There has not been a protest on such a scale in the modern history of ours, which stood as strong and united together, lived freely, and turned parliament grounds into our own community, our own home, our own place to be.

 

On Feb 10th 2022, we stood up against The New Zealand Police to Hold The Line, while they violently attacked some, while arresting 122 peaceful protestors. The New Zealand Corporation tried to toss us to the side, but we arrived on their doorstep and lived freely in their face. Those that could, flooded to parliament. Those that couldn’t make it, watched our citizen journalists livestream the truth, and sent food, supplies and love.

 

We endured a cyclone! We had sleepless nights while they attempted to psychologically weaken us, being woken by police actions at all hours of the night, using Trevor's sprinklers, flood lights, and the playlist of just a few songs - and an old ad to get jabbed - on repeat for days. They tried to stop our food supply, our waste removal, our infrastructure, yet with everything they threw at us, we stayed, we lived, we danced, we laughed, we loved, and we were free - We still are free!

 

The media painted us as the scum of the earth. Yet the people came, they saw, they gave and received love; they supported everything we stood for. And the opinion of the nation shifted as they witnessed the true visions from our media, from our eyes, from our hearts. The nation saw us alive, living, free, standing together; while they complied and lived restrained and alone, entrapped by a overbearing Government.

 

March 2nd (that final day) was a strategic move by The New Zealand Corporation. They demanded their New Zealand Police Force move against peaceful protesters, against their own citizens. Those dressed in blue uniforms attacked innocent men and women, and endangered children, knowing the outcome would be violent. This was played out in the media, to reverse the public opinion of who and what we stood for, and to protect Jacinda's ego.

Their violence was matched by some, the media had a frenzy, and public opinion shifted slightly. But we know what really happened during our 23 day inhabitation.

 

We invite every single one of you to come together again, to reunite and commemorate our occupation. To laugh, cry, cherish, empower, connect and reconnect, and stand once again in peace, on our own whenua provided by our people. We will reverse what they did to us all on that final day and reclaim that date as ours.

 

March 2nd is our date of celebration, a date of revolution, a date of change - Showing the nation that the lifelong bonds, the memories and connection between us all, will last forever! We will stand together again whenever we need to, to ensure this nation of ours remains ours!

 

We invite you all to BE together again for this first annual commemoration of March 2nd