4 Mar 2022

Covid-19: Parliament protesters kept out of marae

From Morning Report, 8:24 am on 4 March 2022

As many as 100 protesters fresh from the parliamentary occupation this week wanted to stay at a Lower Hutt marae, only to be told in no uncertain terms: kahore he ara, there's no way.

Kokiri Marae health and social services general manager Teresa Olsen, who runs the vaccination centre at the Wainuiomata Marae, says some of the anti-vax protesters tried to get on to the grounds as well.

But a blockade the iwi set up stopped them.

She spoke to Susie Ferguson.