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Mid-term pressures test Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government, but National must still find the new political centre

Whether or not recent (if limited) polling accurately reflects sympathy for the protest, the current spectacle in parliament’s grounds will be worrying Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government – not least for its suggestion the “team of five million” may be breaking up.

The Conversation

Protester ‘drives car at police’ as New Zealand tightens net on anti-vaxxer demo

Attacks on the police also drew backlash from Jacinda Ardern who called the acts ‘disgraceful’

The Independent UK

Robert Ayson: What New Zealand could do about Ukraine

Is there anything our Government could do in response to Russia’s attempt to recast international boundaries through the use of force? Robert Ayson lays out nine potential options.

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PM's unintentional timeline for lifting mandates

The Prime Minister says she can’t and won’t give dates on when vaccine mandates might start to lift, but she’s unintentionally done just that, writes political editor Jo Moir.

Newsroom.co.nz

New Zealand: Covid protesters throw human faeces at police in latest clashes

Jacinda Ardern lashed out at demonstrators, saying: ‘No one should have to face having human waste thrown at them when they are just trying to keep people safe’

Evening Standard

Germany to begin rollout of Novavax’s jab; New Zealand to end vaccine mandates after Omicron peak

Latest updates: Germany hopes protein-based vaccine comparable to flu jabs will help sway people sceptical of mRNA vaccines

The Guardian - UK

New Zealand's Ardern signals mandates will ease after Omicron peaks

New Zealand will lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates and social distancing measures after the Omicron peak has passed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, as protesters occupying the parliament grounds again clashed with police.

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New Zealand will lift Covid restrictions only when ‘well beyond’ peak, Jacinda Ardern says

Prime minister says now is not the time to ‘remove our armour just as the battle begins’ despite pressure from protesters

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand reports 2365 COVID-19 cases

Two people with COVID-19 have died in Auckland, but further south in Wellington, anti-vaccine protesters have thrown human excrement on police officers.

AAP

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in one place — as it happened

Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia.

ABC News

New Zealand’s Ardern to give Harvard commencement speech

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been chosen to give the keynote speech at Harvard University’s spring commencement

The Independent UK

Ardern to give Harvard Commencement speech

Harvard University has bestowed a top honour on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, inviting her to give the class of 2022's commencement address.

AAP

New Zealand's Ardern labels anti-vaccine mandate protests 'imported' as crowds defy calls to leave

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she felt demonstrations against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate now entering their second week were an "imported" phenomenon, and nothing like anything she had seen before in the country.

Reuters

Still no end to NZ anti-vaccine protest

Speaker Trevor Mallard has been criticised by police for his tactics to move on a week-long protest on New Zealand's parliamentary lawns.

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We’re underestimating Omicron’s spread – epidemiologist

A prominent epidemiologist contradicts the Prime Minister over the spread of Omicron

ABC News

Clashes at New Zealand parliament as protests inspired by Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' continue for third day

Hundreds of demonstrators are entering their third day camped outside parliament in Wellington, where they are vowing to stay until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

Al Jazeera

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

Some 120 people arrested as officers move against protesters who converged on Wellington on Tuesday.

AAP

NZ police move on COVID-19 camp protest

An anti-government protest group is being moved off New Zealand's parliament lawns after a three-day sit-in attacking Jacinda Ardern's COVID-19 policies.

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Ardern unveils 2022 NZ Govt work program

Jacinda Ardern has tabled a 10,000-word work program for her government on the first day of the New Zealand parliamentary year.

The Guardian - AU

Covid live: Italy and Spain to ease mask mandate; UK records 66,183 new cases – as it happened

Italy and Spain relax rules on wearing masks in outdoor spaces; UK records 314 Covid-related deaths

The Independent UK

New Zealand convoy protesters clog streets near Parliament

Hundreds of people protesting vaccine and mask mandates drove in convoy to New Zealand’s capital and converged outside Parliament as lawmakers reconvened after a summer break

Reuters

New Zealand protesters block streets outside parliament

Hundreds of people protesting vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions blocked streets outside New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday with trucks and campervans, inspired by similar demonstrations in Canada.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand Omicron wave likely to peak in March with up to 30,000 cases a day, says Ardern

Prime minister says number of people who get booster vaccines will dictate how high the peak will be

ABC News

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

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National lifts, Labour on top in NZ poll

Despite the arrival of Omicron into New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern's Labour party remains the favourite political party of Kiwis.

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