The coronavirus vaccine programme must be speeded up, politicians and business leaders said on Wednesday night.
Jeremy Hunt led calls to accelerate the roll-out as the pandemic tightened its grip with a fast-spreading new variant.
‘Time is against us with this new strain so we now need a great national effort to turbocharge the vaccination programme,’ the Tory former health secretary said.
‘The logistics will be complex but I have no doubt our incredible NHS can rise to the challenge: just look at the lightning-speed Nightingale hospital building programme.’
Jeremy Hunt led calls to accelerate the roll-out as the pandemic tightened its grip with a fast-spreading new variant
The University of Canterbury s first Doctor of Education has graduated saying he wants to be a good role model for his children.
Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke and his whānau on graduation day (From left - youngest son Richie Renata Clarke, Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke and wife Claire Robertshaw).
Photo: Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke
Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke of Te Arawa and Ngāi Tahu received his doctorate in his hometown of Rotorua after what he says has been a fairly long journey but that it felt wonderful to be at the finish line.
A soldier for 12 years, Karaka-Clarke decided to pursue his doctorate to be a role model to his own children as well as his community so they could pursue their own aspirations.