"Irresponsible" - in a word that is how the Prime Minister has summed up the ACT leader's decision to meet some of those involved in the protest.

David Seymour on the other hand says it is time for… Video, Audio

Our mainly Marxist political historian, Associate Professor Brian Roper from Otago University's Politics Departmant joins us once again. He takes a look at the current protests outside parliament. Audio

The sprinklers came on in Parliament's grounds earlier to try and encourage the anti mandate protestors camped there for the night to leave under their own steam. Local resident Chris Roberts, who we… Audio

Karyn talks to local resident, Chris Roberts who has been watching the protest activity and endured the disruption. Audio

Veteran protestor John Minto says the Freedom Convoy lacks a strategy and an objective and is therefore bound to fail. We're in our third night of protestors camping out on the lawn at Parliament and… Audio