NZ's first Omicron case is identified, the country hit its 90 percent full vaccination target; children will be able to get the vaccine, and protesters outside Parliament demand an end to vaccine mandates.
Rātā Airey earlier told
Stuff they wanted free, green public transport in the city, increased funding for climate education in schools, and council-owned Christchurch City Holdings Limited (CCHL) to put an immediate halt on the Tarras Airport project.
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A student makes an impassioned plea to mayor Lianne Dalziel. Problems started when protesters arrived on the council’s doorstep, and the Dalziel was nowhere to be seen. Chants of “where’s our mayor?”, “show your face”, and “what do we want? Lianne Dalziel. When do we want her? Now” broke out. Other councillors who came outside to speak were heckled.
Press Release – Crohn’s and Colitis New Zealand
On 4 January over seventy five children and teens with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis from all over New Zealand will be arriving at Camp Carey in Waitakere, Auckland. They will be attending the seventh annual six day camp for children with these diseases.
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis have received extensive coverage recently in the media. On 2 December close to a hundred people marched from Civic Square to Parliament, where David Seymour received a petition with over 30,000 signatures asking for funding for desperately needed medication to treat these diseases, medication funded in Australia and 37 other countries, but not in New Zealand. 15% of those affected by these chronic diseases are children and there is no cure.
Monday, 4 January 2021, 6:01 am
On 4 January over seventy five children and teens with
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis from all over New
Zealand will be arriving at Camp Carey in Waitakere,
Auckland. They will be attending the seventh annual six day
camp for children with these diseases.
Crohn’s
disease and ulcerative colitis have received extensive
coverage recently in the media. On 2 December close to a
hundred people marched from Civic Square to Parliament,
where David Seymour received a petition with over 30,000
signatures asking for funding for desperately needed
medication to treat these diseases, medication funded in
Australia and 37 other countries, but not in New Zealand.