5 Mar 2023

Documenting the March 2 convulsion one year on

From Mediawatch, 9:12 am on 5 March 2023

Coverage of the occupation of Parliament was wall-to-wall in our media as it dissolved into violence and came to an end one year ago this week. An RNZ team has trawled the overflowing archive of images for a documentary to show how it played out on the the ground. Will it help us understand future stand-offs which capture the attention of the media? 

One man pleads with protesters to stop the destruction during the riots at the end occupation of Parliament on 2 March 2022.

One man pleads with protesters to stop the destruction during the riots at the end occupation of Parliament on 2 March 2022. Photo: RNZ Boiling Point / Angus Dreaver