Shane Jones fears Māori will be blamed
He says govt was told last year Māori would be ‘most intransigent element’ in Covid response.
Brent Edwards
Mon, 25 Oct 2021
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Hawke’s Bay
Former New Zealand First minister Shane Jones says the government has only itself to blame for Māori vaccination rates lagging behind the total population.
By Friday, 69% of the eligible population aged 12 and over were fully vaccinated but, for Māori, the figure was just 47%.
The same
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Brent Edwards
Mon, 25 Oct 2021
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