Thousands of New Zelanders have marched through central Wellington and congregated outside parliament this week to protest against covid-19 measures in the country.
Prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced last month that New Zealand will require teachers and workers in the health and disability sectors to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 and pledged to ease restrictions only after 90 per cent of the eligible population is vaccinated - a threshold that is significantly higher than many other countries.
The strict policy has invited criticism from people calling for more freedoms as unvaccinated New Zealanders struggle to stay in, and get back to work.
New Zealand has the lowest number of covid-19 cases in the world with fewer than 8,000 reports so far and 32 deaths.