Vance’s column parallels my own column for the Guardian published about 18 months ago in which I suggested that politicians on both sides of the divide had become too dependent on their spindoctors – seeNew Zealand’s year of style over substance
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About 40 border workers at Christchurch International Airport are among the first in the city to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
One week into the largest vaccination programme in the country’s history, media have been barred from direct access to our first vaccinated citizens. Is that the best approach? Cate Broughton reports. In a strangely quiet Christchurch International Airport at midday on Wednesday, three nervous border workers faced the glare of the media spotlight. Standing together in front of a “Unite Against Covid-19” banner, health protection officers Debbie Smith and Jimmy Wong, along with a cleaner named Cherry, told media they had received a vaccine that morning – along with about 40 colleagues.