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MĀORI HEALTH AGENCY WINS SECOND CASE FOR SHARING COVID-19 VACCINATION DATA
A Māori health co-ordinating agency says its second victory in its case for Māori Covid-19 vaccination data is “bittersweet”.
The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency went back to the High Court in Wellington again asking for data identifying unvaccinated Māori in the North Island, so they can be offered Covid-19 vaccinations......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/127151720/mori-health-agency-wins-second-case-for-sharing-covid19-vaccination-data
NORTHLAND IWI SAYS ROADBLOCKS SHOW IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, IWI
Northland iwi say setting up roadblocks in partnership with police is crucial to help protect Māori communities in preparation of the Auckland borders reopening.
The Public Health Act - with amendments that were passed under urgency - states that a nominated representative of an iwi organisation can run checkpoints only with police or constable supervision.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/12/northland-iwi-says-roadblocks-show-importance-of-partnership-between-government-iwi.html
BACKLASH AGAINST NORTHLAND'S IWI-LED CHECKPOINTS IS RACIST, SAYS KELVIN DAVIS
Backlash against iwi-led checkpoints, set up for travellers heading to Northland when Delta-ridden Auckland opens up next week, is racist, Māori Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis says.
Davis said he didn’t like to see the move “characterised as thugs working with the police and people calling it ‘nuts’”
“If it was the business community, or Rotarians, or a group of farmers helping the police, they would be lauded by the community. But because it’s Māori it’s characterised as lawlessness, and I really reject that.”.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/127206624/covid19-backlash-against-northlands-iwiled-checkpoints-is-racist-says-kelvin-davis
GOVT SHOULD'VE WORKED WITH MĀORI 'FROM START' OF PANDEMIC
Māori should have been involved in the Government's Covid-19 response from the beginning, to front foot the spread of misinformation and protect whānau across the country, says one Māori health leader.......
www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/06/govt-should-have-worked-with-maori-on-covid-response-moxon/
A Māori health co-ordinating agency says its second victory in its case for Māori Covid-19 vaccination data is “bittersweet”.
The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency went back to the High Court in Wellington again asking for data identifying unvaccinated Māori in the North Island, so they can be offered Covid-19 vaccinations......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/127151720/mori-health-agency-wins-second-case-for-sharing-covid19-vaccination-data
NORTHLAND IWI SAYS ROADBLOCKS SHOW IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, IWI
Northland iwi say setting up roadblocks in partnership with police is crucial to help protect Māori communities in preparation of the Auckland borders reopening.
The Public Health Act - with amendments that were passed under urgency - states that a nominated representative of an iwi organisation can run checkpoints only with police or constable supervision.....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/12/northland-iwi-says-roadblocks-show-importance-of-partnership-between-government-iwi.html
BACKLASH AGAINST NORTHLAND'S IWI-LED CHECKPOINTS IS RACIST, SAYS KELVIN DAVIS
Backlash against iwi-led checkpoints, set up for travellers heading to Northland when Delta-ridden Auckland opens up next week, is racist, Māori Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis says.
Davis said he didn’t like to see the move “characterised as thugs working with the police and people calling it ‘nuts’”
“If it was the business community, or Rotarians, or a group of farmers helping the police, they would be lauded by the community. But because it’s Māori it’s characterised as lawlessness, and I really reject that.”.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/127206624/covid19-backlash-against-northlands-iwiled-checkpoints-is-racist-says-kelvin-davis
GOVT SHOULD'VE WORKED WITH MĀORI 'FROM START' OF PANDEMIC
Māori should have been involved in the Government's Covid-19 response from the beginning, to front foot the spread of misinformation and protect whānau across the country, says one Māori health leader.......
www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/06/govt-should-have-worked-with-maori-on-covid-response-moxon/