PolicyGuy:If you actually read the whole of Dr Bloomfield's letter to Mr Tamihere - I live paused the TVNZ1 News to do it - I think the argument is based on the MoH discharging its responsibilities to act as a good partner under the Treaty of Waitangi.
They reason that the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency (WOCA) is asking for all the data for the whole of the North Island, but MoH giving it that would mean trampling on the mana of other organisations in whose rohe WOCA has no status, and that some of those other iwi-based organisations are doing a bang-up job and don't need or want any 'help' from a Tamaki Makauru based non-iwi organisation.
"I'm sorry, we can't give you all that information because to do so would violate the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi"
It's lovely bit of legal gymnastics, which I suspect demonstrates a rather deep level of antipathy to WOCA at MoH
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Team of 5 million can't also be an Us and Them because the division does marginalise and stigmatise one or another in a virus apartheid. I just wish we could collectively be counted as citizens of this country and all be encouraged to do what’s required and be viewed equally otherwise we will forever be pointing the finger at another group whether they be white, black, pink, or stupid. Count persons vaccinated, not groups.
The virus doesn't pop it's head out to check on someone's ethnicity or affiliations before deciding to infect them. This virus is never racist or discriminatory and treats everyone as an equal opportunity. It's teaching us something important.
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