Whanganui is red under the new Traffic Light System.
This comes as a local iwi leader has urged holidaymakers to reconsider plans to visit the region this summer, to protect Te Awa Tupua communities from Covid-19.
In Whanganui only 62-percent of Māori are fully vaccinated.
Reporter Robin Martin spoke to Corin Dann.

Whanganui is red under the new Traffic Light System. This comes as a local iwi leader has urged holidaymakers to reconsider plans to visit the region this summer, to protect Te Awa Tupua communities from Covid-19. In Whanganui only 62-percent of Māori are fully vaccinated. Reporter Robin Martin spoke to Corin Dann.

Whanganui is red under the new Traffic Light System.
This comes as a local iwi leader has urged holidaymakers to reconsider plans to visit the region this summer, to protect Te Awa Tupua communities from Covid-19.
In Whanganui only 62-percent of Māori&nbsp;are fully vaccinated.
Reporter Robin Martin spoke to Corin Dann.

Covid-19: Whanganui enters traffic light system at red

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