9 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Mixed feelings on using marae as quarantine

From Morning Report, 8:35 am on 9 March 2020

Could marae be used for isolation or quarantine if there's an outbreak of Covid 19 in Aotearoa? 

Marae have all the essential facilities and have been used in states of emergency before. 

Some iwi leaders say they could potentially be used as quarantine if things get worse here. 

As our Māori news correspondent Leigh-Marama McLachlan reports, not everyone is keen on the idea.