Peeni Henare: First-time vaccinated Maori is just as important as the total number
Vaccinations for Maori made great progress on Super Saturday.A record 21,000 vaccines were administered to Maori yesterday.Associate Minister for Heal...
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Rod Jackson: We need a different approach to get to the unvaccinated
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Phil Goff: Police were put in a tough position with yesterday's protest
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Shaun Hendy: Covid-19 modeller says Waikato's outbreak may not be as bad as Auckland's
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Michael Plank: We aren't seeing the effect of level 3 yet
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