Protests
Clean up underway at parliament
RNZ Political reporter Charlie Dreaver from parliament where a huge clean up is underway after the chaotic scenes yesterday in which protesters were cleared from the grounds they had occupied for 23… Audio
Anti-mandate protest, Day 23
Day 23 of the anti-mandate protest near Parliament was probably the most dramatic yet. Hundreds of police spent the day clearing the protest and dozens of arrest were made. Sponge bullets and pepper… Audio
Police move in on protesters at Parliament
Police have moved in on the three-week old protest camp at Parliament, clearing out tents and making arrests. Audio
Mediawatch for 27 February 2022
The occupation around Parliament has become the most heavily-covered protest since the '81 Tour- in spite of the considerable hostility reporters have faced documenting it. But arguments still rage… Audio
Overseas Correspondent - Canada
Our overseas correspondent in Canada, Peggy Revell joins us from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Audio
Mediawatch for 20 February 2022
Mixed messages from media on Parliament protesters; extremism and the media; DomPost pushes back on public service obfuscation; sweary dad's live TV f-bomb double. Audio
David Seymour defends meeting protesters, wants more dialogue
"Irresponsible" - in a word that is how the Prime Minister has summed up the ACT leader's decision to meet some of those involved in the protest.
David Seymour on the other hand says it is time for… Video, Audio
What's Motivating the Protestors?
Our mainly Marxist political historian, Associate Professor Brian Roper from Otago University's Politics Departmant joins us once again. He takes a look at the current protests outside parliament. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden : Journalists at the protest
How do journalists handle the abuse and threats from protestors when they're just doing their job, to bear witness to what's happening? Andrew says the pressures on them, and their employers to keep… Audio
Mediawatch for 13 February 2022
Convoy conundrum confronts editors; quest for certainty undercuts Omicron analysis; sweary Dad's minties moment. Audio
The mandate protest - the view from Molesworth Street
The sprinklers came on in Parliament's grounds earlier to try and encourage the anti mandate protestors camped there for the night to leave under their own steam. Local resident Chris Roberts, who we… Audio
Bird's eye view of convoy protest
Karyn talks to local resident, Chris Roberts who has been watching the protest activity and endured the disruption. Audio
Convoy protest doomed to fail - Minto
Veteran protestor John Minto says the Freedom Convoy lacks a strategy and an objective and is therefore bound to fail. We're in our third night of protestors camping out on the lawn at Parliament and… Audio
Grassroots or Global?
The Freedom Convoy is the latest in a string of international protest movements to land in Aotearoa. We chat to Dylan Reeve about how the internet facilitates this trend. Audio
Arrests at Parliament grounds
As the convoy protest enters its third day, Police have told protesters that Parliament grounds have closed and are asking people to leave, or face being arrested. RNZ's political editor Jane… Audio
Anti-vaccine protesters vehicles cause headaches
The anti-vaccine protest outside Parliament seems to have united politicians. Not a single MP has come out to talk to the few hundred protesting the vaccine mandates. The Prime Minister has said they… Audio
Mediawatch for 14 November 2021
The risks of reporting displays of discontent - and amplifying aggro; experts denigrated by conspiracists - and radio hosts; all journalists are climate reporters now. Audio
Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst
Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Scott Morrison's trip to Washington following the announcement of the AUKUS security alliance, how New South Wales… Audio
Cuba protests: Thousands rally against government as economy struggles
Thousands of Cubans on Sunday joined the biggest protests for decades against the island's Communist government.
Kiwi in Bethlehem: 'We can only pray that the situation will ease'
The death toll continues to rise as Israel presses ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip. New Zealander Peter Bray is the vice-chancellor of the only university in the West Bank… Audio