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‘Move on’: New Zealand police break up Wellington trucker protest

Police block the way of protesters in the grounds of the parliament building in Wellington as they moved to end the protest [Marty Melville/ AFP]

Scuffles broke out and some 120 people were arrested in New Zealand on Thursday as police began forcefully removing a protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic measures outside the parliament building in Wellington.

Inspired by the trucker demonstrations in Canada, protesters began blocking streets in the capital with trucks, cars and motorbikes on Tuesday, pitching their tents outside parliament.

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