Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 22, 2021 0:31:27 GMT 12
PRESSURE MOUNTS ON GOVERNMENT OVER MĀORI RESPONSE
"Stay away" is the message from some of New Zealand's most-vulnerable communities, preparing to protect themselves from an influx of Covid cases this summer.
Iwi and community leaders in Te Tai Tokerau and the East Cape have called for holidaymakers to avoid their areas, suggesting a repeat of checkpoints used at the start of the pandemic, citing pockets of low vaccination coverage and poor access to healthcare.
"We are asking for holiday makers, those who do not whakapapa to Te Whānau a Apanui to refrain from entering our tribal territories this summer," iwi response member and Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-pressure-mounts-on-government-over-maori-response/6FJDQLR726ZRDAYRNRGO76GGVU/
"Stay away" is the message from some of New Zealand's most-vulnerable communities, preparing to protect themselves from an influx of Covid cases this summer.
Iwi and community leaders in Te Tai Tokerau and the East Cape have called for holidaymakers to avoid their areas, suggesting a repeat of checkpoints used at the start of the pandemic, citing pockets of low vaccination coverage and poor access to healthcare.
"We are asking for holiday makers, those who do not whakapapa to Te Whānau a Apanui to refrain from entering our tribal territories this summer," iwi response member and Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-delta-outbreak-pressure-mounts-on-government-over-maori-response/6FJDQLR726ZRDAYRNRGO76GGVU/