hospital with an infection on thursday, will stay another night in hospital in california. and new zealand says it has administered a record number of coronavirus vaccines in a so called vaxathon. nearly hundred and 30,000 people were inoculated at 700 sites across the country. in a range of gimmicks to promote the event, boats loaded vaccine shots were sent to remote areas and and new zealand turned a dreamliner jet into a temporary clinic. air new zealand. the united nations has withdrawn its invitation to matt hancock to take up an unpaid role helping africa s economies recover from covid19. it s understood a decision was taken at senior levels within the un to rescind the offer after questions were raised about the former health secretary s suitability for the role. 0ur correspondent mark lobel has been following the story. well, what led to this embarrassing moment for the former health secretary, who is looking to relaunch his political career, came just
french leaders have been honouring the teacher samuel paty, a year to the day after a radical islamist beheaded him for showing his class cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed. the chechen teenager who killed him was reacting to a social media campaign whipped up by some parents. mr paty s violent death stunned france s educators, who saw it as an attack on the country s core values. a spokesman for former us president bill clinton says he expects the 75 year old to be discharged on sunday. but they say mr clinton, who was admitted to hospital with an infection on thursday, will reportedly stay another night in hospital in california. new zealand says it s administered a record number of coronavirus vaccines in a so called vaxathon . nearly 130,000 people were inoculated at more than 780 sites across the country. in a range of gimmicks to promote the event, boats loaded with vaccine shots were sent to remote areas. air new zealand turned one of its dreamlinerjets
Kiwis all over Aotearoa are tuning in to watch today's live broadcast of the Super Saturday Vaxathon event.
High-profile New Zealanders, from Suzy Cato to