10 Jun 2022

Anti vaccination mandate pressure caused Napier City main library closure

From Morning Report, 7:54 am on 10 June 2022

E-mails reveal the Napier City Council bowed to pressure from anti-vaxxers, closing most of its main library earlier this year over complaints they couldn't use it.

Instead the council set up a 'mini-library' so unvaccinated people could come in, even though many of its staff objected.

Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin has been looking into this.