While dairies will not close their doors to Kiwis unlike supermarkets and large retailers with looming vaccination certificates, hospitality remains shut despite schools, libraries, museums and retail all reopening in Auckland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a land of confusion,\u201d says Sunny Kaushal, chair of the Dairy and Business Owner\u2019s Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnvaccinated people can spend hours inside retail malls, libraries and museums with no Covid certificate system in place. Schools are reopening to all age groups yet you cannot have a pint in Auckland. Especially when hospitality staff are fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHospitality is being sacrificed until this certificate system is in place and that sucks because it’s \u2018wait to Wednesday\u2019 to be drip-fed more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA vaccine passport is not a world first. It\u2019s offered all over the world and we don\u2019t understand why they didn’t buy one off the shelf from another country\u2019s health department. We just keep reinventing the wheel and its us and taxpayers who pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a growing risk that some venues may just open up. I don\u2019t condone this at all but I do understand if it comes to a binary choice between losing your business or remaining shut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith supermarkets set to close their doors to unvaccinated Kiwis, we want all New Zealanders to know that they can depend on their local dairy when this certificate system starts. Whenever that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDairy owners and staff secured vaccination priority several months ago as essential workers. We are confident this provides our people with a level of protection supported by personal protection equipment, social distancing and regular cleaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople have to eat and have access to food and other essentials. We want Kiwis to know, regardless of their status, that they can depend on their local dairy to be there for them as we have been ever since the start of the Pandemic,\u201d Mr Kaushal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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