Anti-mandate protest numbers have swelled this weekend with thousands descending on Parliament for the protest's 12th day.
Newshub was invited to take a tour of the site after an apology was issued by organisers for the way media have been treated while trying to report on the story.
Parliament's grounds is feeling more like a festival than the halls of power with thousands partying on the Beehive's lawn.
On Saturday Newshub got an inside look after 12 days of protesters attacking media trying to report on the occupation.
Protest organisers emailed various media outlets on Friday to apologise for some of the behaviour that journalists have been receiving. So now Newshub's on a tour of the protest campground.
One of the conditions is that we don't talk to anyone here in order to keep the peace. But that didn't stop protesters from talking to us.
"It's for television, okay I'll have to figure out if I can access that from somewhere," a protester said.
"The news that you guys release is quite damaging."
Organisers have now dubbed the protest a 'profest'.
There's a first aid tent, free hair cuts and they've even got their own security. They've said it before and they'll say it again, they're in it for the long haul.
"We're not leaving until the mandates are dropped and the Government is pretty much dismantled," protester Lani To'angutu said.
There were allegations on social media sites that the base of the cenotaph, a monument to fallen soldiers, was being used as a toilet.
Today protesters had no qualms about showing us what was going on there.
"It's a shower set up," Kelsey Bennett said.
"What I've agreed to do is take it all down, cause I don't want anyone thinking that we're using it as a toilet here, cause that's not what we're doing."
The statue had also been graffitied with chalk, with a former service personnel charity describing it as a slap in the face demanding everything be removed.
"Straight away we did what we did. What they asked and we removed all the chalk and stuff," To'angutu said.
"Trying to be as respectful as possible."
Further south in Christchurch protest actions were also growing.
There are more and more tents and people setting up in Cramner Square.
Public places meant for everyone now occupied for the foreseeable future.
