It is understood the statement will cover the vaccination of border workers.
Do you know more? Email george.block@stuff.co.nz Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern earlier said the Government would not be making it compulsory for workers to be vaccinated, but she expected uptake to be high. Unions have also spoken out against compulsory vaccination.
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Only a very few Customs officers have refused the jab, Stuff understands. E tū assistant national secretary Annie Newman said in February the union did not support the vaccine being compulsory. She said a “no jab, no job” stance by employers was a “dangerous position to take”.
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The New Zealand Defence Force chief was heartened to see a large crowd turn up to commemorate Anzac Day in the capital.
Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short at the 2021 Anzac Dawn Service in Wellington.
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About 10,000 attended the dawn service at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.
Air Marshall Kevin Short said it was a reminder of how many people cared about the country s servicemen and women.
He said the services were becoming more popular. Over the last few years you ve seen people wearing their grandfather s, great-grandfather s medals and they realise that generation is dying out and the only way to keep remembering is actually come along, commemorate, be with the rest of New Zealand and acknowledge those that have served.