The Wire with Sara

The Children's Commissioner, Andrew Becroft, is calling for a mandate for teachers to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Becroft says children must be protected given they are not vaccinated themselves, and it will help prevent children from passing Covid onto their families. Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to the Commissioner about the potential mandate and what it would entail.

Noah also spoke to National Secretary of the New Zealand Educational Institute, Paul Goulter, about how teachers feel about a mandate, and why he feels it may not currently be necessary.

Justin spoke to Health Minister Andrew Little about the roadmap to get out of Alert Level 3.

Neighbourhood Watch reports on Dominic Perottett becoming the new premier of New South Wales after Gladys Berejiklian resigned after an anti-corruption investigation.

For this week's chat with Brooke, Zazi asks her about the Government’s planned roadmap for Auckland and New Zealand’s new vaccination certificate.

First off, they talk about the roadmap for Auckland. Zazi begins by asking Brooke what she believes are some of the positives and negatives of the Auckland roadmap plan. 

And after that, Zazi and Brooke talk about yesterday's vaccination certificate announcement. Brooke discusses the Government's vaccination rollout in general, as well as whether she believes the Government should mandate vaccinations in areas such staff domestic travel.