Groundswell’s Mother Of All Protests will go ahead

Groundswell NZ’s ‘‘Mother of all Protests’’ will go ahead next month even if there are still Covid-19 restrictions in some parts of the country. Groundswell NZ leader Bryce McKenzie said after the Covid-19 announcement from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday, the group met online and decided to go ahead with the nationwide protest against some Government regulations, which the group said were unworkable for farmers. The group wants freshwater improvement to be managed by catchment groups, and rules about significant natural areas and the ‘‘ute tax’’ to be rewritten or abolished. It would continue to monitor the Covid-19 situation. The ‘‘Mother Of All Protests’’ will be held at 1pm on Sunday, November 21.