Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 3:26 pm Māori and Iwi health providers were among the first tier 2 populations to get the COVID-19 vaccine today, as the roll-out continues in the MidCentral DHB region. The second tier of the national vaccine rollout also includes about 480,000 frontline workers, people living in high risk settings, and older Māori and Pacific people and their carers. This follows on from the start of national Tier 1 testing of Border and Managed Isolation and Quarantine Workers (MIQ) in February. As MidCentral has no international airport or MIQ facilities, the DHB was not expected to start vaccinating from that time, however, close