06/03/2021
Peeni Henare on Newshub Nation. Credits: Video - Newshub Nation; Images - Getty/Simon O Connor/Facebook
A Labour MP has hit out at MPs sharing misinformation and criticism of the Government s COVID-19 response, saying they re being extremely unhelpful .
Associate Minister of Health Peeni Henare told Newshub Nation on Saturday they should instead be looking to the one source of truth - the Government and Ministry of Health - when it comes to communicating with the public about the pandemic.
It comes after National MP Simon O Connor shared a cartoon on Facebook of a man being controlled like a puppet.
And last weekend Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi told tens of thousands of people they were being asked to self-isolate after attending events on Saturday night in Auckland and Hamilton - the Ministry of Health made no such directive, the events taking place before the city went into level 3 restrictions.