22 Oct 2021

Prof Tony Blakely on NZ's new 'traffic light system'

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 22 October 2021

The Prime Minister has announced a "new playbook" for Aotearoa's team of five million. Today's announcement included outlining a new alert framework, an "enhanced" economic support package for Auckland, extension to hardship assistance programme and a plan to accelerate Maori vaccination rates.

Epidemiologist and public health medicine specialist at the University of Melbourne, Professor Tony Blakely, talks to Jesse about what he thinks of the 'traffic light system'.

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