Earlier this year opposition to COVID mask and vaccine mandates led thousands of committed Kiwis to stage nationwide protests that culminated in an encampment near Parliament in the capital city of Wellington. The protest, inspired by the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, was one where threats and propaganda were used in a campaign to suppress it. The government's messaging carried out through mainstream media and social media included notions of extremists in the ranks of the protesters, sex offenders in the midst of the protest community and more. In the end when police used all out force on March 2nd the...