Stories covered a wider range of issues; the legality of the protest, the validity of the concerns, the behaviour of the protestors and the response of both police and politicians. [...] Consequently, the essential concern was to review the extent to which the New Zealand media made efforts to explore and record the concerns of the protestors, and to present both sides of this significant social issue. [...] Coverage of the Protests The main themes of the coverage were to focus on the diversity of groups in attendance and a perceived lack of unity in messaging. [...] These figures represented the fringes of the protest and distorted the image of the protesters in the imagination of the public. [...] The coverage was curated to focus on the fringes and avoid the key questions at the centre of the protest.
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