Australian PM John Howard's visit to NZ has not gone unnoticed. The pro-war PM arrived on Saturday in Auckland, landing at the Whenuapai airbase. [ 1 ]

A large anti-war message was delivered as part of International Women's Day march in Auckland.

Howard must have found it hard to have a quiet Sunday breakfast while protestors with megaphones, pots and pans and sticks banging on barricades gathered in front of the Sheraton and sent a loud anti-war message for him to consider over his weet bix.

The Australian PM continued on to Wellington on Monday only to find that Greenpeace had hung a John Howard puppet from the fingers of a giant Gollum (aka GW Bush) from Lord of the Rings who lurks on top of the Embassy Theatre. The action was intended "to expose who's pulling the strings" [ watch the video ]

Later in the afternoon 1000 people gathered outside parliament for another rowdy protest designed to annoy Clark and Howard while they had their cosy state luncheon. Police made 5 arrests but it remains unclear what the protestors will be charged with.

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