the population of northland is about 240,000 people.te without the right controls, the right plans and mitigations in place, we could have a disaster on our hands. indeed. can ijust ask, what is the reason for that discrepancy or the difference, i should say, between the vaccination take—up in the local community versus the rest of new zealand? this is an old issue. maori health is about 10—20 years behind non maori health and new zealand. we are fighting extra hard to get maori services out to the communities that need them. you've got to remember that in our small communities, we are small, remote, local communities in our northland area. therefore, it is a lot harder to get services, health services and vaccination to those remote communities. what we wanted was the chance and the ability to get our vaccination rates up to the right levels before we opened the borders. for us, these two borders, the local border and this external border, we have got the hard border between auckland and northland right now in a small village, that com

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. >> jamaal charlotte northland republican good morning. good morning good to talk to you. mike you look all right. [laughter] i will say this, i am very disappointed in joe biden. he ran on raising minimum wage. all of this of fluff and stuff they put in these bills they did not put anything in here for working-class people as far as the minimum wage is concerned in my opinion. and also i feel like it is really sad with a dense american class american bite is far as taking of business and making sure things are done. time and time again we voted on different parties and none seem to trickle down to the working class man and woman, that is my opinion very. >> when you take from that is democrats try to approach this massive bill? >> that is exactly the problem they're trying to address there's a lot of things they build it back a better act, this $1.57 trillion bill that aim to address the disparities in theha stagnation we've seen over the course of 40 years. there iss no minimum wage in there you might remember when that minimum wage past the house i got to the senate and

there was only one site that i showed up that showed up when i entered 9411 0 i'll order is already northland. so he later found an appointment in san mateo for next week the message to those still seeking a shot be patient people have a sense of urgency because holidays are coming. there will be more appointments opening up over the next several weeks. yeah county health off national pharmacy chains are still following cdc guidelines, but will update appointment information for its california location soon bottom line if you need an appointment the plus best place to go is my turn.ca.gov new appointments are opening up daily, and the best advice is just keep trying. we're live in san rafael cornell barnard abc 7 news persistence ri cornell. thank you. it's not just booster. are hard to find in some places at home? covid tests are sold out like the store in san rafael. the tests are a hot commodity they could be the answer to safer holiday gatherings according to doctors. we spoke with abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains how antigen tests can protect your most vulnerable family members