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New Zealand blares Baby Shark and Barry Manilow songs on loop to disperse protestors

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

12:27 13 Feb 2022


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The songs are being played on a 15-minute loop!

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Most countries would send in a riot squad to scatter coronavirus vaccine protestors.

But New Zealand took a different approach...

The kiwi authorities turned on water sprinklers and blasted out Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits.

Other songs used to turn the people away were the Macarena and Baby Shark.

A demonstration against the country's Covid vaccine mandate outside parliament is into a sixth day.

Initial tactics to try and flush out several hundred protestors had little effect.

The protestors have been camped on the parliament's grounds in Wellington since Tuesday.

They are voicing their objection to Coronavirus vaccine requirements.

Responding to the soaking of sprinklers, the protestors dug trenches and installed makeshift drainpipes to divert the water.

According to breakingnews.ie, there were more than 1,000 protesters but that number dwindled as the week wore on before growing again on Saturday.

Before Thursday, police had arrested 112 people and charged many of them with trespassing or obstruction.

But they have now taken a more hands-off approach.

The protest began when a convoy of trucks and cars drove to parliament from around the nation, inspired by similar demonstrations in Canada.

The protest comes as residents of the country are becoming weary of the strict COVID-19 rules.

New Zealand reported 53 deaths among its population of five million after it closed its borders and implemented strict rules.

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