Social media posts suggested that organisers of a hฤซkoi, protesting against the Government's Three Waters plan, had planned to cross the Harbour Bridge.
Waka Kotahi said southbound lanes on SH1 had reopened by 1.20pm, but they told motorists travelling from the North Shore to continue expecting delays. In a statement, police said that they were aware of a planned protest in the Central Auckland area and were monitoring the situation. Two southbound lanes were closed on the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Saturday as police say they're monitoring "planned protest activity".
Two southbound lanes on the Auckland Harbour Bridge have been closed by Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency). The closures follow a protest group travelling ...
Police have been approached for comment. Roughly 50 people gathered at Northcote's Onepoto Domain on Saturday morning. According to a person from the group who was speaking through a loudhailer, they'd intended to march over the Harbour Bridge on foot, similar to the anti-mandate protest in February.
Protesters in a marked truck and a procession of cars have been escorted across the Auckland Harbour Bridge today by half a dozen police cars.
Police will respond if issues arise." The Mana News company describes itself as an alternate news source concerned with disinformation. "Police are aware of planned protest activity in the Central Auckland area and are monitoring the situation.
Police gathered at the northern entrance of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in anticipation of the protest earlier on Saturday. The protesters' vehicles were ...