12 Dec 2021

Media angst and anger over ‘iwi checkpoints’

From Mediawatch, 9:10 am on 12 December 2021

Waitangi Tribunal scrutiny of the government's Covid response this week revealed that advice which could have reduced Māori vulnerability had been rejected or ignored. But that was largely obscured in the media by angst and anger over so-called ‘iwi checkpoints’ - which were actually a response to the same problem in the first place.

Iwi checkpoints were operating in the Far North on the night before the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown.

Photo: RNZ / Talei Anderson