On Ash Wednesday, March 2nd, police violently removed the protestors camped outside of Parliament that had been there since arriving by convoy. The protest had arrived at Parliament on 8th February with the initial convoy that came from all parts of the country. People had come to protest against the seemingly never-ending mandates and restrictions placed upon New Zealander's lives for the last two years. It is very likely that Jacinda Ardern, after earlier declaring the protest was not a protest, had decided the protestors must go; and having made her wishes clear, it was inevitable it would be ended by police, no matter what.