A 60-tonne crane had to be brought in from Palmerston North to resolve a major disruption in the capital.
It wasn't for the Parliament protest but rather a different kind of occupation.
Two baby black-backed seagull chicks were discovered at the top of the old Wakefield Hospital that's due to be demolished.
The chicks halted the $166 million upgrade and left those on the ground with one option to save them.
"We organised a crane to come to site … and we were able to set it up with a man cage and get three guys into that cage," says James Prigg, project director at Hawkins.
"This is an unusual operation, the first time I've been personally involved with having to save baby chicks."
The 60-tonne crane is more than qualified to do the job.
It can lift more than a tonne, even though the gull chicks on the roof weigh less than a kilogram.
The extraction started well until they encountered the overly protective parents. So they had to fall back, with mum and dad winning round one.
After a quick pep talk, it was time for round two, and despite the parents' best efforts, both chicks and their nest were successfully recovered.
"It's good to be involved with something where we're doing the right thing for the right reasons," Prigg says.
"Also my wife's a vet and I don't think I'd live it down if we did something that we shouldn't."
The mission is not over yet because the birds need to be relocated to a newer and safer location closeby. The new surroundings were made sweeter by some treats.
"Super fluffy, really nice and they seem really happy in their new home now waiting for mum and dad to arrive," says Jessica Stone of Evolution Healthcare.
And with some extra help, their arrival isn't too far away.
