News | Maori
6 Dec 2021 15:53
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Days of Xmas
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Maori

    A Kapiti high school student has become a vaccine advocate for young Maori

    A Kapiti high school student has become a vaccine advocate for young Maori


    Ngapera Parata has started a campaign to help battle misinformation about the jab, by talking to people in the community.

    With help from Maori health provider Horo Te Pai, the 18-year-old's aiming to get as many people vaccinated as possible.

    Parata says it's about protecting her community.

    She says a lot of the misinformation going around before she started her work was concerning... sparking the idea.

    © 2021 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Maori News
     05 Dec: Capital and Coast DHB has hit yet another vaccine record
     01 Dec: Legendary New Zealand giant eagle was a killer that ate like a vulture
     01 Dec: Urgent and widespread changes to our childhood immunisation system are needed to protect Maori children from fatal infectious diseases
     27 Nov: Waikato's rolling out the red carpet this weekend to try raise Maori vaccination rates
     18 Nov: The Government's allocated 50-million-dollars to fund 26 projects nationwide to rapidly accelerate Maori vaccination rates
     06 Nov: A Maori youth-led Covid-19 vaccination drive is on this weekend in Auckland
     02 Nov: The High Court has ordered the Ministry of Health to hand over Maori vaccination data to the Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    The Auckland Tuatara have officially taken over the Auckland Huskies National basketball league team More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Beware the buy now, pay later 'debt spiral'. Experts warn it'll be haunting us long after Christmas More...


     Today's News

    		 Golf:
    24 hours ago Collin Morikawa was one good round of golf away from ascending to the world number one ranking for the first time 15:33

     Entertainment:
    Cardi B has been named Playboy’s first-ever creative director in residence 15:32

     Athletics:
    Olympic bronze medallist Hayden Wilde has won the off-road Xterra World Championship race in Hawaii 15:13

     Living & Travel:
    The Auckland Tuatara have officially taken over the Auckland Huskies National basketball league team 15:03

     Entertainment:
    Machine Gun Kelly once accidentally stabbed himself while trying to impress Megan Fox 15:02

     Law and Order:
    A16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Levi Haami in Christchurch has pleaded not guilty 14:43

     Entertainment:
    Chrissy Teigen is “happy” to still be “making stupid mistakes” even while sober 14:32

     Business:
    Beware the buy now, pay later 'debt spiral'. Experts warn it'll be haunting us long after Christmas 14:13

     International:
    Wild brawl breaks out at French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour's first campaign rally 14:13

     Law and Order:
    Oamaru could learn from the Sydney Opera House to solve its seagull problem in the CBD 14:03

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2021 New Zealand City Ltd