Parliament protesters ignore offer of free parking at Sky Stadium

Can't view this email, [click here]( 15 February 2022 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on today's latest news in your daily briefing. Top Headlines [Large Article Image]( [Parliament protesters ignore offer of free parking at Sky Stadium]( Police urged protesters to move their vehicles to free parking at Sky Stadium on Monday night to minimise disruption but few take up the offer straight away. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Covid-19: 981 new community cases, 39 in hospital]( The new record daily cases comes after 810 new cases were reported on Sunday. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: PM Jacinda Ardern, Ashley Bloomfield talk about the Government's response to huge upswing in cases]( Phase 2 of Omicron plan will begin from Wednesday, with reduced isolation requirements. Meanwhile, a gallery reporter has returned a positive rapid antigen test. 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