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The government's reopening plan does not include a specific target for Māori vaccination rates.
The new system will come in when 90 percent of the entire eligible population in each District Health Board area is fully vaccinated.
The Māori vaccination rates lag significantly behind in every DHB.
Independent Covid Analyst Dr Rawiri Taonui has written extensively on the data of low vaccination but high case numbers among Māori.
He told Mani Dunlop the new system doesn't cater to Māori.