{"id":11891,"date":"2024-11-18T07:03:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T18:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=11891"},"modified":"2024-11-18T07:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T18:03:53","slug":"hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-wellington-commuters-warned-to-expect-hours-long-delays-when-protest-march-arrives-at-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=11891","title":{"rendered":"H\u012bkoi m\u014d te Tiriti: Wellington commuters warned to expect hours-long delays when protest march arrives at Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be extra buses and train carriages to ease congestion in the capital as te H\u012bkoi m\u014d te Tiriti arrives at Parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>However, commuters are still being warned to still allow extra time for travel, and add one or even two hours to their trips.<\/p>\n<p>The national protest, against government legislation including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/533792\/watch-labour-s-willie-jackson-ejected-from-house-for-calling-david-seymour-a-liar-during-treaty-principles-bill-reading\">the Treaty Principles Bill<\/a>, is expected to be one of the biggest in the capital in recent years, according to Wellington City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Communications manager Richard Maclean said those heading into the city should expect long delays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re trying to get across town or you&#8217;re trying to come into town on Tuesday morning, you should be starting early and you should be adding maybe even one or two hours to your trip, I mean especially if you&#8217;re trying to do something like head to the airport from somewhere like the Hutt Valley, or the K\u0101piti Coast or Porirua.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Greater Wellington Regional Council chair Daran Ponter said all Metlink rail lines would be open throughout the day to ensure the safe movement of the h\u012bkoi, as well as commuters and students.<\/p>\n<p>The aim was to allow the h\u012bkoi to pass in and out of the city with minimal disruption, and scheduled services would run as planned, he said.<\/p>\n<p>There would be bus diversions around the h\u012bkoi to temporary stops in Wellington city centre, and passengers should expect delays, he said.<\/p>\n<p>rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be extra buses and train carriages to ease congestion in the capital as te H\u012bkoi m\u014d te Tiriti arrives at Parliament on Tuesday. However, commuters are still being warned to still allow extra time for travel, and add one or even two hours to their trips. The national protest, against government legislation including\u00a0the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11893,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11891\/revisions\/11893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}