The Ministry of Health has had to tell people to be kind and to stop making racist comments about the Pacific Community. The Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said more than half of the positive cases are Pasifika. The first delta case in this outbreak was identified from a person in Devonport. One of the first clusters - dubbed the Birkdale Social Cluster - was a group of people in their twenties, one of whom also went to a church, but their ethnicities weren't identified. Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon speaks to Māni Dunlop.
25 Aug 2021