{"id":41978,"date":"2022-02-26T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/feb\/26\/so-many-rabbit-holes-even-in-trusting-new-zealand-protests-show-fringe-beliefs-can-flourish"},"modified":"2022-02-26T03:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:00:21","slug":"so-many-rabbit-holes-even-in-trusting-new-zealand-protests-show-fringe-beliefs-can-flourish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=41978","title":{"rendered":"\u2018So many rabbit holes\u2019: Even in trusting New Zealand, protests show fringe beliefs can flourish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say country\u2019s successful Covid pandemic response and high-trust society is no inoculation against misinformation<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s anti-vaccine convoy is hoping to be there for the long haul. Once a ragtag collective of tents, it has become a fully fledged encampment: it has free clothing tents, admin checkpoints, yellow-vested security guards, portable toilets, tents for charging phones, and a \u201cblues lounge\u201d where the band plays a light, jazzy reimagining of Pink Floyd\u2019s Brick in the Wall. \u201cWe don\u2019t need no vaccination, we don\u2019t need no thought control,\u201d a woman croons, tapping the bongos.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, the occupation of parliamentary grounds evokes a poorly planned but amiable music festival, but an undercurrent of violence \u2013 or its threat \u2013 throbs below. As well as chalked messages of peace and love, some protesters came bearing nooses, promises of a \u201cwar crimes trial\u201d for politicians, journalists, and scientists, or outright demands to \u201chang them high\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/feb\/26\/so-many-rabbit-holes-even-in-trusting-new-zealand-protests-show-fringe-beliefs-can-flourish\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say country\u2019s successful Covid pandemic response and high-trust society is no inoculation against misinformationNew Zealand\u2019s anti-vaccine convoy is hoping to be there for the long haul. Once a ragtag collective of tents, it has become a fu&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2188,"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":[41,1066,56,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus","category-new-zealand","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41978","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\/2188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41979,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41978\/revisions\/41979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}