Police in New Zealand arrested dozens of anti-COVID mandate protestors camped outside the country’s parliament on Thursday, in an effort to avoid a lengthy standoff mirroring the one playing out on the streets around Canada’s federal parliament since late last month.

Despite more than 120 arrests in Wellington, the capital’s police commissioner Corrie Parnell predicted that the protest could continue for days to come.

Thursday’s arrests outside parliament came two days after a Canada-inspired “Convoy-2022” rolled in the capital this week, with New Zealanders angered by vaccine mandates take their message to the seat of government.