{"id":38242,"date":"2021-10-22T08:40:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T23:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/22\/new-zealand-covid-ardern-unveils-post-lockdown-traffic-light-system-linked-to-90-vaccination-rate"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:43:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T03:43:19","slug":"new-zealand-covid-ardern-unveils-post-lockdown-traffic-light-system-linked-to-90-vaccination-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=38242","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Covid: M\u0101ori party likens new \u2018traffic light\u2019 system to \u2018Squid Game\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comments come after PM Jacinda Ardern said most restrictions will only be lifted when country reaches 90% vaccination<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s new pandemic approach is \u201ca real-life Squid Game for M\u0101ori\u201d, the M\u0101ori party has said \u2013 likening plans unveiled on Friday to the viral Netflix show where contestants compete in children\u2019s games and the losers are executed.<\/p>\n<p>Their comments came as the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, laid out plans to lift most restrictions when the country reached 90% vaccination \u2013 and amid concerns that the new roadmap would result in disproportionate illness and death for Indigenous people.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/22\/new-zealand-covid-ardern-unveils-post-lockdown-traffic-light-system-linked-to-90-vaccination-rate\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comments come after PM Jacinda Ardern said most restrictions will only be lifted when country reaches 90% vaccinationSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand\u2019s new pandemic approach is \u201ca real-life Squid Game for M\u0101ori\u201d, the M\u0101ori party has said \u2013 l&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1066,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus","category-new-zealand"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38255,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38242\/revisions\/38255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}