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Serious scenes unfolded today in the capital of New Zealand as “freedom” protesters clashed with police, while a naked woman was seen pulling her hair to be arrested by officers.
The woman was pulling her hair upside down before being stopped during a protest against Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s arbitrary vaccination and restriction policies.
Protesters had come in hundreds of cars, trucks and motorcycles in caravans from across the country, who gathered yesterday in Wellington for the protest, inspired by the “Caravan of Freedom” of Canadian truckers that has paralyzed the capital Ottawa.
Traffic was almost blocked in the streets around the parliament and in key locations, before the protesters took to the streets with flags and banners denouncing the forced vaccination, demanding the return of freedoms and insulting the Labor prime minister.
Thousands of people then gathered in front of the parliament, some setting up tents and vowing to stay there for a long time.
Prime Minister Ardern said he had no intention of talking to them.
New Zealand police had set up barricades between demonstrators and parliament buildings, some of which were broken during clashes between the two sides.
Serious scenes from the scene showed people trying to cross the barricades, some of whom were arrested, including the naked woman.
Police said they had arrested more than 120 people accused of entering the detained property.
Officers had protective clothing but did not have heavy weapons or shields, and were involved in bodily clashes with protesters.
Wellington resident Stu Main said the protesters were concerned about the gradual disappearance of their rights by the government.
“I am vaccinated but I am against forcing people to be vaccinated. “I think it is disgusting to force someone who does not want to be vaccinated,” he said.
New Zealand says it has vaccinated more than 75 per cent of the population and declared compulsory vaccination for professions such as police, doctors and soldiers.
The vaccine document is required to enter restaurants sporting and religious events, but not public transport, school and health, according to Britain’s Daily Mail.
Some of the protesters in Wellington carried the Canadian flag, honoring the convoy of truckers there that has been blocking the capital Ottawa for more than 10 days.
The truckers’ protest has also spread to France where Paris police have stopped the caravans and jailed those who participate.
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