MetService Christchurch weather: February 23rd.

MetService Wellington weather: February 23rd.

MetService Auckland weather: February 23rd.

MetService National weather: February 22nd - 24th.

February 22 2022 Police are "appalled" by the behaviour this morning of protesters in Wellington that has seen three officers hospitalised after being sprayed with a "stinging substance", possibly acid.

Peeni Henare on potential acid attack on Wellington. Video / NZ Herald

Police said some officers are equipped with shields in order to protect themselves from objects thrown by protesters. Video / Mark Mitchell

February 22 2022 Just over $140 million will be given to Māori and Pasifika health providers to help those communities hit the hardest in the current Covid outbreak.

Police move in on protesters, the Prime Minister signals to easing of restrictions and its claim and counter-claim over whats going on in Ukraine in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

High country’s appeal ‘probably the freedom’. Video / ODT

Police moved to install concrete barriers on the roads around the perimeter of the protest area in a bid to stop it from getting larger. Video / NZ Herald / Mark Mitchell / NZ Police

There are 2365 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today and two Covid-19 related deaths. Video / NZ Herald

February 21 2022 PM Jacinda Ardern has provided details on the conditions under which vaccination mandates could be eased as protests continue around Parliament's grounds.

February 21 2022 New Zealand has become a "society divided" under the Labour Government, National leader Chris Luxon claims.

Police presence upped at Parliament, more Rapid Antigen Tests available for Aucklanders and the Queens tests positive for Covid in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Car drives into the side of the house in Auckland's Glendowie, police at the scene. Video / Supplied

Two new records were set today in COVID-19 case numbers - 2522 new cases, and 100 cases currently in hospital with the virus, but none in intensive care or a high dependency unit. Video / NZ Herald

A shock diagnosis left Dianne Akurangi lying on an operating table with a surgeon manually pumping her heart after having gone into cardiac arrest three times.

Aaron Hanson, then 19, nearly died when his dirt bike and a 4WD collided on Muriwai Beach in July 2020. Video / Michael Craig

February 19 2022 There were 1901 new Covid-19 cases in the community today as more people head to Wellington's protester-occupied Parliament grounds. Video / NZ Herald / George Heard / Mike Scott

Auckland mayor Phil Goff will not be seeking re-election this year. Video / Dean Purcell

There are more than 1,300 cases in Auckland alone and the seven-day rolling average of community cases is just over 1000. Video / NZ Herald

A Parliament protester warns "the country is coming".

MetService National weather: February 19th - 20th

MetService Christchurch weather: February 19th

MetService Wellington weather: February 19th

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The protesters have been camping in Cranmer Square since February 14. Video / Hamish Clark

President of the Police Association Chris Cahill describes the mood within police as he says the protest could go on for months. Video / Mark Mitchell / George Heard

Dame Tariana Turia made bizarre 'Hitler' claims about Jacinda Ardern in an RNZ interview. Audio / RNZ