2 Dec 2021

Tairawhiti iwi relieved Rhythm and Vines postponed

From Lately, 10:17 pm on 2 December 2021

This evening festival organisers announced Rhythm and Vines would be postponed until Easter weekend 2022. This came after four Tairawhiti iwi met with festival organisers and urged them to cancel the event over concerns of the regions dangerously low vaccination rates. Tairawhiti currently has the second lowest fully-vaccinated rate with only 77% fully vaccinated which prompted locals to also start a petition to cancel the festival which gained over 3,600 signatures.

Rhythm and Vines

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