Te Awa Tupua - a community-led response to Covid-19

By Āneta Hinemihi Rāwiri
Whanganui Chronicle·
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Te Awa Tupua - a community-led response to Covid-19
Te Pou Tupua Turama Hawira and Dame Tariana Turia with Nga Tangata Tiaki o Whanganui Chair Gerrard Albert. Photo / Gail Imhoff

Comment: Indigenous peoples worldwide, tāngata whenua in Aotearoa – and Whanganui whānau, hapū and iwi – mobilised quickly to lead a global Indigenous response to Covid-19, writes Āneta Hinemihi Rāwiri.

Just over three months ago, on March 11, the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 coronavirus a global pandemic.

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