Bureaucratic hurdles, slow decisions, a lack of funding, and the side-lining of Māori experts.
These are some of the criticisms that have been aired at a Special Waitangi Tribunal hearing in Wellington this week into the Government response to Covid-19.
It comes as Northland iwi brace for an influx of visitors, and possibly more Covid-19 cases, following the end of Auckland's lengthy lockdown next Wednesday.
Whangarei-based Ngāti Hine Health Trust chief executive Geoff Milner spoke to Corin Dann.
