But more recently, it’s the Pasifika community who are feeling battered and bruised over a series of Covid-19-related communications blunders. That various institutions of government allowed it to reach this point is communications failure No 1. The media has been empathetic in its coverage of the low Pasifika vaccination rates – One News described the rollout as “stunningly unsuccessful”. Ross Giblin Queues form for the first drive-through vaccination centre in Porirua, targeted at the Pasifika community. Regrettably, the Pasifika community has found itself at the centre of all this through no fault of its own.

Source: Stuff August 29, 2021 22:18 UTC