9 February 2022


Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Minister for COVID-19 Response Chris Hipkins
Parliament Buildings
Wellington

Tēnā kōrua Ministers,

It is becoming increasingly urgent that N95 masks are available and equitably accessible.

Prevention of infection is the best course of action.

The Government has said that all healthcare and border workers have access to N95 or equivalent masks, however if the Government opens up the border, the general public of Aotearoa New Zealand will need quality masks to save lives, and prevent transmission and the potential health issues that can result after contracting COVID-19.

Along with concern for the capacity of our health system, we are extremely concerned about the wellbeing of people who cannot social distance in their places of habitation, work, or study.

We the under-signed request that N95 or equivalent quality filtration masks are distributed freely to all who need them, with urgent priority given to those with health vulnerabilities, parents of young children, students, prisoners, and public facing workers.

Then, as the N95 mask rollout progresses, priority shifts to providing these quality masks free to the general public, as the Government of the United States is doing.

We call upon you, Ministers and elected representatives, to urgently provide these masks for the wellbeing of our society.

Ngā mihi, (Scroll down to sign - ActionStation petition in the works)

Sina Brown-Davis
IPU Indigenous Pacific Uprising

Eliana Darroch
Auckland Peace Action

Sage Anastasi

Tāwhana Chadwick
IPU: Indigenous Pacific Uprising


Rākau buchanan
IPU: indigenous pacific uprising

A.W. Peet
Professor of Physics, University of Toronto

Max

Kevin Veale
Academic

Natalie Nair

Seyed Sepehr Hosseini

Lea Cowley
Health Promotion

Ema
Student

Courtney Shaw

Sally Provan

Sophie Speer

Meteria Rapata

Dr Lucy Telfar Barnard
Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago

Sally Watson

Manisha Morar

Thomas Hay

Em RC

ani kainamu

Brittany Sleight

Charlotte Roberts

Chris Sullivan

Tacita Woods

Ashleigh

Naawie Tutugoro
Artist and Activist

Taylor MacDonald

Laura Deaker

Lee Rowe

Lucy Wheeler

Mary St George

Daniel
Nz Citizen

Lauren callaghan

Dale-Maree Morgan
Te Tima Kaitiaki a Papatuānuku

Christopher Goss

Toni Welsh

Amber Craig
Kaiwhakahaere of Tumu Labs

Ellen Walsh

Raewyn Krivan

Rosie Leadbitter

Emad Adhami
Ambassador for peace

Rebecca Gibbs
Primary Educator, Artist

Jay Amelia Stone

Julia Campbell
Student, Parent of young kids

Rochelle H

Stephen Cope

Michael Trevelyan

Kristin Joy

Amie Tunnicliffe

Paul Allen

Papaarangi Reid

Hana Pera Aoake
Mother, artist & writer

Cassandra McTavish
Anthropologist