11 Feb 2022

Covid-19: Sturdier barrier fencing erected at Parliament

From Morning Report, 8:09 am on 11 February 2022

Sturdier barrier fencing has now been installed across the front of Parliament, protecting the buildings from the protesters camped on the lawn.

About 100 people are wandering around the lawn and neighbouring streets as people start to wake.

Food is being prepared at a food truck and a gazebo set up on Molesworth St. Vehicles are still partly blocking surrounding streets, though a small number appear to have left the end of Lambton Quay, across from the Supreme Court.

The police presence has been notably stripped back, with just over a dozen across Parliament's forecourt, though that is likely to change, as more arrests are expected today.