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The protesters were skeptical of the government and news media.
Around 20 to 30 protesters gathered outside a temporary vaccination clinic at the Old Masonic Hall in Warkworth today.
Protester Joanne Bass said she was there to make sure that people “had all of the facts.” Some protestors said they were against mandatory vaccinations for some industries, while others disagreed with the government and the Ministry of Health about the efficacy of the vaccine.
The pop up vaccination clinic was a collaboration between the Waitemata District Health Board (DHB) and Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust.
Trust chairman Mook Hohneck said that one of the protesters had spat on a DHB vaccination worker and had called them a murderer, and that footage would be passed onto police.
Visitors to the Warkworth Library next door also had a tense verbal exchange with the protesters.
Despite the protest, Ngāti Manuhiri spokeswoman Delma O’Kane said several people turned out to receive their vaccine.
She was particularly encouraged by two young Māori men who had come from a rural area to have their first dose.
The temporary vaccination clinic will also visit Pakiri in coming days.
