The NZ Parliament protest: What the cameras in the crowd witnessed

Commentary: Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament grounds have been reclaimed. All the streets around the buildings are again open to the public. Te Ati Awa have held a karakia to reinstall the mauri of the land. There is currently a rahui over the Parliament grounds. It is time for healing. And moving on, writes a Maori Television videographer on reflection about the unprecedented hate directed at news media during the three-week occupation by anti-public health measures protesters. But after the unprecedented chaos that ended in a riot on Day 23-2 March 2022 -- he quotes a journalist who said, 'I was feeling sad... And then I look at Ukraine and realise there are bombs going off next to all these journalists and camera operators. I got hit with a camping chair and am I going to sit around and complain about it?' Keywords: alt-right, disinformation, hate speech, mainstream media, livestreaming, New Zealand, Parliament, Parliament, police, occupation, protest, rioting, threats, television
I HAVE never had that fear before that I might get physically hurt,' says Patrice Allen, a Ngati Kahungunu and Newshub camera operator based in Wellington. 'You're going down there, [...]