Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 7, 2021 3:57:16 GMT 12
IWI SAY CHECKPOINTS WITH POLICE ARE REDUCING NON-ESSENTIAL TRAFFIC
Checkpoints run by police and iwi volunteers around Northland are helping to get the message out that people should stay at home, organisers say.
Tai Tokerau Border Patrol has run four Far North checkpoints alongside police, although the checkpoints had to pause on Monday morning while police investigated a fatal crash near Kaitaia.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126293678/covid19-iwi-say-checkpoints-with-police-are-reducing-nonessential-traffic
NO POINT IN UNOFFICIAL CHECKPOINTS SAYS MP
Mr Davis says the police working with Ngāti Whātua at the edge of Auckland have the situation under control, so there’s not need for people further north to break level three rules so they can stand by the side of the road.
“The best thing people can do if they want to stop traffic is stand at the end of their own driveways and stop people leaving their houses. There is no point having non-official people driving around Taitokerau because they are basically the only ones on the road other than those people who are delivering goods and are essential business,” he says.
Mr Davis says the checkpoints aren’t doing any harm, nor are they doing any good.....
waateanews.com/2021/09/06/no-point-in-unofficial-checkpoints-says-mp/
ACT'S DAVID SEYMOUR UNDER FIRE OVER MĀORI VACCINATION COMMENTS
Seymour encouraged his supporters not to book in for a vaccine and instead use a code reserved for Māori sent via confidential email.
Seymour tweeted an image of the code, which he said was sent to him, and said: "If you're worried about vaccination waiting times, you no longer need to make an appointment. All you need to do is use this access code."
"The virus doesn't discriminate on race, so neither should the rollout," Seymour said in a press release........
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-acts-david-seymour-under-fire-over-maori-vaccination-comments/OJVPU6X2YCITK37L26YQ3WEKII/
Checkpoints run by police and iwi volunteers around Northland are helping to get the message out that people should stay at home, organisers say.
Tai Tokerau Border Patrol has run four Far North checkpoints alongside police, although the checkpoints had to pause on Monday morning while police investigated a fatal crash near Kaitaia.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126293678/covid19-iwi-say-checkpoints-with-police-are-reducing-nonessential-traffic
NO POINT IN UNOFFICIAL CHECKPOINTS SAYS MP
Mr Davis says the police working with Ngāti Whātua at the edge of Auckland have the situation under control, so there’s not need for people further north to break level three rules so they can stand by the side of the road.
“The best thing people can do if they want to stop traffic is stand at the end of their own driveways and stop people leaving their houses. There is no point having non-official people driving around Taitokerau because they are basically the only ones on the road other than those people who are delivering goods and are essential business,” he says.
Mr Davis says the checkpoints aren’t doing any harm, nor are they doing any good.....
waateanews.com/2021/09/06/no-point-in-unofficial-checkpoints-says-mp/
ACT'S DAVID SEYMOUR UNDER FIRE OVER MĀORI VACCINATION COMMENTS
Seymour encouraged his supporters not to book in for a vaccine and instead use a code reserved for Māori sent via confidential email.
Seymour tweeted an image of the code, which he said was sent to him, and said: "If you're worried about vaccination waiting times, you no longer need to make an appointment. All you need to do is use this access code."
"The virus doesn't discriminate on race, so neither should the rollout," Seymour said in a press release........
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-acts-david-seymour-under-fire-over-maori-vaccination-comments/OJVPU6X2YCITK37L26YQ3WEKII/