14 Feb 2022

Owner of Backbencher pub angry at protest inaction

From First Up, 5:51 am on 14 February 2022

As the protest outside of Parliament heads into its seventh day, business owners in the precinct are growing frustrated by an apparent lack of action by the police and council. Surrounding streets remains blocked by illegally-parked cars, campervans and trucks, while hundreds of protesters remain in their soggy tent city on Parliament's front lawn. We'll be speaking with Wellington's Mayor Andy Foster in a moment, but first our producer Matthew Theunissen spoke with the chef and manager of the the Backbencher Gastropub on Molesworth St, where protester have set up tents outside. Alistair Boyce has a message for the police ... and the mayor.