A week after Parliament's anti-mandate occupation came to an end, similar protests in the south are continuing.
And although protesters at Christchurch's Cranmer Square are preparing to pack up, those in Dunedin are settling in.
The couches, tents and gazebos erected in Dunedin's Octagon are going nowhere - with a small group intent on being seen and heard.
"I think people need to go back to their homes now," one Dunedin resident told Newshub.
"Move them on I think," another said.
"I'm… respecting them being not vaccinated [so] they should respect the vaccinated," said another.
Further north, there's dead grass where protesters were in Christchurch's Cramner Square with many already packing down and leaving - but not before suggesting the media should do the same.
"You should just f**k off bro," one protester told a Newshub camera operator.
And despite the hostile welcome for the Christchurch City Council and the police - issuing written notices to take down all structures - most of the group were willing to move on.
"I'm not really sure what their point was - but it's time to go home," COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins told reporters on Wednesday.
But that message hasn't quite reached Dunedin. City Mayor Aaron Hawkins admitted his council hasn't got the power to move the protesters on.
"I personally would prefer for them to wrap it up and move on but I don't think we have the luxury of picking and choosing who has the right to protest," Hawkins told Newshub.
Without enforcement, it's likely the Octagon occupation will continue until COVID vaccine mandates are dropped.
"We will only keep COVID-19 related restrictions in place for as long as they are justified," Hipkins reiterated.
