Vaccine mandates

Whangārei resident Kim Oakden chose not to be vaccinated due to a heart condition and other health problems. She lost her job when the vaccine mandates came ...

"These are people who have real transport issues. "Allow people like me to go back to work. "I've got a client even now after six months [who] wants me back as soon as the mandates are lifted. "The New Zealanders who we support are in that vulnerable risk group so what we wanted to make sure of was that we were providing them with information and support and then it was their choice what they wanted to do being vaxxed or not we didn't make any judgement about that," she said. "I've met a few people who are on the benefit and are not vaccinated, some of them it's a choice but for many of them it's a health choice, 53 percent of people on the benefit have a health condition." My boss wants me back as soon as the mandates are lifted they never wanted me to go, even unvaccinated they wanted me to stay."