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    Maori leader calls New Zealand's COVID-19 strategy a 'death warrant' for her people

    Debbie Ngarewa-Packer of the country's Maori Party says the shift from a zero-tolerance pandemic approach to an easing of restrictions will disproportionately impact Indigenous people.
    by Ashish Valentine Oct 13, 2021 3 minutes
    A guard wearing a vest saying 'Maori warden' facilitates a COVID-19 testing center in Christchurch, New Zealand. The co-leader of the country's Maori Party has blasted the national government's recent departure from a zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic.

    The co-leader of New Zealand's Maori Party, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, says the country's new COVID-19 strategy amounts to a "death warrant" for Indigenous communities.

    Earlier in October, the country announced it is easing coronavirus restrictions in the largest city of Auckland. The decision was widely seen as moving away from a zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic, where a single coronavirus infection could trigger severe restrictions on public life. To date, only 28 New Zealanders are confirmed to have died of COVID-19.

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