People in Northland are divided on an iwi proposal to reinstate checkpoints in Northland in the light of a new community case of Covid-19.
Ngāti Wai treaty plan manager Tania Mcpherson and trustee Rōpata Diamond delivering food and fruit for people waiting at the Covid-19 community testing centre in Kamo.
Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen
Tai Tokerau Border Control said they want to stop Covid-19 from moving around the region - or out into the rest of the country and protect vulnerable kaumātua and kuia in the area.
Its regional co-ordinator Reuben Taipari said the iwi had been working through the process with authorities and was aiming to set up the first checkpoint at Waiomio Thursday morning at 9am.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Police say Northland iwi Covid checkpoints not needed
26 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Police respect the intentions of a Northland group which wants to resurrect Covid-19 checkpoints on the region s key roads but say checkpoints aren t needed as long as the country is in alert level 1.
Yesterday the iwi group behind last year s Covid-19 road blocks, Tai Tokerau Border Control, said it was planning to bring back checkpoints following a positive case in Northland of the South African variant.
Regional coordinator Rueben Taipari said the location and timing of checkpoints had yet to be decided, but the group had to act because the government wasn t doing enough to protect the vulnerable.
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People in Northland are divided on an iwi proposal to reinstate checkpoints in Northland in the light of a new community case of Covid-19.
Tai Tokerau Border Control said they want to stop Covid-19 from moving around the region - or out into the rest of the country and protect vulnerable kaumātua and kuia in the area.
Its regional co-ordinator Reuben Taipari said the iwi had been working through the process with authorities and was aiming to set up the first checkpoint at Waiomio Thursday morning at 9am. The situation that we re in this is of the highest priority. What we re facing is this Covid strain from South Africa and all information is frustrating and that we re already late.
Battle of Te Ruapekapeka: Remembrance heals rifts of 175 years ago
11 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Hundreds of warriors from around the North Island perform a series of haka during commemorations for the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Te Ruapekapeka.
Video / Peter de Graaf
Hundreds of warriors from around the North Island perform a series of haka during commemorations for the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Te Ruapekapeka.
Video / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Descendants of opposing sides in a bloody conflict 175 years ago have been brought closer by three days of remembrance, event organisers say.