Delta has become a Māori pandemic, Waitangi Tribunal hearing told

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency has been battling the Ministry of Health for data on Covid-19 Māori vaccinations, Stuff reports. “Delta has very quickly become a Māori pandemic,” National Hauora Coalition chief executive Simon Royal told a special hearing of the Waitangi Tribunal into the Government’s Covid-19 response which began on Monday. The Coalition is one of around 40 claimants from across New Zealand, detailing the circumstances that they say have disproportionately exposed Māori to Covid-19, and exploring any changes that could improve equity in the Government’s pandemic response.