{"id":41085,"date":"2022-01-26T09:47:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/26\/jacinda-ardern-shrugs-off-car-chase-by-anti-vaccination-protesters"},"modified":"2022-01-26T09:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:47:17","slug":"new-zealand-pm-jacinda-ardern-shrugs-off-car-chase-by-anti-vaccination-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=41085","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern shrugs off car chase by anti-vaccination protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A car of protestors yelled \u2018shame on you\u2019 as they pursued the prime minister\u2019s van but Ardern says she wasn\u2019t worried for her safety<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2022\/jan\/25\/covid-live-news-johnson-faces-outrage-over-lockdown-birthday-japan-to-impose-restrictions-on-70-of-the-country\">Coronavirus \u2013 live updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said \u201cat no point was I worried about my safety\u201d after her van was chased and forced on to a curb by anti-vaccination protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the incident, which took place last week, was posted to social media in recent days. It shows protesters shouting slogans at the van, including \u201cshame on you,\u201d and \u201cwe do not consent\u201d. A person filming inside a car is heard saying \u201cthere\u2019s Jacinda\u201d and \u201c\u200b\u200bOh this is fun, we\u2019re on a chase.\u201d The car pursues the prime minister\u2019s van and at one point someone inside calls the prime minister \u201ca Nazi\u201d and shouts various obscenities. As their vehicle tries to block the van, the van is forced on to the curb to avoid it, then continues on.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/26\/jacinda-ardern-shrugs-off-car-chase-by-anti-vaccination-protesters\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A car of protestors yelled \u2018shame on you\u2019 as they pursued the prime minister\u2019s van but Ardern says she wasn\u2019t worried for her safetyCoronavirus \u2013 live updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand\u2019s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said \u201cat no po&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1066,268,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus","category-jacinda-ardern","category-new-zealand"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41086,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41085\/revisions\/41086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}